Comment There is an RDP server for linux (Score 1) 303
Install xrdp on the server. It allows you to connect to a Linux server using the Windows RDP client. Just make sure you have a secure tunnel to the virtual server to work in.
Comment Explains interest in drones (Score 1) 420
If video surveillance doesn't require a warrant, what's to stop the police from using a helicopter based drone from flying in through an open window?
Comment Had good results using blockdos.net (Score 1) 197
If your hosting service doesn't have an Anti-DDoS tier or option available, the people at blockdos.net were able to help in a pinch. If your host can change your IP address, you'll get the best results. You point your domain at the BlockDoS provided IP and then set your firewall (or server if firewall not an option) to block any inbound traffic not coming from a second BlockDoS provided IP. The downside is that you lose a lot of request header information and your server logs show all requests coming from a small set of IPs. (Using external services such as Google Analytics still works fine though.)
Comment So... they punted (Score 1) 276
Translation: We can't be bothered by this issue that never hits the mass media news cycles.
Comment Dammit! (Score 1) 990
I've been making this same argument for the last few months. I suppose it's good to know I'm not alone in this.
Comment The outcome is simple (Score 2) 248
I tether a laptop to a feature phone and tell Apple, Microsoft, and Nokia to suck it.
Journal Journal: Can't read the damn teasers
Every time Slashdot hides the teaser, showing only the title, of a story I want to read and I click on that title, I see the teaser for a moment while I'm taken to the story page. I didn't want to leave the Slashdot home page. I just wanted to read the damn teaser without having to click the back button afterward.
Comment Heard from a graduate of both (Score 1) 557
My father has attended both "public" colleges and for-profit colleges and says that both seem to offer very similar educations and difficulty of completion. He's gotten degrees from each (a bit of an over-achiever at times) and hasn't had any problems regarding the pedigree of his degrees when it comes to finding jobs or contracts.
Maybe for-profit colleges do lead to a higher loan default rate, but that could be because a lot of the people defaulting on the loans are people who just weren't ready or able to learn at the pace required for college study. More scholarships and grants that don't turn their noses up at the for-profits could help reduce those loan defaults, but it wouldn't help those who enroll who just aren't prepared to learn.
Comment What I want is an Audio/Video card (Score 1) 520
I would like to have a video card with an HDMI output that also puts sound through that HDMI connection. Either by means of an audio in or by emulating a second card to the board to work with existing audio and video drivers. And I want a Linux driver that supports the card(s).
Submission + - You've got to WRITE stuff, baby...
jhoomjhoom writes: Using advanced tools such as magnetic resonance imaging, researchers are finding that writing by hand is more than just a way to communicate. The practice helps with learning letters and shapes, can improve idea composition and expression, and may aid fine motor-skill development.
Studies suggest there's real value in learning and maintaining this ancient skill, even as we increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards big and small. Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting's demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice.
Studies suggest there's real value in learning and maintaining this ancient skill, even as we increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards big and small. Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting's demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice.
Submission + - Solar Winds Hold 100B Times Earth's Energy Needs (inhabitat.com) 2
MikeChino writes: Researchers from Washington State University have published a paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology stating that energy from solar winds could replace conventional forms of renewable energy produced on Earth such as solar, wind and biofuel power. In the article, the scientists theorize that a giant solar sail, designed to harness solar winds, could generate 1 billion gigawatts of electricity. If implemented, these Dyson-Harrop satellites (named after the inventors) could tap a solar resource containing 100 billion times as much power as the Earth currently needs. The only problem is how to get the energy from space to Earth. Oh, and the fact that the solar sail would have to be 8,400-kilometer (5,220 miles) wide.
Submission + - First MeeGo-based tablet to ship next week (idg.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "WeTab will next week release the world's first tablet based on the MeeGo operating system (there is a full review of MeeGo 1.0 here). At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, WeTab showed off the device, which boasts a boot-up time of only 16sec along with a stand-by recovery time of 1sec. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the opening of the new AppUp store, which sells applications for Windows 7- and MeeGo-based products that use Intel Atom CPUs. The WeTab features an Intel Atom N450 CPU and 1GB of RAM, and it can be configured with either 16GB or 32GB of storage space. It also has an SDHC expansion slot — full specs are available on the vendor's website."
Comment I get non-BP results (Score 1) 439
Not sure what's different about my searches, but oil spill returns Wikipedia, Huffington Post, NY Times, Yahoo news, etc. I don't actually see a BP site in there and no sponsored ads at all. Maybe we Slashdotted their ad budget. Hooray for our team if so.
Comment Lucky me (Score 1) 207
Since my video card wasn't blessed by the Second Life gods as good enough, my only experience with it was somewhere between terrible and horrible. Linden can take it's virtual world and flush it down the toilet (real or virtual) as far as I care. I'm glad I didn't invest much of what little time we have on this earth to a fake one.
Comment If he were an American using torrents ... (Score 1) 402
If he were an American using torrents to distribute those plans he'd have gotten 20 years instead, but only because the MPAA would have sued him instead claiming the shuttles were used in several movie scenes.
