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Comment Re:Oh really? (Score 1) 898

by amabbi (#26290919) Attached to: First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1

And if any of the guys from MSFT are reading this: STOP trying to be Apple! If I would have wanted a freaking Apple I would have bought one,okay? You are a business company, NOT a home entertainment company. Make a decent low resource using business OS and stop trying to be "Steve Jobs Jr" because frankly it is embarrassing.

If MSFT tried to be more like Apple, it would be a good thing. Remember the OS X development cycle? They made the core of the OS stable first before they worked on the GUI. The first release was OS X used the old Platinum UI. Instead, it seems like for Windows development, the flashiness of Aero or whatever they're going to call the Win7 theme appears to take precedent. Look at all the screen shots proliferating of Win7; it's all about the "new" interface, same as the old interface.

If MSFT wanted to be more like Apple, they would make sure that the core of their OS is rock stable before working on flashy gimmicks. That's the lesson than MSFT hasn't learned yet.

Comment Re:A little early? (Score 1) 197

by amabbi (#26153911) Attached to: Start Saving To Buy Your Space Shuttle Now

The shuttle is supposed to be retired in 2010, yes, but the way the work is going along on the replacement it very well might turn out to be even later then we expect it to be. What if there's a national need for space access in the meantime before the new system is up and ready? We're fucked then. Maybe they should consider keeping it around until we're sure we'll get the next system up and going.

I know there are proposals to keep the shuttle going a little longer if we need it, but if we get rid of it it will be up shit creek if it turns out we need it again. Imagine if they give away the shuttles in 2010 and then in 2012 the Ares explodes on launch.

I think we should keep it at least in storage until we're dead certain that the new project will work out.

That's why COTS exist- Commercial Orbital Transportation System.... to fill the gap between the end of shuttle flights and the beginning of Ares/Orion/whatever they're calling it now.
Democrats

Submission + - DNC Appoints RIAA Shill to Run PR for Convention

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An anonymous reader writes: Boing Boing reports 'that the Director of Communications for the RIAA,' Jenni Engebretsen, has been appointed 'Deputy CEO for Public Affairs for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver.' The Democratic National Convention site has the official press release. This is something of a paradox when the Democrats claim to be populist and the RIAA's track record is anything but.
Spam

Massive Spam Shot of "Storm Trojan" 260

Posted by kdawson from the storm-warning dept.
jcatcw writes "Postini has already counted nearly 5 million copies of the spam in the last 24 hours, and calculated that the run currently accounts for 87% of all malware being spread through email. 'Expect this to grow much larger,' a Postini spokesman said; 'It should top out at 60 million messages within the next 24 hours.' It's the largest attack in the last 12 months, and more than three times the volume of the two biggest in recent memory: a pair of blasts in December and January. The spam carries a ZIP file attachment posing as a patch with subjects such as Worm Alert!, Worm Detected, Spyware Detected!, or Virus Activity Detected."
Democrats

Submission + - Hillary uses Internet dirty tricks against Edwards

Submitted by Ray
Ray writes: From the Huffington Post, "John Edwards' '08 website is johnedwards.com. But the campaign didn't buy edwards08.com. Hillary Clinton did. Click on edwards08.com and you end with Hillary Clinton." Wow, looks like Hillary will be able to hold her own against the likes of Nixon and Rove. Of course they tended to do their dirty work against members of the other party. I guess Hillary is taking a more ecumenical approach.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - DIY Laptop Repairing/Modding

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Inverted Intellect
Inverted Intellect writes: "I've got an old (relatively speaking) AOpen P4 laptop which died on me for what was then an unknown cause, but turned out to be an HDD failure. Seeing as how the LCD had already begun to crap out on me, I took it apart, hoping to be able to mod it into an acceptable DVR, most likely with a simple custom-constructed case. However, I've been hampered by a lack of understanding when it comes to the various connectors found on the motherboard, as I have had no experience what-so-ever with laptop motherboards. Despite repeated searches, I have thus far been largely unsuccessful in finding out what standards apply to its connectors, what purpose a few of them are supposed to serve in the first place, and what exactly my options are with regards to components.

What would be a good source for finding out about the connectors in question? Exhaustive repositories of connectors standards, practical explanations of their use, or any other related sort of book or website would be helpful."
Music

Submission + - Luxpro sues Apple for damages and "power abuse

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel
Dystopian Rebel writes: The Financial Times reports that Taiwanese company Luxpro (discussed on Slashdot last year) intends to sue Apple for US$100 m for "lost revenue caused by Apple's abuse of their global power." In 2005, Apple had obtained an injunction against Luxpro's Super Shuffle/Super Tangent but the Taiwanese Supreme Court has overturned the injunction, opening the door to Luxpro's legal action.

From the article: "The {Luxpro} product had almost the same measurements and weight, came in a white plastic casing and had similar buttons on the front. Its name, Super Shuffle, also closely resembled the original."

The Luxpro product has OLEDs on it but visit your optometrist immediately if you don't see other similarities.

Apple has since changed the design of the Shuffle significantly.

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