Comment Opinion (Score 2, Insightful) 573
This is an opinion piece in the New York Times. The views are those of David K. Shipler and not the New York Times. The NYT often runs opinion pieces that their editors do not personally agree with.
Comment Re:GLONASS (Score 1) 228
The new GLONASS signal is CDMA, so FDMA will slowly be phased out.
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 271
That's only 3 months ago in firefox time.
Comment Re:HP isn't exiting WebOS (Score 2) 121
All 7 inch tablets, which are significantly cheaper then a 10 inch tablet like the touchpad.
Comment Re:No. (Score 1) 179
The accounts you describe aren't freebies as described by GP. The domain costs money. Assuming your business has more then 10 users, you pay google also.
Comment Re:Nice start (Score 1) 60
Fire Scout has been landing on carriers for 5 years. http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/articles/view/100497
Comment Re:Hardware Failure Mitigates OS Stability (Score 1) 487
3 year uptime on a Windows server means your server is 0wned.
Comment Re:Best feature (Score 2) 455
Ubuntu 11.10: GCC 4.6.1
Ubuntu 11.04: GCC 4.5.2
Ubuntu 10.10: GCC 4.4.4
Ubuntu 10.04: GCC 4.4.3
Ubuntu 9.10: GCC 4.4.1
Ubuntu 9.04: GCC 4.3.3
Ubuntu 8.10: GCC 4.3.1
Ubuntu 8.04: GCC 4.2.3
Ubuntu 7.10: GCC 4.1.2
Ubuntu 7.04: GCC4.1.2
Ubuntu 6.10: GCC 4.1.1
Ubuntu 6.06: GCC 4.0.3
Ubuntu 5.10: GCC 4.0.1
Ubuntu 5.04: GCC 3.3.5
Ubuntu 4.10: GCC 3.3.4
Comment Re:fake it (Score 2) 260
You're describing the way the system should act, ignoring the way it does act. In 2007, a Navy jamming exercise that jammed GPS disrupted cell phone service (and several other services) in San Diego. http://www.gpsworld.com/defense/gps-insights-april-2007-8428
Comment Re:Cache Your HDD With an SSD (Score 1) 189
The Momentus XT is a 2.5" laptop drive. It beat The WD Black in 75% of tests, and is only 40% more expensive.
Comment Re:Yes, but will it support multiple users...? (Score 1) 228
You aren't the only one who wants this. 171 comments on an android issue. http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15030
Comment Re:It's because (Score 1) 442
I'm sure i'll get modded down into oblivion, but clearcase will do this. It won't do much else, however.
Comment Re:Gone in 10 years. (Score 1) 197
How about 900 million profit?
Submission + - Can Robot Competitions Save U.S. STEM Education? 1
theodp writes: Tonight at 8pm ET, CNN is airing Don't Fail Me: Education in America. The documentary (trailer) follows three high school students in the national FIRST Robotics competition, which aims to get kids inspired to study math and science. Be interesting to see if CNN host Soledad O'Brien (who ironically chose a TV career over science herself) also interviews the national champs who were coached by NASA and MIT (Holy Pinewood Derby, Batman!). So, can robot competitions save U.S. STEM Education? Google seems to think so, based upon the $3 million it awarded FIRST last September as a Project 10^100 winner.
Comment Re:Workrave (Score 1) 138
I find it interesting that you recommended a program that does exactly what the ATO is proposing.
From my workrave statistics:
Date: 5/4/2011 from 9:07 AM to 6:17 PM
Mouse usage: 36:56
Mouse movement 366.80 m
Effective mouse movement: 256.91 m
Mouse button clicks: 1731
Keystrokes: 5935
I do not see a way in the preferences to disable statistics monitoring, either.
