Comment Tesla has Come Back! (Score 1) 67
Oh, you silly Tesla. Only you would want to build a giant coil of self-naming.
Submission + - Apple may launch 'iPad mini' in early 2012 to fend (bgr.com)
zacharye writes: Apple may be working on a new entry-level tablet scheduled to launch early next year. “Our research is pointing to the unveiling of a lower priced iPad in the first few months of 2012 that is aimed at expanding the company’s market potential by tapping into a more price sensitive consumer segment,” the analyst wrote. “Essentially, this ‘iPad mini’ will also fend off the recently announced Amazon (AMZN, $235.48, NR) Kindle Fire that addresses the low-end tablet market with a $199 price tag but could lead to bigger tablet ambitions from the online retailer in the future.”...
Submission + - iPhone 4 prototype finder gets probation (wired.com)
think_nix writes: Brian Hogan who found an iPhone 4 prototype last year which was sold to Gizmodo for $5,000, has been sentenced to 1 year probation , 40 hours of community service and fined $250. Although the District Attorney's office was asking for jailtime. wired.com has the full story.
Submission + - Cyanogenmod 7.0 Firmware Released for 30 Devices (cyanogenmod.com)
VValdo writes: Cyanogenmod, the community-based, enhanced replacement firmware/operating system for cell phones and ereader/tablets, has just hit version 7.0. Based in Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread), CM7 is supported on about 30 devices.
Comment Not DRM, but copy protection. Still just as bad. (Score 1) 217
Fair enough, using the strict definition of DRM, Intel Insider isn't DRM, but it is still copy protection.
Comment Re:Not all bloggers, just those that make money (Score 1) 456
PA doesn't do the container deposit refund...
Comment Duh (Score 1) 185
I actually thought this was common knowledge for many years now. One of the biggest flawed security screens is the connect-the-dots unlock screen for Android. To really highlight that, just clean up the screen and attempt to unlock. Look at screen from the side. You should see smudges AND streaks. Those streaks can help you easily make out the direction to move in.
CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL 492
An anonymous reader writes "Lance Davis, the main project administrator for CentOS, a popular free 'rebuild' of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux, appears to have gone AWOL. In an open letter from his fellow CentOS developers, they describe the precarious situation the project has been put in. There have been attempts to contact him for some time now, as he's the sole administrator for the centos.org domain, the IRC channels, and apparently, CentOS funds. One can only hope that Lance gets in contact with them and gets things sorted out."
Comment How do Satellite Repeaters Work? (Score 1) 330
I am very curious to find out how this is done. We have a repeater attached to our apartment and find it quite annoying and sometimes a little scary. A satellite dish is attached to one corner of the outside wall of our apartment. There are two "thin cables" that run to a repeater. Then another set of much thicker cables run from the repeater around our apartment wall just barely above each of our back bedrooms window (you can see the stupid things standing up and looking out the window) to a 5-10 foot pole antenna.
What truly scares me is the fact that most of the insulation has fallen off of both the receiving and especially the transmitting cables. I don't know if it's related but we can't get a good wireless signal 5 feet from most WAPs we have purchased over the years.
Should I be concerned that they have such powerful cables transmitting literally 3 feet from where I sleep?
What truly scares me is the fact that most of the insulation has fallen off of both the receiving and especially the transmitting cables. I don't know if it's related but we can't get a good wireless signal 5 feet from most WAPs we have purchased over the years.
Should I be concerned that they have such powerful cables transmitting literally 3 feet from where I sleep?
Journal Journal: Retraction
I retract my last two entries...for now.
I like Gnome again.
I don't know anything about how KDE is doing. I just don't use it.
Journal Journal: I can't fall back on Gnome either...
Okay. I don't think I am meant to have a solid experience with Windows Environments. I just got finished reading this article. Scary stuff. Not only is KDE a bungle, it appears that the latest version of Gnome is out to get me as well.
Journal Journal: Rant de KDE
Let me start off by saying KDE sucks. You don't like my last sentence, then bugger off.
Let me start this off by saying that I went into the whole idea of installing and using KDE with a very open mind. Although there is plenty good to say about KDE, there is also plenty bad.
Journal Journal: Better Late...
I haven't had much time to do anything. It's summer. Too many nice days to waste inside toiling away on router. BTW the soekris box works WONDERS.
Got rid of cable modem from Cumcostly. DSL is definately slower, but it is more stable.
More later. Back to reading.
Journal Journal: Slow Daze
Yet another slow day. Not much to do. Work is slow. Who would be working on such a FINE (sarcasm) Saturday? Well...One or two people would. After all, I am.
Journal Journal: Absence Makes the Router Go Floundering
Hrmm...Rock Linux...Almost cut it. They just need to actually release a usable version.
So back to rolling my own. Ouch. Spent way to much time working on that. The problem I am running into is getting uClibc working right w/ openssh. After that, its a matter of borking around with init scripts and getting a bootloader to play nice w/ the new roll-your-own.
