Comment Re:Real mature (Score 1) 109
Maybe java developers are smart enough not to get into a debate on slashdot?
Comment Re:WTF? (Score 2) 336
Mod parent up. 4000 really?
Comment So I hear the FBI... (Score 1) 97
... has some extra bit coins....
da da
Comment Obligatory (Score 1) 243
In Soviet Russia, diamonds find you.
Comment Obligatory (Score 1, Redundant) 182
I for one welcome my new immortal mouse king
Submission + - Open Science API Competition (mendeley.com)
ZipprHead writes: "The Public Library of Science and Mendeley are hosting a "Binary Battle". A competition to develop applications built on their public APIs. There's $16,000 in prize money to be won plus other cool gifts. Not as much as the cool million offered for the Netflix API competition, but there is a lot of good karma associated with contributing to open access research that enhance scientists' and all our lives and 16k is well... still 16k. They've compiled a list of ideas sourced from the scientific community. You just have to write the code to wire things together.
Disclaimer, I work at the Public Library of Science."
Disclaimer, I work at the Public Library of Science."
Comment Scaling a website (Score 1) 442
Yes, use the cloud if you expect a lot of growth. No, do not use Microsoft products, they are great for the enterprise, but not for a one man shop. Use some nosql tech, Memcache, and some scripting language with your favorite JavaScript library.
Comment Re:Macs will be a closed platform in the end (Score 1) 517
along with the fact that OS X is nearly as buggy as windows now,
This is a fact? I don't believe it. Citation please.
Submission + - Amazon.com pricing algorithm lists book at $23M (seattlepi.com)
leek writes: An Amazon.com pricing algorithm which lets sellers set prices based on other sellers' prices led to a positive feedback loop, causing the biology text The Making of A Fly to reach $23M. Biologist Micheal Eisen talks about it on his Blog. The prices were reset but are back up to $976.98.
Comment Off base summary (Score 1) 1277
This summary is a bit off base. From the article:
"HB220 would require schools to teach students that the U.S. is a compound constitutional republic and about other forms of government such as pure democracy, monarchy and oligarchy along with political philosophies and economic systems such as socialism, individualism and free-market capitalism. "
Where does it say "force public school teachers to teach that the USA is a republic". Sounds like they just want to be sure the students are aware of all forms of government.
Comment Re:Senior member of Anonymous? (Score 1) 407
Dad's slashdot UID? Oh my, I'm getting old.
Comment Over valued anyhow (Score 1) 529
American investors smart enough to know that Facebook is already over valued.
Comment Nuclear fallout? (Score 1) 608
How can you launch a nuclear attack on your neighbour? What happens if the wind is blowing North that day?
"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"
Comment Pneumatic tubes? (Score 2) 431
Why are the calling them food tubes? We already have Pneumatic tubes. This just a scaled up version. I had a similar idea once for big cities. It might make a lot of sense, especially if it's general purpose, like for the post office.
But "food tubes"... really?!!? That just sounds gross. You brits are weird. How about the "megmatic tube system" that happens to also ship food?
Comment FTP (Score 1) 277
Is FTP next?
