Comment Re:Poor choice of name (Score 3, Funny) 361
Could be worse. When I read TFA, I read 'Ponyo'.
Comment Re:right filesystem (Score 1) 247
> what you're looking for (ZFS) hasn't been invented on any of the OSs that you're using.
Actually, there is MacZFS. Runs just fine on OSX. I have the OS, apps, and my home folder on an HFS+ partition on an SSD. Everything else is on ZFS. It's exported via SMB to all my Win boxes.
Comment The Economist (Score 2) 291
> The Economist is left leaning by U.S. standards
This may be true; I haven't read it regularly in a couple of years. But I do think it's true that extremists in either US party would find much of what appears in The Economist very uncomfortable. It's probably the most fair and balanced news source around these days and most USians aren't accustomed with that.
Comment Re:MAFIAA doesn't care (Score 1) 154
> maybe if I describe it somebody will chime in
The Man from Earth (2007). I stumbled across it on cable last years and was pleasantly surprised.
Comment Re:Wouldn't it be a pity... (Score 1) 336
Especially with the incredible shelf life of cheeseburgers these days: http://www.healthiertalk.com/4-year-old-mcdonalds-cheeseburger/
"Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains 627
The 13,000 sq mile U.S. Radio Quiet Zone is an area in West Virginia where all wireless transmissions are banned because of the large number of radio telescopes located there. (This official page shows a map of the Zone; an old Wired article is fascinating reading.) These high-tech telescopes have attracted unlikely neighbors, people who claim to have Wi-Fi allergies. In recent years, scores of people have moved to the area to escape the "damage" that electromagnetic fields can cause them. From the article: "Diane Schou is unable to hold back the tears as she describes how she once lived in a shielded cage to protect her from the electromagnetic radiation caused by waves from wireless communication. 'It's a horrible thing to have to be a prisoner,' she says. 'You become a technological leper because you can't be around people. It's not that you would be contagious to them — it's what they're carrying that is harmful to you.'"
Comment Re:Putting Amazon.com vs. the RIAA into perspectiv (Score 5, Funny) 539
You forgot the $73 trillion that they'll be collecting from LimeWire.
Comment Re:Century (Score 1) 495
and Linus Pauling 1962
Comment Re:This a re-org for the foreign offices only (Score 1) 468
I could care less. But I'd have to try really really hard.
Comment Re:As apprehended.... (Score 1) 710
> i did this, come and arrest me
If they use LOIC, the script-kiddies are effectively doing just this. And some have already been arrested, though I don't think this was their intention, just a feature of software (LOIC, in this case) that doesn't provide anonymity.
Comment Idoru? (Score 1) 305
I'm just sayin...
Comment Re:A free society. (Score 1) 745
> Then you'd better hope we get more justices like the dissenters... Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Antonin Scalia, dissented in the case.
This is one of those few occasions where Justice Thomas was in the minority and I agreed with him.
Comment Re:"VCR Enthusiasts" (Score 2, Funny) 554
> Anyone who disagrees just doesn't have sophisticated enough eyes.
I have Monster Eyes, you insensitive clod!
Comment Dynabook comparisons (Score 1) 617
The Dynabook comparisons were interesting Especially:
Here is what Kay got wrong, as far as the iPad is concerned:
- Users can write their own programs for the device
- Kay viewed the Dynabook as a content creation and viewing device, while the iPad is mainly a content viewing device.
Apple got so much right with the iPad, but missed a golden opportunity. The hardware and OS are good enough. The fact that the masses can't (effectively) write apps for it means that Alan Kay's vision still has not been realized. Maybe Android on Wacom/ASUS/AMD hardware would do the trick.
Comment Re:The real question is ... (Score 1) 311
As we used to say on Wall St, even a dead cat bounces...
