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Comment I was a subscriber for several years but.. (Score 1) 117

... when they turned digital without notice I canceled it.
To be clear, my problem wasn't the magazine going digital but that they have done with it without any prior notice. Also, I did pay for international shipping and they said my subscription would stay the same price which I don't think is fair.

Comment Useful only against toys and amateurs (Score 1) 147

There are ready-made systems based on many frequencies as diverse as like 433Mhz, 868Mhz, 915Mhz, 1.2GHz and more besides the 2.4-5.8Ghz range this device attacks. Also, if I am dropping a bomb, I'll just program an autopilot to do that independently from external command, thing that can be easily done with many kinds of cheap controllers so, if you are delivering the payload with a DJI Phantom for instance, yeah, should work but that's it. IMHO they should try to disable/jam the GPS but even that would not be enough if the attacker knows how to implement dead reckoning. Won't have the same precision but in this case it won't matter much I guess.

Comment Re:Canonical does have a compatible/certified list (Score 1) 352

AFAIK, what's on that list was (and still is) fully tested. If you check the page for the E6410, you see that the machine was tested with 10.04.4 64bit provided by Dell which means probably was tweaked for this machine and stock Ubuntu 11.10. Below on the page you will see also the details of the hardware (it says the model tested used nvidia graphics).
Full disclaimer: I do work for Canonical but not for the testing team. What I can say for what I see and hear is they do test machines according to what is described on this list.

Comment Re:What about if works for unknown (yet) reasons? (Score 1) 526

I don't think my two issues just happen to cure themselves as those were the only two times in my life that I've taken homeopathy. It is indeed possible but highly unlikely.
At least in Brazil, homeopathy is treated as any other medical pratice and all the solutions have to be prescribed by a doctor. No doctor will prescribe homepathy for a problem that can be more easly cured by regular medicine or requires a quick intervention like an infection for instance.

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