Comment Fuel (Score 1, Funny) 145
The first thing that occurs to me is that it probably takes more than a week to gather all the fuel to launch a satellite into orbit, you insensitive clod.
Comment Have they gotten to /.? (Score 3, Funny) 289
Clearly if I'm getting a frist psot on
Submission + - Fox News encodes propaganda in their URLs (foxnews.com)
bucketoftruth writes: Descriptive URLs are all the rage these days, allowing would-be clickers to identify the content of an article before visiting the site. They can also be used to deceive or send a message. Fox News' website offered their version of a descriptive URL with a few easter eggs. 1. The URL includes "obama-gets-crack-healer-chief" when crack, healer, and chief don't appear anywhere in the article or headline. 2. The accompanying picture in the article is named "0bama_111009_forthood_monster_397x224.jpg". 0bama is spelled with a zero — a popular meme of groups that consider his presidency invalid. There's also no reference to a monster at Fort Hood, apart from the implied character of the shooter. Buy why include it in a picture of the president and first lady? Is Fox exercising creative license with URLs or is it more nefarious?
Submission + - Did Vista break the upgrade treadmill? (pcworld.com)
TropicalCoder writes: Windows 7 has been launched, but there is no corporate rush to replace XP. When you include replacement hardware, admin costs, application testing, and replacing incompatible apps, Gartner's VP of research, Michael Silver, believes that in a hypothetical organization with 2,500 Windows users, the cost of upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 will run $1,035 to $1,930 per user." Eric Knorr, InfoWorld
Perhaps this might explain the lack of enthusiasm? ...but are there any realistic alternatives to upgrading to Windows 7?
Perhaps this might explain the lack of enthusiasm?
Submission + - Windows 7: The $1930 Upgrade (pcworld.com)
TropicalCoder writes: "When you include replacement hardware, admin costs, application testing, and replacing incompatible apps, Gartner's VP of research, Michael Silver, believes that — in a hypothetical organization with 2,500 Windows users — the cost of upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 will run $1,035 to $1,930 per user." — Eric Knorr, InfoWorld
Get the cost breakdown direct from Gartner
Get the cost breakdown direct from Gartner
Submission + - Microsoft Attracted To, Repulsed By Win 7 Whopper
theodp writes: As Microsoft teamed with Burger King last week to celebrate the launch of Windows 7 with a seven-patty Whopper weighing in at 2,000+ calories, the USPTO unveiled a Microsoft patent application decrying those who would eat such fare. 'Many people out of sheer laziness refrain from partaking in physical activity and consume unhealthy food,' complains the patent application for What You Will Look Like in 10 Years. 'This avoidance is borne out by the soaring demographic of persons who can be classified as being obese and who continually and incessantly eat fast foods (e.g., hamburgers, french fries, pizza, hot dogs, etc.) and then proceed to 'supersize' the order for a marginal increase in price, for example. In most instances, if people were pictorially or visually made aware of the consequences of their choices and actions, many, if not most, would modify their behavior and life style selections to comport with a healthier body image.'
Submission + - World’s Smallest Linux Webserver? (deviceguru.com) 1
__aajbyc7391 writes: Within an elongated RJ45 Ethernet LAN connector, Lantronix's XPort Pro packs a 32-bit RISC CPU, 8MB SDRAM, 16MB flash storage, and a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN port. Its built-in webserver serves static web pages and java aplets. OK, so, what would you build with one of these?
Comment IMAP and XMPP? (Score 1) 144
I still haven't heard anything about IMAP/SSL and XMPP/SSL support. How does the calendar sync? Please be iCal or CalDAV. I'm going to wait for an emulator to be released before buying this phone so I can at least verify they have adequate software for email and chat.
Comment Considering an android but need some answers (Score 1) 384
I've been waiting for an android thread! Before I go buy one...
1. Does it have an IMAP client that supports IDLE?
2. Do the IMAP and SMTP protocols support SSL/TLS from personal CAs?
3. Does the email client support identities (like thunderbird)?
4. Can I use my own Openfire XMPP server with my personal CA?
5. Can I use my own iCal/CalDAV server for my calendar? Is there another app besides google's calendar?
Those are my criteria for buying a new phone. Who's got the answers?
Comment Daikatana (Score 2, Insightful) 102
Reminds me of Daikatana for some reason. Someone breaking away on their own with an open-ended, ambitious project that may or may not actually produce anything.
Comment Ultima I on the C64 (Score 5, Interesting) 282
If you popped the disk out of the drive and walked a little way to make it access the disk to load more terrain it would instead generate miles of random tiles. Some of the tiles were endless stacks of chests. You could open those chests and get tons of gold. Works all the way up through Ultima 4. I never played any after that.
Comment Noob player but addicted (Score 2, Interesting) 309
I get violently motion sick when I play FPS games, but I can't stop playing this one. It's screaming fast and really fun. I think what makes it desirable to play is that it lacks the polish of the commercial titles but plays incredibly fast on my dated hardware. What it really comes down to is well designed maps and textures (for me).
Comment Grand Central (Score 1) 55
What does it take to get into Grand Central? I've been signing up over and over for a year now.
Comment New mascot (this kernel only) (Score 4, Informative) 265
The most important feature is the new mascot, Tuz. FTFA:
As everybody knows, only important fixes will be merged into the mainline kernel at this late stage of the development cycle. One of the fixes merged by Linus on March 17 was a high-resolution SVG image of "Tuz," the mascot of the 2009 linux.conf.au conference. Tuz, in his new home at Documentation/logo.svg, serves to remind the world of the difficulties faced by the Tasmanian devil and how the linux.conf.au attendees supported the effort to save this species from extinction.
As everybody knows, only important fixes will be merged into the mainline kernel at this late stage of the development cycle. One of the fixes merged by Linus on March 17 was a high-resolution SVG image of "Tuz," the mascot of the 2009 linux.conf.au conference. Tuz, in his new home at Documentation/logo.svg, serves to remind the world of the difficulties faced by the Tasmanian devil and how the linux.conf.au attendees supported the effort to save this species from extinction.
Comment UT3 on Linux? (Score 1) 234
Since I abandoned Windows 2 years ago I haven't really played any games. Does UT3 run on Linux or do I need Cedega?
