Comment Re:What are these words? (Score 3) 666
the same way it voices its opinion on a miscarriage.
Comment Re:You mad? (Score 1) 292
wow, you just feed off this stuff, don't you? and not in a good way.
Submission + - Is attending a CS conference worth the time? 1
Anonymous Coward writes: "Hello Slashdot readers, I am a CS student nearing graduation and i had a couple of questions. One of my professors is recommending submitting a paper to the CCSC (consortium of computing sciences in colleges) in Utah this year for a chance to have my work published in a journal. I realize the value in having thesis work published but i dont really have the money to travel to Utah and stay for two nights. So i guess i am wondering, has anyone ever attended a conference of this nature and if so was it worth the time and money? Just looking for some advice, thanks!"
Submission + - Apple Deemed Top of Movie Product Placement Charts
adeelarshad82 writes: Apple was deemed top of the product placement charts last week after getting its computers, iPads, iPods and other items featured in 30 percent of the top movies at the U.S. box office in 2010. Apple had roles in movies last year ranging from "Kick Ass" to "The Other Guys" and "Toy Story 3." The strategy is obviously not a new one for Apple, they've had successful product placements in a number of TV Shows and movies over the last three decades like Star Trek IV, Batman & Robin and Dexter.
Submission + - No proof (yet) of P = NP after all (wordpress.com)
00_NOP writes: "Internet commerce seems safe for now as Russian computer scientist Vladimir Romanov has conceded that his previously published solution to the "3 SAT" problem of boolean algebra does not work. If his solution did work it would have shown that many problems thought to be unsolvable with conventional computers — including decrypting your HTTPS encoded credit card number — would have been solvable in polynominal time. Romanov, who is very far from the sort of crank who normally claims to have proved P = NP or the opposite, is not giving up though..."
Comment Re:Jobs is babbling. (Score 1) 864
whoa hold up. i had no idea there was a fart box app, let alone *multiple* apps.
Comment Re:Knows as much about ethics as he does mathemati (Score 1) 241
As a side point, he is perhaps the most uber of slashdot figures at this point. Living in the basement at his moms house, playing armchair mathematics and owning it.
hear, hear
Comment Re:Enter the closed loop you cannot enter. (Score 1) 1093
and that ac made a good point. what part of that paragraph don't you agree with?
FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linux 206
dnaumov writes "FreeNAS, a popular, free NAS solution, is moving away from using FreeBSD as its underlying core OS and switching to Debian Linux. Version 0.8 of FreeNAS as well as all further releases are going to be based on Linux, while the FreeBSD-based 0.7 branch of FreeNAS is going into maintenance-only mode, according to main developer Volker Theile. A discussion about the switch, including comments from the developers, can be found on the FreeNAS SourceForge discussion forum. Some users applaud the change, which promises improved hardware compatibility, while others voice concerns regarding the future of their existing setups and lack of ZFS support in Linux."
Comment Re:Much bigger issue with uTorrent still unsolved (Score 1) 187
would you care to provide links to these papers? i'm sure you've read quite a few that back this up otherwise you wouldn't be arguing this position.
Comment Re:Windows vs Mac (Score 1) 366
microsoft went for a barrel roll and ended up with a barrelfish.
Comment Re:Alright (Score 1) 374
ha! congratulations on not getting the joke and then not admitting it.
Computers Key To Air France Crash 911
Michael_Curator writes "It's no secret that commercial airplanes are heavily computerized, but as the mystery of Air France Flight 447 unfolds, we need to come to grips with the fact that in many cases, airline pilots' hands are tied when it comes to responding effectively to an emergency situation. Boeing planes allow pilots to take over from computers during emergency situations, Airbus planes do not. It's not a design flaw — it's a philosophical divide. It's essentially a question of what do you trust most: a human being's ingenuity or a computer's infinitely faster access and reaction to information. It's not surprising that an American company errs on the side of individual freedom while a European company is more inclined to favor an approach that relies on systems. As passengers, we should have the right to ask whether we're putting our lives in the hands of a computer rather than the battle-tested pilot sitting up front, and we should have right to deplane if we don't like the answer."
How To Have an Online Social Life When You're Dead 187
A wave of new companies are springing up to offer such things as virtual cemeteries, alerts to remind loved ones about the anniversary of your death, and even email services that send an alert to your sinful relatives in danger of being left behind when the Rapture carries you away. "People have a desire to perpetuate not only for themselves, but for their loved ones, the story of their lives, and technology has all these new great ways of doing that," said John McQueen, owner of the Anderson McQueen funeral home.
Comment Re:What the hell? (Score 2, Interesting) 653
a few of my cousins work as cops up here in canada. they've told me that the hardest to catch drunk drivers are the chronic alcoholics ... they don't show visible signs of being drunk even though they've had over a dozen drinks. you might not know any of these people but be sure they exist.
