Comment Re:One should be proud *not* to have a CS degree (Score 1) 363
I dunno about you, but my CS degree got me over 50k a year graduating. Hardly think your average liberal arts major is making even half that.
Comment Re:you can save a ton of $ (Score 1) 320
My computer is hooked up to my TV. Most of the stuff you get over the air isn't 1080 anyway. Netflix has plenty of HD stuff.
I do hulu, netflix, and other streaming sites. Costs me $8 a month. For how much content I get, HD cable can go fuck itself in the ass for all I care. Savings far outweighs the benefit of a super sharp picture.
Comment Re:I hate 16x9 (Score 1) 394
Oops. 120. Still don't think it's that much.
Comment Re:I hate 16x9 (Score 1) 394
It's 20 pixels. I've had both 16:10 and 16:9 screens. I don't get the big hype over 20 fucking more pixels.
Comment Re:Java dying? (Score 1) 205
Why does everyone bring up swing?
What about AWT and SWT? SWT looks the same as native components on any of the platforms. Eclipse uses it. IBM uses it in some of their stuff. We use SWT in our java projects here at work.
Comment I wish... (Score 1) 128
I wish they'd improve the Base application. It's horrendously slow and clunky and has a horrible interface. I can't stand that I have to right click on the table name and hit paste to paste data into a table, rather than just doing it directly in the the table view editor (the way most people would think to do it).
Comment Re:Who could have foreseen a leap year coming? (Score -1) 247
Actually every hundred year is when a leap year doesn't come along. (unless it's divisible by 400, then it does)
Comment Re:First design image leaked (Score 1) 177
Steve will also know all the shit you say behind his back.
Comment Depressing (Score 5, Funny) 95
I can't help but think of how depressed I would be with the irony if I were in this situation. I'm so poor and don't have money, but the government was kind enough to bring some to me and let me watch it burn.
Comment 50K is low? (Score 1) 235
Since when is 50K a low salary? I know programmers with CS degrees that get paid less than that. I also know professional AV specialists that do network and av drops that only get paid about 40k a year.
50K is pretty good for a skilled labor job if you ask me. They're not engineers or scientists, so they don't get engineer and scientist pay. They get damn good technician pay.
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 330
I transferred my domains out of Go Daddy today. I don't care if they've "changed" their stance on SOPA. They supported it before and that's terrible enough.
It would be interesting to see just how many domains they lose because of this.
Comment Already Made (Score 1) 215
This thing was already made 5 years ago for military applications.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5325/
Submission + - Sony Demonstrates Paper-fueled Battery (gizmag.com)
Zothecula writes: We've heard of gadgets being powered by some pretty crazy stuff, but how about paper? Sony recently showed off a new bio-cell battery that breaks down paper in order to create power. A paper battery sounds a little bit far-fetched, but the technology works, and could potentially change how we power devices in the future.
Submission + - Subway P.O.S. Terminals Hacked from Romania
Admiral Lazzurs writes: "In yet another case of computer security causing company embrassment Subway and other retailers have had their P.O.S. terminals compromised recently. In this story from Ars Technica it is made clear that a heavy price was paid for not applying simple security measured to their infrastructure. The question to be asked is how many more of these breaches before our industry starts taking security seriously and worth investment."
Submission + - Best modern hardware to run Windows XP
tobyp writes: "I need to update the hardware in a handful of computers running Windows XP. I do not have the option of using a more modern version of Windows because these machines are used in a recording studio and have customised PCI boards which won't work with Vista/7. I need at least two "normal" PCI slots, an IDE interface (they have to work with a particular model of Plextor CD-RW drive), mirrored SATA hard drives and generally as much stability as possible. My first attempt took a lot of time because although I tried to follow the instructions to load the correct drivers during the Windows install (both using a floppy and creating a slip-streamed SP3 CD) I could not get the SATA RAID working and had to settle for using the disks in IDE mode. So who is the best for really stable XP drivers for their new hardware? Any other tips or recommendations?"
