Comment Configuration management (Score 4, Informative) 424
Automate your servers so you can focus your time elsewhere. I use Cfengine.
http://watson-wilson.ca/2011/03/enterprise-system-administration-using-configuration-management.html
Comment Books and buy used. (Score 1) 569
Start with some books on photography. "The digital photography book" 1,2 and 3 by Scott Kelby helped me a lot. This assumes you want a DSLR. You might start with a point and shoot. There is a great market for used photography gear. Buy used and learn as you go.
Comment Re:all it will take is 1 death for auto cars to be (Score 3, Insightful) 282
So many people die from cars being driven by people now it could hardly be worse.
Comment Re:Down with AV! (Score 1) 748
If some sort of white listing approach worked then I think that the current batch of AV products and their subscription based sales would be obsolete. Thus I don't think the makers of the current AV products are keen to invent something better.
Comment Down with AV! (Score 1) 748
I'd rather see something innovative rather than another AV product that is never up to date and always slowing down the system. I'd like to see the current pattern matching approach scuttled. There has to be a better way. What about a serious look at white listing?
Comment Re:Usage based billing is efficient (Score 1) 117
I believe that the UBB plan had little or nothing to do with limited bandwidth. Bell and Rogers own TV channels and networks. They own both content and the means to distribute it. Enter new enterprises that offer content over the Internet, Netflix. I believe UBB is really about keeping control of content and eliminating any content competitors.
Comment Can it be untethered? (Score 1) 70
Impressive but, can it be untethered? If so, for how long?
Comment Key pairs? (Score 4, Interesting) 151
In the demo the author uses a password to login via SSH. In the documentation I see no option to use a private key.
DHS Goes Ahead With 'Pre-Crime' Detection Project 438
suraj.sun tips news that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun testing its project to predict future crimes on members of the public. The Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) project is "designed to track and monitor, among other inputs, body movements, voice pitch changes, prosody changes (alterations in the rhythm and intonation of speech), eye movements, body heat changes, and breathing patterns." A field test was performed at a large venue earlier this year, and documents recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request indicate that testing is proceeding on other members of the public as well. "It's not clear whether these people were informed that they're participating in a FAST study."
Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 94
Money is the motivation. Very likely in the form of Multiven. Mr. Alfred-Adekeye the founder and CEO of Multiven.
Comment Re:Hi Lazyweb! Alternatives? (Score 2) 80
Red Hat is rewriting RHEV to be all open source and will no longer require Windows. I work with it for close to a year.
Comment Good example of why a Mars base would be useful (Score 1) 204
Observations make it look like there might be some sort of water cycle going on on Mars. Now the question is can existing probes provide further evidence? If not is new probe required? If there was a human presence on Mars they could mount an expedition to investigate.
It's hard to put humans into space but, humans are so much more adaptable to changing mission parameters.
Comment Re:Don't sign it (Score 1) 355
You are failing to realize that the ball is in the recording industry's park, and the potential artist has no other real options.
How about get a day job? You make it sound like artists are homeless and destitute. Perhaps they are, as the saying goes, 'starving' but there is always another job out there. It may not be as glamorous as a record deal but there is still a choice to be made.
Comment Don't sign it (Score 3, Insightful) 355
The RIAA is not fully to blame here. If I don't like a work contract I get it changed or walk away. If someone is too eager to be famous to take the time and negotiate I can hardly feel sorry for them.
Skylon Spaceplane Design Passes Key Review 136
gbjbaanb writes "A revolutionary UK spaceplane concept has been boosted by the conclusions of an important technical review. Skylon is a design for a spaceplane that uses engines that work as normal jets near the ground and switch to rocket propulsion in the upper atmosphere. The concept means the plane will not have to carry as much fuel and so will not need disposable stages. It is estimated (by its developers) that the Skylon will drop the cost of delivering payloads to orbit from $15,000 per kilo to $1000."
