Setting up that new USB WiFi N adapter you just bought from BestBuy with a Broadcom chipset in it. Most people aren't going to bother with NDIS wrappers and shite like that. I give Linux a shot every year or so and a good one at that; I will try to use it at least a month before I feel compelled to be more productive in a hassle-free way. I have no issues with Windows. Everything I use just seems to work with it, hardware or software. I don't mind paying developers for their hard work and most want to be monetarily compensated for their ideas. I know this from personal experience. Windows users are the largest audience I can have for my ideas and projects. So while some endlessly argue pedantically over OS choices, some people actually accomplish things no matter what the platform of choice is. When is the last time you cared about which OS foursquare used to let you check in?

should definitely steer clear of Rebound Relationship Linux then. Nothing good comes of that.

Social engineering is a security issue for any OS. If I can persuade you into arbitrarily running my code I can get access to nearly anything I would like.

I so do, and I am surprised more didn't vote for this one. I voted at least 3x because it's so apropos. I need some donuts.

This code displays fine on my Windows system. I guess that means Windows doesn't have any bugs. I've written plenty of code in the past that didn't have any bugs until it was compiled.

If you're defining by perception then I have a different definition. Bricking can be perceived as simply rendering a device inoperable. If the mod itself didn't cause the bricking, as in the mod is compatible with said device and would operate minus such DRM schemes, a function that renders the phone useless is just as bad as actually "bricking" it. To most people bricking means to render inoperable which eFuse does. I can "brick" my Palm by dropping from my balcony, but Palm can refurbish said phone so I guess it wouldn't really be "bricked".

Geez, you 5 digiters have to come in here and make all kinds of sense. Where's a good, old-fashioned fanboi when you need one?

such as curing the insufferable legion of Apple Fanbois. They seem to have gotten the shortest end of this stick.

This means the servers themselves will require no cooling internally; no fans = less power draw. Plus every data-center I've been in keeps the Fahrenheits around below 70.

Theres a lot of research in this field ATM and most states that the real revolution will come when we have data-centers that won't need cooling for more than creature comforts. At that point, solar, wind and other "green"(arguably) energy sources will become more feasible for data-centers.

Ive felt this way for since Napster started. My music is the advertisement of my product. If you want to see me perform live, you'll have to pay. How are artists supposed to gain recognition if their product is not as accessible as possible, if most people will never hear it?

It's akin to asking someone to buy a car without driving it first knowing you will not be able to return it if you don't like it, because they assume once you take it home you're going to make an exact copy and dupe the dealer by returning it. We all know this is not what is happening. If we like the music, we will keep the album, not make an inferior version and return the original. This was never the issue. The RIAA just wants to protect their dying business model to no end, however unjustified their position is.

They should have just gotten on board with Napster to begin with and had a great distribution model from the get go. People loved it and now the RIAA realizes they can't win and should have done just that instead of making people hate them as much as the artists do.

Jamendo is a great recommendation, there needs to be more sites like that and maybe Flattr or Bitcoin could be integrated into one of those sites to facilitate payments.

Like I said, more power to you. And yes, I am mostly productive from morning 'til night since you seem so interested.

Then we all realize there is no point in trying to relate to the youths. They will indeed one day be old too and want youths to shut off their shitty rap music and learn how to spell Menopause, or at least use "the Googles" to check your spelling.

Who is the tard that moderated this comment down? Apparently, /. has lost it's sense of humor. Really? Flamebait? Tards.

Why am I having to wait so many minutes to post a comment? Do you think I have time to just sit around here and post comments on your schedule? A little help here. I thought we were all working to increase the speed of the internet and here you are slowing us down.