Comment Re:Virtual Box (Score 3, Insightful) 261
I don't think community college is what people mean when they talk about the ivroy tower.
Comment Re:About $2K savings per month (Score 3, Informative) 562
Where are you getting 5% CD these days? I see nothing over 1.75%
Comment Re:That's not the biggest problem... (Score 1) 485
That is good news. I was very worried that Verizon would cripple the main selling point for me of a smart phone.
Comment Re:That's not the biggest problem... (Score 2, Interesting) 485
It will be interesting to see if. Verizon opens up the possibility of getting aps for the android phones without going through Verizon. If they do then perhaps Apple will have to change their ways. If Verizon continues to lock down aps then there is very little pressure for Apple to make things easier.
What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity? 513
CNETNate writes "You'll laugh, but mostly you'll cry. Some of the questions Google gets asked to deliver results for is beyond worrying. 'Can you put peroxide in your ear?', 'Why would a pregnancy test be negative?', and 'Why can't I own a Canadian?' being just a selection of the truly baffling — and disturbing — questions Google is regularly forced to answer."
Comment Re:So it's $70 a year.... (Score 4, Insightful) 697
There is a lot of energy that goes into making a new computer. You need to factor that in before you can decide if you are really saving energy.
Comment Re:Cost (Score 1) 103
Optical mice do not have anything like a camera. They have a light sensor, not an array of light sensors that cameras have.
Comment Re:Getting the money back? WTF? (Score 5, Interesting) 201
It is also lax security on the banks side. The bank is not properly verifying that the transactions really come from the businesses. It is much like identity theft. The person didn't steal my identity they got around the bank or credit card companies poor security to trick the bank. They took nothing from me they tricked the bank into giving them my money.
Comment Re:Pros avoid having to use data recovery tools. (Score 5, Funny) 399
No the pro install nightly backup tools on the laptops. At least they do on mine.The backup software then uses heuristic algorithms to start the backups when the laptop is being used for meeting presentations in front of many people.
Japan Launches 'Buddha Phone' 212
CNETNate writes "The Japanese Odin 99 handset isn't a regular video-enabled phone. It's geared, perhaps somewhat ironically, towards the Buddhist geek. Aside from regular cell phone features, a dedicated button loads a private, customizable, animated altar on the phone's screen. The idea is to allow Buddhists to perform their dedications conveniently on-the-go. You can simulate incense burning, purification rites and play music to help you meditate wherever you happen to be. The question is, does such a device somewhat negate the values a Buddhist would stand for?"
Comment Hard drives are cheaper now. (Score 5, Insightful) 370
1 terra byte drives cost around $100. That is 10 cents a gig at retail. So they cost less than 10 cents a gig to manufacture.
Microsoft Adding jQuery To Visual Studio 67
Tim Anderson writes "Microsoft's Scott Guthrie, Corporate VP of the .NET developer division, announced that the open source jQuery Javascript library will be integrated into Visual Studio, the main Windows development tool. Further, Microsoft will treat jQuery as a supported product within technical support contracts, and will use jQuery to build new controls for ASP.NET, its web platform."
Comment Re:what to do with a giant parabolic dish... (Score 1) 552
It has been done. It was used only for good.
http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solardish/dish01.shtml
