Comment Someone just killed my dog, why? (Score 0) 155
Someone just killed my dog, why?
Comment Re:Give a man to fish... (Score 1) 421
Isn't a job just another sort of fish in this context?
Comment Plant-a-Lamp lover for 22 years (Score 1) 97
I love inventors!
It's 22 years since Plant-a-Lamp caused a sensation when it appeared on "Tomorrow's World" and since then it has made thousands of people smile all around the world.
Comment Hot lists (Score 4, Informative) 180
I had trouble getting to the hotlist, I was finally able to reach the page and Coral too. Here are the 2 cached pages:
http://bt1.archive.org.nyud.net/hotlist.php
http://bt2.archive.org.nyud.net/hotlist.php
Comment Device-free Passive Localization for Wireless (Score 1) 108
Reminds me of this 2008 Google Tech Talks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiMimSrP7A
Comment Reminded of Sveasoft and the GPL (Score 3, Interesting) 341
"Sveasoft is a small company which makes its living by selling supported versions of Linux-based firmware for a number of wireless routers. Paying subscribers can download current versions of the firmware, which adds a number of features not normally found on those routers. They can grab updated versions as they become available, and participate in support forums as well.
Sveasoft's products are based on free software - Linux in particular. The company's approach to GPL compliance has raised eyebrows for a couple of years now. One tactic employed by the company has been to terminate support accounts for any subscriber who further redistributes the Sveasoft binaries or source. The GPL says that customers are entitled to that code (for the GPL-licensed portions of Sveasoft's products, at least), and that they have the right to pass it on to others. Sveasoft has responded that, when this redistribution happens, it is no longer obligated to provide future versions of the software. The company has employed various schemes for determining which subscriber has redistributed any particular version, and has been quite aggressive at shutting down accounts.", quoted from http://lwn.net/Articles/178550/
Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 244
BOATLOADS more profit? Why not save money and record a single hit song, then?
Comment Device-free Passive Localization (Score 1) 101
Check out this old google tech talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiMimSrP7A
Comment Re:A business, not an "activist" (Score 1) 172
It's also worth noting that Mr. Béraud, owner of SFL, was on the board of FACIL when that association sued the government for the same reason. That case was thrown out.
Comment Leading by example (Score 1) 249
One word: http://autonomo.us/
Ok, well, two: http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd/
http://wordpress.org/ http://status.net/ and http://drupalgardens.com/ are already leading by example.
Submission + - FOSS company sues Govt. for giving 722k$ to MS 2
wackysalut writes: Savoir-faire Linux, a Montreal-based company,sues the Quebec govt. for attributing a ~722,000$ contract to Microsoft, without a call for bids. The RRQ wanted to switch 800 desktops from Windows XP to Windows Vista without ever considering open source, without even enumerating their needs. Here in Canada, the govt. is supposed to do serious verifications and analysis about different available solutions for anything beyond 25k$. Interestingly enough, the trial which is held at the moment in superior court, is followed live on Twitter. That's in Canada, but is the same thing happening in your country ? M. Beraud has an interesting quote up on his blog: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Gandhi.
Submission + - Quebec gov sued for buying Microsoft Software
palalonde writes: The trial starts today. Follow live on Twitter @sflrrq (Savoir Faire Linux vs Régie des rentes du Québec) in french.
Comment Re:50-fold savings? (Score 1) 305
When a server breaks, like google, they can just throw another one in without having to discard the junk. If it's good enough for google, it must be good enough for a 250 student school.
Vimeo Also Introduces HTML5 Video Player 369
bonch writes "Following in YouTube's footsteps, Vimeo has now introduced its own beta HTML5 video player, and like YouTube, it uses H.264 and requires Safari, Chrome, or ChromeFrame. The new player doesn't suffer the rebuffering problems of the Flash version when clicking around in the video's timeline, and it also loads faster. HTML5 could finally be gaining some real momentum."
Comment Re:That's funny... (Score 1) 237
Another thing is if you visit google news a few times a day, the chance of a new story popping up is quite slim. That would explain a big chunk of that percentage too.
