Comment Re:Needs differ. Duh. (Score 2) 851
You can try to read a book. A real book. A fiction book. You will be surprised.
Comment Thank you (Score 1) 1521
/. is my no. 1 site. For news and fun.
Thank you.
Comment Re:Not going to read it (Score 1) 194
Welcome to real world :)
It is not about tech columns. It's about all content. This is why I don't want to pay for content. You cannot trust it anymore.
Comment Re:The fight is lost (Score 1) 287
All of it is stored in multiple locations, with encryption(and decryption software) used as needed.
I moved all my data because i was tired of being tied to any one platform. I can access everything i have electronically on all three platforms now.
Do you think that you encryption/decryption software will run on any operating system 10 years from now? What about 20 years?
Comment Re:Should we give (l)users control? (Score 1) 1634
First, the FSF needs to convince us average users need to have control. Why should average users have control over their computer? Isn't this what got us the virus nightmare in Windows?
You should go live in North Korea for a while. And than see if you need somebody to convince you that you need to have control. Maybe I exaggerated but in the end its the same thing, you should be able to choose.
Submission + - DivX Inc strikes back in 2010 (pcauthority.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: So the developers of Handbrake are ditching support for DivX, so DivX is dead, right? According to this story, DivX may no longer be the "Format du Jour", but its backers have big plans for the year ahead including Video on Demand. The centrepiece is DivX TV, which aims to be a hardware-independent platform that can be licensed to run on a wide range of internet-enabled devices such as digital televisions, DVD and Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, Pay TV set-top devices and more.
Submission + - Virtual currency becomes real in S. Korea. (massively.com)
garylian writes: Massively is reporting that the South Korean Supreme Court has stated that virtual currency is the equivalent of real-world money. For those of you who might not be drawing the link, the core there is that selling in-game currency for real money is essentially just an exchange of currency and perfectly legal in South Korea. This could have sweeping implications for RMT operations the world over, not to mention free-to-play games and... well, online games in general. The official story is available online from JoongAng Daily.
Submission + - IANA releases reserved IPv4 addresses 1
klapaucjusz writes: The RFC Editor has just published RFC 5735, which allows allocation of much of the remaining IPv4 space: networks 14, 24, 39 and 128, which were previously reserved are no longer mentioned, and only 240.0.0.0/4 remains.
While some of these deallocations are old news (network 14 was recovered in early 2008), this is perhaps a sign that the IPv4 address space is really getting exhausted, and that it's time to deploy IPv6.
While some of these deallocations are old news (network 14 was recovered in early 2008), this is perhaps a sign that the IPv4 address space is really getting exhausted, and that it's time to deploy IPv6.
Submission + - Asus DR-570 E-Reader To Bring OLED Display (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "Reportedly, Asus will be introducing the DR-570 color eReader by the end of 2010, but it won't be just another one in the crowd. In fact, it just might be a game-changer. The reader will supposedly have a 6" screen, but rather than using e-ink like every other reader out there, this one will utilize a color OLED screen. Word is the unit will last a whopping 122 hours on a full charge. It should also be able to run Flash applications, download books over 3G to Wi-Fi, and most likely surf the web unlike any other reader out there."
Submission + - SPAM: Drupal Creator Dries Buytaert on Drupal 7
itwbennett writes: The Drupal community has been working on Drupal 7 for two years, and there are 'hundreds of changes' to show for it, says Drupal creator Dries Buytaert in an interview with ITworld's Esther Schindler on the occasion of Drupal 7 going into Alpha test this week. Most notable for end users are 'some massive usability improvements,' says Buyteaert, while site builders will see the greatest changes in the Drupal Content Construction Kit (CCK), which has been moved into the Drupal core. But one thing that hasn't changed is the not-so-easy upgrade path. 'The upgrade path for a Drupal site has never been really easy, to be honest,' Buytaert says. 'We do break backwards compatibility. It's a little bit painful because it requires all of the contributed modules — and there's 4,000-5,000 of them — to make changes.' But Buytaert doesn't think that's all bad. 'Innovation is key. Backwards compatibility limits innovation,' Bytaert contends. 'The rule we have is: We'll break the API if it makes a better API, and if it allows good innovation and progress to be made. Also: The second rule is that we'll never break people's data. We'll always provide an upgrade path for the data.'
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Submission + - How to start a new venture with no resources
An anonymous reader writes: I have an amazing idea to create a product that would revolutionize a subset of the computing market. I have absolutely no funds of my own, and I am not eligible for any government grants from my home country. I don't have my product developed, although I am able to demo the essence of the technology in action, and sell the fact that it should be ported to other platforms with the changes that would make it profitable. I have a detailed business plan with financials and descriptions of everything along the way. What I would like to know, is how I can go about finding investors to set this up? Angel investors and VCs are no good from what I can tell, since they all want to invest in already established companies.
This would be a technology company, based on OSS technology and giving a whole lot back to the economy and field. The idea is not patentable, so all that I can do is hope to get the product to market before bigger companies come out with their own versions of the product.
The market my product I would be competing in is reported by many reputable sources(forbes, wsj etc) to not be affected by the current economy, and may in fact benefit from it, so I see that as a good sign. I am not a US citizen, but feel I need to target the US market if I want to succeed, and hence setup a US based company. I have no company registered since I don't see the point without yet having a product, something impossible without funding. I would also like to retain control of the company I wish to setup after obtaining funding. My idea so far was to try and get a paper published, which would lend credibility to myself, although I am concerned about making my idea public.
My question is, what can I do in this situation? How can I find investors I can convince just on my idea alone without having collateral or an established company?
This would be a technology company, based on OSS technology and giving a whole lot back to the economy and field. The idea is not patentable, so all that I can do is hope to get the product to market before bigger companies come out with their own versions of the product.
The market my product I would be competing in is reported by many reputable sources(forbes, wsj etc) to not be affected by the current economy, and may in fact benefit from it, so I see that as a good sign. I am not a US citizen, but feel I need to target the US market if I want to succeed, and hence setup a US based company. I have no company registered since I don't see the point without yet having a product, something impossible without funding. I would also like to retain control of the company I wish to setup after obtaining funding. My idea so far was to try and get a paper published, which would lend credibility to myself, although I am concerned about making my idea public.
My question is, what can I do in this situation? How can I find investors I can convince just on my idea alone without having collateral or an established company?
Submission + - How Autistic Artists See the World (discovermagazine.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Discover Magazine has put together this fascinating slide show of art created by autistic people. It's a sampling of paintings, drawings, and collages, some created by people who can barely speak. The artwork offers a rare glimpse of the world as seen through autistic eyes.
Submission + - Dreamliner takes flight (cnn.com)
Hellswaters writes: After over two years of delays the Boeing 787 dreamliner has finally taken flight for the first time and has begun its extencive flight test program. Everyone that was not aware, this aircraft has millions of lines of computer code, so this flight is just as big of milestone in aviation is it is in technology.
Submission + - RealClimate: Are the CRU data 'suspect'? (realclimate.org)
jamie writes: "An objective check of the CRU data, obtained by comparison to objectively selected raw land-surface data."
Submission + - Black Holes No More? (newscientist.com)
kendbluze writes: 'Three cosmic enigmas, one audacious answer' — An intriguing look at an alternative physics model of black holes from NewScientist...
