Comment @Home? (Score 1) 239
maybe an @home-type project would work?
Comment Re:Why I reboot (Score 1) 543
nope! Linux, but on crappy machines (with horrible battery life) which I play with a lot, so I find it convenient to have it not be able to boot up when I am home with the tools to fix it.
Comment Re:Why I reboot (Score 1) 543
I just find that it is a good habit to shut laptops off every couple days.
Comment Re:Man they screwed up! (Score 1) 121
beta tester here as well. I could not justify a subscription or even game cards because I could only play about half an hour a week! Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.
Comment Missing Option: (Score 1) 254
Phone? I have a phone?
Comment Driving (Score 1) 292
I had a hour drive trying to get to a concert, but we ended up turning around and driving 3 hours back.
Comment XP (Score 1) 417
I will only run XP, and only if I desperately have to. I really don't like Windows (Yay Linux!).
Submission + - Microsoft Security Essentials is nuking Chrome (zdnet.com)
khendron writes: In what appears to be a crucial false-positive, Microsoft’s security tools are removing Chrome from Windows machines, marking it as a variant of the notorious Zeus (Zbot) malware family.
This just happened to a coworker of mine. Fortunately, when she re-installed Chrome all of her bookmarks were still there.
This just happened to a coworker of mine. Fortunately, when she re-installed Chrome all of her bookmarks were still there.
Submission + - Nokia Preps Linux OS for Low-End Smartphones (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "Nokia is going after the low-end smartphone market with a Linux-based OS code-named 'Meltemi.' The phones are expected to cost under $100 without subsidies. A Nokia spokesman's no-comment comment went like this: 'Of course, we don't comment on future products or technologies. However, I can say that our Mobile Phones team has a number of exciting projects in the works that will help connect the next billion consumers to the Internet.'"
Submission + - Exploding Toilet Injures Two Government Workers (discovery.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: Two toilets exploded in the General Services Administration building, hospitalizing two workers (who were in separate bathrooms, evidently). The physics is sort of interesting: older water systems operate using air to force the water through at the right pressure, but if there is some problem in the system enough pressure can build to cause the commodes to crack. Plumbers: please weigh in.
Submission + - How LPDDR3 memory will speed up tablets, phones (techworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "A new form of mobile DDR3 memory that can speed up tablets, smartphones and laptops could appear in devices starting as early as late next year, with adoption ramping up in 2013. Low-power DDR3 memory — also called LPDDR3 — will bring a bigger data transfer pipe to tablets and smartphones, which could translate into better performance and longer battery life, analysts said. Standards-setting organization JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) is defining the specifications for LPDDR3, which draws heavily from conventional DDR3 DRAM found in PCs today."
Comment Re:Christ, how stupid are we? (Score 1, Insightful) 515
Nobody gets a physics degree! (not that Christians and Muslims are the only people in the world)
Comment Re:Christ, how stupid are we? (Score 1) 515
It never said anything about him being Muslim. (not that it matters, it is just a religious belief)
Comment binary (Score 1) 271
Yes, now my idea for an awesome episode ending can come true!
"This show was brought to you by the letter 01000001"
Submission + - Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List (ala.org)
destinyland writes: The American Library Association released this year's list of the most-frequently censored books. (Included in the top 10 are two best-selling novels — Twilight and The Hunger Games — as well as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.) The annual list celebrates "the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment," according to the library association, highlighting "the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship..." And interestingly, 7 of the 10 most-censored books are now available on Amazon's Kindle — more than twice as many as last year.
