Comment Re:I stopped reading at "Voice 2.0" (Score 1) 171
No kidding. The iPhone app the article mentions is rated 2 stars on the app store. Tons of complaints that it doesn't do what it is described to do.
Comment Re:As long as I can delete stuff too (Score 1) 72
And eventually we wouldn't need to spend a quarter of our life times in school.
Comment Re:Old News (Score 1) 77
Funny, but not really accurate. The concept of an absolute sense of time doesn't make sense when we're talking about objects so far away.
Comment Re:here, have some cynicism (Score 1) 196
Maintaining standards of aesthetics in your code is the cheapest and easiest way to ensure it does what it's supposed to do. Simple logic: if I have a hard time reading your code, I might misunderstand its intention and modify it the wrong way.
Comment Yes (Score 1) 432
The university has LAN based connectivity as well as 802.11 connectivity. 802.11 connectivity is free - as long as you can get on at the network level you're free to use it. LAN based connectivity is obviously only available in classrooms and in dorm rooms.
Now at the beginning of school year, each LAN port is "reset", in the sense that it becomes unregistered. When a user connects next (this means the new student to move into that dorm room), it will be served a special page upon any HTTP request. That special page will check the UserAgent of the browser and, if Windows is indicated, will be prompted to run a security scan of the PC (windows-only software). If any other OS (or a router) is indicated, then the user is let through un-scanned, for the rest of the year.
Seems to me, that while technically more support is provided to Windows users, anyone would prefer to connect as a non-Windows user.
Comment Re:Lol (Score 1) 949
Actually the IT you see at Joe Papercompany is different from the IT you need to successfully run a large company whose business is tied to the IT (such as Google or certain types of finance companies). So "most IT" that most people here think they know about is dramatically different from the top 10% of IT.
Comment Re:Nextbus (Score 1) 75
I believe the point is to model how people are using the trains rather than the status of the trains. How many people/who/when are the questions they want to answer.
Comment Not necessary/ for most modern systems (Score 2) 75
Such as in any subway system in China. Where reception doesn't end at the subway entrance. People are making calls and surfing the web while riding the train.
Comment Re:Dear customer, Just say NO! (Score 1) 268
I wonder what happens when people start selling portable "camera controllers". The intended purpose can be overridden and the nefarious purpose can propagate easily.
Comment Re:My new patent (Score 0) 268
While funny, the sad thing is that technology doesn't really exist: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_shield[/url]
Comment Re:subtle issues (Score 1) 175
The idea is that if they're chained together in the direction of flow they have less probability of hampering with each others' flow. But if they're lined up perpendicular to the flow wouldn't that just cause a clog?
Comment Re:A humble proposal (Score 1) 123
I'll respond to your proposal directly and point out the flaws. Patent trolls only exist because a) the patent system exists and b) it's not possible to differentiate the "trolls" from the legitimate inventors. Either you solve b) and remove this problem of trolls altogether, or any solution targeting patent trolls would altogether undermine a). So in short, your solution is the roundabout way of removing the patent system.
Comment One of these guys (Score 2) 313
Is going to know the master character's password, dig a tunnel through the sewage, and get the warden arrested!
China Alleged To Use Prisoners In Lucrative Internet Gaming 313
SoyQueSoy pointed out an article that reveals it's not all fun, but forced games for some Chinese prisoners. It is alleged that after a day of hard labor some inmates are forced to work through the night as gold farmers. "Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labor," [prisoner] Liu told the Guardian. "There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000rmb [£470-570] a day. We didn't see any of the money. The computers were never turned off."
Comment Newsworthy? (Score 1) 293
Sure this is a site for nerdy news, but this literally has no impact on anything. It's just a number.
