Comment But... (Score 1) 1
He has always been Sir to me.
Submission + - How many /. polls did you respond to in 2009? 3
Submission + - Patrick Stewart knighted (telegraph.co.uk) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Patrick Stewart has been knighted.
Submission + - Need: Fake Polaroid Paper (flickr.com) 1
RecycledElectrons writes: I've seen images that look like polaroids on the web, and anyone can GIMP one up. My question is not about a fake that can be seen on a PC. My question is: Where can I get inkjet or laser paper that looks like old Polaroid Instant Film? I'd love to drop a photo of bigfoot into mom's yellowstone vacation album.
Submission + - Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks like XP (downloadsquad.com) 1
Anonymous Coward writes: "Just as the title suggests: Ylmf, famous for pirating Windows XP, have just released a version of Ubuntu that looks JUST like Windows XP. Really, really similar. Apparently because Microsoft were cracking down on the actual Windows XP pirating — though, I think they will still suffer for ripping off the GUI _exactly_."
Submission + - Best practices on EMP resistant computer building? 1
boweniant writes: I am a sole proprietor of a small, as in micro, business that builds machines for people who want custom builds, with stuff that they don't get from prefab (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc...) Here is my question, how would I support / engineer against EMP. I have a few clients that have a real / imagined fear of an EMP, whether it is man made, or nature made is irrelevant.
Submission + - Microsoft steals small startup's code and UI
davidlougheed writes: It appears that Microsoft China has stolen some of its codebase and UI design elements from a small startup called Plurk, a microblogging service, when it released its own microblogging service called MSN Juku. In instances of the code released on the Plurk blog, the layout, code structure, and variable names were almost or in some cases 100% identical. Dave Thompson said on the Plurk blog "Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but blatant theft of code, design, and UI elements is just not cool, especially when the infringing party is the biggest software company in the world. Yes, we’re talking about Microsoft."
Plurk Blog Post — http://blog.plurk.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-rips-plurk/
Plurk — http://www.plurk.com/
TechCrunch Story — http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-plurk-ripoff/
Microsoft MSN Juku — http://club.msn.cn/ (Chinese)
Plurk Blog Post — http://blog.plurk.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-rips-plurk/
Plurk — http://www.plurk.com/
TechCrunch Story — http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-plurk-ripoff/
Microsoft MSN Juku — http://club.msn.cn/ (Chinese)
Submission + - Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV Infection (current.com) 1
rhathar writes: A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS.
"The patient is fine," said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. "Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication."
"The patient is fine," said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. "Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication."
Submission + - iPhone OS 3.1 Problems
Haladir writes: "Since iPhone OS 3.1 was released on Wednesday 9/9, a large number of iPhone (original) and iPhone 3G users who upgraded have reported various problems. Some users have bricked phone, others (like me) are experiencing random phone shutdowns, freezes, and sudden total battery drain. Here's a link to the Apple support forum describing such incidents."
Submission + - Linux Datacenters More Virtual Than Windows, Get L (linux.com)
LinuxScribe writes: "Linux.com is reporting that Linux x86 datacenter users are much more likely to use virtualization technology and gain the benefit of significant total-cost-of-ownership savings than Microsoft datacenter users. In some cases, the savings from full virtualization implementations on Linux can approach 60 percent less than similar implementations on Microsoft platforms."
Submission + - Innovative Uses for A Mobile Wireless Router
WarfusTheWeirdWired writes: Currently the little usb mobile wireless devices such as the RocketStick are becoming all the rage. I'm wondering what ideas SlashDotters have for innovative uses for these things. For example, can I comnect it to an Ipod Touch and have a roaming Touch that is always able to connect to the Internet? There must be some very cool unanticipated uses — what can you suggest?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Submission + - To the people who still do not understand Google b (gibsonandlily.com)
blhack writes: "There is a large group of people (who many believe were hit in the temple with a mallet during their childhood), who believe that this attempt to digitize the whole of human knowledge and rocket us forth across the abyss of ignorance and into the valley of enlightenment is in some way "evil". This is likely caused by them growing up around siblings and peers who were much better looking and much more talented than they were, and tormenting them endlessly for it. The tormentors were evil. Google is not."
Journal Journal: The Pigeon wins! 6
In an experimental stunt in South Africa, to prove just how thoroughly rank their internet infrastructure is, a company outfitted a pigeon with some data card (unspecified in this article), released it, and it beat the "normal" download! By a long shot. The pigeon made the 50 mile trip, and they retrieved the data, while the download over the crappy wires they have there made it only 4% of the way in the same time peri
Submission + - Are you [slashdot] and Google not friends?
Anonymous Coward writes: "I just typed "/." in a Google search window and you all didn't show up? What's the matter — did someone forget the other someone's birthday or something?
Search: /.
Results: Your search - /. — did not match any documents"
Submission + - Study shows night owls more productive (scientificamerican.com)
sv_libertarian writes: A recent study shows that people who get up early crash sooner and are less productive than those who sleep in and stay up late. Something most nerds already knew...
