Comment Does Linus poop in the woods? (Score 0, Offtopic) 769
Huh?
Comment Re:On the one hand... (Score 1) 555
On the other hand, how can they call any capped thing "unlimited"? How would they not end up in court for some kind of false advertising or breach of contract?
Because you're not prevented from using more than 5GB, you just have to pay more for the privilege.
Comment Re:Will it be DRM inside? (Score 3, Insightful) 542
Limiting your ability to "loan" books out to only 14 days sounds like DRM to me.
As long as e-content has limitations not present in real books, there's no compelling reason for me to switch.
Comment America's Got Justice (Score 1) 517
How about going the other way? Google could create a special search engine for legal questions, and a Wiki for evidence. Then televise all trials and allow the public at large to text in their votes. The advertising revenue could easily fund the system and perhaps some decent health care for indigents. And given the well-known WoC® (Wisdom of Crowds), we'd be assured of better outcomes. I see it as win-win-win.
Comment I'll believe it when I see it. (Score 0) 146
Larry Ellison would lie to his mother just for fun.
Comment Cause? Effect? (Score 0) 289
Couldn't it be that people who tend to be fat also tend to lose brain tissue as well?
That is, I see nothing that indicates that dieting to stay slender would have any effect on brain tissue.
(Um..or should I RTFA?)
Please, I need more excuses why it's OK for me to eat ice cream whenever I want!
Comment Re:Half-empty dc's (Score 4, Interesting) 142
I live and work in Sunnyvale, and I'm here to tell you that half the office space in this area is empty. Buildings that started going up two years ago have stopped, rusting in place.
And at the rate people and businesses are leaving I don't think space is going to be a problem.
Comment Re:Opt-out page down already? (Score 1) 352
That's what I was thinking too....Comcast and AT&T (the new one) tie for the honor of being the lowest life-form IMO.
So what I wanna know is, who told Comcast that this was possible and how to do it? They're certainly too dumb to have figured it out on their own.
Comment Re:bankrupt then what? (Score 2, Interesting) 492
I can't help but think there's some strategic reason for his actions that will become clearer upon appeal.
Comment "does this filing confirm those fears?" (Score 3, Insightful) 785
In a word, yes. As does the bail-out shenanigans, etc.
Comment Are you sure you wanna do that? (Score 4, Funny) 374
Speaking as someone who's been involved in IT for 30+ years, allow me to shout at you...."You're going the wrong way!!!"
Comment Re:Pardon my cynicism, but.... (Score 1) 409
Hey! Cynicism != trolldom, dammit!
Comment Pardon my cynicism, but.... (Score 1, Insightful) 409
...it's just a matter of time before he caves to lobbyist $$$.
Researchers Warn of Possible BitTorrent Meltdown 294
secmartin writes "Researchers at Delft University warn that large parts of the BitTorrent network might collapse if The Pirate Bay is forced to shut down. A large part of the available torrents use The Pirate Bay as tracker, and other available trackers will probably be overloaded if all traffic is shifted there. TPB is currently using eight servers for their trackers. According to the researchers, even trackerless torrents using the DHT protocol will face problems: 'One bug in a DHT sorting routine ensures that it can only "stumble upon success", meaning torrent downloads will not start in seconds or minutes if Pirate Bay goes down in flames.'"
Inside Factory China 135
blackbearnh writes "While China is attempting to pull its industry up out of mere manufacturing mode, for now the country is the production workhorse of the consumer electronics industry. Almost anything you pick up at a Best Buy first breathed life across the Pacific Ocean. But what is it like to shepherd a product through the design and production process? Andrew 'bunnie' Huang has done just that with the Chumby, a new Internet appliance. In an interview with O'Reilly Radar, he talks about the logistical and moral issues involved with manufacturing in China, as well as his take on the consumer's right to hack the hardware they purchase."
