Comment Hmmm... (Score 2) 159
How many idiots will use this in the safe knowledge that they can't be busted for speeding anymore, I wonder...
Comment Not a huge surprise... (Score 4, Insightful) 303
Not a huge surprise... Though I wonder how they're going to wriggle their way out of that one. I'm guessing they'll just try to ignore it and hope it goes away.
Comment For proper BOFH-Mode (Score 5, Funny) 416
Don't forget:
- a rubber hammer (for failing hard drives without visible traces)
- a cattle prod (for failing "visitors" without visible traces)
- a sledgehammer (for failing anything if you don't mind visible traces)
- thermite (to get rid of visible traces)
Comment Re:Look at who they appoint to the SCOTUS. (Score 2) 1576
Works absolutely fine in Switzerland.
Comment Re:Bad summary (Score 1) 90
Turns out he was hiding in Belgium.
We will not tolerate such foul language on slashdot!
Ask Slashdot: How To Get Old Commercial Software To Be Open-Sourced? 234
First time accepted submitter Optic7 writes "Many gamers have probably dreamed about the idea of an old favorite game or other no longer supported or developed commercial software being converted to an open-source license so that it could be updated to add new features, support new hardware, other operating systems, etc. However, this type of change of license seems exceedingly rare, unless the copyright holder itself decides on its own that it would be beneficial. The only examples I could think of or was able to find in a brief internet search were Blender (3D animation software that had its source code bought from creditors after a crowd-funding campaign) and Warzone 2100 (Game that had its source code released after a successful petition). With those two examples of different strategies in mind, have any of you ever participated in any efforts of this kind, and what did you learn from it that may be useful to someone else attempting the same thing? Even if you have not participated, do you have any suggestions or ideas that may be useful to such an effort?"
Comment Re:The Patdown Procedure Was Horrifying For Me (Score 1) 219
That still wouldn't help for Iceland...
Comment Cimier (Score 1) 466
Lots of options - I'm missing the Cimier Watch Academy (http://www.cimier.com/watch-academy-200.html). Nice, stylish mechanical Swiss wristwatch... but you get to build it yourself.
No disclaimer necessary - I don't work for them.
Comment The other side (Score 1) 587
I recently bought a British film on BR which has a "by buing this Blu-Ray, you're supporting our film. Thank you!"-message at the start. Doesn't take more than about 4-5 seconds (basically as long as it takes to read out the sentence to you)... Even if it is unskippable, I somehow don't mind that one too much.
Comment Re:Simple todo anyone who's watched any dime store (Score 1) 100
Nope. But it goes whoosh.
KOffice Descendent Calligra Office and Creativity Suite Hits Release 72
jrepin writes "The Calligra team has announced the first release of the Calligra suite of office and creativity applications. This marks the end of a long development period lasting almost one and a half year. It is the first release in a long series which is planned to make improved applications every 4 months. Calligra is a continuation of the old KOffice project and it may be interesting for KOffice users to know what they will get. Some highlights are: a completely rewritten text layout engine that can handle most of the advanced layout features of OpenDocument Format (ODF), simplified user interface, support for larger parts of the ODF specification (for example line endings like arrows), and improved import filters for Microsoft document formats. There are also two new applications: Flow for diagrams and flowcharts, and Braindump for the note taking. Calligra Active is a new interface for touch based devices and especially for the KDE Plasma Active environment. Several companies have already used Calligra as a base for their own office solution. One of them is Nokia with their N9 high end smartphone where Calligra is embedded into the so called Harmattan Office."
Comment Re:81-100% ??? (Score 1) 336
Age isn't immutable. Just wait a while.
Comment Ah well. (Score 1) 123
I hope whoever bought it will use the domain for something befitting its history... But I'm prepared to be disappointed.
Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 387
Honestly, if you have enough money to buy fish and still go fishing...
Comment Let the howling of thousands begin... (Score 0) 1118
Let the howling of thousands begin... How DARE Apple bring out a new product when they've already bought one!
(Disclaimer: I bought one too.)
