Comment Awesome (Score 1) 1
I just wet myself!
Submission + - The Dark Tower Coming To Theaters Near You (nymag.com) 1
westlake writes: Nothing quite like this has ever been tried before. But Reuter's, The L.A. Times and many others are reporting that Ron Howard will produce Stephen King's The Dark Tower, for Universal as a theatrical trilogy with the in-between stories told through two seasons of an NBC television series. No news as yet on casting — suggestions anyone?
Comment Re:But... (Score 4, Informative) 1090
Alas, we'll now get to listen to him rant in court, too.
Only if your Ghost Lab option comes true... Oh and the court decides to start trying ghosts...
The gunman, identified as James Lee, was killed by police following four hours of negotiations but the hostages are all safe, said Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger.
Submission + - Google Backs Out of JavaOne (infoworld.com)
snydeq writes: "Citing concerns about Oracle's lawsuit against it, Google has backed out of the upcoming JavaOne conference. 'Oracle's recent lawsuit against Google and open source has made it impossible for us to freely share our thoughts about the future of Java and open source generally,' Google's Joshua Bloch said in a blog post. The move may signal eventually fragmentation for Java, with Google conceivably splintering off the Java-like language it uses for Android."
Submission + - Acer Ferrari One Ultraportable Upgrading to AMD On (trippletech.com)
hasanabbas1987 writes: According to a new rumor, Acer is getting ready to upgrade the Ferrari One line-up of devices. Instead of that dated AMD Athlon processor, the manufacturer is planning on using a brand new chip from the AMD Fusion line, called the Ontario. Things get a bit curious here, though, as the source suggests that Acer is getting ready to launch the upgraded ultraportable by the end of this year. While AMD hasn’t come forward and said exactly when the Fusion line of processors will launch, the last word heard on the street was that it was coming early 2011.
Submission + - First Details on Civ 5's In-Game Mod Browser (bitmob.com)
bbretterson writes: In an interview conducted by Bitmob's Rob Savillo, Civ 5 Lead Designer Jon Shafer revealed the first details about the game's mod tools and in-game mod browser. The stand-alone world builder allows players to create random maps and customized scenarios. The SDK will allow players to fully mod Civ 5 into anything they want, and the in-game mod-browser allows them to to search, share, install, and manage user-created content without exiting the program.
Submission + - Facebook says it owns "book." (chicagobreakingbusiness.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Facebook has sued a tiny start-up called Teachbook.com over the use of “book” in its name. The start-up, which has two employees, aims to provide tools for teachers to manage their classrooms and share lesson plans and other resources. “Effectively they’re bombing a mosquito here, and we’re not sure why they want to do that,” Teachbook.com co-director Greg Shrader told the Tribune. Facebook said its use of “book” in its name is “highly distinctive in the context of online communities and networking websites.” Facebook apparently is alleging that no other online “network of people” can use the word “book” in its name without violating its trademark. Book 'em, Marko.
Comment Re:Location (Score 2, Informative) 560
The station's transmitter is located just outside Povarovo, Russia at (...,
Submission + - Microsoft's Bing Now Powering Yahoo Search
adeelarshad82 writes: More than a year after their search deal was first announced, Microsoft's Bing is now officially powering Yahoo's search results in the U.S. and Canada. At this point, only English is supported, but more languages will be added in the coming weeks and months. The 10 year deal will allow Microsoft to power Yahoo's search site while Yahoo will manage the sales force for both companies' premium search advertisers. Experts have long believed that the move actually made sense from the get go because Yahoo's form of search was the least effective of anything online because it was built on an idea that wasn't scalable. Where as for Microsoft, partnering with Yahoo, in this way, gives Bing exactly what it needs — lots more eyeballs.
Comment Re:yea. (Score 1) 216
No one believes it, and you're not making us think you have a big dick.
Also - not what I claimed. I claimed condoms break easily, and to be honest it doesn't really have much to do with the size - it's more about adequate lubrication for the full duration.
Oh so now you're not claiming you have a big dick but that you last forever. Your girlfriend must be impressed
Comment Traffic Lights? (Score 3, Insightful) 483
Wouldn't it make sense to install traffic lights first? Seems like some order on the road rather than chaos would reduce the accident rate much more than ticketing speeders (who will likely just continue to speed).
Either way there are commercial products available for this application. Sorry I have no links but in southern California red light cameras are all over the place. Our neighbors in Arizona also have "portable" speed cameras that they trailer to locations where speeding is an issue.
Submission + - Twitter App for Android Unsafe over Wifi
DominatorDan writes: So I was capturing my traffic with Shark for Root and noticed that my Twitter username and password were sent in the clear when the app updates on my Droid over WiFi. I'm going to uninstall the app until SSL or some other type of encryption is enabled. I have not performed a capture over CDMA, but I plan to. Until its fixed, get thee to a free hot-spot and start capturing data.... You'll never know what you might find!
Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug 131
Lars T. writes "The H has a story about a Linux kernel bug that allows root level access. 'According to a report written by Rafal Wojtczuk (PDF), a conceptual problem in the memory management area of Linux allows local attackers to execute code at root level. The Linux issue is caused by potential overlaps between the memory areas of the stack and shared memory segments.' SUSE maintainer Andrea Arcangeli provided a fix for the problem in September 2004, but for unknown reasons this fix was not included in the Linux kernel. The bug is not related to the X Server bug found by Brad Spengler."
As the linked article notes: "SUSE itself has the fix and SUSE Linux Enterprise 9, 10 and 11 as well as openSUSE 11.1 through 11.3 do not exhibit this vulnerability."
Submission + - 40 Windows Apps Said to Contain Critical Bug (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, says HD Moore, chief security officer at Rapid7 and creator of the open-source Metasploit penetration-testing toolkit. Gregg Keizer reports that the bug was patched by Apple in its iTunes software for Windows four months ago, but remains in more than three dozen other Windows programs, s. Moore did not reveal the names of the vulnerable applications or their makers, however. Each affected program will have to be patched separately. Moore first hinted at the widespread bug in a message on Twitter on Wednesday. 'The cat is out of the bag, this issue affects about 40 different apps, including the Windows shell,' he tweeted, then linked to an advisory published by Acros, a Slovenian security firm.
Comment Re:Alien Versus Predator (Score 1) 379
whoa. hold on there.
you're saying we have crappy GUI webapps, and the reason they are so crappy is because a designer (ie a non-coder) created them and not a programmer.
No, I said "web sites and applications that don't work like they should". The applications in question may be visually stunning but if they don't work reliably then what they look like is a moot point.
If there's one thing I know, its this: Never let a programmer create any form of GUI.
Comes back to my point about using the correct tool for the job. Either way I find an application that reliably performs its intended task but has a horrible UI much more valuable than an application that doesn't perform it's intended task but has a beautiful UI.
In an ideal world, we'd have design separate from the code
Agreed. Not familiar with Flash and it's tools but definitely seen improvement in this realm from Microsoft with WPF/Silverlight/XAML and the Visual Studio/Expression tools. It's far from perfect but definitely a step in the right direction from Winforms
