And a built in terminal (no need to install busybox), root user handling (no need to install SuperSU), a file system explorer...

He said "to be able to upgrade our 3..4 year old workstations", not replace them.

WOW, I know big is 'in' this year in the world of Mac but I didn't realise they did 16 inch wide laptops! How do you carry it anywhere!?!

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Is it just me or does Albert Michelson look the spitting image of Bill Murray?

Go to 1.20 of the first video to see his picture...

Yes, this. I was going to suggest a campaign to overload their system with false positives but come to think of it this idea is pretty extremist and it is radicalising me into abusing their censorship system, so maybe it wouldn't be a *false* positive after all.

For most Windows users with knowledge of web development tools I'd generally agree but I'd have thought most Linux users (with knowledge of web development tools) would be fine doing a quick configure/make/make install.

Fair enough, maybe they do have an ulterior motive, from TFA:

"Crowdsourcing the information related to these images is a fabulous approach to public engagement and one which other institutions - scientific or not - would be wise to follow.

"It engages public interest and imagination in a way that is interesting and exciting. It will also be a great exercise in demonstrating the power of crowdsourcing, possibly to an audience that has not experienced it before," she said.

I submitted this story so maybe it's my fault but I'm pretty sure the BBC don't have scientists at CERN.

How many people do you think worked at CERN between 1955 and 2005? How many of them (from the early days) have email addresses that CERN could contact them on, or would want to be contacted, given they're probably in their late 80s by now?

Don't forget that once Windows is installed and you've installed all your drivers you then have to update it!

If I install a Linux distro that came out, let's say, 5 months ago I'd expect that to take about 30 mins on a slow ADSL connection.

If I install a version of Windows that's 5 months old I'd expect it to take most of the day if not some of the next day!

Having said that I'd never install a version of Windows that's 5 months old, instead I would install a version of Win7 with the latest service pack streamlined in and it would STILL TAKE A WHOLE FU**ING DAY.

Citation Needed.

Camels have been bred, as a beast of burden, by humans since recorded history began. As far as we know a modern camel is as natural as a domestic dog.

I wonder how many healthy camels live WILD in the middle east? If they weren't useful animals (to humans) I bet they'd be an endangered species.

It seems PETA won't be happy until they release all the cows, sheep, pigs, chickens etc into the wild to live a 'natural' life...

...where they will be killed by traffic or poachers or people who want to use their land for something else or real wild animals or starvation or natural f***ing selection because they've been bred to live in captivity for 100s of years.

I can't speak for the rest of the world but if there was no money to be made breeding cattle (for example) in the UK then cows would become extinct within a year.