Comment Compatibility (Score 4, Interesting) 474
As soon as the games I already own and play work on Linux I will switch in a heartbeat.
Comment Re:bad wine, bad! (Score 2) 353
I haven't played since Lich King days but I used to be in quite a hardcore raiding guild. Half a dozen of us ran WoW on Linux as it actually gave a better framerate than Windows did. We cleared all content up to LK 25HC before I quit playing so my wife wouldn't leave me for ignoring her.
Submission + - Supercomputer Repossessed by State, May Be Sold in Pieces (datacenterknowledge.com)
1sockchuck writes: A supercomputer that was the third-fastest machine in the world in 2008 has been repossessed by the state of New Mexico and will likely be sold in pieces to three universities in the state. The state has been unable to find a buyer for the Encanto supercomputer, which was built and maintained with $20 million in state funding. The supercomputer had the enthusiastic backing of Gov. Bill Richardson, who saw the project as an economic development tool for New Mexico. But the commercial projects did not materialize, and Richardson's successor, Susana Martinez, says the supercomputer is a "symbol of excess."
Submission + - Newspaper that published gun-owners list hires armed guards (reuters.com)
inode_buddha writes: "Not long ago we ran a story about how a NY newspaper published lists of gun owners. Now, it seems the same newspaper has hired armed guards in response to unspecified threats to the editor, amid "large volumes of negative response". Funny, I thought these people had some problem with gun ownership?"
Submission + - 'Murder By Internet-Connected Devices' is Dumbest Prediction of 2012, '13 &' (cio.com)
Curseyoukhan writes: "Infosec vendor IID (Internet Identity) probably hopes that by the time 2014 rolls around no one will remember the prediction it just made. That is the year it says we will see the first murder via internet connected device. The ability to do this has been around for quite some time but the company won't say why it hasn't happened yet. Probably because that would have screwed up their fear marketing. CIO blogger challenges them to a $10K bet over their claim."
Comment Re:This stunt by Apple (Score 1) 743
They changed the site and most if the other regions sites to do this 2 days ago. I wonder why.
Submission + - Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling
An anonymous reader writes: Apple today posted its second Samsung apology to its UK website, complying with requests by the UK Court of Appeal to say its original apology was inaccurate and link to a new statement. As users on Hacker News and Reddit point out, however, Apple modified its website recently to ensure the message is never displayed without visitors having to scroll down to the bottom first.
Comment Re:But...it can never replace gasoline. (Score 1) 123
Ford GT40 (new one) has a range of 80 miles per tank according to Jeremy Clarkson.
Comment Re:Messed up (Score 5, Insightful) 259
They can hold him for a year for the Pirate Bay conviction possibly longer if they add on time for non payment of fines. However they think he was involved in hacking Logica but as yet they can't prove it. Most people break eventually in solitary and will say and do anything to get out of it. They probably plan on leaving him there for his whole sentence "for his own safety" unless he confesses.
Comment Re:non-trivial legal liability? (Score 1) 71
Never as far as I know but there has never been a company as large and with as much influence as Google on the other side before either.
Comment Re:Politics (Score 1) 632
All you need to make a gun is something to hold the bullet and something to hit the firing pin. Of course if you want more than one shot or some level or accuracy it gets a bit more complicated.
In theory a pair of pliers to hold the bullet and a hammer with a pointy bit to hit the pin is all you need.
Russia Building World's Largest Li-Ion Battery Plant 128
MikeChino writes "Russia and China are gearing up to dominate the lithium-ion battery industry by launching the world's largest Li-ion plant (press release). Planned for Novobirsk, Russia, the facility will be a joint venture between Chinese firm Thunder Sky and RUSNANO (a Russian state-run corporation) and it will be able to produce up to 500,000 batteries (of all sizes) per year."
Comment Re:I wish this was the case in the UK (Score 2) 575
But it also depends what you have on the encrypted volumes. If it's evidence of tax avoidance then it might be worth giving it up. If you have the plans to the sequel of 9/11 then it's better to do the time for withholding the key.
Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 522
A Phenom X6 is around £100 in the UK so I would guess with your cheaper taxes and the exchange rate it will be around that in dollars.
Comment Re:Nothing from Hams? (Score 1) 436
My uncle got arrested in the UK for receiving government data over Amateur radio in the late 80s/early 90s. He was receiving text via some program on an old BBC computer although it wasn't old at the time.
I'm sure someone with more Ham knowledge than me can say how long they have used computers over the airwaves.
