Comment Does this blog post warrant publishing? (Score -1) 272
How can this blog post be posted on Slashdot?
A listing of 5 games with a couple of sentences each, without screenshots....next!
Submission + - Facebook user data published on thepiratebay (bbc.co.uk)
millwall writes: The BBC reports that personal details of 100m Facebook users have been collected and published on the net by a security consultant. The list, which is being shared on thepiratebay as a torrent, contains the URL of every searchable Facebook user's profile, their name and unique ID. In a statement, Facebook said that the information in the list was already freely available online. "People who use Facebook own their information and have the right to share only what they want, with whom they want, and when they want," the statement read.
King's Quest Fan Project The Silver Lining Is Back 61
LoTonah writes "After eight years of development and a Cease & Desist from Vivendi, King's Quest fan project The Silver Lining is back in action. From the website: 'We are extremely happy to announce that our project, The Silver Lining, will definitely see the light of day! In a wonderful turn of events, Activision reached out to the Phoenix Online team a few months ago with a desire to revisit their decision regarding The Silver Lining. After negotiations, the C&D has been officially rescinded, and Phoenix Online has been granted a non-commercial license to release The Silver Lining! Our team is ecstatic about this, and as hard as we've worked for eight years, it's the tireless belief and support of you, our fans, that has made this possible.' The first episode of the project is due to be released on July 10."
Comment The Onion's take on the spill (Score 1) 439
According to The Onion BP hasn't just caused an oil spill...
Comment Re:I'm already excited (Score 1) 286
If you can't get civ to play on your laptop, check out civ on the iphone, it is pretty good - and will leave you with even less spare time ;)
Comment Raising additional funding (Score 2, Insightful) 458
"The Company is also looking to raise additional funding and sell non-core assets"
Translation: The company is looking at further litigation, and selling off all software development divisions.
Comment Geeks are insect experts (Score 4, Funny) 248
Isn't it cute to note that so many /. geeks are now also apparently insect experts
Comment 70% drivers! (Score 3, Interesting) 374
Lots and lots of driver work. Over 70% of all of the 2.6.30 to 2.6.31 patch is under drivers/, and there's another 6%+ in firmware/ and sound/. That's not entirely unusual, but it does seem to be growing. My rough rule of thumb used to be "50% drivers, 50% everything else", but that's clearly not true any more (and hasn't been for a while - we've been 60%+ since after 2.6.27
I personally think this is a real pity. So much time is being spent on getting drivers implemented that new features and other kinds enhancements are being pushed back.
Comment Re:What could go wrong (Score 1, Insightful) 97
It's a clever idea, but what is making sure they take the drugs?
Who is making sure of that with the current setup?
Comment Where is the need for a mobile phone? (Score 1) 34
Where is the need for a mobile phone? Why can't this be done with just a credit card and an RFID chip instead like the Barclaycard OnePulse. Investing in infrastructure for this kind of card would make a hell of a lot of more sense to me.
Comment Title should read "Voddler" (Score 1) 1
how do i change this?
Submission + - Voodler announces on demand Video (expressen.se) 1
millwall writes: Swedish tabloid Expressen is reporting (in Swedish) about on demand video service Voddler scheduled to launch later this autumn. Its Spotify-like interface will enable free ad paid streaming as well as a paid service without adverts. Voddler is currently in Windows only beta and contains 400 titles streaming from SD quality up to 1080p. At launch more movie titles will be added as well as a Linux and Mac version.
Comment Re:the list Before a karma whore can... (Score 3, Interesting) 282
Should probably be a negative number of some magnitude.
Comment Re:the list Before a karma whore can... (Score 5, Informative) 282
At least attempt to format the list, mate:
1. Red Hat: 12.3%
2. IBM: 7.6%
3. Novell: 7.6%
4. Intel: 5.3%
5. Independent consultant: 2.5%
6. Oracle: 2.4%
7. Linux Foundation: 1.6%
8. SGI 1.6%
9. Parallels 1.3%
10. Renesas Technology: 1.3%
11. Academia: 1.2%
12. Fujitsu: 1.1%
13. MontaVista: 1.1%
14. MIPS Technologies: 1.1%
15. Analog Devices: 1.0%
16. HP: 1.0%
Comment Let me be the first to brand him (Score 1) 140
"Clippy on crack!"
