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Comment: Re:This could be good news... (Score 1) 202

by marcello_dl (#46480649) Attached to: Ubuntu's Mir Gets Delayed Again

More precisely, I wish the transition will not fragment the system between a lot of still potentially useful apps that cease working and the new stuff that will take years to mature to the point of old apps. Think about the transition between kde 3 and 4, or end up like people running classic unix apps under OSX.

Network transparency is a MUST to me, but if it is important for many it should end up getting implemented into any solution eventually.

Comment: Re: Mr. Snowden, we need your help (Score 1) 290

by marcello_dl (#46480617) Attached to: Russia Blocks Internet Sites of Putin Critics

Snowden might be a Sealand double agent for all I know, the point is: were his revelations made up or he spit the truth? The truth is way more damaging of course. Well, a strange kind of damage. Knowing about the excesses of surveillance state is a benefit to the people and does not hinder in any way the agencies to keep doing what they do, because they always de facto operate above the law in every place. So you have a double agent aiding the enemy. Hmmm?

Besides... If there had been the hint of the smell of a convoluted link between snowden and russians, it would have been all over the news in an attempt of damage control.

Comment: Re: How are those kind of things patentable? (Score 2) 396

by marcello_dl (#46462817) Attached to: Apple Demands $40 Per Samsung Phone For 5 Software Patents

And by the way, 40$ for 5 patents seems to fall in line with the rest of Apple pricing, so Samsung better STFU and be thankful for the privilege.

No, seriously, give me a dumbphone that acts as modem with standard AT commands and a 5 to 7 inch tablet with standard linux on it, and you can shove all your apple win and android smartphones you know where.

Comment: Re:Look to the geological record (Score 1) 135

by marcello_dl (#46433797) Attached to: Dinosaurs Done In By... Dark Matter?

If you look over the past 500 billion years, the geological record shows that there is a mass extinction event roughly every 62 million years. Even though there is some give and take, on that timescale it's almost like clockwork. Since this discovery, scientists of many disciplines have been trying to figure out what could be causing it.

Computer scientists think about it for about two seconds. Then they mutter "Must be the garbage collector" and go fetch a beer.

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