Comment Crappy (Score 1) 215
$25,000 of Crap In a $500 Crappy Car.
I'd prefer $25K of spam, eggs and bacon, but without spam.
Comment Re:Maybe the measurements are wrong or incomplete (Score 1) 436
Or other forces are acting on the planet besides gravitational force. We actually do not understand all forces we theorized so far.
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Comment This story.... (Score 1) 512
This story really made me feel deeply depressed. I guess I'll ruminate for a while now.
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Comment 666 (Score 1) 264
Funny enough, if I do search in Bing for that I get a Japanese page as first hit, and second a Wikipedia page depicting.... "666 is the natural number following 665 and preceding 667". This was actually what I was looking for, not any number of the beast... Sorry google, you're a fail.
Comment Re:How about a REAL C++ feature.... (Score 0, Redundant) 501
I love trolls
typesafe ? Is not C++ type safe ? Where did you read about C++, while listening to some podcast ? Get real man. Read the specs, use it.
Memory safe ? What is exactly this concept of "memory safe" ? Having a GC that does not have a clue of what the programmer wants to do ? To have a such dumb programmer that expects that memory allocations can be entirely managed by other layers ?
Get real. You ain't getting anything better than C++ for the time being.
Oh, sorry. I guess I can run VBscript and Java on this 16kb ROM/2kb RAM controller I have here... or then not.
Submission + - The Leopard Windows API Myth (roughlydrafted.com)
DECS writes: Some ideas just won't die. Proponents of the Mac OS X Leopard Windows API Myth are so convinced that Apple desperately needs to wedge Microsoft Windows into Mac OS X that they'll run with any hint that might suggest a plausible way for this to happen. The latest take on the subject is that Mac OS X Leopard loads PE files and requests Windows DLL files, which more than a few pundits have determined must be a new development because Tiger didn't do this. Therefore, they've decided that the only sensical conclusion to jump to is that Apple is secretly implementing the Windows API so that Macs will be able to run Windows programs natively. They're wrong, here's why.
PE U: The Mac OS X Leopard Windows API Myth
PE U: The Mac OS X Leopard Windows API Myth
Submission + - Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter (nytimes.com)
Ant writes: "The New York Times (no log in should be needed) says New York/NY researchers believe they have solved one of the great mysteries of the flu: Why does the infection spread primarily in the winter months?
The answer, they say, has to do with the virus itself. It is more stable and stays in the air longer when air is cold and dry, the exact conditions for much of the flu season.
Seen on Blue's News."
Submission + - AMD semiconductor sales fell 22% for 2007 (tgdaily.com)
jeffmeden writes: TGDaily is reporting that the new numbers from the semiconductor industry are in, and AMD has dropped 22% in sales for 2007, ranking them #11 worldwide. This is likely the result of a major push by competitor and #1 ranked semiconductor supplier Intel, which has been aggressively producing dual and quad core chips. This is a major turnaround for AMD, who up until now had been making steady progress in winning market share away from Intel.
Submission + - Skype encryption stumps police (nzherald.co.nz)
TallGuyRacer writes: "German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer, Joerg Ziercke, said. "The encryption with Skype telephone software ... creates grave difficulties for us... We can't decipher it. That's why we're talking about source telecommunication surveillance — that is, getting to the source before encryption or after it's been decrypted.""
Submission + - Unreal Tournament 3 available in stores
recoiledsnake writes: The next version of the very popular multiplayer FPS game, Unreal Tournament 3 has been released and is now available in stores. Highlights include a new warfare mode, awesome graphics showcasing the power of Unreal Engine 3 and new vehicles. Some reviews are already up. Quote: "This is UT3's contribution to the formula: spectacle, drama, mad heroics. Hurling yourself on the enemy Orb like it's a live grenade, dodging bullets on the hoverboard as you escape with the flag, bailing from an explosive bike aimed at the enemy's star player, and yeah, hanging from a flying metal octopus."
Submission + - D-Wave Demonstrates 28-Qubit Quantum Computer (tfot.info)
Iddo Genuth writes: "The Canadian quantum computing company D-wave together with scientists from Google will demonstrate an image recognition algorithm running on a 28-qubit quantum computer, at the "Super Computing 2007" (SC07) conference, which will take place in Nevada this week. Last year the company allegedly demostrated a 16-Qubit version computer named Orion, however experts remain skeptical about the technology stating that D-wave might actually be a kind of classical computer."
Submission + - Internet Eats Island
Anti-Luddite writes: "A column on recently launched Website Internet Evolution discusses the Internet's capability to instantaneously reverse the values of a culture, and raises the question of whether the Internet is always such a great communications mechanism. Author Stephen Saunders' argument derives from the recent upheaval on Tokelau, a tiny island culture in the South Pacific, which, after having its domain purchased by a Dutch Internet entrepreneur, has now acquired free broadband access after ages (literally, a millennium) of being tube-free. He discounts the idea that this is working in the favor of Tokelau and instead argues that the Internet's evolution to this region has demolished this indigenous culture and replaced it with worthless drivel such as social networking sites, widgets, and YouTube videos. Readers will likely find fault with Saunders' argument as it is laced with sarcasm and written with a more than a touch of arrogance."
Submission + - Leopard: A Rotten Apple OS?
turnitover writes: Long time Linux-watcher Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes a pretty annoyed column for eWEEK.com about how Leopard, the latest and greatest version of Mac OS X, is having a whole peck of problems. FTA: "Leopard's (Mac OS X 10.5's) problems have shocked the Mac user community. Most Mac users would have agreed with me that Leopard wasn't supposed to be a major step forward. Instead, it was going to be many small steps forward for the Mac. Well, that was the idea. It's turned out to be a major step backward." He outlines security issues, a data loss bug and software incompatibilities that approach the order of Vista. Have you seen such issues crop up? Are you waiting for 10.5.1? What's going on with Apple's QA?
Submission + - Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus (cnet.co.uk)
mytrip writes: "We're tempted to ignore all Apple rumours because there's just so many of them, but this rings true because Asus is Apple's contract manufacturer. It's one of the companies responsible for building the iBooks, PowerBooks and MacBooks of this world, so when their guys tell us they're building an Apple Tablet, we believe them.
We checked back with our source at Asus on a different day and they confirmed that the Apple Tablet will not be based on existing Asus designs such as the R1. It will come from a completely new blueprint, possibly based on the patent Apple filed back in May 2005. We're guessing it'll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we've seen in the iPhone and iPod touch.
So, can Apple turn the Tablet PC into a success when previous attempts have failed? The short answer is 'yes'. Any company that can make a mobile phone with no buttons, no picture messaging, slow Web access and no video capture into the most desirable phone on the planet can easily make tablets popular."
We checked back with our source at Asus on a different day and they confirmed that the Apple Tablet will not be based on existing Asus designs such as the R1. It will come from a completely new blueprint, possibly based on the patent Apple filed back in May 2005. We're guessing it'll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we've seen in the iPhone and iPod touch.
So, can Apple turn the Tablet PC into a success when previous attempts have failed? The short answer is 'yes'. Any company that can make a mobile phone with no buttons, no picture messaging, slow Web access and no video capture into the most desirable phone on the planet can easily make tablets popular."
Submission + - Free lifetime supple of beer for stolen laptop
laejoh writes: A LIFETIME supply of beer is being offered in New Zealand for the return of a stolen laptop. The laptop contains designs, creative work, contact details and financial information and was stolen from Rotorua's Croucher Brewing Company this week. The owners of the brewing company are offering free beer to whoever dobs in the person responsible.
