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Comment Nothing new (Score 1) 4

by fork_daemon (#29791765) Attached to: Linux, First Successful Drive Transplant
Honestly, this is nothing new.. Linux has been doing this for ages.. I have moved my Slackware installation from one laptop to another to a PC ad from there to a better PC without changing much of anything.. If ever I did anything, it may have been reinstalled LILO when the installation was completely copied to a new HDD. I agree this never worked for me on Windows, but as u know Windows belongs to a different world.

Submission + - Guardian gagged from reporting UK parliament (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The prominent UK newspaper The Guardian has been legally prevented from reporting a question in UK parliament. This is fairly absurd given that the question is a matter of public record (#61) — but the country's special libel laws mean that the newspaper cannot inform the public of what parliament are up to.

The question concerns the oil trading company trafigura, the toxic waste scandal they are involved in, and their generous use of libel lawyers to silence those who would report on the whole thing.

(Dear editors, the reason you should use this submission rather than the one already made is that I've provided more context in the form of what the gagged question is, and what it's about.)
The Internet

Submission + - UK Climate Change Computer Named Top Polluter (datacenterknowledge.com) 2

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1sockchuck
1sockchuck writes: "In a vivid example of the "headline risk" posed by IT energy usage, the UK Meteorological Office has been cited as one of the country's worst polluters — primarily because of its use of a powerful IBM supercomputer used to predict climate change. Met Office spokesmen have sought to argue the merits of the science conducted by the supercomputer (numbers 73 and 74 in the Top 500 list), but media have seized on the seeming disconnect between the agency's goals and the energy overhead of its supercomputing operations. The story has been widely featured by the BBC, The Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail and The Sun."

Comment you have given more information already (Score 1) 2

by fork_daemon (#29089709) Attached to: How to bring security awareness to a major airline

I am personally scared to let the name of the airline here because I am travelling with them soon! Any suggestions for bringing security awareness to this airline?

You wish not to name the Airline but have already given enough information to know which country and what airline it is. Even a kid can decipher that with those hints.

I am talking about a country which ranks 2nd in population

India

a government owned major airline

The indian govt owns only 2 Airlines, One for Local traffic(Indian Airlines) and one for International(Air India).

By the way, I agree.. Not only the Airlines almost every department in India needs security training.

Comment The same reason I dont buy Laptops (Score 1) 2

by fork_daemon (#29052027) Attached to: FreeBSD developer sues Lenovo for Vista on laptops
This is the very reason I still havent bought a laptop from any of the manufacturers. I usually buy second hand laptops instead. I was browsing the sites of Dell, HP, Compaq today to see if I can buy something I like with Linux or without OS. unfortunately the only thing i found was a mini. Also when I was reading the Dell forums regarding refunding Windows Licenses the answer was "you cant get a refund" Seriolsy these guys should have an option of unbundling the OS before hand.
Idle

Submission + - A bear who's smarter than the average engineer

Submitted by gyrogeerloose
gyrogeerloose writes: The San Diego Union-Tribune reports in a New York Times wire service story that a black bear known as "Yellow-Yellow" (named for the two yellow ear tags she sports) has solved the problem of opening a food container that was previously thought to be bear-proof. The container, known as The Bear Vault, was constructed in a manner similar to a child-proof pill bottle and had passed tests at zoos where bears were given a certain time to break in. The only bears able to open it were grizzlies large and strong enough to rip the lid off using brute force--up several years ago, when campers in the High Peaks region of New York's Adirondack Mountains started reporting successful break-ins. A redesigned canister was introduced last year; Yellow-Yellow, a relatively petite 120-pound black bear, figured that one out too. The manufacturer is working on a new design expected to be released next year. New York state officials have agreed to test it by filling it with food and placing it in Yellow-Yellow's territory.
Earth

Submission + - New Zealand tree caught in time warp (sciencemag.org) 1

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: A eukalyptus-like tree from New Zealand is still waging a battle that should have ended over 500 years ago. The tree continues to sport evolutionary adaptations, such as barbed leaves, to protect it from a large, flightless bird known as a moa. There's just one problem: the moa went extinct around 1500 AD.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft's GPL code because of breach. (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by
ozmanjusri
ozmanjusri writes: "While Microsoft presented its recent embrace of the GPL as "a break from the ordinary", and the press spoke of them as going "to great lengths to engage the open source community", as is often the case with Microsoft, it turns out they had an ulterior motive.

According to Stephen Hemminger, an engineer with Vyatta, Microsoft's Hyper-V used open-source components in a network driver and the company released the code to avoid legal action over a GPL violation.

Microsoft's decision to embrace the GPL was welcomed by many in the open source community, but their failure to honestly explain the reason behind the release will have squandered this opportunity to build trust, something which is sadly lacking in most people's dealings with Microsoft."
Patents

Submission + - Touchpad Patent Holder Tsera Sues Everyone (geek.com) 2

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: Okay, well, maybe not everyone but more than twenty companies (including Apple, Qualcomm, Motorola and Microsoft) are being sued for a generic patent that reads: 'Apparatus and methods for controlling a portable electronic device, such as an MP3 player; portable radio, voice recorder, or portable CD player are disclosed. A touchpad is mounted on the housing of the device, and a user enters commands by tracing patterns with his finger on a surface of the touchpad. No immediate visual feedback is provided as a command pattern is traced, and the user does not need to view the device to enter commands.' Sounds like their may be a few companies using that technology. The suit was filed on July 15th in the favoritest place ever to file patent claim lawsuits: Texas Eastern District Court. It's a pretty classic patent troll, they've been holding this patent since 2003 and they JUST noticed now that everyone and their dog are using touchpads to control portable electronic devices.

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