Comment Re:Skilcraft U.S. Government, Black, Fine Point (Score 1) 712
Those are fantastic and reliable, but they're not fine enough for engineering drafting
Comment When I traded in my first phone... (Score 1) 126
...it had 123 total minutes of use over the four years I owned it. I can measure my usage in months-per-minute easier than the inverse.
Comment Re:Mystery? (FTFY) (Score 1) 239
boolean siriEnabled() { return (system.cpu.version >= 6.0); }
Don't forget the 3S
Comment Re:Interesting but wrong (Score 1) 239
When you write the software assuming that something is done in hardware, it doesn't matter that it could be done in software. You can render most video games in software, but that doesn't mean that you can get away without a GPU that supports OpenGL or DirectX no matter how fast your computer is.
Comment Re:relocate the server (Score 1) 655
If the payment system is on a server, how exactly are you accepting "cash"?
Comment Colorado School of Mines (Score 1) 913
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I got my BS and MS in Mathematical and Computer Sciences at the Colorado school of Mines on 2007. I had to take exactly 6 courses (18 hours) of non-engineering courses to graduate with both degrees. Sure there was physics and chemistry and metallurgy, but very little liberal arts fluff. I learned C, assembly, and Perl in high school but after the first programming course (CS161) it was all new or more applied material than the practical programming had taught me.
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Comment Re:How about "Cool Names" (Score 1) 722
"Firemind" that is.
Comment How about "Cool Names" (Score 1) 722
Seriously, "Zarathustra" "Sun Spot" "Firmind" "Monolith" "Kirub" Seriously, people?
Submission + - "White Ninja" attempts Apple Store burglary (edibleapple.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Apple’s chain of retail stores have been popular targets for thieves lately, but now Ninjas are also looking to get MacBooks, iPods, and iPhones on the cheap.
Earlier this morning, a man dressed in white, and described as wearing a “white ninja suit”, drove a stolen car into the outer glass windows of an Apple Store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The glass naturally gave way to the car as it entered the retail store with resounding force. Hey, aren’t Ninjas supposed to be stealthy?
Earlier this morning, a man dressed in white, and described as wearing a “white ninja suit”, drove a stolen car into the outer glass windows of an Apple Store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The glass naturally gave way to the car as it entered the retail store with resounding force. Hey, aren’t Ninjas supposed to be stealthy?
Submission + - How to do scalable website code deployment?
eggman95 writes: I'm trying to come with with a design to be able to easily distribute code changes across x amount of web servers.
At the moment we are creating a tarball of our entire code repo, scp-ing it to each web server, extracting the file, then doing a directory mv operation (mv codeBase codeBase.old ; mv codeBase.new codeBase)
This method makes small updates very expensive as we have to deploy the entire code base for changes that only affect a few files. What methods do you guys use to distribute code to many servers?
At the moment we are creating a tarball of our entire code repo, scp-ing it to each web server, extracting the file, then doing a directory mv operation (mv codeBase codeBase.old ; mv codeBase.new codeBase)
This method makes small updates very expensive as we have to deploy the entire code base for changes that only affect a few files. What methods do you guys use to distribute code to many servers?
Submission + - Apple Hires Jailbreak Notification Developer (appleinsider.com)
imamac writes: In apparent realization that iOS has a lacking notification system, Apple has hired developer Peter Hajas, known for his his iOS addon "MobileNotifier" for jailbroken iPhones. He noted on his blog that development was stopped but it was "definitely not goodbye".
Submission + - Judge's stinging rebuke aimed at Cisco and U.S. pr (vancouversun.com)
rayk_sland writes: Following up on Slashdot story Cisco Accused of Orchestrating Engineers Arrest
The giant computer company Cisco and U.S. prosecutors deceived Canadian authorities and courts in a massive abuse of process to have a former executive thrown in jail, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge. The point, said Justice Ronald McKinnon in a stinging decision delivered orally on Tuesday, was to derail a lawsuit launched by the former employee, and involved a series of machinations that would make a normal person "blanch at the audacity of it all." ...
Justice McKinnon said that his main offence was that he "dared to take on a multinational giant."
The giant computer company Cisco and U.S. prosecutors deceived Canadian authorities and courts in a massive abuse of process to have a former executive thrown in jail, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge. The point, said Justice Ronald McKinnon in a stinging decision delivered orally on Tuesday, was to derail a lawsuit launched by the former employee, and involved a series of machinations that would make a normal person "blanch at the audacity of it all."
Justice McKinnon said that his main offence was that he "dared to take on a multinational giant."
Submission + - Solar-Powered Bikini Powers Your iPod (ecouterre.com)
fangmcgee writes: "Capable of charging your cellphone or MP3 player, the solar bikini comprises thin, flexible photovoltaic film strips and USB connectors, woven together with conductive thread. Each bikini, coming in at just under $200, is entirely hand-stitched, requiring an average of 80 hours to make. No need to worry about your iPod running out of juice; the solar bikini will charge your favorite gadgets while you soak up the rays."
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Micron-Gap Thermo-Photovoltaics (semimd.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A question for the physics geeks: Is the science behind this company's technology rooted in reality, or is it another case of too-good-to-be-true electricity generation?
Submission + - Unabomber Kaczynski's property raises $232K (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "The US Marshals today said the online auction of the personal effects of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, raised $232,246 which will be divvied up among to Kaczynski's victims. The Marshals office said the most expensive lot, which sold for $40,676 consisted of approximately 20 personal journals, which describe in diary fashion Kaczynski's thoughts and feelings about himself, society and living in the wilderness. They also include admissions to specific bombings and other crimes."
