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Comment Re:XvT ported to Linux! (Score 2, Interesting) 234

by The_Myth (#27237467) Attached to: How Steam Revived a Dead Game

Or just Xwing Vs Tie Fighter on any format that is playable. I had a copy and have moved and been unable to find it.

I know they tacked part of this onto SWG and called it Jump to Light Speed but it just wasnt the same. I miss being able to go head to head at a lan party with different fighter configurations.

Comment Re:Australia vs. Internet (Score 1) 207

by The_Myth (#26731535) Attached to: Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia

Its not Australia that hates the internet. Its fear mongering produced by the Australian Media and over zealous politicians who hold the balance of power in our governments that hate the internet.

Well the media doesnt hate it per se - they love the publicity that stories about children being stalked online generates to the Big Brother lowest common denominators of our society.

The politicians dont understand the internet. I would be surprised if any of them could spell it. They see the media reports and go into we must protect our children from the big bad internet as we all know from the media that all children are hunted, targeted and in danger.

I am an australian and proud of it. I would also like to point out that there are industry groups like the iia (http://www.iia.net.au) who both stand up to government and attempt to influence policy on practical matters.
Sun Microsystems

Sun Turns to Lasers to Speed Up Computer Chips 130

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the friggin-lasers dept.
alphadogg writes to mention that Sun is attempting to move from the typical design of multiple small chips back to a unified single-wafer design. "The company is announcing today a $44 million contract from the Pentagon to explore replacing the wires between computer chips with laser beams. The technology, part of a field of computer science known as silicon photonics, would eradicate the most daunting bottleneck facing today's supercomputer designers: moving information rapidly to solve problems that require hundreds or thousands of processors."
Movies

Submission + - Harry Potter 5 Standard DVD Defective by Design

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Many people I know — and unsurprisingly, many people online — have already written that the quality of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix standard DVD is of such poor quality that a VHS tape is a superior version. Even older DVDs from earlier movies in the series stand up with higher quality than this release. Is this a ploy by Warner Bros. to push the HD versions of the film?
Privacy

Submission + - Harry Potter and the Security Exploit (insecure.org)

Submitted by
Dragoonmac
Dragoonmac writes: "A hacker/cracker/script kiddie named "Gabriel" claims to have infiltrated Bloomsbury Publishing to retrieve an advance copy of the new Harry Potter text.
He claims to have used "The usual milw0rm downloaded exploit delivered by email/click-on-the-link/open-browser/click-on-this -animated-icon/back-connect to some employee of Bloomsbury Publishing, the company that's behind the Harry crap."

He posted his spoiler synopsis to insecure.org.

The publishing house would not say if the posting was accurate or not.

The full spoilers post can be found here
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jun/0380.h tml
Needless to say, spoiler warning."
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows Marketplace offers Ubuntu download! 1

Submitted by
the_rajah
the_rajah writes: "From http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?vie w=info&itemid=3411347

"Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops, and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and e-mail applications, to Web server software and programming tools. Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.Version 7.04, named "Feisty Fawn," adds the Ubuntu Studio, a multimedia editing and production suite, to the distribution."

Microsoft distributing Linux and now constrained by the GPL? Probably not since the download link is to download.com, but still interesting."
Announcements

Submission + - SDF Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 20 Years (lonestar.org)

Submitted by
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones writes: "It was on June 16th, 1987 that the SDF-1 received its first caller at
300bps. This little Apple ][e BBS of the late 80s turned into a Public
Access UNIX System with the demise of "killer.dallas.tx.us" during the
"Operation Sundevil" raids. Since then it has grown to become the oldest
and largest continually operating PUBNIX on the planet.""
Silicon Graphics

Submission + - Perfect silicon sphere to redefine the kilogram (theage.com.au)

Submitted by MrCreosote
MrCreosote writes: The Age reports optical specialists at CSIRO are helping create a new standard for the kilogram, based on a precise number of atoms in a perfect sphere of silicon. This will replace the International Prototype, a lump of metal alloy in a vault in Paris.
Media

Submission + - Kodak unveils brighter CMOS color filters (eetimes.com)

Submitted by brownsteve
brownsteve writes: Eastman Kodak Co. unveiled what it says are "next-generation color filter patterns" designed to more than double the light sensitivity of CMOS or CCD image sensors used in camera phones or digital still cameras. The new color filter system is a departure from the widely used standard Bayer pattern — an arrangement of red, green and blue pixels — also created by Kodak. While building on the Bayer pattern, the new technology adds a "fourth pixel, which has no pigment on top," said Michael DeLuca, market segment manager responsible for image sensor solutions at Eastman Kodak. Such "transparent" pixels — sensitive to all visible wavelengths — are designed to absorb light. DeLuca claimed the invention is "the next milestone" in digital photography, likening its significance to ISO 400 color film introduced in the mid-1980's.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - IT ads from the past: From the quaint to the weird (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
PetManimal
PetManimal writes: "Computerworld has dug up some funny IT advertising gems from decades past. The highlights include "The Personal Mainframe", Elvira hawking engineering software, and an image of the earliest screenless "briefcase portables." Strange to think that people not only took these technologies so seriously, but also paid big bucks for gear that seems positively primitive now."
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Beware of fortune cookies or why your pet suffered (newburyportnews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: On May 1, scientists at the University of Guelph in Canada made a startling discovery. In a laboratory they found that melamine and cyanuric acid reacted with each other to form crystals that could impair kidney function — crystals similar to those discovered in affected pets. Cyanuric acid, a chemical stabilizer in swimming pools, was then found by U.S. investigators to have been added by Chinese pet food producers because it was cheaper than melamine and also helped to increase protein count
Software

Submission + - New Google feature exploited for free prank calls

Submitted by
always_ramrod_straight
always_ramrod_straight writes: "A new way to make free prank calls anywhere in the u.s. using a new Google feature has been posted on a forum where trolls congregate to hone their skills: http://www.whofailedtoday.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?id =175031 the basic way is: 1. go to http://local.google.com/ 2. search for any business. example ideas are whorehouse, republican member offices etc. 3. click "call". enter phone number of your victims e.g. liberal member offices. it is estimated in the past few days tens of thousands of prank calls have been made all over america and Google has allowed it to go on."

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