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Comment Re:30 inch HP LP3605 here @ 2560x1600 (Score 1) 952

by Rockoon (#31961876) Attached to: HDTV Has Ruined the LCD Market

Yes, again this is how it should be. There's a couple scenarios here. First, what are you expected to do if your monitor incorrectly reports it's dpi, or fails to report it at all?

Look in the small database of physical display dimensions indexed by PnP ID, allow user to input their own values if they want to, and off you go.

Seriously. You are making a big problem of this, when it isnt a big problem at all. Windows XP had no clue what my LCD monitor was, but Windows 7 knows exactly what it is, because its in its small database of PnP ID's, which even includes its native resolution.

Secondly, if you *are* using it as a "global scaling factor" people with bad eyesight (or people that simply want larger-yet-crisp imagery) can be accommodated while still displaying at the native resolution.

umm... hello? DPI and scaling are not the same thing. DPI stands for DOTS PER INCH.

So here the user is, with his "DPI" set to some random value X because some random developers application Y (which he frequently uses) looks good at that resolution..

..but that developer is actually an idiot that likes over-sized buttons and text, but only in his own applications..

..so this users DPI setting is influenced by a developer that isnt actually playing a rational game..

So what does "DPI AWARE" mean in the windows world right now? It means the programmer demands that the OS render verbatim exactly what he wants.. pixel perfect.. and in most cases, it is used because the program is actually intentionally oblivious of the DPI setting.. because if they use that damn value, then they are letting some other random developer effect the users experience with their program.

Comment Fight fire with fire. (Score 2, Interesting) 1224

by budfields (#31947862) Attached to: <em>South Park</em>'s Episode 201 &mdash; the Expurgated Version

I don't think the losers at "revolutionmuslim.com" have thought this through. Do they realize who they are messing with? They are messing with millions of geeks. If one hair on the head of Trey or Matt were touched after these powerless mockworthy little boys incited violence against them, their lives would be a husk.

It would be like those nature shows where tens of thousands of ants swarm over a hapless creature, take it apart and cart its lifeless body away.

I say, put up their personal info, just as they did to Trey and Matt. Put up their home address. Their business address. All their website info. Their relatives. Their license plates. Photos. The names of their friends. Their cell phone logs. Then, inform them that they will immediately commence to STFU, now, or their existence will become a hell the likes of which their holy book never informed them.

They need to feel just how outnumbered they are.
Games

Submission + - Valve's Steam Client For Mac Shows Linux Signs (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Not only is Valve bringing Steam and their games to Mac OS X (as announced last month), but evidently they will be doing the same for Linux. While the Mac OS X client is in closed testing right now, Phoronix has received a script used to launch Steam on Mac OS X and it shows signs of Linux support. Is the year of the Linux gaming desktop finally approaching?

Submission + - Dump duplicate data, save money on disks (channelinsider.com)

Submitted by hightechchick
hightechchick writes: Something like 30 percent of the data you've got stored on your systems is duplicated data. Another version of that digital photo, a duplicate copy of all the mail in your inbox. Pretty soon you've got to buy more disks.That's why storage is sprawling and why data deduplication technology, which removes the duplicate copies, is such a hot commodity. They say "simplify" is the message these days. Here's a list of some of the guys who can help do that with your data
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Storage/Whos-Who-in-Storage-Data-Deduplication-438002/
HP

Submission + - Ray Kurzweil's Singularity movie crashes computer! (hplusmagazine.com)

Submitted by destinyland
destinyland writes: A funny thing happened when they tried to screen "The Singularity is Near." After the lights went down, a computer crash prevented the movie from starting! "Ray Kurzweil got back on stage...and good-naturedly reassured us that the technology was getting better. A couple of minutes later, the movie started..." The documentary is a clear rendition of the ideas in Kurzweil's book, including nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, "with Bill McKibben in the role of the friendly flat out opponent, Bill Joy playing the reasonable but worried man, and Mitch Kapor doubting the technological possibilities ... K. Eric Drexler, MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal, desktop manufacturing guru Neil Gershenfeld and many many more are woven in to support the idea — and the more hopeful potentials — of accelerating change leading to radical alterations in life (itself)." The movie includes a second fictional narrative showing the future, "and — one of them, at least — is rather affecting." And there's also allusions to Fringe, The Matrix, and "lots of very groovy, trippy, and playful graphics"

Submission + - Macafee update downs XP machines (sans.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Macafee update has identified SVCHOST.exe as a harmful process, deleting the file and causing BSOD and disabling of network services. They have now fixed the errant update, but not before many networked companies lost numerous machines. This only affect Windows XP SP3.

Submission + - McAfee kills SVCHost.exe (sans.org) 1

Submitted by Kohenkatz
Kohenkatz writes: A McAfee Update today (DAT 5958) incorrectly identifies svchost.exe, a critical windows executable as a virus and tries to remove it, causing endless reboot loops.
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Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome 380

Posted by samzenpus from the can't-stop-playing dept.
Amanda Flowers always liked her Wii Fit but now she can't get enough of it. Amanda claims a fall from her balance board damaged a nerve and has left her suffering from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. From the article: "The catering worker said: 'It began as a twinge down below before surging through my body. Sometimes it built up into a trembling orgasm.' A doctor diagnosed her with persistent sexual arousal syndrome due to a damaged nerve."
Security

Sun Pushes Emergency Java Patch 90

Posted by timothy from the emergency-shot-of-soy-latte dept.
Trailrunner7 writes "In a sudden about-face, Sun has rushed out a Java update to fix a drive-by download vulnerability that exposed Windows users to in-the-wild malware attacks. The patch comes less than a week after Sun told a Google researcher it did not consider the issue serious enough to warrant an out-of-cycle patch and less than a day after researchers spotted live exploits on a booby-trapped Web site. The flaw, which was also discovered independently by Ruben Santamarta, occurs because the Java-Plugin Browser is running 'javaws.exe' without validating command-line parameters. Despite the absence of documentation, a researcher was about to figure out that Sun removed the code to run javaws.exe from the Java plugin. The about-face by Sun is another sign that some big vendors still struggle to understand the importance of working closely with white hat researchers to understand the implications of certain vulnerabilities. In this case, Google's Tavis Ormandy was forced to use the full-disclosure weapon to force the vendor into a proper response."

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