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Comment Mod parent up. (Score 1) 510

by 3vi1 (#44934379) Attached to: Valve Announces Linux-Based SteamOS

The fact that you can plug a Knoppix thumbdrive into almost any system and get booted to a working GUI with sound shows that Linux hardware support is not only good, it's amazingly good.

Use Windows To Go (assuming you have an Enterprise license) and try getting anywhere near the hardware compatibility you get from Linux LiveCDs.

A lot of people think Linux has relatively more installation problems because it might have some install quirk on their hardware. Windows has quirks too - they've just been worked around by a 3rd party before and built into their recovery disk/partition. God knows I spent way too long getting reference drivers for wifi chipsets and printers back when my kids wanted Vista.

Submission + - NVIDIA to provide documentation for Nouveau (lwn.net)

Submitted by MM-tng
MM-tng writes: NVIDIA is releasing public documentation on certain aspects of our GPUs,
with the intent to address areas that impact the out-of-the-box usability
of NVIDIA GPUs with Nouveau.

Submission + - NSA Shuts down critics under guise of copyright violations (infowars.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: “Can a government agency block criticism by claiming copyright infringement? Sounds a bit ridiculous but it is happening. The NSA is effectively stopping one small business owner from criticism, claiming that by using its name he has infringed on their copyright,” according to a report by Infowars guest and investigative journalist Ben Swann.

Submission + - Lord Blair: we need laws to stop 'principled' leaking of state secrets (theguardian.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Tougher laws are needed to prevent members of the public from revealing official secrets, former Metropolitan police commissioner Lord Blair has said.

The peer insisted there was material the state had to keep secret, and powers had to be in place to protect it.

The intervention comes after police seized what they said were thousands of classified documents from David Miranda – the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has been reporting leaks from the former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden.

The Home Office has defended the use of anti-terrorism laws to detain and question Miranda at Heathrow airport earlier this month.

Submission + - Intelligence Official Says He Was Fired For Not Lying To Congress (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: We knew this already, but we are only being told what the NSA wants us to know and no defections from the Official Spin are allowed.

As more and more details come out about the NSA surveillance programs, the federal government is looking more and more ridiculous. The latest comes from a column by John Fund at the National Review Online — a publication which has been a pretty strong supporter of the surveillance state. The column highlights that even the NSA's staunchest defenders are beginning to get fed up with the NSA as more leaks come out (especially last week's revelation of thousands of abuses). But the really interesting tidbit is buried a bit:

A veteran intelligence official with decades of experience at various agencies identified to me what he sees as the real problem with the current NSA: “It’s increasingly become a culture of arrogance. They tell Congress what they want to tell them. Mike Rogers and Dianne Feinstein at the Intelligence Committees don’t know what they don’t know about the programs.” He himself was asked to skew the data an intelligence agency submitted to Congress, in an effort to get a bigger piece of the intelligence budget. He refused and was promptly replaced in his job, presumably by someone who would do as told.

Submission + - Steve Ballmer to retire from Microsoft within 12 months

Submitted by rjmarvin
rjmarvin writes: In a surprise move this morning, Microsoft SEO Steve Ballmer has announced http://sdt.bz/64033 he will retire from the tech juggernaut sometime in the next 12 months, the timeframe hinging on how long it takes to find his successor and transition to new leadership. A special search committee including Bill Gates among other members of the Board of Directors will spearhead the search.

Submission + - Top 8 Funny Linux Commands! (efytimes.com)

Submitted by Atithya
Atithya writes: The most powerful feature of Linux lies in its Command Line. But Terminal isn’t meant to be this serious always, you can also have fun using some funny and amusing command lines. If you aren't aware of these yet, here are some amusing commands that will bring up the funny side of Linux

Submission + - Two US Representatives Mouth Identical DMCA Talking Points at Same Hearing (xrepublic.tv)

Submitted by Jeremiah Cornelius
Jeremiah Cornelius writes: Comedy gold, as US House members sellout to the copyright industry. Watch two Congressional Representatives ask identical leading questions, framed for them by entertainment industry lobbyists, word-for-word. No pause, one right after the other. Ultimately, its the voter/taxpayer/consumer who is both paying for this directly and subsidizing it, while subject to the restraints that are being demanded.

Comment Really? (Score 1) 2

by 3vi1 (#44566167) Attached to: Shazam For Wine?

>> Simply by taking a picture of a wine label, Drync can identify and describe nearly any bottle of wine.

Me too. By reading the label and Googling it.

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