Comment Re:yes.. (Score 1) 480
Nope, instead they leave archives of the information on trains...
Comment Re:Could try (Score 1) 302
JCreator is not open source and the light edition is only free if you are using it in academia. The free version also doesn't have a built in CVS client. In this situation there are many other IDE's out there which are Open Source and have many more features (Netbeans or Eclipse) and are cross platform for an added bonus.
Comment Groups (Score 1) 302
As part of my degree we had to do some group development projects and chose to set up a google group to put all the work on as it allowed us to upload any type of file. We also used the page creator in it to make links to versions as they changed. This was pretty simple to set up and use though slightly tedious as times.
Comment Re:Let's just blow up the moon. (Score 1) 432
Umm... yes both for aesthetic and practical reasons.
Comment Re:What a load of rubbish (Score 1) 313
Sorry about that, the son was a genuine spelling mistake.
Comment Re:What a load of rubbish (Score 1) 313
Its interesting that recently references were found to a Pharaoh who changed Egyptian culture completely to Worshiping a monotheistic God (which was embodied by the son). After his death they reverted to Polytheism. Both the monotheistic Pharaoh and the one before him seem to have etched out of history.
Comment Re:save UK taxpayers 22m? (Score 1) 725
Just to make the slight point that this is a military organisation who has been running their own custom Operating Systems prior to this. I am sure their support teams would be able to handle adapting to Linux.
Comment Re:Seems a little strange (Score 1) 857
Looking at my family tree I find that going back to 1806 most of my family were born to a mother who was in her late 30's or early 40's. The only reason people are more concerned about down syndrome now is because it can be tested for in the womb and aborted, also people don't hide it as much. In the past children born with defects would be suitably disposed of either in an institute or some kind of drowning.
IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All 434
dotne writes "CNET has published an article called Acid2, Acid3 and the power of default. The article predicts that IE8 will not pass the Acid2 test after all: '[Another] scenario could be that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings by flagging that they really, really want to be rendered correctly. Web pages already have a way to say this (called doctype switching, which is supported by all browsers), but Microsoft has all but announced that IE8 will support yet another scheme. If the company decides to implement the new scheme, the Acid2 test — and all the other pages that use doctype switching — will not be rendered correctly.' Microsoft's IE8 render modes have been discussed here previously, and they've caused an uproar in the web development community. According to the scheme, authors must put Microsoft-specific <meta> tags into their pages in order for them to be rendered correctly. I doubt Acid2, nor Acid3 will have Microsoft extensions in them."
Submission + - Microsoft says firefox is spyware (maneelgrover.com) 1
MozeeToby writes: Microsofts new Anti-Spyware tool (currently in beta) identifies Firefox as spy ware with a high security risk. To quote the author, "I strongly believe Mozilla Foundation should sue Microsoft for defamation."
Submission + - Adult Bullies Teen on MySpace leading to suicide (go.com)
Flavius Iulianus writes: It's not new, this happened last year. But it's just now getting out into the media and is taking on a life of it's own.
A woman in Missouri was involved in setting up a fake MySpace account for the express purpose of gaining the trust of a 13 year old girl. The woman claims she did it to monitor what the girl was saying about her daughter as they used to be friends.
After making romantic (and possibily sexual)overtures to the girl, the fake persona sent her a series of scathing messages "breaking off" the online relationship and attacking her personally. The girl had been depressed for sometime and killed herself by hanging herself.
After a year of investigation, the local authorities chose not to prosecute and the story broke. Now, in a manifestation of Karma, infuriated bloggers and netizens have been working to find the woman's identity (which was withheld in the original story) and get the word out about her activities.
Submission + - which license for Second Life? (greenphosphor.com)
arkowitz writes: "I've created a system called totem for visualizing data inside Second Life. It consists of some Second Life code (scripts in objects), a database, and a gateway servlet that lets them communicate. I want to make the Second Life piece open source, so that anyone can come up with cooler ways to visualize data (I have a simple 3d bar chart format so far). I may or may not keep the servlet part closed. What license should I use? Keep in mind that I *want* others to be able to make their own visualizers and charge L$ for them."
Submission + - HP Ready To Offer Linux PCs in US?
Anonymous writes: This story quotes an HP desktop exec saying the company will expand its pre-loaded Linux PC program beyond Australia, and is considering more countries including the U.S. Sounds like HP is playing it safe, but knows the market is inevitably moving to accept Linux on the desktop.
Submission + - Free energy device delayed indefinitely (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: Irish technology company Steorn have announced that the unveiling of their 'Orbo' free energy device, discussed in a previous article here on Slashdot, has been indefinitely delayed due to technical problems. Apparently even the cameras streaming to the web have been taken down.
Submission + - PS3 vs Xbox 360 - examples of poor performance (hdtvinfo.eu)
DaMan1970 writes: "Game developers face difficulties with developing games for the PS3. The best examples are the current American Football games; All-Pro Football 2K8 (2K) & Madden NFL 08 (EA) The Xbox 360 versions run at 60fps, whereas the PS3 versions only run at 30fps.
So the Xbox 360 versions run faster & smoother. There seems to be a lot of discussion about performance issues of the Playstation 3 on several websites, like on the Playstation Blog, were one of the Sony employees gave a statement about these performance issues."
