Comment Question (Score 2, Insightful) 386
They forgot one bit of relevant information.
So how long did it this massive job take?
Comment Re:Robert Love (Score 3, Informative) 53
It says what he's been up to in the article ...
"If you're unfamiliar with Robert Love, let's just say he's been active in contributing to the Linux kernel for fifteen years and he's currently at Google and was part of the Android team."
Comment List of apps and permissions they need (Score 5, Informative) 299
They finally get to the part I care about, which is the list of apps they tried.
Look at page 9 of their paper in PDF format.
Comment Monthly reminder (Score 4, Funny) 442
Coming up next ... our monthly reminder of ipv4's demise.
How many stories can you guys come up with that basically dance around the same issue?
We know its happening, now we're just waiting for everyone to catch up and get compliant.
Comment Funny (Score 1) 547
Not very surprising. Of course Microsoft would say Blu Ray is dead. They also thought their HD-DVD format would succeed. They can just continue their trend of being incorrect.
The movie aisle in any major department store would support the everlasting life of hard copy media.
Comment Re:No wireless? (Score 1) 316
No, it does not.
Check out the spec sheet.
http://www.plugcomputer.org/data/docs/ionics_plug_computer_info_sheet.pdf
Comment Re:A file server? Really? (Score 0, Troll) 316
Easy. Mount an nfs share from another box.
Bam, more storage space.
Comment No wireless? (Score 3, Insightful) 316
After reading the article I am rather surprised there is no wireless interface.
They could have saved one more cable.
Comment Irony (Score 2, Insightful) 12
How ironic to mention the death of a news site, on the news site being reported on. Slashdot seems active to me.
Submission + - New PS3 firmware causing HDD upgrade problems? 1
Channard writes: While there have been occasional reports of previous PS3 firmware upgrades causing system crashes and so forth, Sony's new firmware upgrade for the system, 3.41, is apparently stopping PS3 owners upgrading their hard disks, Slim PS3 owners at least. This problem has been encountered by many users on Sony's forums and occurs when you try to put a new hard disk into a PS3 that already has the firmware upgrade installed. The general course of action for upgrading a PS3's drive is that you download the latest PS3 firmware onto a memory stick and after swapping the hard drive in the PS3, plug the stick in allowing the PS3 to properly prepare the disk for use. But as of upgrade 3.41, the PS3 fails to recognize the firmware on the stick, complaining that it can't proceed until you insert the correct firmware. Repeating the process and re-downloading the does not fix the problem, as I can confirm, having encountered the problem myself.
Users can put the old hard disk back in, provided they've not reformatted it for some other purpose, so all is not lost. Sony have apparently told gaming website CVG that 'The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not suggest that this is a problem PlayStation(R) owners are likely to experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41 update.' This seems to fly in the face of the currently available information — although whether or not this statement was issued by Kevin Butler is unclear. Either way, PS3 owners encountering this problem will likely have to wait a few days for a fix and use their old HDDs for now.
Users can put the old hard disk back in, provided they've not reformatted it for some other purpose, so all is not lost. Sony have apparently told gaming website CVG that 'The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not suggest that this is a problem PlayStation(R) owners are likely to experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41 update.' This seems to fly in the face of the currently available information — although whether or not this statement was issued by Kevin Butler is unclear. Either way, PS3 owners encountering this problem will likely have to wait a few days for a fix and use their old HDDs for now.
Submission + - Launch your own Satellite for $8k (interorbital.com)
theverylastperson writes: The guy I work for calls me to come out to his house today. In honor of System Administrator Day he's going to help me fulfill a dream of sending a Satellite into space (We've had a VERY good year). We once had a conversation where we discussed childhood dreams and I had mentioned my desire to send something into orbit. Well, looks like I get my chance. For only $8,000 we can launch a TubeSat (similar to CubeSat). The volume and mass restrictions can be found on the linked page. The problem is, I can't decide what to send. So I'm curious what other Slashdot members would do. If you had a chance to send a TubeSat into space, what would you do? I have to present a plan to him by Monday, so I only have this weekend to come up with the right idea.
Submission + - GNOME Contributions: Canonical 1% - Red Hat 16% !! (digitizor.com)
An anonymous reader writes: At GUADEC, Dave Neary presented the results of the GNOME Census. The results reveal some very interesting findings. Around 70% of the developers identify themselves as volunteer and 70% of the commits made in the GNOME releases are made by paid developers. Now, here is the part that has started out something like a war – Canonical’s contribution to GNOME is only a mere 1%, while Red Hat contributes 16%.
Comment Good (Score 5, Insightful) 91
I don't see why they would not want to make their OS more readily available by allowing other hardware vendors to sell their OS. This makes good business sense.
Comment Science (Score 2, Interesting) 55
Why do I think of Sonny and Cher's, I Got You Babe, every time I hear about this movie?
Comment Ultimate Compliment (Score 3, Funny) 97
The ultimate compliment is plagiarism. So what if it is the purpose of your company to fight against that very thing.
