Comment Re:Very Cool (Score 1) 334
Its an electrical problem. The Italians invented electricity as we know. ~James may
Comment Re:Beat them to the punch (Score 1) 280
Disconnect MPAA and ACTA
Comment Re:Beat them to the punch (Score 2, Funny) 280
What about this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBNOXYlYswA
Comment Re:I Won't (Score 1) 390
The DVD rental store I use usually reduces the late fees for me to about $1 because I rent so much out
Comment Re:To compute what? (Score 1) 238
So everyone's trying to make a big, fast computer.
What's at stake? What does the winner win?
A big, fast computer
Submission + - Photoshop's Long History with Parallelism (acm.org)
pulaski909 writes: Parallelism continues to present some of the most challenging problems for developers of high-performance software but it's not often we hear from developers wrestling with these problems in the consumer software space. As many veteran graphic designers know, Photoshop has had the capacity to leverage multiple processors since the 1990s. In a case study interview on acmqueue, chief Adobe Photoshop developer Russell Williams discusses how the team successfully implemented parallelism in the early years, as well as what the most pressing problems currently are. The interviewer is Intel engineer Clem Cole, which makes for an interesting discussion between representatives of both the hardware and software sides of the parallelism equation.
Comment Heres a better idea (Score 1) 293
Just give the students Netbooks. They cost less, are more open, and you can type faster on them.
Comment Definitely not me (Score 1) 468
I cant even send 100 texts in a month and that month's number is many times the usual amount I usually send.
Comment Re:"Real World"? (Score 2, Insightful) 358
For me, "real-world" means: is gmail fast enough? is opening a new tab fast? is image rendering fast enough? is html video fast enough? is the occasional embellished html5 animation fast enough? is typing into the address bar fast enough?.
I use gmail in basic HTML mode. It takes away some of the things I never use and, in my opinion looks much cooler (none of that modern looking nonsense). I also barely ever type into the address bar.
Comment Re:The Business Glass Alliance Announces (Score 1) 277
The drinks would have to be non-alcoholic as the government would most likely dislike the idea of intoxicated people swimming at night as a business plan.
Comment Re:Fan (Score 4, Insightful) 715
If your fans fail from running at full speed for long periods of time then you should buy better quality fans
World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia 83
An anonymous reader writes "Medical Daily reports: 'Video conferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely from Montreal. The approach is part of new technological advancements, known as 'Teleanesthesia', and it involves a team of engineers, researchers and anesthesiologists who will ultimately apply the drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.'"
Comment With the right addon... (Score 1) 95
You can stop trackers if you use Firefox. I use Ghostery but you could also use No script and block everything.
Comment Re:They did what? (Score 1) 150
You can usually use the right analog stick for the throttle and brakes in racing games though the triggers are more realistic and you can do left foot braking if you need to
Comment Re:Similar but different (Score 1) 384
It bugs me to no end to see a desktop used as a "junk drawer" type storage for everything from old program installers to important files.
My desktop is more of a sorting area for most newly downloaded stuff though it gets quite cluttered because I don't tidy it much.
