Comment Re:What's the open alternative? (Score 1) 641
I have a NOOK, and in addition to the B&N content, I can load damn near anything I want on it myself, epub, pdb, txt, pdf, etc. And I do. Google Project Gutenberg, and Calibre.
Comment Re:Show me an actual distributed RCS. (Score 1) 244
Try gitolite. Good stuff.
Comment Re: Obviously cool ... (Score 1) 89
I don't think a galactic collision would realy influence Depeche Mode all that much. . .
Comment Re:Just wait... (Score 1) 246
Seconded. Strongly seconded.
Comment Re:Say what you like about Shatner (Score 1) 318
That's going to be in my head all day now, TYVM.
Airship Inflated To Create Monster "Stratellite" 204
yoderman94 writes "A huge inflatable vehicle as long as a 23-floor skyscraper is tall has become the world's largest airship in its bid to serve as a stratospheric satellite, or 'stratellite,' according to its developers."
Comment Re:Bomb this (Score 1) 698
Flavor?
Comment Re:Fusion isn't hard. (Score 1) 372
Mod parent +9. Previous 8 moderation attempts failed.
Comment Acronym change (Score 3, Funny) 160
Now, it's Pretty Good Privacy. Soon, it will be Poof Gone Permanently.
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 Review (Lucid Lynx) 567
JimLynch writes "The open source world has been eagerly anticipating the final release of Ubuntu Linux 10.04, and now it's finally here. Canonical has been working extremely hard and it shows in the quality of this release."
Comment Re:I wonder how long until it "accidentally" leaks (Score 2, Informative) 1224
There are two specific and distinct words for kill and murder in Hebrew, and the latter is in the text.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments#Killing_or_murder
Comment Re:I do the opposite of hoarding (Score 1) 268
A path, a path!
Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable 393
An anonymous reader writes "Since Oracle's acquisition of Sun, all open source projects that now have Oracle as their primary sponsor are worried about their future, and FUD is spreading quickly. Very few public statements have been made by Oracle executives, particularly regarding OpenSolaris. The community is arguing about the difficulties of forking the code base when most (if not all) of the developers are employed by Oracle. Now Oracle wants the community to prove that open source can be made profitable. What arguments can the Slashdot crowd provide to convince Oracle about that?"
Reader greg1104 tips related news about licenses for Solaris. According to an account manager, "Solaris support now comes through a contract on the hardware (Oracle SUN hardware)."
Cell Phones Could Sniff Out Deadly Chemicals 136
Hugh Pickens writes "Science Daily reports that Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate's Cell-All is an initiative to equip cell phones with a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals. A chip costing less than a dollar would be embedded in cell phones and programmed to alert either the cell phone carrier to the presence of toxic chemicals in the air, and/or a central station that can monitor how many alerts in an area are being received. While one alert might be a false positive, hundreds would indicate the need for evacuation. 'Our goal is to create a lightweight, cost-effective, power-efficient solution,' says Stephen Dennis, Cell-All's program manager. Does this always-on surveillance mean that the govenment can track your precise whereabouts whenever it wants? On the contrary, DHS says; Cell-All will operate only on an opt-in basis and will transmit data anonymously."
Comment Re:Video (Score 3, Insightful) 1671
I watched it. He's right. I wish he wasn't.
