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Comment Re: I believe it when I see the numbers (Score 1) 91

While gender roles were pretty well established in Comanche tribes, it isn't unheard of or that far from the reality to assert a female warrior protagonist, especially portrayed with the resistance she faced in her efforts amongst her people. Prey, predators aside, was by far the most accurate portrayal of Comanche life Hollywood has ever done.

Dwarves and elves are not the history of humankind. They can be any skin color, really. Galadriel being a warrior is canon, not modern wokeness.
"So it came to pass that when the light of Valinor failed, for ever as the Noldor thought, she joined the rebellion against the Valar who commanded them to stay; and once she had set foot upon that road of exile she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos. Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against FÃanor in defence of her mother's kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow FÃanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could." - the Unfinished Tales

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 766

Windows XP is almost 10 years old. Find me a Linux distro that supports 10 year old versions, on the desktop.

No one cried foul when Windows 98 was EOLed, after only 8 years. That was because they liked XP. Microsoft has pushed back the EOL on Windows XP multiple times due to complaints, but it's time to move on.

If you dislike Vista and 7, use something a different operating system. Don't pretend Microsoft should support 10 year old software.

Absolutely this. I would like to add:

"Hmm... in what way can we spin this little snippet of news to push an agenda?"

Comment printf ("Enough Already, World.\n"); (Score 2) 720

The idea that people have to be on either side of the fence is almost as ridiculous as there being a metaphorical fence to begin with. I use a desktop OS (Windows 7) and I love cygwin, which I run in Console2. The two can be used together, you know. There's no need for it to be a black and white discussion -- only useful for making one seem 1337 or 'in the know' and bicker like tools. We have both -- why not love both?

Music

Submission + - RIAA/MPAA: the greatest threat to tech innovation (hbr.org)

TAGmclaren writes: The Harvard Business Review is running an article stating that it's not India or China that are the greatest threat to technological innovation happening in America. Rather, it's the "big content" players, particularly the movie and music industry. From the article: "the Big Content players do not understand technology, and never have. Rather than see it as an opportunity to reach new audiences, technology has always been a threat to them. Example after example abounds of this attitude; whether it was the VCR which was "to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone" as famed movie industry lobbyist Jack Valenti put it at a congressional hearing, or MP3 technology, which they tried to sue out of existence."
Intel

Submission + - Pocket Wars and Cores (linux-mag.com)

Anonymous Coward writes: "If I were to ask you what is the most popular processor used in phones and pads, and you said, “ARM,” you would be correct. Now comes the trick question, “Who make ARM processors?” Not the ARM Holdings company. They design processors and license their designs to manufactures. They also have a reputation for creating very low power designs. Interestingly, while almost everyone else was out ramping clocks and power consumption (until they hit a wall) ARM was chugging along addressing the low power end of the market. Now that low-power is all the rage, due to phones and pads, ARM has become quite a bit more popular."
Android

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Data-Only Phone, Voice Over WiFi? 4

enFi writes: "I want to pay one ISP (only!) for data (only!), and use it for my smartphone and my computer; and until they catch up, I want not to inconvenience the rest of the world — still let them call a phone number. (We all want this, right?) I'm most of the way there: my plan is to get a Clear Spot (their 4G WiMAX coverage is good for me) to use with my unlocked Nexus S (which will only ever use WiFi). I could just use Skype and an Online Number, but talk of Sipdroid+pbxes.org+GV and the recent Google Voice / SIP article make me think I'm only starting to untagle the mess of services and options. Is there a good (not to mention best) way to do this?"
Games

Submission + - How the PC is making consoles look out of date (pcauthority.com.au)

An anonymous reader writes: What has been clear from this year’s Games Developer Conference is that consoles are beginning to show their age. With nothing beyond a possible Nintendo update on the horizon, developers at this year's GDC have turned their eyes to the PC. This article includes three videos that give a fantastic insight into where PC graphics are headed, including a version of Epic's Unreal engine, Crytek's Cryengine 3, and DICE's Frostbite 2 engine. Considering that these leaps in eye candy are only possible with the current state of PC graphics we wonder how long consoles will be the target platform for development of blockbuster games.

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