Comment Re:I'm Your T-Shirt Mule (Score 1) 18
I love how you automatically assume there will be no...oh wait, nevermind.
On the topic of handing out t-shirts, maybe we can makeup some dumb ice-breaker game using old slashdot memes.
Comment Re:I'm Your T-Shirt Mule (Score 1) 18
By userid, lowest to highest would be the most fair IMHO.
Comment Not a single mention (Score 1) 145
Of a Beowulf Cluster?
Comment Aaaaaaaand (Score 1) 33
It's gone.
Comment Re:Reminders? (Score 1) 18
The reminders thing doesn't worry me as much as how do I recognize a group of internet nerds I've never met before?
Comment Re:Lack of judicial temperament (Score 1) 318
You work for Apple or Samsung?
Comment Should have looked further (Score 5, Informative) 112
"Among the largest breaches reported was TRICARE Management Activity, the Department of Defense's health care program, which reported 4.9 million records lost when backup tapes went missing."
Submitter should have dug a little bit further. TRICARE was the agency where the records originated, but SAIC was the "business associate" that actually lost the records belonging to TRICARE.
Comment Maybe they should just call it (Score 4, Funny) 69
the Nexus Qcat?
Comment Re:No Android 4 (Score 1) 307
It isn't perfect, but I've been on Cricket for almost two years now and have been happy. You can complain all you want about not having all of the features you want, but the big players won't change their game until enough of us switch to a carrier not out to completely goatse us.
Comment Flash Player (Score 0) 117
"You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view this content."
This is a feature right?
Comment Re:It's not an exploit, it's a feature! (Score 2) 271
I applied for a job earlier this year, and the pool company rejected my 'text format' resume, insisting on a resume submitted via Linked In. The last thing I wanted to do was have to join some social network just to get a job. I lived 10 minutes away from the home.office of the job and offered to meet to interview and hand them a hard copy resume. No dice, it had to be done by this Linked In.
Now, after reading this news, I know it was the right decision.
This internet sure has gotten wacky.
I've noticed this as a growing trend. Generally the reasoning behind such things is people are far less likely to outright lie on a linkedin profile where former co-workers and classmates will also see it than on a resume that is only read by a hiring manager and HR.
Submission + - SimCity 5 Reveals new Glass Box Engine (gamenguide.com)
An anonymous reader writes: EA released a video walkthrough of the engine which showcases its unique features.
The new engine will alter the SimCIty formula as it powers buildings and construction sites utilizing people from the player's city.
The new engine will alter the SimCIty formula as it powers buildings and construction sites utilizing people from the player's city.
Submission + - US Mobile Carriers Won't Brick Stolen Phones (msn.com)
WheezyJoe writes: "NBC News has some wicked disturbing security video of people getting beat up... over their smart phones. And it's on the rise. Police Chiefs like D.C.'s Cathy Lanier are asking US mobile carriers to brick phones that are reported stolen to dry up what must be a big underground market for your favorite Android or iPhone, but right now they won't do it. So I suppose we're best leaving our mobile phones at home?"
Submission + - Rep. Darrell Issa requests public comments on ACTA (computerworld.com)
langelgjm writes: After repeated dismissals by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Congressman Darrell Issa has taken matters into his own hands by posting a copy of ACTA, online and asking for public comments. ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a secretly negotiated multilateral trade treaty with the potential for profoundly affecting the Internet. "ACTA represents as great a threat to an open Internet as SOPA and PIPA and was drafted with even less transparency and input from digital citizens," Issa said. You can comment here.
Submission + - Amazon hails era of 'utility supercomputing' (techworld.com)
sweetpea86 writes: Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services is heralding the era of utility supercomputing, whereby massive computational resources and storage requirements can be accessed on demand. Speaking at the launch of Intel's Xeon E5 processor family in London this week, AWS technology evangelist in residence, Dr. Matt Wood, said that scientific and financial organisations with massive computational demands will be able to rent resources from the cloud, enabling them to do their work without having to invest in huge infrastructure.
