Submission + - Slashdot goes kerplunk 4
An anonymous reader writes: dice abandons slashdot classic look forcing long-time users to abandon slashdot.
Submission + - Slashdot tells it users politely, to go fuck themselves (slashdot.org) 2
who_stole_my_kidneys writes: The slahsdot beta sparked outrage from the community , to only have timothy come out and state that slashdot will change and its users can basically go fuck themselves.
Submission + - beta format - blech
chromaexcursion writes: it's a no go for me
Submission + - New Slashdot Beta Sucks 3
tekpagan writes: New design Beta sucks.
Boycott the site Feb 10-17th
If the beat is still here on 18th Feb do not return.
Do not fix that which is not broken.
Boycott the site Feb 10-17th
If the beat is still here on 18th Feb do not return.
Do not fix that which is not broken.
Comment Re:History.... learn from it! (Score 3, Insightful) 582
The Northeast US is notoriously cheap and short-sighted (and I say that having spent most of my life in this region). If power/phone/etc. were installed underground instead of strung up on toothpicks, surrounded by trees that are never trimmed, the infrastructure would be far more reliable.
Comment Re:Language? (Score 5, Informative) 162
The Dutch normally speak Dutch, because, well, it's their native tongue. Dutch itself is pretty close to German, but neither are world-popular language. As such, most people in the Netherlands speak English as well, because they're a hub of business. Publishing this in English ensures it's widely readable to the rest of the world.
Submission + - Code.org Disincentivizes Teaching CS to Boys
theodp writes: As supporters of Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC, leaders of the nation's tech giants are lobbying for an increase in the number of H-1B visas to "meet our workforce needs." And as supporters of Code.org, many of the same leaders, their companies, and the politicians receiving FWD.us support have declared a Computer Science education crisis in the U.S., saying there simply aren't enough kids studying CS to fill a projected 1,000,000 CS job shortfall by 2020 (assuming the job vacancies are still there after FWD.us is done). But Code.org is sending the message that boys aren't the answer to this CS crisis with its learn-to-code program which calls for educators who teach Code.org classes where fewer than 40% of the students are female to receive 25% less money from the organization. "When 10 or more students complete the course," explains Code.org, "you will receive a $750 DonorsChoose.org gift code. If 40% or more of your participating students are female, you'll receive an additional $250, for a total gift of $1,000 in DonorsChoose.org funding!" (CNET reports that Slashdot owner Dice supports efforts like Code.org and Donors Choose). The $1+ million Code.org-DonorsChoose partnership appears to draw inspiration from a $5 million Google-DoonorsChoose partnership which can completely disqualify schools from its AP STEM funding (including CS) if participation by female students is deemed insufficient. So, since the NY Times just reported that women account for only about 25% of all employees at Code.org supporters Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, shouldn't their CEOs cut salaries at their own companies by 25% until 40% of their programmers are women?
Submission + - Google Drops 20% Time
Comment Re:yay! (Score 5, Insightful) 184
Don't you think it was DOA anyways? The system depended upon honest advertisers, which is an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
Submission + - Java LINQ (github.com) 3
nicholas22 writes: "A Java library providing LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) has been developed, using a Scala-style programming library called lombok-pg, that supports features not found in standard JDK libraries, such as extension methods, yield coroutines and functions.
Examples (valid Java):
String[] names = new String[] { "james", "john", "john", "eddie" }.where(startsWith("j")).distinct();
char[] alphabet = new Character('A').to(new Character('Z')).unbox();
This Java code would take approximately 4x the number of lines of code."
Examples (valid Java):
String[] names = new String[] { "james", "john", "john", "eddie" }.where(startsWith("j")).distinct();
char[] alphabet = new Character('A').to(new Character('Z')).unbox();
This Java code would take approximately 4x the number of lines of code."
Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 317
Elementary, my dear Watson:
Rob Malda = R.M. = Rupert Murdoch
For years, News Corp has been propping up the Google, Linux, and HURD conspiracy through the awesome power of the Slashdot media empire. Verizon's use of red in their marketing is a signal to all the socialist bourgeois to take up arms!
Buy Windows 7 today, and join the resistance!
Comment Re:stop conflating LGBT with NAMBLA (Score 1) 450
I think you mean to say they don't support or condone child abuse and child pornography.
Just trying to make sure the trolls don't use your comment to try to portray the LGBT as child abuse deniers.
Submission + - Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations (linuxplanet.com)
inkscapee writes: Android developers are paying little attention to Free/Open Source software licenses and have a 71% violation rate. Come on folks, FOSS licenses are easy to comply with, certainly easier than proprietary software licenses, and less punitive. But it seems even the tiny hoops that FOSS requires are too much for devs eager to cash in.
BBC To Dispose of Douglas Adams Website 189
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has announced their intention to dispose of the H2G2 website, originally founded by Douglas Adams. This comes as part of an initiative by the BBC to cut their online spending by 25%. 'BBC Online will be reorganised into five portfolios of "products." All parts of BBC Online have to fit with these. Over the past year all areas of the site have been reviewed to see where, and if, they fit. Sadly ... H2G2 does not fit in the new shape of BBC Online. However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option. This process has been referred to elsewhere as the "disposal" of H2G2. I'll admit this is not a great choice of words, but what is means is that we'll be looking for proposals from others to take on the running of H2G2.' One option under discussion is a community buyout."
Open Source More Expensive Says MS Report 465
doperative writes "Much conventional wisdom about programs written by volunteers is wrong. The authors took money for research from Microsoft, long the archenemy of the open-source movement — although they assure readers that the funds came with no strings attached. Free programs are not always cheaper. To be sure, the upfront cost of proprietary software is higher (although open-source programs are not always free). But companies that use such programs spend more on such things as learning to use them and making them work with other software"
