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Comment Re:So... (Score 1) 151

by ZosX (#56114613) Attached to: Skype Can't Fix a Nasty Security Bug Without a Massive Code Rewrite

Except linux lags behind Windows on the desktop in terms of usability badly. Not to mention that all the real world applications I need are only on Windows. And games. Wine is great and all but the last time I tried it, I was seeing my nvidia card perform about half as well as it should have. Pass. I do like linux, but lets be honest, its a broken fragmented mess with few quality commercial applications for it.

Submission + - Comcast Sues Vermont After the State Requires the Company To Expand Its Network (vtdigger.org)

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An anonymous reader writes: Cable television giant Comcast is suing the Vermont Public Utility Commission over the panel’s decision to require the company to expand its network and step up support for community access TV if it wants to continue doing business in Vermont. A key issue is the services Comcast must provide to local community access systems that carry municipal government and school board meetings and other local events. The 26 community access systems have been pushing — against resistance by Comcast — for high-definition video, greater ability to operate from remote locations, and inclusion in the interactive program guides that Comcast customers can use to decide what to watch. The PUC — formerly known as the Public Service Board — in January issued a new 11-year permit for Comcast to operate in Vermont. In July the panel rejected the company’s request to drop some of the conditions attached to the permit.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Comcast argued that the PUC “exceeded its authority under federal and Vermont law” by imposing “numerous conditions on Comcast’s continued cable operations in the state that are arbitrary, unprecedented and will ultimately harm local cable subscribers by resulting in millions of dollars in increased cable costs.” It said the commission “did so despite overwhelming record evidence that Vermont cable subscribers do not want to incur any additional costs or fees for the kinds of conditions imposed” in the commission’s January order.

Comment Re:Hangouts is dead. Long live Hangouts (Score 2) 48

by ZosX (#56098671) Attached to: Android Messages May Soon Let You Text From the Web

I find hangouts TERRIBLE. Its terrible on android and has awful call quality. I'm about to go back to the OG google voice app, but then all my old messages are still stuck in hangouts. ARGH. The gmail interface is super bad. I can't stand it. You have to install the chrome app if you want to text people over the web otherwise you can only respond to existing texts.

Comment Their cases are all mostly flawed (Score 1) 230

by ZosX (#56086931) Attached to: FDA Declares Popular Alt-Medicine Kratom an Opioid

Many are people that toxicology reports stated had multiple drugs within their bloodstream. The cases in sweden were laced with a synthetic opiate too. In one case, one person died of a fucking gun shot wound but somehow ended up on their report until they redacted it!

But hey, let's just take their word for it.....

Comment Re:Genetic drift? (Score 1) 279

Sorry to not answer your first question, I am not an expert, but there have been known species (trees) that have cloned for thousands of years with no genetic defects I believe. Didn't they say this particular crawfish has 3 copies? I would imagine that only a mutation would cause a change in the genetic code and it would take an external influence to cause that. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable could answer you.

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