Comment: Re:Of course... (Score 2, Insightful) 73
because it was for console games, and those are more to the whim of the console's network maintainer than the publisher
+ - Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting ->
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kkleiner writes "A team has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to develop sustainable natural lighting by using a genetically modified version of the flowering plant Arabidopsis. Using the luciferase gene, the enzyme responsible for making fireflies glow, the researchers will design, print, and transform the genes into the target plant. The project, which was recently launched on Kickstarter, has already raised over $100k with over a month left to go."
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+ - Canada Revenue Agency To Tax BitCoin Transactions->
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semilemon writes "The Canada Revenue Agency has started paying attention to BitCoin transactions, as it says users will have to pay tax on all transactions using the currency. From the article, "The CRA told the CBC there are two separate tax rules that apply to the electronic currency, depending on whether they are used as money to buy things or if they were merely bought and sold for speculative purposes. "Barter transaction rules apply where BitCoins are used to purchase goods or services," Canada Revenue Agency spokesman Philippe Brideau said in an email. In this situation, that means whatever you've received in exchange for your $1 worth of vegetables must be documented as a taxable gain of at least $1 somewhere. When it comes to trading BitCoins for profit, the tax man says there are tax implications there, too. "When BitCoins are bought or sold like a commodity, any resulting gains or losses could be income or capital for the taxpayer depending on the specific facts," ruled the CRA."
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Comment: Linux Boot (Score 5, Insightful) 572
Have a dedicated Linux boot just for them, and if they give you funny looks tell them too bad.
Comment: Re:Ok (Score 2) 101
I would like a Windows powered tablet personally, and now that there's a way to deliver software outside of the Windows store, I've got a bit more incentive to buy one.
Comment: Re:too expensive (Score 3, Informative) 308
That's where most of the theatres actually make their money on first-week releases, though, because of how much goes to the studio in ticket revenue.
Comment: Re:But the reason the switched from Google.. (Score 1) 153
There's a fair chance that Google was asked to hide the airport though...
Comment: Re:Why would you want to game on Linux (Score 1) 332
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Sylak
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Attached to: Valve Begins Listing Linux Requirements For Certain Games On Steam
The problem is that they are the distributors (through Steam) for a bunch of publishers that aren't Mac friendly.
Take it a step farther, and they're not friendly to macs. There are plenty of titles available for Windows on Steam and Mac on the App Store, but not as SteamPlay for whatever reason.
Comment: Re:Why would you want to game on Linux (Score 5, Informative) 332
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Sylak
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Attached to: Valve Begins Listing Linux Requirements For Certain Games On Steam
Because some people like video games, and some people like Linux as a primary OS. There's a lot more overlap than you seem to think there is here, especially with people who would rather spend the money on a custom-built gaming rig than on a Mac Pro.
Comment: Re:republicans (Score 1) 1080
Actually, this causes a huge headache for the largely democrat dominated entertainment industry more so than normal consumers, especially when looking at the recent cease of manufacture of PAR38 lamps and when trying to build a practical lighting unit of a specific look the 100W ban is already being problematic.
Comment: Re:That *niche* market. (Score 2) 283
As far as I know iOS is pretty secure.
as far as I know, finding an iOS exploit in the wild is one google search for "iOS jailbreak" away...
And there hasn't been a remote jailbreak exploit for iOS since a Zero Day for iOS 4. Every jailbreak since has required you to have USB access to the device
Comment: Re:FUCK THE FCC!! (Score 2) 218
The FCC tends to do things good for the consumer when it's NOT related to commercial broadcast TV and Radio spectrums.
Comment: Re:Not Linux in General, but a distribution (Score 1) 880
As far as anyone can tell, indefinitely.
Comment: Re:Not Linux in General, but a distribution (Score 1) 880
But if their "Linux machines" means a specific distribution (probably Ubuntu) installed with a specific set of default applications, using the OEM's 3rd party repository for drivers that aren't in mainstream linux yet. Wel... in this case the situation isn't much more complicated than supporting Windows.
Unfortunately, when Dell does this, they don't plan for any OS upgrades and in fact kill their repos 2 years down the line. I have a Dell Mini that I ordered preinstalled with Ubuntu, and I can't use the OEM OS and expect any sort of up to date software on it, because the Dell Ubuntu Repos aren't there anymore.
Comment: Re:virus (Score 4, Insightful) 143
NSS said that “Internet Explorer 9 was by far the best at protecting against socially-engineered malware
Meaning what? Malware that you need to activate yourself because you're a moron?