To me, the whole problem is that Elop had 3 different OSes (fighting internally for resources) and then he though to put all 3 OSes in the garbage and take another one. Nokia could improve Symbian (big costs to improve the system itself, small costs in changing mindsharing) OR improve Meego (not so big costs improving the system, bigger costs creating another software ecosystem and gaining mindshre). But no! Let's try another complete new thing. something that don't have mindshare, don't have software ecosystem and it's not even ready yet! Looks like a fantastic idea! Nokia, in the bottom line, though they could stop de time for 3 years and, after this time, enter the market again.

Tnk1, your post was the best about this whole copyright-war I've ever seen. Thanks for the enlightenment

When EU citizens vote wrong, they're forced to vote again and again until they give the right answer.

Greece knows well.

The question is: when Arm will become real Intel competitor? There is already a lot of android laptops, but still lame ones. Sooner or later Arm will become Intel's big problem...

Already did it in a city called Canoas, in Brazil. Original source (portuguese): http://www.diariodecanoas.com.br/policia/301981/canoas-sistema-deteccao-de-tiros-passara-por-calibragem.html

Accountability is a main issue itself. It's not to achieve efficiency, but to achieve fairness.

AFAIK, the brutal supression of oposition are made both by Iran and Israel. After all, 'democracy' is not democracy when you chose who can and who can't vote.

A good source: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120204003191.htm Ow, I posted it before but i forgot to login: I know I will be modded down (for some reason slashdot readers are nuclear-fan-boys), but someone need to tell you guys: A tsunami + earthquake on a ultra-populated archipelago killing 19,300 is really low. But a single failure (4 core but still one system) killing 573 (plus long-term deaths) is a lot. Ow, yes, and one more thing: there is a lot of land that will be not usable for decades. Even the salt of the water from the tsunami don't do such thing.

To be member of the Mises Institute means something between "member of the hipster golf club in the country' and 'member of the weirdest religion in California'. Sorry to tell you.

That's true. Speeders are, usually, drivers who pay lots of attention to what they are doing. However, IF they do something wrong, it will be WAY worst. Anyway, speed tickets are a lazy and inefficient way of making roads safer.

That kind of thinking is what will kill Internet as we know it. . Web 'developers' (yes, with ' ') are the kind of people that turned the internet something really different from TV, Radio and other kind of media that only a few people could use. . 'correct code' usually means a code that just a professional could write. And that's not the kind of Internet I want.