Comment Re:Backups (Score 1) 202
Thanks, now I'll have nightmares thinking about what Nazgul porn might involve.
Comment Re:Backups (Score 5, Funny) 202
because when it falls into a river of molten rock, man, it's gone.
Sounds like you learned that from experience. One of the cons of maintaining the data center for Sauron, huh? Hope the pay is good, at least.
Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 160
Step2: Sell the roentgenium.
Step3: Buy more gold?
Step3: Buy more gold?
Comment Re:To everyone posting "We'll go elsewhere" (Score 2, Insightful) 450
They don't care. The sort of folks who obsessively block ads aren't good customers anyway
Apparently they do care, or else they wouldn't be interested in unblockable ads, would they?
Comment Re:Nice headline (Score 1) 178
No. The number of possible games for rock-paper-scissors played by two protagonists is combinations of three taken two at a time (with repetitions) - 9.
Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! 325
Thinkcloud writes "A user named Hexxeh has posted a video online of the iPad running Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Hexxeh was able to put Chrome OS on an iPad because the open source code for the operating system is available in its Chromium state, but it's not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook. Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?"
Comment From the guidelines (Score 1) 234
We have lots of kids downloading lots of apps, and parental controls don't work unless the parents set them up (many don't). So know that we're keeping an eye out for the kids.
Pathetic excuse
Facebook Says It Owns 'Book' 483
An anonymous reader writes "The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Facebook has sued a tiny start-up called Teachbook.com over the use of 'book' in its name. The start-up, which has two employees, aims to provide tools for teachers to manage their classrooms and share lesson plans and other resources. 'Effectively they're bombing a mosquito here, and we're not sure why they want to do that,' Teachbook.com co-director Greg Shrader told the Tribune. Facebook said its use of 'book' in its name is 'highly distinctive in the context of online communities and networking websites.' Facebook apparently is alleging that no other online 'network of people' can use the word 'book' in its name without violating its trademark."
ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds 547
Haffner writes "Ars Technica has an article detailing the difference between ISP advertised 'up to x Mbps' speeds and the actual speeds, in addition to some possible solutions. They find that on average, the advertised speeds were 'up to 6.7 Mbps' while the real median was 3 Mbps and the mean was 4 Mbps. This implies that ISPs were falsely advertising by at least 50%."
Comment Re:Might not be as bad as it sounds (Score 1) 457
You should read some of his posts on the 5series.net forum (the link is a few posts up).
There is nothing defensible in his behavior. As someone already mentioned it was a heavily populated area with a school near by.
His answer on the forum was that he is careful when driving and that he made sure the road is clear before pulling the stunt. That comment alone should give you an idea about his total lack of maturity.
He even managed to crash his car a few weeks after the speeding incident. Enough said.
There is nothing defensible in his behavior. As someone already mentioned it was a heavily populated area with a school near by.
His answer on the forum was that he is careful when driving and that he made sure the road is clear before pulling the stunt. That comment alone should give you an idea about his total lack of maturity.
He even managed to crash his car a few weeks after the speeding incident. Enough said.
Comment Re:WHAT app? (Score 5, Informative) 335
It's not just one single app ... all apps from Jackeey Wallpaper
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_developer/jackeeywallpaper_bofz.html
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_developer/jackeeywallpaper_bofz.html
Comment Re:Apparently... (Score 1) 757
Epic WIN!
It really isn't.
It really isn't.
Comment Re:Citation needed (Score 1) 757
Read the post right above yours ... the european version of Droid (Milestone) cannot be flashed with a custom ROM. And it's already been a few months since it launched.
Maybe it has an eFUSE, maybe it doesn't ... you still can't root it.
Besides, Motorola acknowledged the fact that some of their phones are (will be) locked down and even recommended getting a nexus one instead, if you want to hack your phone.
Maybe it has an eFUSE, maybe it doesn't
Besides, Motorola acknowledged the fact that some of their phones are (will be) locked down and even recommended getting a nexus one instead, if you want to hack your phone.
Comment It may be software (Score 1) 446
I noticed a change in the behavior of the proximity sensor on the 3G after updating to iOS4.
Let's say I enter the phone app to place a call. When the call ends the phone app comes back up, but the proximity sensor is still active (although I'm not in a call anymore).
If I exit the phone app the proximity sensor deactivates.
Let's say I enter the phone app to place a call. When the call ends the phone app comes back up, but the proximity sensor is still active (although I'm not in a call anymore).
If I exit the phone app the proximity sensor deactivates.
Comment Re:Let me be the first (Score 1) 351
(Sent from my iPhone.)
I call shenanigans.
On my 3G the slashdot site slows to a crawl and is unusable with all its fancy ajax controls. I tried changing my settings, but nothing seems to work.
Maybe it's better on a 3GS as it has double the amount of RAM and a faster processor.
