Comment credit card (Score 0) 115
I haven't updated to 10.10 yet, because they demand my credit card information for the "free" update; I refuse to put it into their system, even temporarily.
Submission + - [meta] accidentally flagged 1
TheSHAD0W writes: So I accidentally clicked the "flag" icon on a submission, which immediately disappeared. I don't see any obvious way to undo this... I'm not sure how many accidental flaggings there are, but offering a way to un-flag a comment would reduce the load on moderators. Perhaps instead of making the entry disappear entirely, instead obscure the text and leave it there, so a second click on the icon would perform an undo?
Submission + - Apple requires credit card information for "free" security updates
TheSHAD0W writes: Apple recently updated OS X to version 10.10, "Yosemite", and is no longer providing security updates for older versions. Yosemite is "free", but to upgrade you have to sign in to their App Store — and provide credit card information. With all the security breaches recently, is it smart to provide financial information for no good reason?
Google Play isn't above offering free stuff in exchange for credit card info either.
Google Play isn't above offering free stuff in exchange for credit card info either.
Comment batteries (Score 1) 327
To get the best performance out of solar, you still need batteries to save power for when the sun isn't up. Assuming you have sufficient batteries, you should *still* point the collectors southwards, to gain the greatest total amount of power.
Submission + - Groupon snarfs GNOME's trademark
TheSHAD0W writes: Looks like Groupon decided to make an operating system to use for tablet point-of-sale solutions, named it "Gnome", and has filed for a trademark under that name for it and for other purposes. the GNOME Foundation is fighting it and soliciting donations for the purpose.
Submission + - Groupon infringes GNOME trademark, project seeks donations for legal battle 1
Drinking Bleach writes: Groupon has released a tablet-based point of sale system called Gnome, despite the well-known desktop environment's existence and trademark status. This is also not without Groupon's internal ignorance of the GNOME project; they were contacted about the infringement and flatly refused to change the name of their own product, in addition to filing many new patent applications for theirs.
The GNOME project is seeking donations to help them in a legal battle against these trademark applications, and to get Groupon to stop using their name. They are seeking at least $80,000 to challenge a first set of ten trademark applications from Groupon, out of 28 applications that have been filed.
The GNOME project is seeking donations to help them in a legal battle against these trademark applications, and to get Groupon to stop using their name. They are seeking at least $80,000 to challenge a first set of ten trademark applications from Groupon, out of 28 applications that have been filed.
Submission + - Cheap tablets: low RAM + SSD = acceptable? 1
TheSHAD0W writes: This $99 tablet was mentioned in an earlier story, running Windows 8.1 on only 1GB of RAM. Is it usable? Will it last?
For $99 you can't expect much more than a toy, but I'm wondering how well it'd work for real-world use. 1GB is low, but you're swapping to a SSD, not a magnetic disk; if the swapping were intelligent enough, it might be workable. A friend wondered about "handling a bunch of tabs" in a browser; has anyone tried this?
Then there are longevity issues; doing a lot of swapping to a SSD will tend to kill its life span. Still, for $99, would you be okay with having to replace it after 3 years or so?
For $99 you can't expect much more than a toy, but I'm wondering how well it'd work for real-world use. 1GB is low, but you're swapping to a SSD, not a magnetic disk; if the swapping were intelligent enough, it might be workable. A friend wondered about "handling a bunch of tabs" in a browser; has anyone tried this?
Then there are longevity issues; doing a lot of swapping to a SSD will tend to kill its life span. Still, for $99, would you be okay with having to replace it after 3 years or so?
Comment Queen of Wands (Score 1) 64
You know, there was a recent book by John Ringo that blamed the noise of weapons being discharged while fighting an incursion of Old Ones on methane gas explosions. You don't suppose... ?
Comment also apt... (Score 2) 70
"To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer 401
RevWaldo writes: The Verge and other sources report on how AOL's Ryan Block ultimately succeeded in cancelling his Comcast account over the phone, but not before the customer service representative pressed him for eight solid minutes (audio) to explain his reasoning for leaving "the number one provider of TV and internet service in the country" in a manner that would cause a character in Glengarry Glen Ross to blush. Comcast has now issued an apology.
Comment smartwatch (Score 4, Interesting) 381
I'd like a very *simple* smart watch...
* Simple caller-ID and memo display, programmable shortcut buttons, nothing else.
* Very long charge life comparatively (2 weeks would be okay) and/or very easy charging (put it on a charging pad).
Submission + - Voltage runs new art contest after ripping off submitters last year
TheSHAD0W writes: Voltage Entertainment USA, a company that primarily produces content for Japan, is running their 2014 art contest. (For a giggle, contrast the international version of the contest with the Japanese version.) They are promising $5,000 and 500,000 yen top awards, respectively, for the winners, with $1,000 and 100,000 yen awards for 3 runner-ups each. This is despite not awarding the top prizes for last year's submissions.
Comment deism (Score 1) 188
Obviously, God siphoned off the excess energy.
Comment title should be... (Score 4, Informative) 109
"Scientists Accidentally Grow Full Head of Hair On Bald Man"
The result was unintended, though interesting.
Comment Meh. (Score 1) 277
Near as I can tell, this is equivalent to a system which stores the hashes in an encrypted form, except the encryption relies on the passwords of other users rather than an administrator's password. This may IMO make this system less secure, depending on how public the interface is; an attacker could sign up with multiple accounts on the system before grabbing a copy of the encrypted hashes. They would then have a set of passwords which could be used to validate additional ones.
