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Food Activist's Life Becomes The Life of Brian 165

krou writes "After food activist and author Raj Patel appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his latest book, things seemed to be going well, until he began to get inundated with emails asking if he was 'the world teacher.' In events ripped straight from The Life of Brian, it would seem that Raj Patel's life story ticks all the boxes necessary to fulfill prophecies made by Benjamin Creme, founder of religious sect Share International. After the volume of emails and inquiries got worse, Patel eventually wrote a message on his website stating categorically that he was not the Messiah. Sure enough, 'his denial merely fanned the flames for some believers. In a twist ripped straight from the script of the comedy classic, they said that this disavowal, too, had been prophesied.'"

Comment What are they going to do with physical password (Score 1) 553

Okay, I have to change my password every 10 days. But wait, I only have 2 eyes. Retinal scans are out. Hmm, 10 fingers. That works for now until some other security know it all comes along and says it needs to be 20. Ok, now I have to take my shoes off to meet the requirement. Please. And I can't remember was it the left foot or right foot and third toe. At some point, this is all unmanageable. It already is. Lets please stop it now. I have NEVER in 20 years had any of my passwords hacked. Why? I am likely too under the radar for most hackers and maybe that's what security experts need to teach. Until then, just turn off the password checking.

Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 165

Likely, the DSi will out sell the iPhone 3g. Easily. The price point is just much better and I'd give my kid a DSi long before an iPhone. So, apps have a much wider audience than the 2 for one you are looking at. I for one, am replacing my DS with one.

Comment Re:For $6.5b (Score 1) 526

Highly threaded multicore processors ala T2000/T5220. These are a godsend to us in Telecom and I can only imagine IBM killing it. Sun is finally innovating again and has some really great technology in their OS. I have recently moved to a multicore processor project using embedded MIPS chips and been told in no uncertain terms not to count on Linux to share the load among the 12+ cores they have. After coming off T2000/T5220s I was shocked. Ugh, give me Solaris back.

Comment I use the G15/G11 for everything (Score 1) 523

I run Linux at work and do gaming at home. Macros are a life saver no matter wither I am doing perl/Python/C++, managing servers or running around in LOTRO. The G15 status is great at work for monitoring ram and processor taxing (I tend to have way too many windows open) so I know when I need to shut a few things down. Basically, these keyboards have the best touch and macros to boot. I own three of the old style including one that is still in the box (just in case). Plus, I have a G11 on my second office machine (running Open Solaris).

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