Comment Re:Detestible Putrid Excrescence (Score 1) 186
Oh god. He and Rush Limbaugh will be around for centuries!
Comment Re:And so it begins (Score 1) 410
It's not about reneging on the contract. It's about signing the contract and going through with it until it's deemed illegal, and hoping the contract is deemed illegal sooner rather than later.
Comment Re:And so it begins (Score 3, Interesting) 410
The part of me that really just wants Google to be doing the right thing after all really wants me to believe that they're doing this to spark outrage to make net neutrality a law.
The rest of me is disappointed until that suspicion gets confirmed.
Comment Re:GPL: Intellectual Theft (Score 0, Redundant) 187
Definitely a troll, considering the token ring and defrag comments.
Comment Seems good to me, except (Score 3, Interesting) 187
This seems like it can only be a good thing. The major place where we're lacking (AFAIK) is in driver support, and having a major software suite such as KDE use OpenGL 3 will help the driver writers manage some of these bugs (the same way Compiz appearing on the scene majorly improved graphics drivers in Linux a few years ago).
Perhaps this will also help to push Intel to OpenGL 3 (or 4 - I mean, COME ON!).
At the same time, I have some Linux machines that don't have OpenGL 3 support (one has a GeForce 6600), so I really hope they keep functionality with OpenGL 2 for a while (that machine isn't getting upgraded - the next thing I do to it will be to replace it).
Comment Re:Flash based SSDs maybe, but what about others? (Score 1) 315
I concur entirely. The article's author seems to think that NAND flash is what SSD means. I'm pretty sure Memristors will do more than that, though. Heck, I'm willing to bet that within my lifetime memristors will revolutionize computers so there is no more hard drive and RAM, just memory.
Comment Re:Think Geek is your friend. (Score 1) 499
Wouldn't it just be cheaper at that point to just get a supported (by Kismet/whatever) USB wifi card?
Comment Re:EOL XP already... (Score 0, Troll) 458
At least if he were using Linux he could maintain the source himself (if he were really that motivated).
Tremulous Switching To Xbox Live, Exclusively 43
An anonymous reader writes "Darklegion Development and Microsoft have apparently been working on a new version of Tremulous for the Xbox 360. Timbor, project founder and a main developer of Tremulous, said this in a recent announcement: 'What does this mean for you? You will now be able to play Tremulous on Xbox Live with thousands of other gamers, earning achievements and showing off your gaming skill. In the best interest of maintaining a steady and secure Tremulous playerbase, Tremulous is going to be exclusively available for Xbox Live. Existing infrastructure will no longer receive official support. Players who have already been playing for at least three months can apply for a €5/$7 coupon as a show of our appreciation of your enthusiasm so far! What does this mean for the community? Hopefully nothing! While the production of Tremulous switches from its current open source development to a closed source environment handled by the very capable and experienced Microsoft engineers, the efforts of the community will still be valued. In this collaboration we have made it very clear that the Tremulous community is very important to the game, and Microsoft agrees with us on this point. We are confident that this move will not stifle the creative output of the community.'"
Want a Body Piercing With That Server? 19
1sockchuck writes "The web hosting business is known for promotional gimmicks. But here's an unusual one: ServerBeach UK is offering a free body piercing with every new server ordered on April 1st. 'We were tired of the typical boring giveaways that have been done to death' said ServerBeach's Dominic Monkhouse. The stunt revives memories of earlier guerrilla marketing efforts by web hosts, like the 'human billboard' who was paid $7,000 to tattoo a hosting company's logo on the back of his head."
Comment Re:-1 Troll (Score 4, Informative) 641
The point stands, though. Canonical have a team of UI people. The submitter of the bug is not one of them.
He can (and has) made a PPA for his preferred version. But he's not high enough in their hierarchy (which probably means not enough of a contributor) to have a say on what Canonical actually do.
Comment Re:My money is on Chrome (Score 0, Offtopic) 325
So this is why I started visiting /. again.
I've actually been encouraged by my friends to apply for African-American scholarships. However, I'm not an American yet. As soon as I get my US citizenship, though, I'll probably do it.
Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 2, Informative) 2424
The numbers I've seen for insurance profit margins differ from yours by a factor of 10 (20-30%).
Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 1) 2424
I'm a full-time college student, and my dad's insurance is supposed to cover me.
The first time I went for a check-up after his company switched insurance, I wasn't covered. So we had to spend (literally) hours on the phone correcting that. They said it was all done.
until I had to go to the dentist. Apparently they hadn't put me on the coverage for dental. So another day wasted trying to get me onto the dental plan. This was after already having filled in all the forms for me to be on the plan *and* still having to call once.
Two weeks ago I went to the optometrist. Guess what? I wasn't covered. Even though we had now been *TWICE* guaranteed by the insurance that I was fully covered for everything. The optometrist still gave me the test, etc. and we arranged for my new glasses, but we couldn't pick them up until the insurance gave the go-ahead. Which they naturally did on a Friday afternoon, after the optometrist had closed.
I would normally have been able to fetch my glasses after lunch. Instead, I had to wait over a week, during which time it was also illegal for me to drive.
