Comment Re:Hell has, indeed, frozen over. (Score 1) 832
If he did not it would matter, would it not? Everyone should get a vaccination except me, then I would risk nothing!!!
Comment Re:False (Score 1) 132
If you want predictable names from hardware, and you want to be able to add and remove devices the only solution would be to allocate enormous holes if you want to keep the current ethx naming scheme. i.e.
eth0 - eth999 on board
eth1000 + slot * 1000 + port for cards
etc
Comment Re:I'll be first to say WTF (Score 1) 700
Do not be silly, the key could have been exchanged earlier, one time pad is an excellent encryption method that has been used in practice.
Comment Re:Is C++ ever the right tool for the job? (Score 1) 509
Most applications should not be written in C or C++., they should be written in a more high level language, where certain kinds of mistakes can not be made.
Some time critical stuff can be written (as you suggest) in small parts in C to make it perform well. For some stuff you can not mix the C language with languages like Python, Java or C# because latency is a factor, and you want real time behaviour (that is, no garbage collection). Then C++ is a great choice.
Comment Re:Make it stop..... (Score 1) 509
I do not agree. most of the changes are good, and really needed. They will make programs easier to read and add expressiveness. How can you be against things like auto variables and lambda expressions?
Comment Re:Not Quite (Score 1) 754
No, it is only the one distributing the software that needs to agree to anything. As an end user you are free to *use* the GPL software without agreeing to anything.
Comment Re:Kernel locking (Score 2) 135
In debian it will be available soon in unstable, the RC is already available in experimental.
Package linux-image-2.6.37-rc7-686
* experimental (kernel): Linux 2.6.37-rc7 for modern PCs
2.6.37~rc7-1~experimental.1: i386
Comment Re:Barbara Streisand Effect (Score 1) 213
In my country (to my knowledge, in modern time) no one has been put in jail because they criticize the government, and we have plenty of people that do criticize the government in news papers, radio, television and on the net.
If they have been put to jail it has been because they have leaked classified information or been spying for foreign countries or similar. Not because they are crazy and believe that China and north Korea are the paradise on earth.
We even have such lunatics that regularly write such stuff in the papers!
Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick 352
While it's true that Sweden is responsible for unleashing IKEA and ABBA on humanity, not everything they produce is terrible. Their thieves are some of the most considerate in the world. An unnamed professor at Umeå University received a USB stick with all his data after his laptop was stolen. From the article: "The professor, who teaches at Umeå University in northern Sweden, was devastated when ten years of work stored on his laptop was stolen. But to his surprise, a week after the theft, the entire contents of his laptop were posted to him on a USB stick. 'I am very happy,' the unnamed professor told the local Västerbottens-Kuriren newspaper. 'This story makes me feel hope for humanity.'"
Comment Re:Prey.. meet bait. (Score 1) 403
Go to Apple and look what accessories cost (in general).
There is no way that Apple will be the low cost option.
Comment Re:Go Android (Score 3, Insightful) 403
Java might not be the best language around, but I find it much better than Objective C. What part of Objective C do you prefer?
Medieval Copy Protection 226
An anonymous reader writes "In medieval times a 'book curse' was often included on the inside cover or on the last leaf of a manuscripts, warning away anyone who might do the book some harm. Here's a particularly pretty one from Yale's Beinecke MS 214: 'In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. In the one thousand two hundred twenty-ninth year from the incarnation of our Lord, Peter, of all monks the least significant, gave this book to the [Benedictine monastery of the] most blessed martyr, St. Quentin. If anyone should steal it, let him know that on the Day of Judgment the most sainted martyr himself will be the accuser against him before the face of our Lord Jesus Christ.'"
Apple Wants Patent On Video Game-Based iBooks 104
theodp writes "Patently Apple reports that a new Apple patent application has surfaced describing an application that would record your personal journey through a video game and turn it into a custom comic or iBook when you're done playing. Imagine how thrilled little Billy's Mommy would have been if she only had the chance to read the story of her son's foray into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or see how he dealt with BioShock's Little Sisters."
Rupert Murdoch Claims To Own the 'Sky' In 'Skype' 186
Crudely_Indecent writes "Not content to own just news stories, Rupert Murdoch is now going after individual words! His BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with Skype, claiming that it owns the 'Sky' in 'Skype.' From the article: 'A spokesman for Sky confirmed that the company has been involved in a "five-year dispute with Skype" over trademark applications filed by the telecomms company. These are, the spokesman added: "including, but not limited to, television-related goods and services."'"
Woman's Nude Pics End Up Online After Call To Tech Support 197
Tara Fitzgerald couldn't find the nude pictures she planned on sending to her boyfriend, but instead of just taking more, she decided to see if a Dell tech support call could fix her problem. Apparently the tech support guy found them. Unfortunately, he then put them up on a site called "bitchtara."
