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Comment Everything seems like a hammer to me (Score 1) 27

by operator_error (#48951491) Attached to: Lab Samples Database "JuliaBase" Published As Open Source

Full disclosure: I am a Drupal CMS web developer, and I know nothing about Python/Django.

I explored the demo and what I saw, to me, looked like in 2015 it would be most efficient to re-write the system using the Drupal CMS going forward, using the current system as a Functional Requirements specification to meet or better. The development bang-for-buck goes with Drupal for managing the content required, while gaining much from using Drupal, while lowering development costs. Since the system was closed-source to begin-with, in doing as I have suggested, I see many other Drupal developers being able to join and contribute towards on-going and future development. The barrier to entry for those developers to be able to contribute seems lower than at present, so far as I can tell from these cheap seats in the Slashdots.

Drupal offers what is known as Drupal Distributions, which are different installed flavors of Drupal that have been pre-configured. For example OpenAtrium is an intranet-in-a-box, doing calendaring and task management and tracking. You might release the next version as a Distribution of Drupal, while joining the Drupal development community?

But that's just me and I might be wrong. Everything looks like a hammer to me, because what I see looks like totally normal stuff do-able and more efficient with the Drupal CMS/API, but development is inefficient as it stands now, from what I can tell.

Submission + - The NSA is viewed favorably by most young people

Submitted by cstacy
cstacy writes: A poll by the Pew Research Center suggests that Snowden's revelations have not much changed the public's favorable view of the NSA. Younger people (under 30) view the NSA favorably, compared to those 65 and older. Is sanity statistical?

Submission + - BT Unveils 1000Mbps Capable G.fast Broadband Rollout for the United Kingdom

Submitted by Mark.JUK
Mark.JUK writes: The national telecoms operator for the United Kingdom, BT, has today announced that it will begin a country-wide deployment of the next generation hybrid-fibre G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology from 2016/17, with most homes being told to expect speeds of up to 500Mbps (Megabits per second) and a premium service offering 1000Mbps will also be available.

At present BT already covers most of the UK with hybrid Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology, which delivers download speeds of up to 80Mbps by running a fibre optic cable to a local street cabinet and then using VDSL2 over the remaining copper line from the cabinet to homes. G.fast follows a similar principal, but it brings the fibre optic cable even closer to homes (often by installing smaller remote nodes on telegraph poles) and uses more radio spectrum (17-106MHz) over a shorter remaining run of copper cable (ideally less than 250 metres).

The reliance upon copper cable means that the real-world speeds for some, such as those living furthest away from the remote nodes, will probably struggle to match up to BT’s claims. Never the less many telecoms operators see this as being a more cost effective approach to broadband than deploying a pure fibre optic / Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network.

Comment Re:Come on already (Score 2) 64

by operator_error (#48937351) Attached to: D-Link Routers Vulnerable To DNS Hijacking

This is what the OpenWRT Table of Hardware is for. One nice feature of the list is de-facto announced end-of-life, so you'll know when to retire your old gear. DD-WRT doesn't do this with their hardware compatibility list so you're left thinking they'll push out an update for your unit, except they don't.

OpenWRT lists support for an interesting and cheap TP-Link router on their front page (the TP-Link TL-MR3420). What makes this 40 euro router so interesting is its support for both an ethernet WAN port, along with another GSM WAN port which affords the user internet provider redundancy. It's been on my to-do list for a while to pick one up.

European Pre-Pay GSM can be super-affordable too. Here's an Austrian ISP that will sell you 9Gb of 4G data for 9.90 euro. In The Netherlands Bliep will sell you 3G data for .50 cents a day, and 4G data for 1 euro a day.

Does anyone have any experience with such a router? I don't even try to discuss such configurations with the installation folks from the wired ISPs. The last guy was here simply amazed I had one with OpenWRT; and that I wasn't interested in the ISP's modem for anything except being a basic firewall and cable link to the OpenWRT unit.

Submission + - The workflow involved in purchasing a Metro Card (nextcity.org)

Submitted by Taco Cowboy
Taco Cowboy writes: Slashdot being a geek site I am submitting a link to a very finely crafted workflow analysis comparing the buying of a Metro Card in New York Subway versus that in the Bay Area Rapid Transit

First, start with this simple workflow diagram — http://dhkzkmq0ef5g3.cloudfron...

Comparing the two you would notice that in order to add money to the Metro Card of the New York Subway you need to touch the touchscreen panel on the ticket selling machine at least 6 times. On the other hand, for the Bay Area Rapit Transit (BART), well, you see it for yourself on that diagram

The article does not only talk about the work flow per se, but also the insanely cumbersome UI which does no one any good

I hope y'all gonna enjoy the article as much as I did !

Submission + - Fox News Apologizes for False Claims of Muslim-Only Areas in England and France (nytimes.com) 1

Submitted by operator_error
operator_error writes: Fox News issued an unusual on-air apology on Saturday night for having allowed its anchors and guests to repeat the false claim for a week, that there are Muslim-only “no-go zones” in European countries like England and France that are not under the control of the state and are ruled according to Shariah law.

Fox Report host Julie Banderas, said that “over the course of this last week, we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe, particularly with regard to England and France.”

“Now this applies especially to discussions of so-called no-go zones, areas where non-Muslims allegedly are not allowed in and police supposedly won’t go,” Ms. Banderas continued. “To be clear, there is no formal designation of these zones in either country and no credible information to support the assertion that there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion.”

The claim that such areas existed attracted widespread attention, and a wave of online derision."

Submission + - Fox News Apologizes for False Claims of Muslim-Only Areas in England and France (nytimes.com) 1

Submitted by operator_error
operator_error writes: Fox News issued an unusual on-air apology on Saturday night for having allowed its anchors and guests to repeat the false claim for a week, that there are Muslim-only “no-go zones” in European countries like England and France that are not under the control of the state and are ruled according to Shariah law.

Fox Report host Julie Banderas, said that “over the course of this last week, we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe, particularly with regard to England and France.”

“Now this applies especially to discussions of so-called no-go zones, areas where non-Muslims allegedly are not allowed in and police supposedly won’t go,” Ms. Banderas continued. “To be clear, there is no formal designation of these zones in either country and no credible information to support the assertion that there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion.”

The claim that such areas existed attracted widespread attention, and a wave of online derision.

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