Comment No Chrome? (Score 5, Interesting) 221
It takes the form of a plug-in to Firefox and Internet Explorer
What, Google aren't even releasing plug-ins for their own browser first? What kind of endorsement is that?
Comment Winning Bet Tax? (Score 1) 451
How much do you want to bet the RIAA will push exactly that claim?
If I take the bet and you win, make sure to report the gain on your tax return.
Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled Urine 349
An anonymous reader writes "After the astronauts on the International Space Station finished up their communications with Space Shuttle Atlantis yesterday, the crew on the Space Station did something that no other astronaut has ever done before — drank recycled urine and sweat. The previous shuttle crew that recently returned to Earth brought back samples of the recycled water to make sure it was safe to drink, and all tests came back fine. So on Wednesday, the crew took their recycled urine and said 'cheers' together and toasted the researches and scientists that made the Urine Recycler possible. After drinking the water, they said the taste was great! They also said the water came with labels on it that said 'drink this when real water is over 200 miles away.'"
Comment Value to them vs value to you (Score 1) 412
For the quantitative aspect of the situation, you should examine their offer and try to figure out how they came to this figure. What is it in your company that can make them money? What synergies would you provide them? Do they have a solid marketing team to sell your product? What can they do that you can't, and what can you do that they can't? That way you'll have an idea if their offer is reasonable.
Now, let's reverse the question. How do you value your own company? Do you have the resources and know-how to make it into a $5M company? $100M? You've worked hard up to this point, but this is in the past now. Are you confident enough that you'll be able to get to a point where you actually make good profit?
Now the important point is that if they value your company higher than you do, you should sell. Period. The fact that they are offering something for your company is no guarantee that you'll be able to make nearly as much on your own. They might be willing to give you a lot because you're worth a lot to them. You might not be worth so much without outside help.
As you mentionned, money is but one factor in your decision. Still I hope this helps a little...
Comment Re:Honeymoon is over (Score 1) 774
Why don't you install the distro originally made for the AA1, Linpus linux? You can find good instructions on how to do this here.
Copyright and Patent Laws Hurt the Economy 597
Norsefire writes "Two economists at Washington University in St. Louis are claiming that copyright and patent laws are 'killing innovation' and 'hurting [the] economy.' Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine state they would like to see copyright law abolished completely as there are other protections available to the creators of 'intellectual property' (a term they describe as 'propaganda,' and of recent origin). They are calling on Congress to grant patents only where an invention has social value, where the patent would not stifle innovation, and where the absence of a patent would damage cost-effectiveness."
Comment Re:Opera Addons (Score 1) 363
I've also removed the search box since I can type "g slashdot" in the address bar to search for slashdot on Google anyway.
Comment Re:How to make games scary? (Score 1) 129
*cough* Maybe he meant this game?
Comment Begun, the patent war has. (Score 1) 644
The reign of the dark side is coming.
Scientists Create Compound With a Single Element 163
rocketman768 writes "An international team of researchers including scientists at the Carnegie Institution has discovered a new chemical compound that consists of a single element: boron. Chemical compounds are conventionally defined as substances consist of two or more elements, but the researchers found that at high pressure and temperature pure boron can assume two distinct forms that bond together to create a novel 'compound' called boron boride."
Comment Re:What'll be interesting.. (Score 1) 587
This is not the federal government, average employment time at CC must have been less than a year. In fact they must have many many more ex-employees than current ones. I know a few and indeed the stories can be horrific. Well like any other company when I think about it...
Comment Re:Site seems to break (Score 1) 848
They mention in the FAQ that only IE is supported. I wonder if using IE in WINE is working?
Comment Re:Crossplatform (Score 1) 129
I see what you mean in that the same games as on the other 2 won't be released on the Wii because the hardware just can't handle it. This is fine.
However this really should not be a problem in itself for the Wii. In other industries suppliers usually adapt to the major market players even when they need to design more basic products. Take the Korean car manufacturers for example. We don't see them having shortages of features like gas tanks or cup holders because Toyota, Honda and Renault have higher quality requirements than they do. Why is this such an issue in the console market? Why can't the software designers make custom software for the Wii when they know they'd have a good chance of selling millions of copies?
Comment Re:Crossplatform (Score 1) 129
Can't keep up in what respect? Graphical power? That's definitely not the main factor anymore in the success of games.
The Wii has been outpacing the competition in console sales, which should be enough for third party software makers. They're not in business to make the most powerful games, they're in this business to sell games and the Wii would allow them to do just that.
Comment Re:Fedora Core 8 and Ubuntu 7.10 -- EOL? (Score 1) 231
They also decided to support openSuse 10.3 for some reason. Opensuse 11.1 was released today, two releases and 14 months after 10.3.
Seems like Linux is on top of the list of priorities at Adobe!
