PapaSmurph - Slashdot User

Submission + - Becoming "The Man"?

Submitted by PapaSmurph on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @08:19AM

PapaSmurph writes: I've been working for "The Man" now for about 25 years in the IT field. I keep feeling it's time to strike off on my own and start my computer and network installation and maintenance business. I want to make a difference in my community and I want to make a decent living for my family. I know I would have to compete with the "big box" retailers out there like Best Buy's Geek Squad. I was wondering if anyone out there in /. land has made the move and had any suggestions for me.

Submission + - Google Reader out of the labs

Submitted by PapaSmurph on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @01:26PM

PapaSmurph writes: Looks like Google has released Reader from the labs. Not that this is really big news, because Google has a way of waiting until everything has been over tested before being released.

XPS Notebook Torn-Apart and Overclocked 24

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 26, 2007 @11:04AM from the ripping-it-apart dept.

Pelly writes "For those who are interested in seeing the inner-workings of Dell's latest XPS M1710 flagship notebook, Hot Hardware has taken the time to rip the system apart and photograph the hardware for your viewing pleasure. In addition, there's some amusing overclocking attempts which utilize the sub-zero temperatures of New Hampshire's winter weather to provide an interesting spin on the review."

Submission + - People with WiFi surf more

Submitted by MC Gates on Monday February 26, 2007 @11:02AM

MC Gates writes: A new study from the Pwer Internet & American Life Project shows that people who have WiFi at home spend more time online than those without. 'A survey of 798 Internet users found that 72 percent of wireless users check e-mail at least once a day, while only 63 percent of wired broadband users do so. The same pattern held true for reading news online, suggesting that wireless access offers "relentless connectivity" that might change a person's online behavior.' WiFi users also tend to be younger than the general 'net-using population, as they are concentrated between 18 and 49 years of age, instead of 30 to 64 like the general surfing public.

Submission + - Adobe Inviting Bloggers to Engage

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26, 2007 @11:01AM

An anonymous reader writes: Adobe is inviting a group of high profile bloggers and analysts to their campus in order to show off some of their customer's work. Companies like Brightcove, Scrybe, yourminis and some of Adobe's own projects will be demoed at the event. It's the best of the best using Adobe's technology. Ryan Stewart has a few things to look for the bloggers to talk about after seeing the demonstrations.

Submission + - Tor Open to Attack

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25, 2007 @12:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: A group of researchers have written a paper that lays out an attacks against Tor, in enough detail to cause Roger Dingledine a fair amount of heartburn. The essential attacks are: Tor doesn't verify claims of uptime or bandwidth, allowing an attacker to advertise more than it need deliver, and thus draw traffic. If the attacker controls the entry and exit node and has decent clocks, then the attacker can link these together and trace someone through the network. Yowza!

Submission + - Linked List Sorting,10 times Faster than MergeSort

Submitted by

virusfree

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @11:57AM

virusfree writes: "Sorting has always been important in computer science. An article has been published about BitFast, a new algorithm (belongs to Hash algorithms family) that can sort a linked list up to 10 times faster than MergeSort Source codes are available to download and test it yourself"

Submission + - Book: End of Dayz

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25, 2007 @11:35AM

An anonymous reader writes: End Of Dayz is an eclectic collection of underground text files compiled from Soljo Publishing's full 1992 to 2006 run — a snapshot of creativity and opinion from the digital jilted generation, right from the ASCII edge and onto your bookshelf. Hacking, politics, science, fiction and humour from the group that brought you The Soljo, The Discordant Opposition Journal, SPACT and the RWM Collective. A must read for any self respecting old school geek, or indeed any geek interested in the history and traditions of underground geekdom. Internet counter culture at it's best. Available from lulu.com or read Cult Of The Dead Cows review of the book here

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