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Comment Re:If this were ten years ago, I would have (Score 1) 268

by startling on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @02:37AM (#48366313) Attached to: GNOME Project Seeks Donations For Trademark Battle With Groupon

I haven't logged into /. in years (although I frequently lurk) but your comment made me search out my password and login in case, by some miracle, I had any mod points to vote your comment up (no points though, naturally).

Submission + - US patent office seeks aid to spot bogus patent claims (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by startling on Monday September 24, 2012 @06:51AM

startling writes: Members of the public are being asked by the US Patent Office to help weed out bogus patent applications. It wants the public to contribute to a website that will spot applications for patents on technologies that have already been invented. The website, called Ask Patents, will be run by US firm Stack Exchange that has a track record of operating Q&A websites.

Comment Re:What Rights? (Score 1) 219

by startling on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @06:19PM (#25726733) Attached to: EU Will Not Divulge Microsoft Contracts

This is the first time I've thought, 'where are those mod points when I need them?'
Hey, buddies, can you spare me a point? And mod parent up?

How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux 380

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 02, 2008 @04:17PM from the mild-claims dept.

chromatic writes "Kernel hackers Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok showed off Linux booting in five seconds at last month's Linux Plumbers Conference. Arjan and other hackers have already improved the Linux user experience by reducing power consumption and latency. O'Reilly News interviewed him about his work on improving the Linux experience with PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot."

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