Comment Re:The code gets larger, and yet things dissapear! (Score 1) 753
On this old and slow XP system here at work chrome starts up in mere seconds (5), so either there is something wrong with your machine, or your OS....
Comment bye bye FF (Score 1) 274
With Google now producing its own browser with a fair marketshare, I think Mozilla made a huge blunder here... I think it will be byebye FF soon, when Google cuts it off from its money. Maybe MS can fund them, but why would they? Once IE is firmly integrated into the next Win version, who's going to bother with FF?
Comment Strange outcome (Score 1) 182
QNAP comes out as best in nearly all tests, yet they still recommend one of the brands that performed way worse?
(disclaimer: I run a QNAPclub community forum)
Comment Blame big corporations. Really (Score 3) 143
Reshipping centers only exist because some big corporations refuse to sell their goods to the whole world, causing people to look for ways to pretend to be in the US so they can order the stuff.
Comment Another thing that's not right (Score 1) 479
Somewhere on the page is a detail picture of "one of the 52 units of 27kW", out of which come a few wires that look way too thin to pass a 27kW output.
Comment Re:Anti-NAS (Score 1) 251
Get a QNAP NAS, and your opinion will change :)
Comment QNAP (Score 1) 251
They run rsync over SSH, and you can even backup to an encrypted USB/eSata disk. All standard linux, so you can read the result on any linux system. And since they run linux, you can tweak as much as you like :)
Comment Just don't let the airline pilots look down (Score 1) 139
oops....
Comment School saves money, parents pay more (Score 1) 614
So what are parents who have a 5 day workweek going to do? Hire a babysitter on friday? This may work out for older kids, not the younger ones....
Comment Re:Alternatives? (Score 1) 605
How about becoming standard SIP compliant? Combined with a jabber client.... Empathy already combines these things well. All platforms offer standard SIP compliant programs (ok, unsure about Apple, SIP might be too open for them)
Comment Re:why are it the bulk of slashdot comments (Score 1) 673
Let me give you one FACT to prove that the media are creating hysteria based on ignorance: How many of the articles mention that the radiation comes from iodine, which has a half-life of 8 days? They'll need a lot more radioactive releases to create ghost towns for here to eternity....
Comment Re:watch this video (Score 5, Informative) 673
This is a prime example of journalists creating hysteria based on their ignorance. The scale on their device never went over 100uS/hr - that's MICRO-Sieverts.... To put this in perspective, read http://xkcd.com/radiation/
They never risked their lives at all
They never risked their lives at all
Submission + - Microsoft and Nokia sign partnership (guardian.co.uk) 2
ifchairscouldtalk writes: Mobile phone maker Nokia announced a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft in the effort to rebuild its fortunes, troubled by stiff competition from Apple and Android phones. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that Windows Mobile 7 will be Nokia's primary smartphone platform. Although Nokia will not immediatly abandon Symbian powered phones and MeeGo is said to be part of a "longer-term market exploration", Alberto Torres, who has led the development of MeeGo, is leaving the company. Shares in Nokia fell by more than 10% in early trading in Helsinki.
Submission + - Nokia sells out (nytimes.com) 1
videoBuff writes: Nokia, current cell phone market leader whose dominance is crumbling, signs up to use Microsoft Windows 7, whose market share is only 2%. Nokia will junk its Symbian and Linux efforts. Guess who made this "brilliant" decision? Mr. Stephen Elop, former Microsoft executive, who joined Nokia as CEO on Sep 2010. Goodbye Nokia, you just made yourself irrelevant.
Comment Re:Same in SF (Score 1) 112
yes, and I have also seen this at work in the parking garage of the main railway station of Innsbruck (Austria), almost two years ago.
Maybe the French 'researchers' went on holiday and just copied ideas? This certainly is not NEWS to me....
Maybe the French 'researchers' went on holiday and just copied ideas? This certainly is not NEWS to me....
