Comment AWESOME (Score 1) 185
The entire time I was reading this article I was hearing, "QUAD DAMAGE" to Virgin.
Comment Re:Justice (Score 1) 353
I adopted the PS3 the night it came out for $599 + tax just for that specific ability to run Linux. Blu-Ray and Games were a secondary plus. All those 3 functions made the purchase price justifiable. I know I am not alone here in that reasoning. I could of got a bare-bone computer + blu-ray player separately if I knew the Other OS feature would disappear one day.
Comment Re:Capitalism (Score 1) 370
That is exactly what I was thinking. Supply and demand. I believe having no replacement up and running when we retire the shuttle is a horrid idea.
Comment Excellent!!! (Score 1) 1
Stickin' it to the big Sony man never felt better. Now just the downtime to get this out I assume. I hope its out before Duke Nukem Forever.
What Chernobyl Looks Like In 2010 413
An anonymous reader writes "The editor of Phoronix.com has toured Chernobyl's Zone of Alienation (the 30km zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) to see what the area looks like 24 years after the world's largest nuclear disaster. Many photographs from Chernobyl in 2010 have now been published, showing off the power plant and its RBMK reactors, the town of Pripyat, the town of Chernobyl, and the Red Forest. The 24th anniversary of this deadly nuclear disaster will be on April 26."
Comment Re:Stop banging on about healthcare (Score 1) 452
We do have a government health care program for the bottom fifth of society. Its called Medicaid.
Comment Re:hotspotshield (Score 1) 312
you can use hotspot shield on linux. just dont use their client.
Comment Use hotspot shield. Its free and secure. (Score 4, Informative) 312
http://www.hotspotshield.com/ . I use them all the time when I am traveling. They have a nice free client on their site and if you do not want to install their client you can just configure a vpn link manually.
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