Comment Re:Uh.. what? (Score 1) 125
It didn't originally; now it does. The typo stuck around longer in the RSS feed than it did on the main site.
Comment Re:Uh.. what? (Score 1) 125
by the government of a famous athlete
He's talking about Tiger Woods. Reading the news doesn't hurt
Ok, I guess I must have missed the headline where Tiger Woods had formed his own government.
Comment Re:Information (Score 1) 650
In his theory, gravity exists because of a difference in concentration of information in the empty space between two masses and its surroundings.
So... information wants to be free?
Yeah, he's just not getting it. Somebody queue the car analogies.
My post was funny, but it was intended half-seriously. The summary seemed to be stating that the difference in information concentration was responsible for gravity, which created an odd word-picture in my mind... almost as if information was being held under "pressure" that was contrasting against the vacuum of space, and it wanted out, and so the fleeing information from two objects brought them together.
...on second thought, yeah, why don't you go ahead and bring out the car analogies...
Comment Information (Score 4, Funny) 650
In his theory, gravity exists because of a difference in concentration of information in the empty space between two masses and its surroundings.
So... information wants to be free?
Comment Re:About time to arm ourselves (Score 2, Insightful) 450
That which you quoted is section 2b. This was *already* given to them by the original order as signed by Ronald Reagan. Obama isn't granting them the rights under 2b, because Interpol already had them all along and nobody noticed.
Please see the original order: Executive Order 12425. Notice that 2b is not listed in the "exceptions", meaning that they have the rights under 2b.
Comment Re:idleispants (Score 1) 174
Why isn't this in idle?
If it's supposed to be serious, you have to amortize the weight of the equipment over its uses. A desktop that spends half its use playing solitaire, 1/4 of its use surfing the web, and 1/4 of its use spamming the world under viral control only counts for half.
If you're weighing traffic, sure. I figured they were weighing connectivity - an analogous question might be, "how much does your corporate network weigh?" Being part of a network doesn't require actually using it
Of course, you'd still have to decide whether/how to amortize time spent off the network (e.g. computer is off, phone is outside of data plan area, etc).
Comment Re:"closure?" (Score 1) 113
Anecdotally, it seems to be blocked for some people and not for others, and the blocking itself seems to be in flux. The last time I saw a post on Slashdot saying it had been closed, I tried accessing it then and could not. This time around, I can access the website. Don't know about the torrent though, haven't tried.
Meant to say *tracker* - heh. Maybe I shouldn't slashdot without my green tea
Comment Re:"closure?" (Score 1) 113
Anecdotally, it seems to be blocked for some people and not for others, and the blocking itself seems to be in flux. The last time I saw a post on Slashdot saying it had been closed, I tried accessing it then and could not. This time around, I can access the website. Don't know about the torrent though, haven't tried.
Submission + - Computer crash causes traffic mayhem (washingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A computer crash disrupts morning commute as traffic lights no longer work on their schedule.
Submission + - Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will NOT Block Atom Processors (tumblr.com)
pcaylor writes: It looks like the reports of Apple disabling support of Atom processors in Mac OS 10.6.2 was premature. The latest developer build of 10.6.2 (10C535) apparently works fine on Atom based systems. As Stell's Blog writes:
Wow, didn't expect to get linked all over the internet for this damn post. Anyways, in the latest development build Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535. The Atom lives another day, but nothing is concrete until the final version of 10.6.2 is out.
Perhaps people shouldn't freak out quite so much when unsupported processors break in an development build.
Wow, didn't expect to get linked all over the internet for this damn post. Anyways, in the latest development build Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535. The Atom lives another day, but nothing is concrete until the final version of 10.6.2 is out.
Perhaps people shouldn't freak out quite so much when unsupported processors break in an development build.
Comment First Impression (Score 1) 2
So...who else is wondering what was wrong with the old name?
I guess I'll come around eventually. The new name isn't so terrible, it's just..."SourceForge" conjures up images of an awesome factory somewhere churning out code, while "GeekNet" just...sounds like another attempt at social networking. Oh well... yay for branding...
I guess I'll come around eventually. The new name isn't so terrible, it's just..."SourceForge" conjures up images of an awesome factory somewhere churning out code, while "GeekNet" just...sounds like another attempt at social networking. Oh well... yay for branding...
Submission + - SourceForge Changes Name to Geeknet (geek.net) 2
Joren writes: SourceForge, Inc., a company responsible for such sites as SourceForge, ThinkGeek , Ohloh, and our very own Slashdot, today announced that it has changed its name to Geeknet, Inc. Scott L. Kauffman, President & CEO of Geeknet, stated that "Our new name is a more accurate articulation of our business. With Geeknet as our calling card on Madison Avenue, we are now able to clearly define the audience we serve and more effectively capture the business opportunity that we are addressing."
Submission + - What's your best shutdown -a story?
dakkon1024 writes: Need I say more?
Submission + - US Military Requests 'National Manhunting Agency' (wired.com) 2
Philip K Dickhead writes: "The US Military Joint Operations University says that a "National Manhunting Agency” is needed to go after jihadists, drug dealers, pirates and other "enemies of the state". Revelations of a CIA program for extrajudicial executions and assassination are criticized for not going far enough in the military's position. "Such a group wouldn’t just go after terrorists. “Human networks are behind narcotics trafficking, arms proliferation, piracy, hiding war criminals from authorities, human trafficking, or other smuggling activities,” Crawford writes. “Human networks also lie at the core of national governments, offering an increased potential to nonlethally influence state actors with precision. A robust manhunting capability would allow the United States to interdict these human networks.”"
Given the military and law enforcements history of mission-creep, are "hackers" Gary McKinnon about to show up on a hit-list?"
Given the military and law enforcements history of mission-creep, are "hackers" Gary McKinnon about to show up on a hit-list?"
Comment Re:Kinda sounds like (Score 1) 118
The fact that so many people chime in with "I don't get it" is probably an indication of how revolutionary it is.
...or of it just being poorly articulated.
I'm not a Wave hater, but a lot of the coverage I read initially was really vague about what it actually is. Even after the
In this case though it turns out Wave actually is cool. It just needs to be explained better, and we're beginning to see some of that implementation now.
