Comment And you're posting this anonymously? (Score 1, Insightful) 564
Dude, you just missed a chance to make the #1 Google result for your name a Slashdot article that explains the situation.
Comment Grey Goo! (Score 0) 245
"We should try to make science more sexy and more fun and more like a game." In context, I think that's the scariest quote I've heard all year. Somebody notify the SciFi channel: all those movies where a killer zombie (or vampire) virus is created by the government or a university lab? Nope, it was made in somebody's garage in LA.
Comment Support the full freedesktop.org specs, Mark (Score 0) 306
Hate to be a Negative Nancy here, but I gotta disagree with Mark on this one. Notifications should have actions associated with them. I don't WANT to see "Wifi signal lost" followed immediately by "Wifi signal found". (My Windows installation does this and it drives me crazy!) The only important type of notification is one that prompts a user response, such as "CD burning finished" (action: eject), "Bob sent you a chat!" (action: reply), or "New kernel installed" (action: reboot). I WANT to be interrupted to be told these things. And I can handle notifications that present multiple actions to choose from. Example: "Download finished!" (actions: Open file, Open containing folder) If it's a freedesktop.org spec, support the FULL spec, or we'll risk the spec becoming obsolete. Only supporting a subset will do to notifications what Internet Explorer does to CSS.
Comment But does it run Linux? (Score 0) 205
What's happened to all the "But does it run Linux?" comments?
Also, will it blend?
KDE 4 Uses 40% Less Memory Than 3 Despite Eye-Candy 566
An anonymous reader writes "Pro-Linux reports that KDE 4, scheduled to be released in January 2008, consumes almost 40% less memory than KDE 3.5, despite the fact that version 4 of the Free and Open Source desktop system includes a composited window manager and a revamped menu and applet interface. KDE developer Will Stephenson showcased KDE 4's 3D eye-candy on a 256Mb laptop with 1Ghz CPU and run-of-the-mill integrated graphics, pointing out that mini-optimizations haven't even yet been started." Update: 12/14 22:40 GMT by Z : Or, not so much. An anonymous reader writes "The author of the original KDE 3.5 vs KDE 4.0 memory comparison has come out with a more accurate benchmark. In reality, KDE 4.0 uses 110 MB more memory than KDE 3.5.8.
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