Comment Re:Can you actually do anything useful? (Score 1) 146
New meme?
In DRM Apple, the iPhone unlocks you!
Not sure it has the same ring to it...
Submission + - Bill to give Obama emergency Control of Internet 5
neonprimetime writes: Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
Submission + - Google to Launch OS (wsj.com)
olyar writes: "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has announced their intent to launch their own operating system.
Initially they'll target low end netbooks."
Initially they'll target low end netbooks."
Comment Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score 1) 1582
I'm your counter counter example
Submission + - How do I put unused servers to work? 1
olyar writes: "I worked for an internet start-up last year and during the "we have plenty of money" phase, a lot of server hardware was purchased. Eight months later, there is very little money, but we're still plugging along — using only a fraction of the hardware. We just cleared out a co-lo and I now have a stack of 17, 1U servers in my garage. Each of those has 2 servers, each of which is a 2-processor, dual-core box with 8 GB of RAM. Add that up and I have 136 processors and 272 GB of RAM with nothing to do.
The IT guy in me thinks that's a waste of FLOPS. The wanna-be businessman in me thinks its probably a waste of money as well.
So I've been brainstorming ways to put all of that power to good use. Any ideas?"
The IT guy in me thinks that's a waste of FLOPS. The wanna-be businessman in me thinks its probably a waste of money as well.
So I've been brainstorming ways to put all of that power to good use. Any ideas?"
Comment Hardware doesn't just configure itself (Score 2, Insightful) 465
One thing not in the equation here: Hardware is cheap, but having that hardware managed isn't so cheap. When you scale from a couple of servers to a big bank of server, you have to pick up system admins to manage all of those boxen.
Less expensive than a programmer (some times) but certainly not free.
Submission + - Jobs Calls for DRM-Free Music Downloads
srussia writes: Steve Jobs, in an opinion piece entitled "Thoughts on Music" http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ calls for an end to DRM encumbrances currently demanded by the "Big Four" in return for letting iTunes distribute their music.
Excerpt: "Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music. That's right! No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then (illegally) downloaded and played on any computer or player."
Excerpt: "Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music. That's right! No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then (illegally) downloaded and played on any computer or player."
Submission + - Robotech is back after 20 years
An anonymous reader writes: For 20 some years, some of us have been wondering what happened to Admiral Hunter at the end of the
Robotech. Our answer may be out today, as
Harmony Gold USA has released a DVD that picks up where the story left off. It may be the pilot for a follow up series. I haven't got mine yet, but you get it at all the usual places.
Can Nintendo Save the Adventure Game Genre? 126
Gamasutra is running an editorial wondering whether the Wii can save the adventure game genre. With the intuitive nature of first-person control and interaction the Wiimote/nunchuck combination provides, it's been an open question since the console's concept was announced whether or not the Nintendo could revive a much-beloved but sadly absent game genre. Scott Nixon writes of the future for point-and-click titles, talking about their hearty success on the DS (with Hotel Dusk and Phoenix Wright) and the requirements of design such games would make of the Wii. With word that a Wii developer for the Sam and Max series is being sought, the question isn't if but when adventure titles begin appearing on the system. Here's hoping they get a warm reception, from an audience ready for their reintroduction. Update: 02/07 01:03 GMT by Z : Fixed the link. Sorry.
