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Comment They also have a funny article on nappy wearing: (Score 2) 284

by sammcj (#39545361) Attached to: Taliban Offer Question-and-Answer Service Online
http://shahamat-english.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14632:diapered-us-soldiers&catid=3:articles&Itemid=5 "I'll let you into a little secret though; some press release has even revealed that the US-NATO forces uncontrollably pee in their pants during the fight with Mujahideen, or for the fear of attack by Taliban. "
Handhelds

Submission + - Tablet with root access by default?

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hweimer
hweimer writes: "I am looking for a small (7") tablet that comes with root access out of the box. I know, I could get one of the usual suspects and root it myself, but I don't want to waste my time in the process and end up voiding my warranty. Basically, I'd like to use it for web browsing, reading PDFs and accessing my e-mails via SSH (extra bonus for X11 forwarding). Any good suggestions, or should I wait for Tizen devices to hit the market?"
HP

Submission + - HP Announced ARM Based Server Line (infoworld.com)

Submitted by sammcj
sammcj writes: HP's server design packs 288 Calxeda chips into a 4U rack-mount server, or 2,800 in a full rack, with a shared power, cooling, and management infrastructure. By eliminating much of the cabling and switching devices used in traditional servers and using the low-power ARM processors, HP says it can reduce both power and space requirements dramatically.

The Redstone platform uses a 4U (7-inch) rack-mount server chassis. Inside, HP has put 72 small server boards, each with four Calxeda processors, 4GB of RAM and 4MB of L2 cache. Each processor, based on the ARM Cortex-A9 design, runs at 1.4GHz and has its own 80 gigabit cross-bar switch built into the chip

Comment Note: (Score 1) 1

by sammcj (#37448076) Attached to: Warrantless Searches Coming To New Zealand
The food bill amendment does do some good, i.e. updating old policy to stop loop holes and to allow better regulation and inspection of suspected commercial premises, however... warrantless searches is the wrong way to go about it.

Comment Block P2P, or risk fines / jail. (Score 2) 346

by sammcj (#37365574) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: P2P Liability On a Shared Connection?
Hello from New Zealand. As of a recent law change here, the account holder is the person fully responsable for all traffic on the connection. My girlfriend's name is on the telco accout here and she would be fined a substantial amount of money and risk going to jail (eventually) if I or any of the other flatmates were to download from P2P. I run a pfsense firewall / router and have blocked all P2P traffic, we all use downloadnow (multi access to rapidshare, hotfile, megashares etc...) which you cannot be fined for using and is much harder to track you unless you are already been monitored. This may not be the case elseware, but I'd say it's not worth the risk.
Twitter

Submission + - NY Times Asks Twitter to Shut Down Retweeting Feed (pcmag.com)

Submitted by WesternActor
WesternActor writes: According to PCMag.com, the New York Times has asked Twitter to shut down the FreeNYT Twitter feed that basically retweets all of the Times' articles. Is this really possible? After all, the feed just points to a list of Times Twitter accounts, all of which can also be found on the Times' website. If the Times succeeds in shutting this down, it could have a chilling effect for Twitter and online free speech in general.

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