Comment Formatting Issue, anyone? (Score 2) 43
... environment (8.59 Tesla, -
269.5 degrees Celsius)...
Poor choice of Line Feed location. I didn't see the negative before. 269.5 C didn't seem that bad.
Comment Re:I was disappointed by Google... (Score 1) 158
In games of chance (which Google giving away fewer laptops than there are requests for one,) different municipalities have different rules for fairness purrposes. Google can't be expected to know the rules for every city, county, parish, province, state, or country. c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question
Comment Fragility still a concern? (Score 1) 313
As a teacher who taught math in the public school system with class sets of TI's and Casio's, I'd say unless they've done something to make the Casio's less fragile, I doubt TI has much to worry about. I'd cringe when a Casio fell to the ground, as usually there'd be nothing left to work with (and I'd have to fight with parents to enforce the technology contract they signed.) With TI's, I've had the same class set for about six years, and I've replaced about four of them - two to theft, and two to students intentionally breaking screens.
Just to clarify, I do teach math in Texas, so I might have a conflict of interest. But I don't.
Comment Re:Ah ha! (Score 1) 389
infected computers on their network costs them money in the form of more traffic
If they charge per GB transferred, what's their incentive to reduce the usage of a client's system?
Comment Cue Meme: (Score 1) 853
Adolf Hitler rant about missing iPhone in 3...2...1...
Comment Use Rome's Strategy to fight Rome (Score 1) 391
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdict
Seriously. What's the percentage of Italy's advertisement revenue from Youtube? Significant enough to question whether to maintain business in a country obviouly hostile to your service and willing to convict your employees that are helpful to the government in prosecuting the crime recorded on video?
If Google was seriously considering leaving the Chinese market (or using the threat to re-evaluate Chinese practices regarding them) then TPTB should consider an Interdict against Italy.
Youtube has already shown an ability to restrict content based on political boundaries, so this shouldn't be so much of a problem to implement. Maybe even put a nag screen (as they do to users of IE6) letting the Italian users know that this practice by their elected officials will not be tolerated.
Patent Markings May Spell Trouble For Activision 82
eldavojohn writes "If you pick up your copy of Guitar Hero and read the literature, you'll notice it says 'patent pending' and cites a number of patents. A group alleges no such patent pends nor are some of the patents applicable. If a judge finds Activision guilty of misleading the public in this manner, they could become liable for up to $500 per product sold under false patent marking. The patents in question seem to be legitimately Guitar Hero-oriented, and little is to be found about the mysterious group. The final piece of the puzzle puts the filing in Texas Northern District Court, which might be close enough to Texas Eastern District Court to write this off as a new kind of 'false patent marking troll' targeting big fish with deep coffers."
Comment Renting from the CES Block of Rooms? (Score 1) 285
Not mentioned in the article was did they pay for one of the (usually discounted) block of rooms CES had set aside. Usually large conventions set aside a block of rooms at a discount for people participating in the convention. Their guarantee subsidizes the cost of these rooms, and give them a bit more control over what goes on there. Doesn't make their actions less ass-hat, but does let me understand why the CES would have that much sway over the occupants of the rooms, as they might have paid for (up to half) part of the rooms' cost.
Comment I'm not George Bush either... (Score 1) 1721
Can I have a Nobel Peace Prize?
Comment Re:Score (-1) Off-topic (Score 1) 517
Sorry, you misspelled
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Comment POKE and Sandbox (Score 2, Interesting) 580
I remember using PEEK and POKE to manipulate the memory on the C64. Is the emulator sufficiently sandboxed or could you use POKE outside of the conventional memory to brick^H^H^H^H^Hfree your iPod?
Comment IETab for IE 8.1 (Score 5, Funny) 283
Can I run IE Tab on Internet Explorer and make the world explode?
Comment What keeps Baidu from... (Score 1) 141
...deep-linking to the songs on Google's servers?
It'd be upsetting for Google if they setup all the infrastructure, eat all the costs, and Baidu reaps the rewards by linking to the self-same content.
Submission + - "Virtual Chalkboard" software for Linux?
mistapotta writes: "I'm a teacher who uses Linux at home and to a limited degree at work. We've recently deployed virtual chalkboards/whiteboards (nothing but a glorified touchpad that works as a mouse.) We've got software for Windows, but I'm looking for a similar program (preferably FOSS) for Linux.
For those unfamiliar, a teacher can carry the tablet around the room, using a computer projection system, and present multimedia presentations, solve pre-prepared problems, and pass the tablet around the room so students can work problems on the board. Current software suites allow for capture of the screen (to PDF or other document formats), write with a pen, highlight areas of the board or desktop, erase/undo, simple OCR for words written through the touchpad, an online calculator, and other graphic aspects.
Does anyone know of software that's available for Linux for teachers?"
For those unfamiliar, a teacher can carry the tablet around the room, using a computer projection system, and present multimedia presentations, solve pre-prepared problems, and pass the tablet around the room so students can work problems on the board. Current software suites allow for capture of the screen (to PDF or other document formats), write with a pen, highlight areas of the board or desktop, erase/undo, simple OCR for words written through the touchpad, an online calculator, and other graphic aspects.
Does anyone know of software that's available for Linux for teachers?"
Traveling With Tom Bihn's Checkpoint Flyer 133
Some people care about bags; obsession is a better word. (See the Bags subforum of the Every Day Carry Forums for evidence.) How are the straps attached? Is that 1050 denier, or 1600? Makers like Crumpler, Ortlieb and Maxpedition inspire impressive brand-loyalty, but probably no bag maker has customers more enthusiastic than Tom Bihn's. (There really is a Tom Bihn, too -- he's been designing travel bags since he was a kid; now he has a factory with "all the cool toys" to experiment with designs and materials.) When I started looking for a protective case for my MacBook Pro, I discovered that a few of my coworkers were part of the Bihn Army, and after some Tupperware-style evangelism I was convinced to buy a few items from the Bihn line-up: a backpack (used); then a messenger bag (new); then a mid-sized briefcase, used, which is now my portable filing cabinet. (Take this bias for what you will; I stuck with my previous messenger bag for more than a decade.) For a just-completed trip to Israel, which I couldn't quite make in true one-bag travel fashion, I brought along one of the newest Bihn Bags — the Checkpoint Flyer — and found it to be worth its (considerable) price. Read on for my review.
