Comment Re:scholarship? (Score 1) 318
Don't forget this is also about a US company paying an entity OVERSEAS money for work done. The fact the kid is overseas makes this very complicated.
Comment Re:peak power lower (Score 1) 82
Got an ODROID also?
Comment Re:OSX is better anyway (Score 1) 786
Wish I could still mod this as troll...
Comment False (Score 1) 1
Full-text searching on InnoDB? MariaDB doesn't have some features the latest MySQL does - features that many want - like full-text searching. I had to chose MySQL over Maria within the last couple of months because of this MAJOR feature that isn't present.
Submission + - Pentagon Smartphone Battle - Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry Fight it Out (ibtimes.co.uk)
DavidGilbert99 writes: Security is unsurprisingly a top priority for the bods over in the Pentagon, and that is why until now BlackBerry has been the mobile communication device of choice for the Department of Defense. It gave BlackBerry a safe and sizeable customer base with little or no competition as well as the DoD seal of approval making them a lot more attractive to customers in enterprise also worried about security.
But things are about to change. The Pentagon has now approved Samsung smartphones and tablets (albeit only ones running its Knox security software) and is very close to greenlighting Apple iPhones and iPads running iOS 6. Things are about to get a lot tougher for BlackBerry it seems.
But things are about to change. The Pentagon has now approved Samsung smartphones and tablets (albeit only ones running its Knox security software) and is very close to greenlighting Apple iPhones and iPads running iOS 6. Things are about to get a lot tougher for BlackBerry it seems.
Submission + - How to handle a colleague's sloppy work?
An anonymous reader writes: I'm working on a new product one of the more senior guys at our company. To be blunt his work is sloppy. It works and gets the job done, but it's far from elegant and there are numerous little (some might say trivial) mistakes everywhere. Diagrams that should be spread over five or six pages are crammed on to one, naming is totally inconsistent, arrows point the wrong way (without affecting functionality) and so forth. Much of this is because he is so busy and just wants to get everything out the door.
What is the best way to handle this? I spent a lot of time refactoring some of it, but as soon as he makes any changes it needs doing again and I have my own work to be getting on with. I submit bug reports and feature requests but they are ignored. I don't want to create bad feeling as I have to work with him. Am I obsessing over small stuff or is this kind of internal quality worth worrying about?
What is the best way to handle this? I spent a lot of time refactoring some of it, but as soon as he makes any changes it needs doing again and I have my own work to be getting on with. I submit bug reports and feature requests but they are ignored. I don't want to create bad feeling as I have to work with him. Am I obsessing over small stuff or is this kind of internal quality worth worrying about?
Comment Re:Why compromise? (Score 1) 128
That wouldn't exist otherwise because.......?
Comment Killers out there already (Score 1) 1
The ODroid family is also just as if not more impressive than these projects, are shipping now, and have a similar price point.
Submission + - Meet the ODROIDs - RPi on Steroids (hardkernel.com)
GoatCheez writes: While the ODROID platforms have been out for about half a year, many do not know about them. They are based on the quad core Exynos 4412 and Exynos Prime 4412 with stock clocks ranging from 1.2 to 1.7Ghz and RAM ranging from 1GB to 2GB. While pricier than the Raspberry Pi, they offer the same if not more bang for your buck. Hardware OpenGL ES acceleration has been provided with updates this year, making this platform hard to ignore when games like Quake 3 never drop below 60fps. The ODROID-U2 is smaller than a credit card not accounting for thickness, yet provides a 1.7Ghz Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 platform with 2GB of ram capable of running both Android and Ubuntu right out of the box for only $89 (compared to $35 for the RPi Model B). If you're tired of waiting for your RPi, or want something with more power, then the ODROID platforms are the likely solution.
Submission + - Fill me up with, em, "Water Please", and "Change My Battery!" (phinergy.com)
wanfuse123 writes: "A rawcell.com admin came across an interesting website, Phinergy.com demonstrates aluminum-air battery able to power car for 1000 miles The gist of it is that metal-air batteries generate electricity through the oxidation of aluminum. Turning it to Aluminum Oxide with the assistance of water. Fifty-five pounds of plates can power the car for 1000 miles, needing a water refill every 200 miles. I had suggested using a system for capturing the water from the air that way stops wouldn't be necessary. Others have suggested that the plates would weigh 82 pounds when they needed replacement. A network of recovery sites would need to be setup. The company believes cars with the device could go on sale as early as 2017. I am curious about the Slashdot crowds opinions on this game changing technology!"
Comment GRID (Score 1) 57
If nVidia didn't already have the de-facto standard for professional 3D graphics, they sure do now.
Comment Re:Unauthorized export resale? (Score 1) 936
You're missing the point. The police tastered this person because she did something perfectly legal, which is to say, buy iPhones. She may or may not have had an intent to later export them, which would be illegal-- but this is no excuse for their actions.
They tasered her because she was trespassing. The store told her to leave. She didn't and got confrontational and combative. Because of this the situation was escalated such that force was required to remove her.
Comment Re:something better? what kind of joke is this (Score 1) 260
I was using nVidia blobs prior to that on a 3 year "fuck windows" hiatus. Don't recall any crashes from video then either. If I had any it was from me or something else. Still, I wish they would fix this issue sooner rather than later (although it may require some changes out of their scope for the moment).
Comment Re:Need more information (Score 1) 260
The problem that jcreus had was that it was a dual-graphics option. The CPU had onboard graphics support that the laptop used by default, but also had an nVidia GPU that could be enabled. Getting the nVidia GPU to work was the issue. I have a Sandy Bridge laptop with a nVidia GPU - a similar position - but I haven't tried using linux only on it. Instead I have multiple linux VMs. So, the issue, is really getting both the intel graphics and the nVidia graphics to play nice together in linux.
Comment Re:Yes, yes it was. (Score 5, Informative) 308
The only time I ever used Mega services was for legitimate files. If I ever wanted anything illegitimate I'd search for a torrent. People forget a VERY common use case:
I need to post large content on the internet for download by a lot of people, and I don't want to use my own hosting bandwidth.
Wallpaper pack? Recordings from class? Video of a friend's concert? The list goes on...
