Comment Re:How long before... (Score 1) 105
...people start crapping out citrus fruits?
Comment A solution? (Score 1) 136
How could we guarantee no spying or eavesdropping via Skype? I think some sort of scrambling/de-scrambling/encryption program that sits at both ends of the Skype connection would do the trick. I'm surprised nothing like this already exists.
Comment LiveBook (Score 5, Insightful) 263
Introducing the new Microsoft LiveBook. Boots right in to Microsoft's cloud-based OS. Skydrive, Skype, Office365, Bing search, Hotmail. Coming your way in 2015 or sooner.
Comment Re:Oh, Linux, how you've forsaken us (Score 1) 339
I like your conclusion about wall street fat cats using linux to manipulate the market, but to blame Linux is overshooting it. This is like blaming murders on handgun ownership. Just because someone uses a tool for evil doesn't make the tool itself evil.
Submission + - SETI Shutting Down Alien Seeking Operations (mercurynews.com)
spacemky writes: Due to a lack of funding, the SETI Institute is shutting down its array of 42 dishes which listen for signs of alien life.
From the article:
"Lacking the money to pay its operating expenses, Mountain View's SETI Institute has pulled the plug on the renowned Allen Telescope Array, a field of radio dishes — popularized in the Jodie Foster film "Contact" — that scan the skies for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations."
From the article:
"Lacking the money to pay its operating expenses, Mountain View's SETI Institute has pulled the plug on the renowned Allen Telescope Array, a field of radio dishes — popularized in the Jodie Foster film "Contact" — that scan the skies for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations."
Comment Simple solution: Use Postini (Score 1) 459
Postini is cheap, and your MTA can be configured to send and receive mail through it. Plus you'll get fantastic SPAM filtering. Problem solved.
Comment ATI.com (Score 1) 324
I remember when ATI.com went to Artificial Turds Inc, a company who sold a fake turd carefully placed atop astroturf, and shipped to anyone. That was way cooler than the current ATI.com.
Ahh, memories. So long ATI.
Comment Insert Coin (Score 3, Funny) 133
"The winner of the $10,000 prize purse at the World Pinball Championships has requested his entire winnings in quarters."
Comment Science: (Score 1) 347
"Vegetative State" Plants Can Communicate"
7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators 289
An anonymous reader writes "One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. These are often simple utilities that are perfectly adequate for basic use. They typically include trigonometric functions, logarithms, factorials, parentheses and a memory function. However, the calculators featured in this article are significantly more sophisticated with the ability to process difficult mathematical functions, to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, and much more. Occasionally, the calculator tool provided with an operating system did not engender any confidence. The classic example being the calculator shipped with Windows 3.1 which could not even reliably subtract two numbers. Rest assured, the calculators listed below are of precision quality."
Comment Lisa (Score 1) 1713
It should more aptly be named: iLisa 2010.
Comment Stupid. (Score 1) 348
Tablets are a stupid idea. But then again, so is the name "iPod" for a portable music player.
Emulating New Super Mario Bros. Wii At 1080p 76
KingofGnG writes "An impressive confirmation of the Dolphin Wii emulator's capabilities comes from a YouTube video, which shows off recently-added video clips of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in full HD. It demonstrates the growing compatibility of Dolphin with the latest games published for the Nintendo console."
Comment Use TCP/IP (Score 1) 257
I'd recommend just NOT using X-MODEM or Z-MODEM! Bit errors everywhere. Especially when mom picks up the telephone! ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Comment Dell Inspiron (Score 1) 583
I bought a 600-dollar-is Dell Inspiron this week with Windows 7. It had about 3 full pages of factory-installed crapware. Took a good amount of time to uninstall all the garbage. Most I've seen in a long time.
