Comment Re:How does advanced CS have any tie to culture? (Score 1) 612
Unless they are saying that "dry and sometimes boring" is "white culture"?
I now have an uncontrollable urge to watch The Chappelle Show.
Comment And so began the great jQuery wars of 2013. (Score 1) 91
*breaks out the beer and popcorn*
Comment Re:This is not for us. (Score 1) 295
When you consider the cost of a potential data breach $9000 (for years worth of hard drives) is nothing. I love to hate 'the man' as much as the next guy but there is a time, a place, and a need for standardized destruction of data.
Comment Re:Changes (Score 1) 233
Wish I had mod points for this.
I dislike using Java for work ( mid-sized web applications) but when I've been forced to deal with Java code I have enjoyed being able to quickly understand what a developer was trying to do regardless of their level of expertise.
It's really good to have simple, slow-evoling, core elements to a language when it comes to learning, teaching, understanding, etc..
I dislike using Java for work ( mid-sized web applications) but when I've been forced to deal with Java code I have enjoyed being able to quickly understand what a developer was trying to do regardless of their level of expertise.
It's really good to have simple, slow-evoling, core elements to a language when it comes to learning, teaching, understanding, etc..
Comment Minimum != No (Score 2) 201
'OS-less' based system, sweet! Just think, we'll save a few seconds during the boot up process and it will only take hundreds of hours for our devs to code in assembly / binary! It's almost as efficient as the href-less anchor tag.
Sarcasm aside... there is something working as an OS it's just trimmed down to the bare minimum. Also, check your damn summaries.
Sarcasm aside... there is something working as an OS it's just trimmed down to the bare minimum. Also, check your damn summaries.
Comment Thought I was on Slashdot ... (Score 1) 915
... but I must be mistaken.
Comment Re:What an ass. (Score 1) 276
I was going to use my mod points but I didn't see an 'idiot' option. The only illegal thing he actually did was to trespass in a computer closet.
Comment Re:Existing non-electronic variant (Score 1) 145
FFS... Situation A) Blame automatically applied to manufacturer : They send out another unit and sell the 'defective' unit as a refirb or B) They have the data from 'smart' sensor bitch and moan with shipper's lawyers over who is responsible for the damaged product after spending time review logs.
The only people who win with situation B) are the Goddamn lawyers.
This just seems like an instance of a coming up with a solution that costs more than the initial problem.
Comment Re:As it was before (Score 2) 215
I wish I still had some mod points. You are making too much sense to ignore.
Comment Fountain Pen Love (Score 1) 712
Lamy 2000 (fine point) with Noodlers Black ink.
It's what I use.
Comment Seriously... (Score 1) 230
"It's almost like a Heads-Up Display on the vehicle!"
Until the airbag goes off and it becomes a Through-Head Display...
Until the airbag goes off and it becomes a Through-Head Display...
Submission + - Watch BP Live Video Webcam Camera Feed of Gulf Oil (alexanderhiggins.com)
alexhiggins732 writes: Watch the BP Live Video Webcam Camera Feed of Gulf Oil Spill Here!
The live video feed of Gulf oil spill has been added to the Rep. Markey's site, but most sites on the internet are crashing from traffic.
Watch the live footage here or use the up to date list of links of servers still handling user traffic.
The live video feed of Gulf oil spill has been added to the Rep. Markey's site, but most sites on the internet are crashing from traffic.
Watch the live footage here or use the up to date list of links of servers still handling user traffic.
NASA's Space Balloon Smashes Car In Australia 174
Humunculus writes "Of more worldly issues, NASA's latest multimillion-dollar stratosphere-bound balloon launch has gone horribly wrong and crashed into a car, turning it over and narrowly missing two elderly people who were observing the launch. The payload fared worse, reportedly being smashed into a 'thousand pieces.'"
Submission + - HP Takes on iPad With Slate Tablet (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: HP this week started leaking information about its upcoming $550 Windows 7 tablet computer, the Slate, apparently hoping to take advantage of the hype and buzz surrounding Apple's release of the iPad on Saturday. Revealed at CES, the company has since released short blog updates about the HP Slate and posted videos about it on YouTube. Now, less than a week after the iPad became available, HP yesterday leaked information about the pricing and specs of its tablet to tech blog Engadget, which reports that the Slate is equipped with 1.6-GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, has an 8.9-in. 1024-by-600 capacitive touch-screen display. The high-end and low-end models both have a five-hour battery, and an SDHC slot, a USB port, a SIM card slot for an optional 3G modem and a dock connector. Analyst Dan Olds said HP's device looks to be a strong machine, but said it will have stiff competition out of the box, since the iPad hype is likely to continue. 'On the face of it, HP's Slate might be a better machine for people who aren't already fully vested in the Apple ecosystem,' said Olds. 'HP's device runs Windows 7, so it can run software that people already know and have. It looks like it can multitask — something the iPad can't do. And it has the ability to easily connect to other devices like printers and cameras — another place where the iPad comes up short.' The deal killer, however, may be batterly life, other analysts note. iPad has been noted for achieving 12 hours by some reviewers.
Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover 334
Kwang-il Kwon and Hye Gwang Jeong of Chungnam National University have discovered that drinking alcohol with oxygen bubbles added leads to fewer hangovers and a shorter sobering up time. People drinking the bubbly booze sobered up 20-30 minutes faster and had less severe and fewer hangovers than people who drank the non-fizzy stuff. Kwon said: "The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage reduces plasma alcohol concentrations faster than a normal dissolved-oxygen alcohol beverage does. This could provide both clinical and real-life significance. The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage would allow individuals to become sober faster, and reduce the side effects of acetaldehyde without a significant difference in alcohol's effects. Furthermore, the reduced time to a lower BAC may reduce alcohol-related accidents."
