Comment Re:Kahn Academy seems very good (Score 1) 467
It's khan not kahn. Big difference.
Comment Re:The solution is easy (according to TFS) (Score 1) 433
Just don't use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Seriously, just use make. What's the problem?
make is not a compiler.
Comment Re:hmmm... (Score 2, Informative) 226
No wifi, garbage collection not as good as Lisp; Lame.
Why was this modded as flamebait? And what's that WOOSHing sound?
Four SSDs Compared — OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron 206
MojoKid writes "Solid State Drive technology is set to turn the storage industry on its ear — eventually. It's just a matter of time. When you consider the intrinsic benefits of anything built on solid-state technology versus anything mechanical, it doesn't take a degree in physics to understand the obvious advantages. However, as with any new technology, things take time to mature and the current batch of SSDs on the market do have some caveats and shortcomings, especially when it comes to write performance. This full performance review and showcase of four different Solid State Disks, two MLC-based and two SLC-based, gives a good perspective of where SSDs currently are strong and where they're not. OCZ, Mtron and Super Talent drives are tested here but Intel's much anticipated offering hasn't arrived to market just yet."
UK ISPs To Hand Over Thousands of File Sharers' Data 180
Death Metal Maniac sends along a link from TorrentFreak on the latest development in game developer Topwear's battle against file sharers in the UK. "US game developer Topware Interactive, the people behind the now infamous Dream Pinball affair, are about to turn up the heat. Operating through London lawyers Davenport Lyons, they have managed to convince the High Court to send out an order demanding that ISPs in the UK start to hand over the details of several thousand alleged pirates ... BT, one of the UK's largest ISPs ..., confirmed it had been ordered to hand over details of alleged copyright infringing file-sharers ... Virgin Media was a little more slippery in its response but reading between the lines it seems obvious they are involved too."
Submission + - Journalists Can't Hide News Anymore 2
Hugh Pickens writes: "Robert Niles at the Online Journalism Review comments on the story about the 13-year-old girl who took her own life after making friends with a boy she'd met on MySpace who turned on her. The boy didn't exist. 'He' was the creation of the mother of one of the girl's former friends. But the newspaper didn't name the woman, citing concerns for *her* teen daughter. Bloggers went nuts, and soon uncovered the woman's name, her address, phone number and business registration records and plastered them all over the Web. "The lessons for journalists? First, we can't restrict access to information anymore. The crowd will work together to find whatever we withhold," wrote Niles. "Second, I wonder if that the decision to withhold the other mother's name didn't help enflame the audience, by frustrating it and provoking it to do the work of discovering her identity." Here are links to the original story on the girl's suicide, to one of the bloggers who uncovered the woman's identity, and to another look at the journalistic issues involved in naming names."
Submission + - Six-Stroke Gasoline/Steam Hybrid Engine (autoweek.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Bruce Crower has made a fascinating modification to traditional internal combustion engines: a fifth and sixth stroke. His six-stroke engine injects water into the hot cylinder to achieve a second power stroke with the expanding steam. The engine "burns" equal amounts of gasoline and water, thereby reducing fuel consumption by a whopping 40%. Could this technology the future of petroleum powered vehicles? More information is available on Wikipedia.
Submission + - Couple Neglect Child for Internet
12AU7A writes: A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect. "Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care."
Submission + - Walking on Water
qeorqe writes: A robot is being developed at CMU that walks on water.
It is modeled after the basilisk lizard.
Information about the robot can be found in
a pdf file. They have done both computer simulations and experimented
with test models. External counter weights were used with the models.
Information about why you can't walk on water is in a ppt file and also converted to an html file in the Google cache.
Information about why you can't walk on water is in a ppt file and also converted to an html file in the Google cache.
Submission + - Projectionist fired for online review
mcgrew writes: "CNN is reporting that movie projectionist Jesse Morrison has been fired for panning the new 'Fantastic Four' movie on the Ain't It Cool web site, allegedly after Fox threatened the chain he worked for. There was no non-disclosure agreement. 'If they had sat me down and told me that this has caused such a stink and that we would like you to sign some waiver, I probably would have signed it,' CNN quotes Mr. Morrison as saying. There is more on CNN's site."
Submission + - Ad favorites through the years (computerworld.com)
jcatcw writes: "Computerworld has compiled a set of very amusing ads from the pages of its past for the 40th Anniversary issue. In what year would the question, "What is E-mail?" be answered with: "One of the most advanced methods is terminals talking to one another."
They're "versatile, dependable, compatible and maybe even sexy." What are they? These modems that are "all performers," according to a not-so-subtle ad.
"with WordStar, you have a true screen image of what your printout will look like before you print it! With WordStar, you'll erase, insert, delete and move entire blocks of copy."
Remember when "mobile" meant "luggable"? An NEC ad boasts of a laptop that only weighed 11.2 lb. despite its 640K of memory, dual 720K drives and five built-in programs. Woohoo!
A personal favorite: the Personal Mainframe."
They're "versatile, dependable, compatible and maybe even sexy." What are they? These modems that are "all performers," according to a not-so-subtle ad.
"with WordStar, you have a true screen image of what your printout will look like before you print it! With WordStar, you'll erase, insert, delete and move entire blocks of copy."
Remember when "mobile" meant "luggable"? An NEC ad boasts of a laptop that only weighed 11.2 lb. despite its 640K of memory, dual 720K drives and five built-in programs. Woohoo!
A personal favorite: the Personal Mainframe."
Submission + - Safari Available for Windows (apple.com)
Toreo asesino writes: Apple have released Safari for Windows XP and Vista. Currently only in beta 3 stage, it was announced during a conference of developers for Apple products in San Francisco, and shows Apple's clear intention of expanding the 4.9% market share Safari currently has.
Interestingly, Apple also claim their browser is almost 2x the speed of other browsers for html and JavaScript performance.
Interestingly, Apple also claim their browser is almost 2x the speed of other browsers for html and JavaScript performance.
A Field Trip To the Creation Museum 1854
Lillith writes "The anti-evolution Creation Museum opened last weekend and Ars took a field trip there and took lots of pictures. 'There were posters explaining just how coal could be formed in a few weeks as opposed to over millions of years, and how rapidly the biblical flood would cover the earth, drowning all but a handful of living creatures. The flood plays a big part in the museum's attempt to explain away what we see as millions of years of natural processes. There was also an explanation as to why, with only one progenitor family, it wasn't considered incest for Adam and Eve's children to marry each other.' (Myself, I liked the picture of the velociraptor grazing peacefully next to Eve, who is wearing some kind of dirndl, in the Garden of Eden.)" The reporter posted more photos from the museum on Flickr.
Submission + - Yahoo! closes WebJay.org
mattOzan writes: "WebJay, the playlist community that Yahoo! acquired about 16 months ago, just announced that it will be closing at the end of June. As reported by Techcrunch, this is the third web property Yahoo has closed in a month: WebJay, Yahoo! Photos and Yahoo! Auctions. Heavyweights and start-ups are aiming to fill the void left by Yahoo's contraction — MXPLAY already has a way for WebJay users to migrate their playlists into MXPLAY, and Yahoo! Photo users can migrate their collections to services such as Shutterfly, NewsCorp's Photobucket and HP's Snapfish."
Submission + - MSFT Live Labs Photosynth collaborates w/ BBC (live.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft Live Labs team is announcing a collaborated effort with the BBC using Microsoft's Photosynth 3D imaging technology that will allow viewers a unique 3D interactive experience in support of a new TV series, "How We Built Britain," that will begin airing now through July. In conjunction with the online 3D viewing experience, the BBC will also have units on location at each of the historic sites in the series to collect images from tourists who wish to participate. The Photosynths will then be updated during the television series from the images submitted by people visiting the sites. Historical and viewer submitted images will be integrated into the synths to contrast how people interacted with the locations in both the past and present.
Viewers and tourists from around the globe will be able to explore Photosynth representations of these locations at http://labs.live.com/photosynth/bbc/. By clicking and dragging their mouse, visitors to the site can explore each building, zooming in to see the smallest decorative detail, or zooming out and panning 360 to place the building in a wider context.
For a list of featured locations and a schedule of the series visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/britain/buses/
Check out Microsoft's Live Labs site at http://labs.live.com/ and the Live Labs team blog at http://labs.live.com/photosynth/blogs/ for more information about Photosynth technology and this collaboration with the BBC television series.
