Comment Re:Some things are just before their time as well (Score 1) 458
Of course the Newton came first, you bloody nitwit. You're so busy looking for offence that you turned a compliment to your totem corporation on its head. *facepalm*
Comment Re:Inflation Adjusted (Score 1) 458
Actually, if you adjust for inflation, the Dutch East India Company still has the market cap crown.
Comment Re:Different markets... (Score 1) 458
Okay, here's my anecdote:
I know nine people who own MacBooks.
Seven of them run Linux on them full-time. They're all programmers.
The two who don't are both retirees, neither of whom has much experience with computers.
Comment Re:Create a $140 billion business out of nothing? (Score 2) 458
Not an Apple hater. But I still won't buy their devices for my own use. Apple offer me a guaranteed "experience" that they control. In other words, they offer safety in exchange for liberty, which is not a bargain that I'm willing to make.
Comment Re:Sure they can (Score 1) 127
"TRUST NO ONE"
FDA Wants To Release Millions of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Florida 265
MikeChino writes In an attempt to curb outbreaks of two devastating tropical diseases in the Florida Keys, the FDA is proposing the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the area. Scientists have bred male mosquitoes with virus gene fragments, so when they mate with the females that bite and spread illness, their offspring will die. This can reduce the mosquito population dramatically, halting the spread of diseases like dengue fever.
Comment Re: Government Intervention (Score 2) 495
I get 100/100 fibre for about 40 bucks a month in Stockholm. No caps or throttling, either.
Comment Re:Uh, okay? (Score 1) 375
Then for you, as it is for me, it's Year Ten of the Linux Desktop.
Comment Re:Lets help out (Score 1) 431
Et voilà! How To Encrypt Everything.
Comment Re:When everyone is guilty... (Score 2) 431
Once they fill up the last page, all of them are executed.
Such delightful ambiguity. Would "they" happen to be the laws, or the government?
Comment Re:Zone of lawlessness: The U.S. government (Score 1) 431
The US government is not supposed to take care ofits citizens.
Then what the fuck do we even have it for?
Comment Re:Wait a second... (Score 1) 216
They're allowed to have an opinion, too, and they are scientists, after all, which means we might actually want at least to consider what they have to say. We're free to disagree with them, but we really should have some good reasons for that.
Those who aspire to become nuclear physics do not study a "nuclear scientific method"; they learn how to apply the scientific method to the field of nuclear physics. Folks who want to become climate scientists do not study a "climate-scientific method"; they learn how to apply the scientific method to the field of climate science.
Do you see where I'm going with this? Would I pay attention to a similar group of medical doctors, or chemists? Sure, why not?
Comment Re:R wont run on linux soon (Score 1) 105
The bit about Skype is also not quite true. MS have done horrid/idiotic things with the UI, especially in the mobile versions, but I use the Linux desktop version almost daily and it works just fine for its intended purpose.
Comment Re: Why oh Why (Score 1) 105
That's nice.
Isn't Oracle's table/column names still limited to 30 characters? I would think a modern, enterprise-worthy database could handle a bit more.
Even MySQL supports 64-character identifiers for databases and tables.
Comment Re:Why oh Why (Score 1) 105
They can sell it, but they can't sell it out from under you.
Who can't sell what out from under me? Sole copyright owners can sell their code at any time out from under anyone. It's their legal right.
You cannot change the license after the fact.
You can take your GPL project closed, but anyone who obtained your code under GPL license prior to that can continue to use, modify, and redistribute that code under terms of said license.
