Comment Re:Way to miss the point Dotzler (Score 1) 527
Could you provide a link to where he is quoted in context? I am genuinely curious about this, as it looks very bad for Schmidt.
Comment Re:Take on AdBlock? (Score 1) 291
I don't personally use an ad-specific blocker, but I do use NoScript and FlashBlock. This has the side effect of blocking the most obnoxious ads. Otherwise, I can think of exactly one time that I've blocked images from a host due to epilepsy-inducing GIF animation.
Now, it's extremely rare that I actually click on an ad, and I can't recall ever having purchased something after clicking an ad.
Comment Re:I wonder (Score 2, Informative) 438
Nah, they could just slap on an "IPv6 fee" line-item that will never go away. If you have a land line, just take a look at it sometime and notice that you're getting charged for touch-tone service, and wonder if there's actually anybody *without* it anymore.
Comment Re:Here is how GPL does allow (Score 1) 782
Comment Re:Um, what? (Score 1) 492
You can... buy music?
Comment Game suggestion (Score 1) 30
You should try picking up a copy of Boom Blox. I've played it at a friend's house, and it's a lot of fun. It was an absolute blast with multiple people playing.
Submission + - Apple says wait to "upgrade" to Vista
AlHunt writes: "From Playuls.com
With possible data corruption and previously purchased iTunes not playing on your new Vista "upgrade", Apple is recommending a Clean Install:According to a notice posted by Apple on its website, the PC users who are already upgraded their OS to newly released Windows Vista may experience some compatibility issues with iTunes
And of course, slashdot has already linked to the required method for a clean Vista install."Apple said that the users should deauthorize all iTunes Store accounts, enable Disk Use on all iPod models, uninstall iTunes, perform a clean install of Windows Vista (Highly recommended but not required), reinstall the latest version of iTunes, open iTunes, choose Authorize Computer from the Store menu in iTunes.
Submission + - Help find Jim Gray
CoughDropAddict writes: You can help search for Jim Gray by looking for his sailboat in satellite imagery. The data is in Amazon's Mechanical Turk service, and anyone can participate. Could you be the one who finds Jim Gray?
Submission + - Help Find Jim Gray on Mechanical Turk
David Molnar writes: "Jim Gray, recipient of UC Berkeley's first PhD in CS, has been missing for several days after setting out to sail from San Francisco to the Farallon Islands. The search team has obtained satellite photos of the area where Jim might be, but they need help filtering them. You can help out over at Mechanical Turk:
http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=J0XZ58S TDWJZ5QY4F9M0
You look at satellite photos and mark them if they contain anything that might be a sailboat or other foreign object. It only takes a small amount of time, so please consider helping out."
Submission + - Linux Genuine Advantage
An anonymous reader writes: Finally, the worst feature of Windows Vista comes to Linux!
Linux Genuine Advantage is an exciting and mandatory new way for you to place your computer under the remote control of an untrusted third party!
From the site: "According to an independent study conducted by some scientists, many users of Linux are running non-Genuine versions of their operating system. This puts them at the disadvantage of having their computers work normally, without periodically phoning home unannounced to see if it's OK for their computer to continue functioning. These users are also missing out on the Advantage of paying ongoing licensing fees to ensure their computer keeps operating properly."
Comes with complete working GPL licensed source code that will lock you out of your Linux machine if you don't pay licensing fees.
Linux Genuine Advantage is an exciting and mandatory new way for you to place your computer under the remote control of an untrusted third party!
From the site: "According to an independent study conducted by some scientists, many users of Linux are running non-Genuine versions of their operating system. This puts them at the disadvantage of having their computers work normally, without periodically phoning home unannounced to see if it's OK for their computer to continue functioning. These users are also missing out on the Advantage of paying ongoing licensing fees to ensure their computer keeps operating properly."
Comes with complete working GPL licensed source code that will lock you out of your Linux machine if you don't pay licensing fees.
Submission + - NFL Blocks Church Superbowl Parties, Allows Bars.
darkonc writes: "It appears that the NFS doesn't want their fans praying for their teams, but they've got nothing against driving home drunk afterwards.
CNN/Sports Illustrated has the story of the NFL pouring cold water on churchs' plans for 'dry' Superbowl parties . When NFL officials saw the announcement for one such party, they told the church involved where to go with the idea. When the church turned the other cheek and resolved the initial issues (charging for the party and using the 'Superbowl' trademark), the NFL responded with more complaints ("Your TV is too big"). The Church then gave up. The NFL explained that, while it plans to treat all churches in this manner, they didn't plan to take action against bars engaging in similar activities."
CNN/Sports Illustrated has the story of the NFL pouring cold water on churchs' plans for 'dry' Superbowl parties . When NFL officials saw the announcement for one such party, they told the church involved where to go with the idea. When the church turned the other cheek and resolved the initial issues (charging for the party and using the 'Superbowl' trademark), the NFL responded with more complaints ("Your TV is too big"). The Church then gave up. The NFL explained that, while it plans to treat all churches in this manner, they didn't plan to take action against bars engaging in similar activities."
Submission + - The Other White Milk?
JustMichael writes: Apparently the "National Pork Board" is threatening to sue a breastfeeding blogger for t-shirts that say "The Other White Milk". You can read about it here:
http://thelactivist.blogspot.com/2007/02/overzealo us-big-pork-stomps-on.html
. I don't know about you but there is no way I could ever confuse breastmilk (or any other milk) and pork. The way I see it is since they (the national pork board) wish to harrass moms, I will not be buying pork or products that contain pork until they apologize. Well, I guess it is going to be BEEF ribs for me on Super Bowl Sunday!
Submission + - Don't eat the yellow snow...
Submission + - New Florida Governor Wants E-Voting Paper Trail
flanksteak writes: New Florida governor Charlie Crist held a press conference today in which he offered up $32 million to make sure all Florida votes are backed by paper trails by the 2008 election. Election supervisors have the option to retrofit paperless machines if they already have them, but a paper trail will be a requirement.
Submission + - Samba 4 Technology Preview 4 now available
horacerumpole writes: "From http://news.samba.org/releases/4.0.0tp4/:
Samba 4.0.0 TP4 Available for Download
Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used by Windows 2000 and above.
While we welcome your interest in Samba 4, we don't want you to run your network with it quite yet. Please note the WARNINGS in the README and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work.
With 4 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which eventually lead to our Active Directory efforts), we felt that we should create something we could 'show off' to our users. This is a Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing you, our users, managers and developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite your feedback and support.
The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed with Jelmer Vernooij's key (ID 1EEF5276). The source code can be downloaded now"
Samba 4.0.0 TP4 Available for Download
Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being developed in parallel to the stable 3.0 series. The main emphasis in this branch is support for the Active Directory logon protocols used by Windows 2000 and above.
While we welcome your interest in Samba 4, we don't want you to run your network with it quite yet. Please note the WARNINGS in the README and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work.
With 4 years of development under our belt since Tridge first proposed a new Virtual File System (VFS) layer for Samba3 (a project which eventually lead to our Active Directory efforts), we felt that we should create something we could 'show off' to our users. This is a Technology Preview (TP), aimed at allowing you, our users, managers and developers to see how we have progressed, and to invite your feedback and support.
The uncompressed tarball and patch files have been signed with Jelmer Vernooij's key (ID 1EEF5276). The source code can be downloaded now"
