Comment Nothing new... (Score 1) 234
They're called "company cafeterias".
Comment Waste Product? (Score 2) 314
The worst possible pollutant imaginable with no way to dispose of it. *That's* very "green".
Comment Re:13 Months? (Score 1) 725
It *was* better. The ancient Nordic & Celtic "Earth Goddess" (aka "pagan" cultures used this "Lunar Month Calendar" -- al 13 months. When these cultures were conquered, the number 13 was demonized as unlucky since it coincided with womens natural cycle. Therefore the calendar was changed to lop off a month and days were awkwardly shifted around to a 12 month calendar.
So rather tha go back to a natural solution, we want to perpetuate a 12 month calendar???
Comment Profit!!! (Score 1, Funny) 253
Step 1. Pay Developers
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Step 2. ???
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Step 3. Profit!!!
Comment No troll.... I'm dead serious (Score 1) 131
Just because it's the NYSE doing this, it doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing. It's a big, bad entity.
But what if the entity were an individual? An individual trying to assert their right regarding publication of their trademarked image (i.e., a picture of their face)?
Would you look at the argument any differently?
But what if the entity were an individual? An individual trying to assert their right regarding publication of their trademarked image (i.e., a picture of their face)?
Would you look at the argument any differently?
Comment Good for them!! (Score 0) 131
Whaaa! I can't use a photograph in my story. Whaaa! So what??? Does that stop you from publishing a story about the stock exchange?
What's wrong with taking control on how your image is used? I applaud them and if they are successful, I might go about trademarking my image.
Wouldn't it be nice to have the law on YOUR side when people post photos of you without your okay?
Comment Relax, the bill is on HOLD thanks to Senator Wyden (Score 2) 338
Comment NOT the PATRIOT act (Score 1) 338
Reading helps.... the PROTECT IP act is *NOT* the PATRIOT act. Two different things entirely.
Comment Breathe Deep... (Score 5, Informative) 640
Calm down people. This isn't any different than Mac OS X using Cocoa for the desktop display and still having X11 available to run as another app. And yes (if you've never tried it), X tunneled through ssh works just fine on Mac OS X.
It will be the same thing with the next release of Ubuntu.
The sky is NOT falling.
Comment Was that info or a commercial? (Score 3, Interesting) 130
The article looks like little more than an advertisement for "FaceTime's Socialite or Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewalls".
Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 239
Just because something *can* be done doesn't mean it *should* be done.
We rely on machines and their metrics because "machines don't lie".
Intellectual curiosity tips the apple cart once again. Bra-vo!
How long before these machines get stricken with malware that turns them into decep-ti-bots???
Comment GeoWorks did this in 2000 (Score 1) 54
Geoworks demonstrated this on the San Francisco local news back in 2000.
Check out:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66096362.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66915753.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-66096362.html
Check out:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66096362.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66915753.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-66096362.html
Comment What a great tool for robbery! (Score 5, Insightful) 471
A focused EMP beam from a gun? What a great way to destroy video cameras & alarm systems! It sure would make robbery a LOT easier.
Fundraiser For "White Male" Illness Dropped
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gubachwa writes "The student association at Carleton University in Canada recently voted that Cystic Fibrosis was a charity unworthy of receiving money raised during orientation week fund-raising activities. The reason behind the decision, as given in the motion on which the student association voted, is that Cystic Fibrosis 'has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men.'" I'm speechless.
Submission + - BBC refuses to publish Stallman article (gnu.org) 8
Richard Stallman writes: "The BBC invited me to write an article for their column series, The Tech Lab, and this is what I sent them. (It refers to a couple of other articles published in that series.) But the BBC was unwilling to publish it with a copying permission notice, so I have published it here."
