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Comment Re:Models are always right! (Score 5, Interesting) 760

by ThePackager on Monday November 07, 2011 @10:28PM (#37981128) Attached to: World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario

Fear the data, denier: * every year since 1992 has been warmer than 1992; * the ten hottest years on record occurred in the last 15; * every year since 1976 has been warmer than 1976; * the 20 hottest years on record occurred in the last 25; * every year since 1956 has been warmer than 1956; and * every year since 1917 has been warmer than 1917. The two most reputable globally and seasonally averaged temperature trend analyses are the NASA GISS direct surface temperature analysis and the CRU direct surface temperature analysis. Both trends are definitely and significantly up.

Submission + - Is the creative class engine sputtering? (salon.com)

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Geoffrey.landis

on Thursday October 06, 2011 @07:07PM

Geoffrey.landis writes: "The "creative class" was supposed to be the new engine of the United States economy, but--according to Scott Timberg, writing in Salon-- that engine is sputtering. While a very few technologists have become very wealthy, for most creative workers, the rise of amateurs and enthusiasts means that few are actually making a living. The new economy is good for the elite who own the servers, but, for most, "the dream of a laptop-powered 'knowledge class' is dead," he says."

Submission + - Oracle to pay US almost $200M to resolve false cla (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Thursday October 06, 2011 @05:46PM

coondoggie writes: "In what it says is the largest False Claims Act settlement it has ever collected, the US General Services Administration will get $199.5 million plus interest from Oracle for "failing to meet their contractual obligations.""

Submission + - BitTorrent goes freemium: uTorrent Plus (extremetech.com) 2

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MrSeb

on Thursday October 06, 2011 @05:06PM

MrSeb writes: "BitTorrent has just announced a freemium version of uTorrent: uTorrent Plus. It has all of the same features, plus a few very tasty extras: built-in virus scanning (and treatment), an integrated media player, automatic transcoding for devices (smartphones, tablets, consoles), and a version of uTorrent Remote that lets you manage your torrents from anywhere and download the completed files. For now uTorrent Plus is an invite-only beta test, but when it launches it will cost $25 per year."

Submission + - A 3D Life - MakerBot gets $10 million in funding ( (makezine.com) 1

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ptorrone

on Thursday October 06, 2011 @03:48PM

ptorrone writes: "MAKE Magazine sat down with Bre Pettis, founder of the open-source 3D printer, the MakerBot and asked about their recent round of $10 million in funding. What does it mean to have venture capital behind an open source product, what is the future of 3D printing and how many MakerBots are there "in the wild" — all these questions answered and more!
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Submission + - does being 'loyal' pay as a developer? 11

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06, 2011 @03:47PM

An anonymous reader writes: Does loyalty pay as a developer?

As a senior developer for a small IT company based in the UK that is about to release their flagship project, I know that if I was to leave the company now it would cause them some very big problems.

Mostly because I’m currently training the other two ‘junior’ developers , trying to bring them up to speed with our products. Unfortunately however they are still a long way from grasping the technologies used – not to mention the ‘interesting’ job the outsourced developers managed to make of the code (but I’ll leave that for another post)

Usually I would never have considered leaving at such a crucial time, I’ve been at the company for several years and consider many of my colleagues, including higher management, friends.
However I have been approached by another company that is much bigger, and they have offered me a pay rise of £7k to do the same job, plus their office is practically outside my front door (as opposed to my current 45 minute commute each way)

This would make a massive difference to my life, and naturally the other half wants me to snatch their hands off!
But I can’t help but feel that to leave now would be betraying my friends and colleagues, some friends have told me that I’m just being ‘soft’ – however I think I’m being loyal.

Some of you fellow slash-dotters must have had similar experiences over the years, any advice?
thanks

Submission + - A 1 watt, 64-core chip for tablets and smartphones (techworld.com.au)

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angry tapir

on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:30PM

angry tapir writes: "Smartphones and tablets are demanding more computing power, and chip company Adapteva hopes to bring server-type performance to the devices with a new chip. The Epiphany IV chip packs 64 cores, and can provide 70 gigaflops of performance while consuming one watt of power, according to Adapteva CEO. A watt may be high for smartphones, but performance and power consumed by the cores can be scaled down to accelerate tasks such as hand-gesture recognition and face recognition."

Submission + - Patent Troll Says Anyone Using WiFi Infringes (patentexaminer.org) 1

Submitted by akahige on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:22PM

akahige writes: The Patent Examiner blog has the incredible story of Innovatio IP, a patent troll that recently acquired a portfolio of patents that its lawyers (what, you think there are any employees?) appear to believe cover pretty much any WiFi implementation. They've been suing coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants and hotels first — including Caribou Coffee, Cosi, Panera Bread Co, certain Marriotts, Best Westerns, Comfort Inns and more. The lawyer representing the company, Matthew McAndrews, seems to imply that the company believes the patents cover everyone who has a home WiFi setup, but they don't plan to go after such folks right now, for "strategic" reasons. More info at Tech Dirt.

Submission + - Sprint's huge iPhone bet: Daring or desperate? (itworld.com)

Submitted by bdking on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:20PM

bdking writes: The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier is betting the company's future on Apple's iPhone. It probably doesn't have many other choices.

Submission + - Borders Rewards database opt-out (bostonherald.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:17PM

An anonymous reader writes: That email you might be getting from Barnes and Noble might not be spam, but rather your only chance to prevent the comprehensive record of your buying history at defunct arch-rival Border's from ending up in B&N's data warehouse. You have 15 days after the email arrives, assuming that it ever does, since chances are the email address you originally signed up with Borders is long gone.

Submission + - iRobot Robots (irobotrobots.com)

Submitted by Nelmsc on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:14PM

Nelmsc writes: iRobot Robots Roomba vacuum cleaners and Roomba reviews of the floor-washing irobot vacuum and the Roomba pet series.

Submission + - Japan re-opens some towns near Fukushima (businessweek.com)

Submitted by JSBiff on Monday October 03, 2011 @03:08PM

JSBiff writes: Bloomberg, among others, is reporting that the Japanese govt has partially lifted the evacuation order, allowing residents to return to 5 towns previously in the evacuation zone. Additionally, a key milestone has been reached in achieving a full "cold shutdown" of the damaged reactors — the temperature of all three reactors has dropped below 100 deg. C.

It's a shame that they were unable to return home for 6 months, and for people who lived closer to the plant, they might never be allowed to return home. Now the question is, will residents actually *want* to return, other than to maybe retrieve stuff they left behind?

Submission + - New Close-Ups of Saturn's Geyser Moon (nasa.gov)

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sighted

on Monday October 03, 2011 @02:00PM

sighted writes: "Over the weekend, the robotic spacecraft Cassini buzzed Saturn's moon Enceladus and its intriguing geysers. Cassini flew just 62 miles above the moon's surface--and right through its jets of water vapor and ice--both capturing pictures and 'tasting' the geyser plumes. Cassini makes another pass by Enceladus later this month. Even more pictures can be seen in the stream of raw images sent by the probe."

Submission + - Leaked Video Shows Kinect-Controlled Xbox Dashboar (itworld.com)

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itwbennett

on Monday October 03, 2011 @01:25PM

itwbennett writes: "Gaming blog Kotaku posted a video a user swiping through the various dashboard screens using a Kinect motion controller. You can watch what the Kinect 'sees' through the small inset at the bottom right of the screen. 'What's potentially disappointing about this leaked video is that the person controlling it is clearly standing up,' says blogger Peter Smith. 'If Kinect doesn't work as well sitting down it'll be a total failure in terms of a dashboard controller.'"

Submission + - AMD brings new desktop chips down to 65W (techreport.com)

Submitted by crookedvulture on Monday October 03, 2011 @01:22PM

crookedvulture writes: AMD's new Llano-powered A-series APUs have had a difficult birth on the desktop. The first chips were saddled with a 100W power rating, making them look rather unattractive next to Intel's 65W parts. Now, AMD has rolled out a 65W version of Llano that's nearly as fast as its 100W predecessor despite drawing considerably less power under load. This A8-3800 APU doesn't skimp on integrated graphics, which is key to Llano's appeal. If you're not going to be using the built-in Radeon, the value proposition of AMD's latest desktop APUs looks a little suspect.

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