Comment Re:That's what you get for running Ubuntu (Score 0) 146
Are you by chance Mark Shuttleworth?
Comment That's what you get for running Ubuntu (Score 0, Troll) 146
Especially on servers... Not only is all the crap installed by default annoying, but it probably leaves a lot of nice security holes too.
Using other distros not related to Ubuntu, but based on Debian or really anything else is always a better option.
Using other distros not related to Ubuntu, but based on Debian or really anything else is always a better option.
Comment OP Here (Score 1) 62
Just wanted to say I don't have a stake in this either way, and I'm not contributing anywhere. I read Hackaday and live near Caleb Craft, and thus enjoy taking a peek from time to time.
Submission + - Hackaday For Sale, Editors Seek Crowd Funding to Buy It (hackaday.com)
ilikenwf writes: Hackaday's owner, Jason Calacanis, has decided to sell the popular hacking/modding site for around $540,000. Multiple parties are interested; the most promising buyer at the moment appears to be the current editors, who are attempting to buy the site via crowdsourcing and incorporate it under a nonprofit to keep the hacks flowing. One way or another, the site should survive.
Submission + - Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' (vice.com)
Daniel_Stuckey writes: The technology is here. So-called "smart guns" are being programmed to recognize a gun owner’s identity and lock up if the weapon ends up in the wrong hands. Entrepreneurs and engineers have been developing technology to make safer guns since the early '90s, and by now we've got working prototypes of guns that read fingerprints, hand grips or even sensors embedded under the skin. But after 15 years of innovation, personalized guns still haven't penetrated the marketplace.
Comment Added the Ubuntu Tag (Score 1) 169
Seems appropriate, since Microsoft seems to be borrowing this trick from Canonical.
Microsoft To Add Ads To Smart Search 169
Vanderhoth writes "Today, Microsoft said its advertisers will be able to target users not just on Web search results pages but directly inside Windows Smart Search. David Pann, general manager of Microsoft's Search Advertising Group, said in an interview that advertisers don't have to do additional setup to participate. The Smart Search ads will feature a preview of the websites the ad will send people to, as well as click-to-call info and site links, which are additional links under the main result that direct users deeper into a website to the most likely page they might want."
Submission + - Buy the Wargames IMSAI-8080 And Possibly Impress Ally Sheedy (itworld.com)
ilikenwf writes: Todd Fischer, the man behind this iconic prop from the movie that spawned countless hackers has come forward recently to announce it's sale in the near future. Interestingly enough, it still works, although the disk drive was damaged in shipping after the movie's conclusion, and was trashed.
Comment Politics and Stupidity (Score 2, Interesting) 577
So, we're going to start trying to nix the primary way we generate electricity...and not go nuclear even though we can recycle buried waste into power...and instead we're going to cut down a bunch of trees on public land and toss up solar and wind farms? Yeah, that's logical.
This is purely political and not about the environment or climate change. The climate changes naturally, and adapts to the creatures (us and everything else on earth) and their affects on it. If anything we should be burning less coal from switching to nuclear plants.
I'll just leave this here. http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/MIT-Develops-Meltdown-Proof-Nuclear-Waste-Eating-Reactor.html
This is purely political and not about the environment or climate change. The climate changes naturally, and adapts to the creatures (us and everything else on earth) and their affects on it. If anything we should be burning less coal from switching to nuclear plants.
I'll just leave this here. http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/MIT-Develops-Meltdown-Proof-Nuclear-Waste-Eating-Reactor.html
Comment Hobby Income (Score 2) 239
Up to $12,000 or so you can consider it hobby income, as long as you can prove you're in it more for the curiosity/hobby of it.
Comment OP Here... (Score 1) 67
Just wanted to clarify a couple of things. The Songbird SVN has been down for some months now, but they did put up the link mentioned in the comments above fairly recently.
As for Nightingale, we're still staying around even though we're not perfect yet, we have a handfull of devs still owrking on things - right now we're working or way to using a modern xulrunner instead of 1.9, which is what Songbird and Nightingale have used up until now. We're also going to ask POTI if we could get the source code to their closed source addons, such as MTP and DLNA support, and for the source to their addons platform with it's database, and the source to the mobile versions. We're game to maintain and improve upon all they offered, it's just going to be interesting to see how they respond.
As for Nightingale, we're still staying around even though we're not perfect yet, we have a handfull of devs still owrking on things - right now we're working or way to using a modern xulrunner instead of 1.9, which is what Songbird and Nightingale have used up until now. We're also going to ask POTI if we could get the source code to their closed source addons, such as MTP and DLNA support, and for the source to their addons platform with it's database, and the source to the mobile versions. We're game to maintain and improve upon all they offered, it's just going to be interesting to see how they respond.
Submission + - POTI, Creators of the Songbird Media Player Are Calling it Quits (songbirdnest.com)
ilikenwf writes: Pioneers of the Inevitable has announced on their blog that they will be folding on June 28. Started in 2007, the company went on to create the Songbird Desktop and mobile players, as well as the Songbird.me Facebook app. Their legacy lives on in Nightingale, an open source fork of the Songbird Desktop player that runs on Linux, Windows and Mac. No word yet on whether or not their currently closed source code will be opened up or not, but their contributions to the world of open source software are appreciated, and won't be forgotten.
Comment Dollhouse (Score 1) 25
Where's Eliza Dushku when you need her?
Isn't this how Dollhouse got imprints?
Isn't this how Dollhouse got imprints?
Comment I'm American and So Am I... (Score 1) 209
These machines shouldn't have been connected to the internet... They also shouldn't have been running OSX or Windows. From there, freaking use LUKS to prevent physical threat and otherwise don't allow Chinese nationals to come into rooms with sensitive data.
I wish my country would come up with a decent security policy...of course, this could've all been a trick, and they could have potentially placed these in a convenient location with compromised plans designed to just cost money and explode...but I don't give the bureaucrats that much credit.
I wish my country would come up with a decent security policy...of course, this could've all been a trick, and they could have potentially placed these in a convenient location with compromised plans designed to just cost money and explode...but I don't give the bureaucrats that much credit.
Comment Machine Shop (Score 1) 558
Legislate this crap into guns and I'll start a business removing them.
