Posts by Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik

Education Secretary Gove: Tim Berners-Lee 'created the INTERNET'

so in other words....

two ad salesmen, a service guy, a telco guy and a mix of the lot will try to show what's important for IT tech... Sounds like a plan...

Prehistoric-super-tooth dentists drill DIAMONDS into duck-billed 'saur riddle

Now

why don't us humans have the 6 layers and the constantly replacing teeth.

Dutch unleash intelligent robot bins: No ID, no rubbish

Late to the game?

We've had such bins around here in Ljubljana, Slovenia for a few years now.

Can see them on the pic here:

http://www.jhl.si/snaga/locevanje

We have 5 containers with bio, paper, glass, plastics and other waste

Both bio and other waste require an RFID card to open.

My main issue with these is that the openings on the paper and plastics bins are to small for a lot of

the packaging bought in stores.

Do like them but as anything new there are a lot of people that simply refuse to use them and just put the trash next to them.

Health minister warns ISPs: Block suicide websites or face regulation

Can you say

Feature creep?

Emotional baggage

Hmmm bags and more bags

I went through quite a lot. But my requirements are that I can put atleast 2 1L bottles of water in them along with a ton of other stuff. Managed to get my hands on a Wegner backpack this year and I'm happy to report I still have plenty of room with 2 1.5L of sigg water bottles in there, an eeepc701(though I'd like to replace that with a 13" laptop device), ton of cabling, adapters, glass cleaning kit, portable fork/knife/spoon, portable headphones, etc... etc... etc... And still have room to put in my ereader and probably a lot more.

Very happy with it. Though the lack of waist straps is a bit annoying. And I can't use chest straps since it presses on my chest and can trigger my asthma.

I guess some people don't understand how hard getting the right gear for such things is.

'Nutjob' serves half-baked Raspberry PI scam

Hehe

Amazing. I think the foundation should employ a profesional troll for such cases. Get more entertainment from it and of course record it to youtube with ads to get some extra revenue ;)

Torvalds bellows: 'The GNOME PEOPLE are in TOTAL DENIAL'

Re: What prevents Linux from conquering the consumer PC market?

CDE is back from what I recall so you should be fine soon ;)

Open source author pulls code after GPL abuse

I see that some fanboy brigade was already here

And started downvoting everything. To bad they are wrong and the posters so far are right.

Sysadmins! There's no shame in using a mouse to delete files

Hehe

I must say I do a lot of stuff via CLI but yes some things just aren't workable via CLI. I'll use a GUI webbrowser. True one that supports vi like keys and keyboard navigation. I'll rdesktop since managing windows is still a GUI approach and that's not necessarily bad.

Use what works best of what you need. But I must say that I've learned so much more about how things work with CLI vs GUI that it's sad how things are masked.

CIOs should fear the IP police ... have your get-out-of-jail files ready

Re: Copyright nightmare.

> > I have on one occasion had to confiscate a teacher's video of MLK's 'I have a dream' speech

> You might not have had to do that at all...

Yeah if it was produced by the USA government then most likely not. Simply because iirc all of their stuff produced with public money is Public Domained.

I could be wrong there but that's how I've read up a while ago.

As for deleting stuff off of comon shares etc... A better approach... each tyke has a known username/password and each file has a known owner... If there is an issue with copyright said complaint is directed to them/their rightful guardians.

That's how tho system should work.

Tim Cook reveals 'great' update for Mac Pro

aka...

"we fucked up and need a year to design a new device"

Smart meters are 'massive surveillance' tech - privacy supremo

Re: 2020

Agreed. Considering the average usage in our building with 3 appartments having 'lecy heating along with everything else 'lecy and 4 using gas and everything else 'lecy I'd have problems just covering my own use.

Re: Washing

ssshhhssshshshshhshshshshshshshshhswushwushssshshshshshshsh bleep bleep bleep KLANK!!!

That's more or less how my washing machine runs. Just bought it last month after 20+ years of the old on. It's whisper silent. Other than the configurable bleeps that signify the end of the washing and the KLANK that means the relay to disconnect it from the power got triggered(which is actually heard while the bleeps aren't really heard).

And this is a 1600rpm model at that.

IT distributors: The only people adding value to the world economy

Lovely

Enjoyed the article a lot.

AMD: New Trinity laptop chips out-juice Intel graphics

like?

Considering they already provide specs to Linux driver devs and even some support I believe.

Much better than nvidia that only provide a closed up driver.

Kiwi ISP offers geo-block workaround

Geoblocking is particularly annoying in nations beyond Europe...

... /me checks... yes in Europe, yes in EU, being ripped off for everything yes, being geoblocked in everything yes...

So no not beyond Europe... even in Europe.

'ACTA is dead,' says Europe's digital doyenne

Re: view of copyright practicalities

Agreed. I Have the same. I pay for a cable TV subscription but get most stuff via torrent.

If they want me to pay provide me a link where Ican enter my CC info and a list of shows I've watched and I'll be more than happy to offer them some of my hard earned cash. Of course it would probably be much less than what they believe they could charge for it.

I'm willing(and do) to pay for a book 10-20eur but frankly most episodes wouldn't be worth more than 2eur each(normal 40 minute ep).

Major science fiction publisher to zap DRM

Yay

Now just need to find an epub supplier for them and I'll have myself a lot of ebooks. Though I still might get the pbooks anyway.

Oz parliament may investigate tech price discrimination

Not only in Australia

Though probably not as bad here in EU I can get stuff cheaper from other countries in the EU than my own. And that's usually with exhobirant shipping.

I can get most games 15eur cheaper from the UK than buying localy. I can buy most things 10-30% cheaper from any other country in the EU than getting the same stuff localy.

So yes not only Australia.

Ten... Kitchen Gadget Treats

I'd suggest

The Atlas 150 with the Pastadrive motor. No need to hand crank your own pasta ;)

Pastebin.com hiring staff to get rid of activists' dumps

Considering...

all the myriad of paste bin sites around the place not a big loss.

Game chain sold

Not likely. If you make a product too cumbersome to use nobody will use it.

And considering that all the next-gen console stuff is still all rumor I doubt it. Why change something that works?

As for DRM considering all the crap that's going on there already. You need to secure the system not the game.

And yeah I'll stick to physical media until they rip it out of my cold-dead-hands. I can't lend a digital download to a friend while I can do so with a physical disc.

Munich's mayor claims €4m savings from Linux switch

Re: Short lived success

Erm POST PC era??? What the hell are you talking about. Last I checked all the people around here that actually NEED to do actual WORK don't want tablets or smartphones. They want a decent laptop with an external screen to hookup to and be able to do their jobs.

Some even have some of the fancy 'droids but they really can't use that for anything. Any Frankly Windows 8 won't change that in any way.

UK government says no to turbo e-bike

Hmm

In this country we had at end of primary school a full term of cycling school. From roadsigns etc... to practical driving tests. I still have that "cycling license" somewhere. I just don't think anyone gives a c... about it.

Frankly I know how to ride... it's the damn motorists that don't. They have this insane cosmic idea that we're some sort of aliens on their planet of "My Road" and will get it in their heads that we should be removed from civilization. But as I also drive I see daily what stupidities some cyclists do not to mention the pedestrians.

Atleast the cops here have stopped a few cyclists doing stupid things. As for e-bikes the one's here need to be limited to 25km/h since that is the speed limit on bike lanes/paths. And PHYSICALLY SEPARATE bike paths/lanes from traffic and especially pedestrian areas.

Microsoft to open source ASP.NET Web API and Web Pages

Why

Why????

BOFH: Dawn raid on Fort BOFH

Where's the...

actual ending... :(

Game files for administration

Here's hoping

that the online part will survive as well. I only online order since I'm not in the UK but I like the service a lot.

Portal 2 prevails at Bafta game awards

Hmmm

I really like that BF3 got that best online, it is good.

Panasonic CF-53 Toughbook 14in rugged laptop

A bit pricey

Something like that at a 600eur mark would definately be of interest. But the price point is way way to much imho. But I'd drop the optical drive. And yes thank you for no webcam. I'd swap the optical drive for an extra battery. This could be very usable then.

DLNA blesses HomePlug Ethernet-over-mains tech

My power lines not powerline friendly

Seeing as I have like 50 something year old wiring and so on I highly doubt there would be enough filtering to get anything done on it.

Game Group shares slide under a penny

My take on GAME

As someone who orders all his PS3 games from them online I'm happy with their service and prices. I'm not from the UK so I get like a 5-14day delivery times but I partialy blame our own postal system since they do air mail them.

I often get pre-orders and new games cheaper by 10-30 eur than the local sharks want for them. And that's with shipping included. And as I have a UK PSN account(because when I bought the PS3 they didn't have a local PSN store) I also buy the psn topup cards which bypasses the PS3 credit card issues and security issues.

I'd be really sad if they go out of business.

Sony PlayStation Vita

Give it up with Flash already

It's dead. Adobe killed it off and it won't be coming back. So stop claiming it's needed.

Flash on mobiles is dead and good riddance.

As for the Vita... first portable that I'm considering buying in the normal lifetime and not at the end of the life(like I did with gba/ds).

Jobs' 'nuclear war' is not doing Apple any good - analyst

Except

That patents expire after 20 years... And if this slow death keeps going they'll eventually run out of things to sue about while the others will innovate away from them.

Parallel import argument turns toxic in Oz

Hehe

Only in europe but we still get shafted on some of the prices so I order stuff from the UK as well. I can save up to 15 eur WITH shipping on a release.

But yeah I got Skyrim on the 17th so nearly a week after release. Still survivable.

Valve chief says Apple will own your living room

You can pry $non_apple_device from my cold...

...dead and still fighting body. Frankly Sony has won me over years ago with their TV kit and only two years ago with the PS3.

And no I don't really care that my TV can't play everything and the kitchen sink. I've got a media box for that but I want it that way. A basic TV with DVB-C builtin.

Nokia rolls out N9 across Europe, avoids UK

No it ISN'T MeeGo

Harmattan was NOT the N900/Maemo 5 platform. Harmattan is Maemo6 a mix bag of Maemo5 and MeeGo.

Microsoft merges Windows 8 with Xbox Live

So basically...

They took Valve's existing idea behind portal 2(on the PS3 and Mac and Win) and integrated in their products. Way to go with innovation there M$... Don't forget to patent it as the most bloddy obvious thing on the planet.

How about game devs started actually coding this thing into their games already. Sheesh.

Sony quietly tests PlayStation Network revamp

I wonder...

...when they'll actually make some functional changes. I actually quite like the current psn store.

BOFH: Every silver lining has a cloud

Remember

Systems is NEVER kept in the basement. It's usually the first or second floor. So that people can worry about all the excessive UPS systems coming crashing on them all the time...

GNOME 3: Shocking changes for Linux lovers

Hmmm...

Hmm good thing I switched my mom to LXDE and I'm still running with FVWM so really... absolutely no reason to be bothered about this...

Seagate ships slim slab of storage

Erm... WTH is...

a netback!!!

Asus prices up netbook-convertible Android tablet

So I guess that means...

I'll wait until the touchbook v2 is actually out(whenever that is)...

Telcos plan to capitalise on the data explosion

Option 3

users drastically cut back on data usage or even *gasp* cancel data usage all togheter...

Atlesat that's what I'll do if shit like this would start happening...

Doctor Who to marry Doctor Who's daughter

Wait what?

I'm confused as hell...

3D printers, one-dimensional enemies

You're thinking of...

> but (unless I completely misunderstand the law) they are bound to protect against infringement of

> their copyright or risk losing it. That means that Apple have to go and sue you for printing the apple

> logo on that widget that you made simply to restore your device to its original function.

Trademarks. Copyrights are not lost. Trademarks are.

Fedora 14: haven for Ubuntu's homeless GNOMEs

Expect...

"All of the Linux distros tend to work with upstream, providing new features and bugfixes. Your words make it sound like only Fedora are doing that."

... when they don't. Which debian/ubuntu certainly don't do a lot... They patch the hell out of things. I believe fedora isn't as bad as that but not far behind.

Google says hardly any Germans opt out of Street View

Never heard of any opt out but...

... the slovenian information commisioner blocked google. Simple request... you either do the blurring realtime without storing the unblurred or you don't get to work here.

Stuxnet 'a game changer for malware defence'

You failed to read the article as well...

You see the C&C centers connect to this via the internet. Take that out and there is no way of controlling what happens. Of course someone could break something else but that would require a very specific targeted attack to work on a specific setup.

So yes... internet is necessary if you want to actually control stuff. It isn't a complete solution but it's a start.

BOFH: Robot wars

Briliant...

simply briliant... more please... much much more...