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Comment Applications I trust? (Score 5, Insightful) 299

by sotweed on Thursday September 30, 2010 @01:38PM (#33749666) Attached to: Many More Android Apps Leaking User Data

It is hard enough to know if I should trust my child, and I raised him. He doesn't
tell me much. App developers tell me less, and some of them are devious. This is not
a good security model. And Google knows better.

Comment Duhhh.. 50,000... or 5,000? (Score 0) 134

by sotweed on Thursday September 16, 2010 @08:21PM (#33606236) Attached to: Some Netflix Users Have Rated 50,000 Shows

The heading says 50,000, which is pretty crazy.. but all of the text refers to numbers more like 5,000....

Comment Consultants and architects (Score 1) 421

by sotweed on Monday September 06, 2010 @04:19AM (#33486868) Attached to: Ideas For a Great Control Room?

I don't want to cast aspersions (or worse!) on your experts, but in my experience most of those
people (especially architects) never go back to see how what they built is working out, what they did
wrong, what could be improved in their next project, etc. I'm sure there are some who do, but it certainly
is not standard practice, so you're wise to ask the slashdot crowd for real experience.

Comment This service is available in the US, too... (Score 1) 152

by sotweed on Friday April 02, 2010 @10:12PM (#31712264) Attached to: Finland To Try Scanning Snail Mail

.. from a company called Earth Class Mail. They receive your mail, send you an image of the envelope, and let you tell them what to do with it: shred it, recycle it, open and scan contents and send PDF, deposit check, etc. The company was the subject of a sort-of documentary last year.

Submission + - A Manual for Writers for computer science theses? 1

Submitted by jonbca on Monday July 27, 2009 @05:04AM

jonbca writes: I'm writing my first computer science thesis. I've been using Kate Turabian's excellent Manual for Writers but it's very heavily geared to the humanities and social sciences. What I'm really looking for is a similar bible for writers of theses in mathematics and computer sciences. Any suggestions?

Submission + - States slam Google Firefox: no match for Microsoft (computerworld.com.au) 4

Submitted by Bergkamp10 on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @07:09PM

Bergkamp10 writes: State antitrust regulators have dismissed companies such as Google and Mozilla Corp, and software technologies such as AJAX and SaaS as "piddling players that pose no threat to Microsoft's monopoly in the operating system and browser markets". According to the report ten US states, including California, New York and the District of Columbia have called for an extension of monitoring of Microsoft's business practices until November 2012. They claim that little has changed in the OS and browser spaces since the 2002 antitrust case ruled against Microsoft. In their most recent brief, the states countered Microsoft's contention that Web-based companies — Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo, eBay and others — and new Web-centric technologies constitute what Microsoft dubbed a "competitive alternative to Windows." Not even close, said the states, claiming that while these companies' products provide functionality for users they still rely on Operating Systems and browsers — the two spaces where Microsoft dominates. Experts were apparently even more damning, claiming competition in the market has not been restored since 2002 and that the collective powers of Google, Firefox and Web 2.0 are about as effective as a one legged man in a butt-kicking contest when it comes to unsettling Microsoft's monopoly of the market. Ronald Alepin, a technical adviser at law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP, and a frequent expert witness for parties facing Microsoft in court, even claimed Apple is too weak to capitalize on its successes, and ultimately no threat to Microsoft.

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