Comment Re:url? (Score 1) 800
But now that it's on /. it's gonna cost $35 for a WHOLE year!
Comment Re:Cheapest of all? (Score 1) 800
SCO.com
If so I would just wait a few more months and buy it for a hamburger and a pack of smokes.
Buying a Domain From a Cybersquatter 800
Nevo writes "A partner and I are in the planning stages of a business. We've decided on a name that we'd like to use but the domain name is already registered. The owner has a single 'search' page up (similar to the one at www.goggle.com)... clearly not a legitimate business interest, but since we don't own a trademark on this name it doesn't qualify as bad faith, I don't think. Does anyone have any experience buying domains from these operators? Do you have any advice on how to approach the owners of these domains to get them at a reasonable cost?"
Wikipedia Bans Church of Scientology 665
El Reg writes "Showing a new-found resolve to crack down on self-serving edits, Wikipedia has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology. According to Wikipedia administrators, this marks the first time such a high-profile organization has been banished for allegedly pushing its own agenda on the 'free encyclopedia anyone can edit.'"
Comment You'll Rue Day Trebeck!!! (Score 1) 154
IBM just MUST make it sound like Sean Connery!
Watson: I Google'ed your mother last night Trebeck!
Comment Re:Online is the coms, not the content. (Score 1) 350
Yes I play WoW. And I have played it offline before. Ever heard of ManGoS? Sure its fun playing with lots of people but I sometimes want to play without all of those kiddies running around.
Comment Re:Slashdot users are losers (Score 1) 67
Wow that is an awesome argument! You talked me into it!!!
Submission + - Brain waves pattern themselves after nature (theanalystmagazine.com)
nexxuz writes: "University of Chicago mathematician Jack Cowan, working over 20 years on his research on the physics of brain activity, has come across some interesting things.
"His latest findings show that the same mathematical tools physicists use to describe the behavior of subatomic particles and the dynamics of liquids and solids can now be applied to understanding how the brain generates its various rhythms.""
"His latest findings show that the same mathematical tools physicists use to describe the behavior of subatomic particles and the dynamics of liquids and solids can now be applied to understanding how the brain generates its various rhythms.""
Gentoo in Crisis, Robbins Offers Solution 259
mrbadbar writes "Gentoo Linux founder Daniel Robbins says Gentoo's leadership is in crisis. 'the Gentoo Foundation's charter has been revoked for several weeks, which means that as of this moment the Gentoo Foundation no longer exists.' Robbins offers a solution: his return as President of the Gentoo Foundation. According to Robbins: 'If I return as President, I will preserve the not-for-profit aspect of Gentoo. Beyond this, you can expect everything to be very, very different than how things are today.'"
Submission + - HP Unwilling to Fix BIOS for Linux Users (mattparnell.com)
ilikenwf writes: "Many users have had issues with the HP laptops that are currently on the market as a result of a BIOS bug persists to pop up on HP's laptops, regardless of the various updates. This causes users to have to disable lapic, which keeps features like high resolution timers from being used to increase speed and drastically increase battery life. Contacting customer support has been less than helpful, as displayed by HP's arrogance. Any BIOS hackers out there?...And no, LinuxBIOS will not work on these laptops."
Submission + - students power supercomputer with bicycles (computerworld.com.au) 1
inkslinger77 writes: "A team of ten MIT students powered a supercomputer for twenty minutes by pedalling bicycles. They duly claimed the world record for human-powered computing (HPC). They powered a SiCortex SC648 supercomputer with a Linux cluster of 648 CPUs and almost 1TB of main memory in a single cabinet. The system is low-powered and draws 1,200 watts without needing special power supplies or cooling..."
Submission + - Sony silently drops PS3 linux support. (ps2dev.org) 4
t0qer writes: "Up until this week, hackers at the PS2dev.org forums have been hot on the trail of writing a hardware accellerated driver for the PS3 RSX chip until Sony released thier new firmware.
Now it seems that updating to the new 2.10 version of PS3 firmware not only blocks RSX access completely, but breaks linux installs as well.
This is a harsh blow to the PS3 linux community."
Submission + - 7 Years of the Patriot Act
An anonymous reader writes: Recently, my father and I were debating certain aspects of the government. I'm fairly libertarian, he is extremely republican. During the conversation, we were debating the PATRIOT act and how it has been misused. He challenged me to do some research and provide him with one documented instance of the act being misused; for every one I can find, he will donate $5 to the political charity of my choice. I'm thinking EFF or ACLU, leaning towards EFF. I would like to maximize the charity donation, so I thought I would ask the /. community for help locating as many misuses as possible.
To qualify as misuse, the case must have no legitimate connection to terrorism, and the victim of the abuse must be an American citizen. The case of the attorney in Portland, OR being imprisoned without trial does not count; my father believes that while they arrested the wrong man they did it on evidence that would have held up in a court regardless.
So, help me make money for the EFF!
To qualify as misuse, the case must have no legitimate connection to terrorism, and the victim of the abuse must be an American citizen. The case of the attorney in Portland, OR being imprisoned without trial does not count; my father believes that while they arrested the wrong man they did it on evidence that would have held up in a court regardless.
So, help me make money for the EFF!
Submission + - Blizzard may be crossing ethical boundaries
An anonymous reader writes: With the most recent patch to World of Warcraft, Blizzard has introduced new code for their Warden client that may be crossing ethical boundaries. There is now a near impossible solution for checks and balances. Lax, one of the few known people to have explicit knowledge on the innerworkings of Blizzard's Warden client, posts details about this most recent patch in his blog. http://onwarden.blogspot.com/
Quote from the blog about the new patch: "Given the fact that the randomly generated hash algorithm can be replaced at Blizzard's sole discretion with any other algorithm, including ones that retrieve and use personal, private and/or otherwise confidential information, with only their server to be required to know about the changes, this should be considered a very scary thing for the rest of us. "
Quote from the blog about the new patch: "Given the fact that the randomly generated hash algorithm can be replaced at Blizzard's sole discretion with any other algorithm, including ones that retrieve and use personal, private and/or otherwise confidential information, with only their server to be required to know about the changes, this should be considered a very scary thing for the rest of us. "
Submission + - How Cox joined the teleworking revolution (networkworld.com)
Anonymous Coward writes: "Cable TV provider Cox Communications uses Citrix desktop virtualization technology to make work software applications travel to an employee's home rather than the employee traveling to work. About 2,000 of Cox's 22,000 employees are teleworkers, many of which are call center operators providing customer service to Cox's 6 million subscribers, according to a case study provided by Citrix.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/111407-cox-teleworking.html"
