Comment Fail (Score 5, Funny) 104
Fail.
They missed the chapter on how to encrypt DVD.
Styling Web Pages With CSS 104
r3lody writes "Styling Web Pages with CSS: Visual QuickProject Guide, by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith, helps the beginning web designer learn how to use CSS in a simple, easy-to-follow format. This being my first exposure to one of the Visual QuickProject Guides by Peachpit Press, I was both pleased and disappointed when I received this slim volume. I was pleased in the presentation and clear descriptions given to each aspect of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). I was disappointed in the brevity of the text, and the lack of downloadable materials to use to follow the examples in the book." Read below for the rest of Ray's review.
Comment Bad user experience, piracy or Linux will win out. (Score 5, Insightful) 695
Artificial limitations like this seem to me to be an invitation for problems and end user frustration.
What is an application?
Are tool tray apps possible, or allowed?
What about apps that launch other apps as part of their functionality?
Would Chrome be limited to two tabs? (One for the host window, two and three for the first two tabs.)
I would say this is an invitation for piracy, but if it really is intended for netbooks, most consumers would find it very hard to install a new OS on a computer with no cd drive. It will make users angry, although potentially limit things on machines with small amounts of RAM.
If it's intended for developing countries, I suspect piracy (or Linux) will win out.
Comment Look at page 3 (Score 5, Insightful) 993
See Page Three of the PDF:
"And by holding a price umbrella over the entire market, even with arguably better products, Apple allowed the entire Windows ecosystem to establish itself underneath."
Imaging that. Charging more for a better product!
Comment /me thinks this idea won't save GM. (Score 1) 394
Too big for a standard sidewalk.
Too small to be safe on the road.
Has a roll-cage...because it needs one.
Comment Pushing the limits of tech (Score 4, Interesting) 119
This is very interesting technology. These solar races really produce odd looking vehicles. Three wheels makes sense in terms of rolling resistance, but I can help but think what might happen if it needed to take a turn fast.
Programs like this are great, and help push the technology envelope. Although it's neat that it can hit 60Mph...the article really does not have much real information in it.
I hope to see some of this technology filter down into production cars. I've always wondered how much power could result from the sunlight hitting the roof of my car all day long when I'm at work. Seems like there is potential missed opportunity there.
-Pete
Submission + - MythTV Install Screencast - MythDora 4.0
peterdaly writes: "MythDora 4 is a MythTV 'in-a-box' style distribution based on Fedora Core 6. With the help of a RedHat Employee and Author Jarod Wilson, MythDora 4 has made great strides in hardware compatability and ease of installation. It is designed to format your hard drive and install everything needed for a fully functional MythTV System. MythPVR.com has created a three part screencast of the installation process covering, MythDora Installation, Configuration, and MythTV Setup.
If you have had problem installing MythTV in the past due to hardware compatibility problems, the improvements make this is a great version to give another chance."
If you have had problem installing MythTV in the past due to hardware compatibility problems, the improvements make this is a great version to give another chance."
