Slashdot is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Not useless at all (Score 1) 582

Agreed but now think... They denied their entrance to London because of his connections with terrorism groups. He was in the list to be observed.
If TSA actually made their work (intelligence) they probably would have denied his visa and would have never touched USA. Which is one of the points from the article.

Comment Japan data plans (Score 1) 441

In Japan is pretty common to get a data plan. It starts with a small fee for the first N packets (starts at ~$10 USD) then when you consume too much it starts going up and up until you reach the maximum (about ~$70) but you can keep transferring at normal speed, they don't throttle or cut off the server.

In short, if you are a heavy user you would pay each month the maximum amount and if you are not, then just $10.

Open Source

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 Released 195

diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a 'perf timechart' tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run-time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."

Comment None (Score 0, Offtopic) 173

My country is not into game development (Mexico). Lately there is a boom on games for mobiles but not huge.
They actually offer in a university some courses to specialize in this but is a joke.

My interest in video games came from playing them and being curious on how it worked.
I still play video games but suddently i lost interest in creating any but i still code for a living.

Education

Computer Games and Traditional CS Courses 173

drroman22 writes "Schools are working to put real-world relevance into computer science education by integrating video game development into traditional CS courses. Quoting: 'Many CS educators recognized and took advantage of younger generations' familiarity and interests for computer video games and integrate related contents into their introductory programming courses. Because these are the first courses students encounter, they build excitement and enthusiasm for our discipline. ... Much of this work reported resounding successes with drastically increased enrollments and student successes. Based on these results, it is well recognized that integrating computer gaming into CS1 and CS2 (CS1/2) courses, the first programming courses students encounter, is a promising strategy for recruiting and retaining potential students." While a focus on games may help stir interest, it seems as though game development studios are as yet unimpressed by most game-related college courses. To those who have taken such courses or considered hiring those who have: what has your experience been?
Businesses

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs 161

lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it was closing the studio as part of a recently announced plan to eliminate 1,500 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce. Pandemic has about 220 employees, but an EA spokesman said that a core team, estimated by two people close to the studio to be about 25, will be integrated into the publisher's other Los Angeles studio, in Playa Vista.' An ex-developer for Pandemic attributed the studio's struggles to poor decisions from the management."

Comment Re:This makes sense (Score 1) 502

I agree. Most new applications which actually support Windows 7 can run without prompting everytime for actions.

I remember a few months ago for an application to register the filetypes it can open you had to run the app as an admin, that was the only way.

Now they have the option with the small icon telling you it requires admin rights and of course only ask you if you click on that option.

Pretty much like Mac and Linux have the "unlock" option in the applications.

Comment Re:Why reduce the DPI instead of using larger font (Score 2, Informative) 549

I work at 1440x900 and in Gnome there are some applications with windows and dialog boxes really big, cannot see all the fields sometimes or the OK/Cancel buttons are hidden because they are too big.

There are some windows like that in GIMP and actually need to enable more desktops so i move the windows between two so i can actually can click "save".

Comment Live 3D Broadcast (Score 1) 126

A week ago or so here in Japan they were broadcasting live 3D in a concert, you had to have 3D glasses of course, first time i have seen something like this live. After this they asked the audience to call and vote if they could see it, 96% (or 94%?) said yes.

You can see the video in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvqRBP9r8Y

The right corner is the countdown timer for the 3D broadcast to start (so you can safely skip 45 seconds).

Submission + - Twitter movement stops Mexican government (bbc.co.uk)

KamuZ writes: The Mexican government wanted to tax 3% to the Internet for the fiscal year 2010 but a movement in twitter called "#Internet Necesario" (Internet needed) started discussing about it in a polite way to inform the politicians and people why is wrong to tax it. They got media coverage and finally the Mexican Senate asked them to go to discuss the tax. Here is an automated English translation

Comment diff (Score 1) 323

Someone buys 2 books (same), should be different right?
So make diff on them, mix some words from one and the other randomly.

Then you have a new copy.
People always find a way. Just see in YouTube all the people using cams to show you a video so they don't match the video or audio recognition.

Slashdot Top Deals

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard

Working...