Comment White Noise Generators As Countermeasure? (Score 1) 264
EOL.
Comment Where's the love for GPG/PGP Email ? (Score 1) 986
So what's the sentiment around using GPG/PGP for email ?
Comment Hope they fix the lending system too! (Score 3, Insightful) 165
While touted as replacements for traditional dead tree varieties, ebook book owners should have the same rights to lend and transfer on a 1:1 basis as they see fit.
Perhaps look at how the BitCoin "public transaction" model works to manage the lending (DRM) ??
Comment Re:I learned the value of money by paying as I wen (Score 1) 1797
Either it was not the case in the mid 80's or my parents couldn't co-sign.
Comment I learned the value of money by paying as I went.. (Score 3, Interesting) 1797
I don't want to be "that old guy" -- but I didn't qualify for student loans in the 80's & early 90's because my parents were in that bracket where they were supposed to be able to contribute, but just couldn't.
I had up to three part-time jobs while doing my undergrad, and I definitely wanted the education -- I found that as "consumer" I demanded more from my instructors for my hard earned cash.
In the end it made me who I am, and I subsequently went on to get both an MS in Software Engineering and an MBA recently -- both paid for with cash that I earned and saved.
Sure it took a little longer to finish the degree's and barring Alzheimer's, the lessons learned all around will be mine for life!
Comment Fire that NTAC asap and keep the WebOS team (Score 2) 178
Apotheker has to be one of the worst appointments I've seen in 20 years.
At least Chain-saw Al Dunlap was hired for the express purpose of being a major league a-hole.
Apotheker showed a shocking poverty of understanding of the empire he was entrusted to run that it makes me seriously question the competency of the people that vetted him?
Comment Pricing games and post cancel charges oh my! (Score 4, Informative) 349
I tried changing my bank account info and when I called to ask them to reverse a pending charge on the wrong/old account I was told that I would have to close/cancel my service with them, and then restart service at a new higher rate!
So I cancelled. Completely.
Now I have to play the "contest the charge on the credit card game" even though I cancelled on the 9th the charge still showed up on the 11th.
You'd think they would be doing anything to just maintain their current customers, but evidently not.
Say hello to RedBox !
Comment And WHY should we trust HIM? (Score 1) 469
Clearly he can't be trusted -- with the exception of course of furthering his own interests...
Comment Great Strategy! After all, it worked for GeoWorks (Score 1) 514
Oh wait, it didn't.
Submission + - HP to exit smartphone and tablet business (yahoo.com)
teambpsi writes: "HP announced today that they are getting out of the smartphone and tablet business. Guess there's not point in waiting for the release of the Pre3. However, I'm guessing there will be a fire-sale on what amounts to a future hobbyists favorite platform..."
Comment A system called DISCOURSE had this in the 90's (Score 3, Interesting) 86
In Minnesota an in classroom system called DISCOURSE had this in the early 90's -- should be an easy patent to knock down.
Comment V was a voice processing language in the early 90s (Score 1) 91
:V (the dots were above it) -- was a cross platform byte-code compiled language used for voice processing applications (DOS & Unix)
Submission + - NASA Puffin Low Noise, Electric VTOL Personal Air (scientificamerican.com)
teambpsi writes: NASA has designs on a super quiet (read stealthy) one person VTOL. Scientific American has a scoop here http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-one-man-stealth-plane
It's no flying car — or jet pack for that matter, but it seems potentially more realistic, and less likely to set you on fire.
It's no flying car — or jet pack for that matter, but it seems potentially more realistic, and less likely to set you on fire.
Submission + - six-legged walking robot controlled by two neurons (google.de)
alobar72 writes: a tiny network of neurons — consisting of two neurons to be precise — enables this robot to walk.
Most funny thing: Not all aspects of this concepts seem to bee fully understand — but it works
Most funny thing: Not all aspects of this concepts seem to bee fully understand — but it works
Haskell 2010 Announced 173
paltemalte writes "Simon Marlow has posted an announcement of Haskell 2010, a new revision of the Haskell purely functional programming language. Good news for everyone interested in SMP and concurrency programming."
