Comment BSD coder? (Score 1) 239
Both deny being BSD coders too!
Comment A little more (Score 5, Insightful) 1153
We could use, at least, a basic understanding of probability..
Comment Re:I wonder about this (Score 1) 274
Coral cache link to article http://sol.gfxile.net.nyud.net/ddhack/
Comment Re:Time for another web protest (Score 1) 330
Comment Re:what i'd like in an IDE (Score 1) 206
Netbeans does that too.
Comment Re:I Actually Side with Dick's Estate (Score 5, Insightful) 506
The same name can be held as a trademark by different entities if the usages don't conflict.
I see no problem here.
Comment Re:JS performance (Score 1) 477
How exactly do you manage to get C# or VB.NET running in the browser and manipulating the DOM ?
Are you sure you know what AJAX is ?
Comment Co-workers (Score 5, Insightful) 660
Long-winded 'explanations' of the code in the application's comments (that is, the ones that read like excuses), indicate that the developer probably didn't understand what he was doing.'
Or that he's forced to work with people that don't.
Comment Dark Matter (Score 1) 91
Hey lets wrap the whole solar system in this stuff so less advanced aliens can't spy on us.
Comment Re:I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners (Score 2, Funny) 298
That's just contradiction. He came here for an argument.
Comment Semantic Web (Score 2, Informative) 194
Watch the video until the end, there's a brilliantly funny presentation about the semantic web that you wont want to miss.
Comment Does this mean.. (Score 1) 241
Does this mean that if someone informs a vendor of a bug in their software they immediately have to prevent all downloads and inform retailer to remove the product from their shelves until the bug is fixed and replacement software can be shipped ?
Does anyone have a link to the full text of these guidelines ?
BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops 236
Keldrin_1 writes "Researchers Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco, from Core Security Technologies, have discovered a vulnerability in the 'Computrace LoJack for Laptops' software. This is a BIOS-level application that calls home for instructions in case the laptop is ever lost or stolen. However, what the application considers 'home' is subject to change. This allows the creation of malware capable of 'infecting the BIOS with persistent code that survive reboots and reflashing attempts.' Computers from Dell, Lenovo, HP, Toshiba, Asus, and others may be affected."
Comment Re:This is beyond garbage (Score 1) 598
It is 3.5 despite the name.
If I 'zless
* New upstream release taken from tag FIREFOX_3_5_RELEASE
Comment Re:This is beyond garbage (Score 1) 598
On the subject, Firefox 3.5 was out a week back, but I don't see it anywhere in the Ubuntu reps. Does anybody know why? and how long it'll take?
I'm running it now in Ubuntu. Just install Firefox-3.5 from universe.
After that I found the easiest way to make it default was to change the
