Comment Re:Final Fantasy (Score 5, Funny) 1120
I agree, you spoony bard!
Comment I've been working on this for years! (Score 1) 195
I knew playing Tetris would pay off someday!
Comment Re:Criminalise? (Score 3, Funny) 205
Perhaps his head is up his colon?
Submission + - Not Again... Windows 7 comes in multiple versions (tomshardware.com)
Crazy Taco writes: Tom's Hardware reports on newly discovered screenshots that reveal that Microsoft is planning to release their newest version of Windows in multiple confusing versions... again. The information comes from the latest version of the Windows 7 beta, build 7025 (the public beta is build 7000), and shows a screen during installation that asks the user which version of the OS he or she would like to install. Who's up for guessing what the difference is between Windows 7 "Starter" and Windows 7 "Home Basic"?
Comment Re:It's optional! (Score 1) 664
Or you can stay with iTunes 7.0.2 and use QTFairUse.
Submission + - Analysis on the Novell/SCO decision (www.cbc.ca)
LeadSongDog writes: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have published a nice analysis of the SCO v. Novell and its import for consumption by the general public. See http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/courtdecisi on-linux.html
Submission + - ISO rejects OOXML (computerworld.com)
jcatcw writes: Microsoft's Office Open XML was rejected by the International Standards Organization today. To be accepted as a standard, a proposal must pass two hurdles, and this one failed both of them. Now, Microsoft will have to respond to negative comments and hope it can get a positive vote in early 2008. In the meantime, MS may be losing revenue to open source competitors, according to Computerworld.
Submission + - ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardisation.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/developm ent/software/news/index.cfm?newsid=4983
Submission + - Troop Ideas - Geeks With Guns Need Apply (troopideas.com)
Tiber writes: "The website Troop Ideas is looking for people with military experience (either currently serving or with some insight) to share their ideas for tech improvement and process streamlining. They are looking for ideas which they can implement which will make the troops lives easier, safer, or more efficient. The way it works is that someone submits an idea, Gestalt (I do not work for them) will whip up a proof of concept, then things are presented to the brass. Try to fit a thinking cap under your helmet!"
Submission + - How to bring down Internet Explorer in six words (commandline.org.uk) 1
Marcion writes: "Some handy Japanese guy called Hamachiya discovered a bug in Internet Explorer. Under certain conditions, an asterisk when used as a wildcard can crash IE as soon as the user attempts to go to another webpage. Feel free to add the code to your stylesheet too!"
Submission + - Andrew Morton calls for more kernel testing (linux.com)
Ant writes: "Linux.com reports that during the opening keynote at this week's LinuxWorld Expo, kernel developer Andrew Morton called for more assistance in testing the Linux kernel from users, and predicted that virtualization would be the big thing for the next few years of kernel development..."
Submission + - What tech feeds do you subscribe to?
An anonymous reader writes: I am curious as to what other tech sites all the other Slahdot users read on a very regular basis. I for one read Slahdot, Endgadget and a number of others but am curious as to what everyone else reads when they are looking for their daily fill of tech news. Any suggestions?
Submission + - Critique of Automatix
Bearhouse writes: Picked this up via doggdot, so sorry if dupe. Anyways, there's been some discussion here about Automatix, with some liking it, and others (predictably) not. Interesting — if rather brief — critique here:
http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html
So, do people agree? What are the better alternatives?
Submission + - Automatix Activly Dangerous to Ubuntu
exeme writes: Ubuntu developer Matthew Garrett has recently analysed famed Ubuntu illegal software installer Automatix and found it to be actively dangerous to Ubuntu desktop systems. In a detailed report which only took Garrett a couple of hours he found many serious, show-stopper bugs and concluded that Ubuntu could not officially support Automatix in its current state. Garrett also goes on to say that simple Debian packages could provide all of the functionality of Automatix without any of the problems it exhibits.
Submission + - WD's New Caviar SE16 750G Hard Drive, Huge, Fast (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "Western Digital took a bit longer than expected to finally release a desktop drive larger than 500 Gig, but their first release,
the Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS looks to be an impressive rendition of new advancements in hard disk perpendicular recording technology. This new 750G WD drive
gave Seagate's 7200.10 equivalent a run for its money and beat it in every performance test shown at HotHardware. Also, with storage prices so low right now, the 750G monster weighs in at a svelte $0.33/GB or better, with current street prices falling below the $250 range.""
