Comment: Re: look out below ! (Score 1) 332
I bet it depends on how heathy you will be from 37 to 73 :-)
Comment: Re:brilliant! (Score 1) 112
i was actually thinking the same thing
Me too.
Comment: Re:This is why I have a 1 week delayed install pol (Score 1) 254
Not back-doored by the NSA: for all 99% of people know, Linux is back-doored by the NSA to high heaven.
Did you just pull this out of thin air, or can you back it up with some facts?
Comment: Re:Seems obvious (Score 1) 923
If they used https then the url is encrypted. That means the search terms are not part of plain meta-data.
It would be interesting to know whether they used http or https.
Comment: Re:Gawd (Score 1) 434
I would almost agree, that any language is as good as any other. With a few exceptions, like "whitespace" which isn't meant to be a practical language anyway.
You may be right if you talk within one group of languages like e.g. procedural. But there is quite a difference between groups: (procedural, functional, logic), (strict, lazy), (pure, with side effects), (dynamically, or statically typed, or untyped), (static, lexical, dynamic scoping).
No, programming languages are not equal to each other. They can be very different. But I agree that tools are important.
Comment: Re:Bullshit (Score 1) 419
Interesting.
Comment: Re: Neat (Score 1) 301
A lot, any SATA drive is eSATA. You just need to add power to it trough a separate cable. They changed only the connector. The mistake was not adding power to the new connector. What a pity!
Comment: Re:If intel went into discrete graphics (Score 1) 102
we call them morons, why would one cripple their computer, a suposed tool to get things done to hold them selves higher in the morality of a fucking driver is beyond me, I have shit to get done, not be political with my tools.
Or they are willing to suffer a bit now in an attempt to create a new market segment for open drivers. You could call them investors instead of morons. Also there are issues with reporting bugs when your kernel is tainted. This can be critical for some people. Maybe you can try to educate yourself about their motivation before calling them "morons".
Comment: Not Occam's razor, but as Laplace said: (Score 2) 111
I have no need of the hypothesis that there is a Creator. It explains everything, but predicts nothing.
Comment: Re:WTFGA (Score 1) 311
I am not sure you could still buy a 4:3 monitor any more.
4:3 (1280x1024) is common for 19" LCD. Newegg has a lot of them.
Comment: Re:Few replies (Score 1) 205
Presumably all the early adopters in this Ponzi scheme have now cashed in
Probably not. About 65% of BTCs in use are owned by only 10,000 users. Why is it a Ponzi scheme?
Comment: Re:Hyperoptimistically, (Score 1) 421
And then the data link breaks or gets jammed (or even hacked?) by a terrorist. Especially when electrical systems start failing, the connection will be lost.
Then open big parachutes and let the plane land with them (wherever it is currently located). Then send rescue to pick up passengers
Comment: Re:While you're at it... (Score 1) 661
3840x2160, 30bpp, 60fps will use about 15Gbit/s, Display Port bandwidth is 17.28 Gbit/s. So there is still some room. You can also use different color encoding (like YCbCr 4:2:2 chroma sub sampling) to lower bandwidth. Lowering color channel bandwidth to 16 bpp (8bit luma 8bit chroma) would be barely noticeable for such a high density display. Our non-existing 4096x4096, 16bpp, 60fps display would use about 16 Gbit/s. So Display Port is barely OK. And you can still lower the refresh rate :)
Comment: Re:Prior art misunderstandings (Score 1) 503
That sentence states Groklaw's opinion how the law should define what is patentable. It does not say how it is. It is not a misunderstanding being spread.
Comment: posting to undo moderation (Score 1) 398
posting to undo moderation