Comment Re:No... (Score 2) 252
What happens if, for example, Kansas proposes law which mandates NO kill switch on smartfones?
Comment Talend already used it successfully (Score 2, Informative) 268
Talend.com offers Talend Open Studio - a great free software product for flow-based visual programming, based on Eclipse.
I used it for projects for 5 years and was amazed, how easy to make complex data transformation by dragging and dropping components and links.
A result is a java (or Perl) program, which can run standalone.
The program is a visual data flow, easy to modify and understand even for non-programmers.
I really appreciate Talend team effort and recommend this product for all, who need data transformations.
Comment In Soviet Russia (Score 1) 558
Moscow. 169 ms.
Comment Re:There would be no need... (Score 1) 337
Okay.
I needed to go to the hospital, but the car wouldn't drive because it said I had a broken brake light
I missed my flight and lost my job, because the broken brake light detector was faulty
My car drove itself to the repair shop, and got a ticket for a broken brake light on the way
My car drove itself to the repair shop while I was indoors, and I came out to drive to the hospital and had no car
And, if you overrided that (by using manual handle logged by special insurance sealed registrator) and then on your way
near red light your car would have been rear-ended by a heavy truck, leaving you paraplegic, would you be happier?
Comment Try Khan Academy first (Score 0) 260
Why not? It's, at least, free.
http://www.khanacademy.org/about
Comment RUBY, BASIC (Score 1) 197
Ruboto IRB (in Google play)
tuProlog (from their site)
BASIC ( in Google play)
Not so bad. Need no root.
Comment Re:Probably (Score 0) 683
An H-1B bomb?
Comment For Android Developer: (Score 2) 204
Install AIDE and go for a walk in a park with your phone, having your IDE handy with you. Or put your phone/pad to a treadmill in front of you.
Comment It's all right, but (Score 1) 123
how to eat your cake and have it too ?
Militarizing Your Backyard With Python and AI 112
mikejuk writes "Kurt Grandis took some cutting edge and open source AI tools, Python, an Arduino and a SuperSoaker and built the (almost) perfect squirrel hosing machine. The project involved Open Computer Vision (OpenCV), an a SVM learning procedure that he trained to tell the difference between a squirrel and a non-squirrel. After 'perfecting' the classifier the hardware came next — a SuperSoaker Mark I was used as the 'water cannon.' A pair of servos were used to aim the gun and a third to pull the trigger."
How To Sneak In To a Security Conference 189
jfruh writes "You'd think that, of all events, security conferences would have tight security. But one anonymous human pen tester managed to sneak into the RSA conference without credentials, using tried and true techniques like waving a badge from another conference at security guards and slipping in through exits."
Comment Re:Does he get to keep it? (Score 1) 121
From the local media - the local administration has provided this guy materials, and he already has fixed the roof himself.
Nevertheless, seems like he is now trying to sue Roskosmos for moral damages.
Comment Imagine in real life (Score 1) 247
You have called a plumber. Plumber came in with some guy. Some guy bringed his golden tin, went to your kitchen, took your hammer from your instrument stand and started to mint fake coins. Ow!
Comment Show them Storytelling Alice (Score 1) 430
www.alice.org
It's a 3d world, which is programmed using visual programming language. For kids.
A free one, also have source code.
License is apache 1.0
Comment Missiles? (Score 1) 59
Any time i hear about tornadoes and their damage, I think: why US military doesn't say a word in tornado prevention?
On most weather radars tornadoes and tornado-capable clouds are shown almost perfectly.
So why not
- fire missiles iodic argentum warheads to such clouds, forcing their rainfall.
- fire missiles with heavy warheads (conventional) to the already developed tornadoes?
