Comment Re:Credit Card data? (Score 2) 243
In fact, not wearing pants in the office will most likely lead to you spending more time at home.
Of course if you will continue to be paid is a different matter
US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad'
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digitaldc writes "Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday the US embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was 'crazy bad.' The embassy later deleted the phrase, saying it was an 'incorrect' description and it would revise the language to use when the air quality index goes above 500, its highest point and a level considered hazardous for all people by US standards. The hazardous haze has forced schools to stop outdoor exercises, and health experts asked residents, especially those with respiratory problems, the elderly and children, to stay indoors."
Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public 244
Anonymusing writes "Just what the world needs, another URL shortener, right? Google seems to think so, and it's making its own widely available to anyone — complete with tracking and statistics — for free. As noted on its blog: 'There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether the world really needs yet another. As we said late last year, we built goo.gl with a focus on quality. With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you're protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.' Is bit.ly shaking in its boots?"
Comment Still supports PHP 4.3 (Score 1) 75
I am sorry, but the framework still supports PHP version 4.3.2. Support for PHP 4 was ended at the end of 2007. Any framework that doesn't take advantage of the nice new features in PHP 5 bound to be full of kludges and outdated code.
That is just my reaction based on when I was comparing PHP frameworks, I didn't dig into their code so maybe I am wrong.
Comment The Oatmeal says (Score 1) 295
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/websites_stop
Pretty much covers it.
Comment Re:VAC is a joke (Score 4, Interesting) 336
Atleast in TF2 if you are on a good server people are easily banned by unique ID.
My clan has been playing Modern Warfare 2 recently and if you find a cheater the only thing you can do is back out of the match.
7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators 289
An anonymous reader writes "One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. These are often simple utilities that are perfectly adequate for basic use. They typically include trigonometric functions, logarithms, factorials, parentheses and a memory function. However, the calculators featured in this article are significantly more sophisticated with the ability to process difficult mathematical functions, to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, and much more. Occasionally, the calculator tool provided with an operating system did not engender any confidence. The classic example being the calculator shipped with Windows 3.1 which could not even reliably subtract two numbers. Rest assured, the calculators listed below are of precision quality."
Comment Re:Time to move the servers? (Score 4, Informative) 396
If they want to have any corporate entity in the US they have to follow these laws, the actual physical location of the servers doesn't matter (according to the lawyers I worked with).
It really is quite stupid, it just causes problems and doesn't help anything.
Comment Re:Science Fiction? (Score 1) 782
Why it's intelligent design of course!
Comment Re:let me be the first to say (Score 1, Troll) 215
Sad the mods don't get a L4D reference.
Comment Re:Original Firefox goals forgotten... (Score 1) 252
Disable automatic upgrades then.
Tools > Options > Upgrades: Uncheck "Automatically check for upgrades".
Not so hard, but less fun then whining.
Comment Re:Steam (Score 4, Insightful) 731
And that's just as illegal as pirating them in the first place...
and I won't feel bad about it at all... Unlike if I had never paid for it in the first place.
Honda Assists With "Next Steps" For Mankind 57
hedonisticaltruism writes "The CBC reports that Honda has just unveiled a new walking-assist device that enhances the walking motion rather than just providing transportation. The device braces and strengthens natural leg movements primarily in walking and crouching. They're looking to market this to rehabilitation cases, the handicapped and industries requiring repetitive crouching and walking movements such as factory work and delivery services."
Comment Re:Why does anyone care about the 'desktop'? (Score 1) 475
Of course, it is editable, but how many users are willing to do that? I am a competent user, yet I still can't be bothered.
Yeah dragging and dropping items is pretty tough...
Submission + - FDIC closes Netbank, Inc.
An anonymous reader writes: One of the first and best, in my opinion, internet banks in the country was closed by the FDIC today. Being a loyal customer for 8 years, I am saddened that an institution that provided me with so much great service and a cool, hi tech way [early 2000 way at least] to conduct my financial transactions is shutting down. Seems that mortgage defaults are to blame. Here's the link to the story and the defunct web page...
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709281658DOWJONESDJONLINE000790_FORTUNE5.htm
http://www.netbank.com/
