Comment Re:Here's your roundup (Score 1) 568
We need a fanboi moderation tag.
Comment Re:Where There's a Will There's a Way (Score 1) 63
Thats the first thing that came to your mind why you read this? Really? Pathetic!
Comment Re:Well this sucks!!!! (Score 1) 284
That is a rubbish comparison. Comparing suicide rates of earning people to suicide rates that include non-working people. You would expect suicide rates to be higher amongst people without a job.
That said, I am glad - I don't like Apple, but I think they are doing the right thing here. Even if they pass on the increase to the consumer, it is still the right thing to do.
Comment Re:Wrong (Score 1) 311
Mod parent up please. Wish I had mod points.
Comment Random number generation (Score 1) 1
Multiple virtual machines started at the same time will start with the same seed for random number generation .. something to take into account.
Submission + - Xen Virtual vs Dedicated Server Security 1
pushf popf writes: I'm considering moving an app from a physical server (app owns whole machine) to a Xen Virtual Machine. The data is reasonably sensitive (a breach would get people pissed off, maybe sued, but no financial info is stored).
Does anybody have any actual information on whether or not a properly managed Xen server and Linux instance in a secure hosting facility is more/less/as secure as a dedicated server in the same facility?
Does Xen introduce any significant attack vectors?
Does anybody have any actual information on whether or not a properly managed Xen server and Linux instance in a secure hosting facility is more/less/as secure as a dedicated server in the same facility?
Does Xen introduce any significant attack vectors?
Submission + - Can you hear me now? (newscientist.com)
grimwell writes: An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
Comment Re:No problem. (Score 1) 374
Hahaha. You can't argue with this sort of logic - its worth the $100 more because it worked instantly out of the box. Most PC hardware does work out of the box, even with Linux nowadays, and I don't have to shell out a premium for it. Saying its worth the extra money because it works out of the box is a rubbish argument.
Comment Re:Errors, Schmerrors (Score 1) 534
As an added incentive, if he uses emacs, he can twist a joint as well.
Submission + - Twitter, Facebook and Slashdot
kaka.mala.vachva writes: Why does Slashdot have "post to facebook and twitter" links now? Doesn't that annoy other people here? I have always looked at twitterers with disdain — it is rather irritating to see those links here. What do other folks here think about this?
Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over "iPad" Name 367
gyrogeerloose writes "In an event eerily reminiscent of Cisco's suit over Apple's use of the 'iPhone' name, Japanese firm Fujitsu is consulting its attorneys in preparation for going to court over Apple's use of 'iPad' for its latest computing device. Quoted in a New York Times story, Masahiro Yamane, director of Fujitsu's public relations division, said 'It's our understanding that the name is ours.' Fujitsu's application to trademark the iPad name stalled because of an earlier filing by another company and the US Patent and Trademark Office listed Fujitsu's application as abandoned in early 2009, but the company revived its application in June. Apple, which has applied for an international trademark on 'iPad' through a proxy company, has filed a number of requests with the US Patent Office for more time to oppose Fujitsu's application."
Submission + - Space photos taken from shed stun astromoners (telegraph.co.uk)
krou writes: Amateur astronomer Peter Shah has stunned astronomers around the world with amazing photos of the universe taken from his garden shed. Shah spent £20,000 on the equipment, hooking up a telescope in his shed to his home computer, and the results are being compared to images taken by the Hubble Telescope. "Most men like to potter about in their garden shed," said Shah, "but mine is a bit more high tech than most. I have fitted it with a sliding roof so I can sit in comfort and look at the heavens. I have a very modest set up but it just goes to show that a window to the universe is there for all of us – even with the smallest budgets. I had to be patient and take the images over a period of several months because the skies in Britain are often clouded over and you need clear conditions." His images include the Monkey's head nebula, M33 Pinwheel Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and the Flaming Star Nebula, and are being put together for a book.
MS Pulls Windows 7 Tool After GPL Violation Claim 186
Sam notes an Ars story on Microsoft pulling the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from the Microsoft Store website after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open source code in a way that violated the GNU's General Public License. Whether the software giant is actually violating the GPL, a widely used (including by the Linux kernel) free software license, is not confirmed. "We are currently taking down the Windows USB/DVD Tool from the Microsoft Store site until our review of the tool is complete," a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars. The fact the company pulled the tool doesn't bode well, so we'll have to watch closely to see what the company puts back on its servers.
Comment news for nerds .. (Score 1) 978
How does this matter? Bleah - myspace, twitter we are.
Electro-Scalpel "Sniffs Out" Tumors 43
TechReviewAl writes "Researchers in Germany have developed a surgical tool that uses chemical analysis to identify cancerous tissue as a surgeon cuts. The instrument uses a modified mass spectrometer — a device that uses ionized molecules to perform very accurate chemical analysis — to pinpoint tumors so that surgeons can make sure they remove everything. Mass spectrometry has been used to study biopsied biological samples before, but never used in-situ. The key was to harness ionized gas already produced by the electro-scalpel."
