Comment Re:GNU/Ubuntu (Score 0) 163
Ive been using the
Comment Ubuntu is NOT how one uses open source (Score 0) 210
yeah, i cannot imagine there are many slashdot users that condone Ubuntu over Debian, tis utter blasphemey, either run the real deal or get in line with the other morons who cant get past a GUI.
Comment Re:What it really sounds like (Score 0) 385
if only it will take twitter with it =P
Submission + - LHC physicist arrested on terrorism charges
ErichTheWebGuy writes: A nuclear physicist working on the "large collider" experiment to simulate the Big Bang has been arrested in France on suspicion of advising al-Qa'ida on possible terrorist targets.
The 32-year-old French scientist, of Algerian origin, is being held with his younger brother after being trailed, and bugged, by French anti-terrorist police for more than a year.
A judicial source told the newspaper Le Figaro: "This is very high level." The French Interior Minister, Brice Hortefeux, said that the investigation "may perhaps show that we have prevented the worst".
The scientist, who was not immediately named, was arrested alongside his brother near Lyons on Thursday on suspicion of having contacts with al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb, or Aqim. He was said to have been suspected of giving advice on possible nuclear targets within France.
The 32-year-old French scientist, of Algerian origin, is being held with his younger brother after being trailed, and bugged, by French anti-terrorist police for more than a year.
A judicial source told the newspaper Le Figaro: "This is very high level." The French Interior Minister, Brice Hortefeux, said that the investigation "may perhaps show that we have prevented the worst".
The scientist, who was not immediately named, was arrested alongside his brother near Lyons on Thursday on suspicion of having contacts with al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb, or Aqim. He was said to have been suspected of giving advice on possible nuclear targets within France.
Submission + - Software to diagnose faulty computer hardware? 1
Etylowy writes: Over the years I have repaired my own, family and friends PCs many, many times. While in most cases it turned out to be restoring system after malware/user/windows made a mess or simple cases of "follow the smell of smoke and molten plastic", there were some nasty ones where computer mostly works. By mostly I mean: you can boot it up, it might even work for a while but will crash way too often to blame it all on Microsoft — what do you do then? Once you strip it off any extra hardware (which with todays motherboards with pretty much everything integrated might not be an option) you are left with CPU, motherboard, graphics card, RAM and HDD. You can test HDD, you can run memtest86+ to check RAM, but how do you go about testing CPU, motherboard and graphics card trio to find which is to blame? Replacing it one by one isn't really an option. Do you know any software that would help the way memtest helps with RAM?
Submission + - Adobe's iPhone Hail Mary (infoworld.com)
snydeq writes: "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister questions whether the move to port Flash to the iPhone isn't a last-ditch effort on Adobe's part to remain relevant in the quickly evolving smartphone market. By allowing developers to compile existing Flash apps into native binaries, Adobe believes it has found a way around Apple's requirements that no non-Apple API interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an app, a clause that has also prevented Sun from porting JVM to the iPhone. The resulting apps will be completely stand-alone, with no runtimes and no Flash Player required — if Apple lets Adobe get away with it, no small feat given the how protective Apple has been about its app market. But as much as Apple has at stake here, Adobe may actually have more, McAllister writes. 'Already the idea of using Web languages and tools to build smartphone applications is taking hold. Palm has built an entire smartphone platform around the idea. Apple supports the use of Web technologies like AJAX to build applications based on the iPhone's Safari browser. And developers will soon even be able to build Web-based applications for BlackBerry handsets, thanks to a new SDK from Research in Motion. As late to the game as it is, what Adobe needs now is to convince developers that Flash is better than the other options — and that could be a tough sell.'"
Submission + - Inside the Windows 7 Launch Party Pack (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: PC Pro has got its hands on one of Microsoft's Windows 7 launch party packs — yes, the one from *that* video — and can reveal all of the party goodness contained within. Brace yourselves for disappointment. Amazingly, the one bit you might actually want — the copy of Windows 7 Ultimate with the authentic not-quite-hand-signed Ballmer scrawl — is already appearing on eBay for less than the price of an unsigned edition. That's got to hurt.
Submission + - Nvidia: We're Staying in the Chipset Business (tomshardware.com)
Sycon writes: Nvidia responded to recent rumors that the company is discontinuing work on chipsets and focusing on discrete graphics. In the response Nvidia asserts that the company intends to combat Intel's lawsuit and already has plans for future chipset development and innovation.
Submission + - Time Warner being blocked by Godaddy.com?
An anonymous reader writes: Just reported in KC; Time Warner has a ticket open stating that Godaddy is blocking all Time Warner customers. I wonder what's going on there. For me, I cannot access Godaddy.com. On top of that, all of the sites I host on Godaddy.com are not accessable from my Time Warner cable. If I hook up my phone as a data connection, it works fine, and it works fine from other users in the area who are not Time Warner customers.
Submission + - Hulu desktop on linux (hulu.com) 2
CheshireFerk-o writes: "To much surprise and great pleasure hulu desktop has been released on linux. It includes all the features of the other clients including LIRC remote support, its nice to see another mainstream company showing support."
Submission + - First glimpse of moon collision (blorge.com) 2
secretsather writes: TECH.BLORGE has an image taken from the infrared feed from this mornings LCROSS collision.
Submission + - Windows Mobile marketplace "copy protection" crack (xda-developers.com)
kTag writes: "A software developer by trade has been able to "crack" an app from the Windows Mobile marketplace by simply keeping a copy of the CAB file. The only copy protection applied is that the file is meant to be deleted upon install. While it doesn't have any real impact on free apps (like Facebook), the consequences can be very high for paid for apps."
Submission + - Murdoch warns Google: it's time to pay (abc.net.au)
highways writes: From TFA:
News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch has launched a stinging attack on Google and other on-line entities for stealing content.
At a conference of World Media Executives at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Rupert Murdoch has taken aim at search engines like Google as internet parasites.
According to the News Corporation Chairman, the so-called "aggregators" on the internet steal content from tradition media organisations and, he says, the time has come for them to pay for it.
"If we do not take advantage of the current movement toward paid-for content, it will be the content creators — the people in this hall — who will pay the ultimate price and the content kleptomaniacs will triumph," he said.
Of course, I don't think this has anything to do with Mr Murdoch's latest posh to charge for online news, including a recent scathing attack on the BBC...
News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch has launched a stinging attack on Google and other on-line entities for stealing content.
At a conference of World Media Executives at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Rupert Murdoch has taken aim at search engines like Google as internet parasites.
According to the News Corporation Chairman, the so-called "aggregators" on the internet steal content from tradition media organisations and, he says, the time has come for them to pay for it.
"If we do not take advantage of the current movement toward paid-for content, it will be the content creators — the people in this hall — who will pay the ultimate price and the content kleptomaniacs will triumph," he said.
Of course, I don't think this has anything to do with Mr Murdoch's latest posh to charge for online news, including a recent scathing attack on the BBC...
Comment sounds good (Score 0) 366
I like the idea and his commercial is not all that bad. I'm just glad he does not name a specific distro (thou debian would be fine;) I'm more happy of the fact that for 4 years someones been making a living off installing for desktop/home users, this is a step in the right direction to teaching the masses that microsoft isnt the only way.
Comment Re:internet licence (Score 0) 286
only in a perfect world my friend... and if only!
