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Comment Re:iPhone 5 is faster.. for a few minutes maybe. (Score -1) 256

by DeathFromSomewhere (#42768297) Attached to: Mars Rover Curiosity: Less Brainpower Than Apple's iPhone 5
Cosmic rays go straight through the earths atmosphere. So an iphone on earth gets hit with the same amount of cosmic rays as one in space. Off the shelf computer hardware does indeed work just fine in space. You can watch people on the ISS using normal laptops and cameras all the time.

Comment Re:Microsoft and Open Source don't mix (Score 1) 339

If you know they exist you maybe shouldn't say shit like this:

Next, try to find a PC without a Windows License forced on you. Building it yourself from pieces doesn't count (thank goodness as that's how I do all mine). Have fun.

That Windows license wasn't forced on you. You made that choice with full knowledge of your options. Pretending otherwise is basically lying.

Of course the Linux version of the same hardware is more expensive. Windows PCs come with the bundled crapware that subsidizes the cost of the operating system. Linux PCs don't have the bundled crapware and therefore cost the OEM more money. Not to mention most people who buy the Linux version did so by mistake and end up returning it.

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