Comment Re:First questions first (Score 1) 474
Says the person posting xkcd comics, which have outworn their welcome even faster.
Comment Re:Games are Solid Art. (Score 1) 214
But you're confusing the issue. All of those things are art in games. The game itself isn't art because it contains art.
I'm firmly in the games-as-art camp, but this is not the correct way to argue that games are art.
I'm firmly in the games-as-art camp, but this is not the correct way to argue that games are art.
Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 115
Or do you browse with AdBlock?
I honestly had forgotten the big, ugly ads /. has, because I've had them blocked for so long.
Comment Re:sample top sekret mySQL code from the project (Score 1) 91
My guess is he got a < or > swallowed.
Comment Re:They got a refund (Score 1) 1002
I have this great product to sell you, friend! It's elephant repellent made from the oil of the Kumba-Kimba bird of the deep forests of Africa! Why, ever since I imported this oil into the United States, not a single one of my customers has had an elephant stampede through his or her living room!
Comment Re:Hold the phones! (Score 2, Informative) 141
Well, for individual albums, you can always check RIAA Radar, which will tell you if an album is put out on an RIAA label or not.
Indian GPS Cartographers Charged As Terrorists 269
chrb writes "Following on from the discussion about Apple disabling GPS in Egyptian iPhones, we have a new case of the conflict between the traditional secrecy of government, and the widening availability of cheap, accurate GPS devices around the world. On 5th December, two software engineers employed by Biond Software in India were arrested for mapping highways using vehicle based GPS devices. Further evidence against the pair emerged when it was found that a laptop they had been using in the car contained some photos of the local airforce base. The company claims they had been commissioned by Nokia Navigator to create maps of local roads and terrain. Following an investigation by the Anti Terrorist Squad of Gujarat the cartographers have now been charged with violating the Official
Secrets Act and will remain in custody."
Comment I think an important question here is... (Score 2, Insightful) 107
Does anybody really use services like this? I'm only vaguely aware of the Google Notebook feature by virtue of accidentally clicking on it from time to time.
So, if you use it... how/why?
So, if you use it... how/why?
How a Rogue Geologist Discovered Diamonds 237
prone2tech writes "Both NPR and Wired are running stories about how nearly two decades ago, a dogged, absentminded Canadian geologist named Charles Fipke who was practically down to his last nickel when he discovered diamonds in the Northwest Territories. Back then there was no such thing as a Canadian diamond, and today, Canada is the world's third-largest producer. The story behind the addition of Canada to the ranks of diamond-producing nations leads back to this one man. His discovery started the largest staking rush in North America since George Carmack found gold in the Klondike a century earlier."
Comment Re:Uhm (Score 1) 155
I was wondering why that joke didn't make any sense.
Comment Re:Artists? (Score 2, Informative) 663
Comment Re:For everything else, there's the patent office (Score 1) 267
Can I patent a particular funny walk just because I specified a process?
Ah, you're looking for The Ministry of Silly Walks.
Scientists Discover Proteins Controlling Evolution 436
Khemisty writes "Evolutionary changes are supposed to take place gradually and randomly, under pressure from natural selection. But a team of Princeton scientists investigating a group of proteins that help cells burn energy stumbled across evidence that this is not how evolution works. In fact, their discovery could revolutionize the way we understand evolutionary processes. They have evidence that organisms actually have the ability to control their own evolution."
Submission + - Who will be Obama's new CTO?
Nelson Amana writes: Google CEO Eric Schmidt is out of the running for the chief technology officer (CTO) position that the Obama administration is planning to create. Schmidt said: "I love working at Google and I'm very happy to stay at Google, so the answer is no." Schmidt will remain a close adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, but his first call to duty is Google. The Obama administration's CTO job could be one of those bureaucratic positions that ends up consumed by turf wars rather than making real progress against initiatives.
Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit, HP CTO Shane Robison, who has been touted as a White House CTO candidate, believes that a White House CTO would need to focus on a few key tech initiatives and not just serve as an administrator or liaison between CTOs across the government.
Submission + - Colombia signs up for OLPC laptops with Windows (goodgearguide.com.au)
Cowards Anonymous writes: Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement for pilot programs in two towns. Schools in the towns of Quetame and Chia will be outfitted with the small green XO laptops developed by the OLPC. The pilot programs are expected to expand over time.
