Comment Re:Actually Point and shoots zoom better than SLRs (Score 1) 446
what if you're a birdwatcher/scientist snapping pics of urban birds?
Ozzy Osbourne's Genome Reveals Some Neanderthal Lineage 151
ByOhTek writes "CNN reports that in July, rocker Ozzy Osbourne became one of few to submit his blood to have his full genome sequenced and analyzed. The results are in, and it turns out his genome reveals some Neanderthal lineage. What does Ozzie have to say about it? 'I was curious, given the swimming pools of booze I've guzzled over the years - not to mention all of the cocaine, morphine, sleeping pills, cough syrup, LSD, Rohypnol... there's really no plausible medical reason why I should still be alive. Maybe my DNA could say why,' he wrote."
Why You See 'Free Public WiFi' In So Many Places 260
An anonymous reader writes "Almost anywhere you go these days (particularly at airports), if you check for available WiFi settings, you have a pretty good chance of seeing an ad hoc network for 'Free Public WiFi.' Of course, since it's ad hoc (computer to computer) it's not actually access to the internet. So why is this in so many places? Turns out it's due to a bug in Windows XP. Apparently, the way XP works is that if it can't find a 'favorite' WiFi hotspot, it automatically sets up the computer to broadcast itself as an ad hoc network point, using the name of the last connection the computer attempted. So... people see 'Free Public WiFi' and they try to log on. Then their own computer starts broadcasting the same thing, because it can't find a network it knows. And, like a virus, the 'Free Public WiFi' that doesn't work lives on and on and on."
Submission + - How Well Will Linux Handle Future Multicores? (mit.edu)
eldavojohn writes: Multicore (think tens or hundreds of cores) will come at a price for current operating systems. A team at MIT found that as they approached 48 cores their operating system slowed down. After activating more and more cores in their simulation, a sort of memory leak occurred whereby data had to remain in memory as long as a core might need it in its calculations. But the good news is that in their paper (PDF), they showed that for at least several years Linux should be able to keep up with chip enhancements in the multicore realm. To handle multiple cores, Linux keeps a counter of which cores are working on the data. As a core starts to work on a piece of data, Linux increments the number. When the core is done, Linux decrements the number. As the core count approached 48, the amount of actual work decreased and Linux spent more time managing counters. But the team found that 'Slightly rewriting the Linux code so that each core kept a local count, which was only occasionally synchronized with those of the other cores, greatly improved the system's overall performance.' The researchers caution that as the number of cores skyrockets, operating systems will have to be completely redesigned to handle managing these cores and SMP. After reviewing the paper, one researcher is confident Linux will remain viable for five to eight years without need for a major redesign.
Comment Re:E-Series Nokia or other WiFi-capable Symbian ph (Score 1) 289
I have an E71 with S60 and Skype on it works great. Before skype was supported on it I tried fring, the chat was good but the VOIP was laggy, as if the phone couldn't handle it.
+1 for E-Series
Comment Re:The Don't Buy It - iPass (Score 2, Interesting) 1634
yeah, I agree, I won't buy it because I don't like it.
In fact, I publicly announce here and now, that I WILL NOT buy anything that I DON'T LIKE.
Thanks Jeff, you've opened my eyes!
All sarcasm aside, pretty much everyone was expecting something to compete with the kindle -and- netbook/tablet pc's, ie. running a full OS X, not a supersized iphone, hence the disappointment on the iPad
Comment Corporate Communism (Score 1) 300
If the record industries can do this, how long until an individual can convince the government that he should get paid for possible losses due to household robbery or carjacking? (yeah I know, never, they'll call him communist in .5 seconds)
This is corporate communism
Comment Re:SYNERGY! (Score 1) 364
yes, people who don't know what synergy is (or that the concept exist) are constantly puzzled at how my cursor hops from computer to computer
Comment Re:All of the Above (Score 1) 708
Sir, you disgust me.
Comment Twilight? (Score 1) 347
with all the teenage girls already fantasizing about sparkling vampires, do we really need to feed their imaginations with this?
or is this a new era of teenage pickup lines: "I heard you like people who sparkle as a result of the sun hitting on their skins... baby, I emit my own light"
or is this a new era of teenage pickup lines: "I heard you like people who sparkle as a result of the sun hitting on their skins... baby, I emit my own light"
Comment I don't know what the fuss is all about (Score 1) 146
I had a Nokia (candy bar style from early 2000's aka the immortals) that fell from a 4th floor. Sure the battery, body, and covers went in different directions, but put together again and it worked.
Seriously, if they wanted to make a real tough phone, they should've sided with Nokia.
Seriously, if they wanted to make a real tough phone, they should've sided with Nokia.
Comment So if... (Score 1) 132
bears come into the equation, will we be forced to call it manbearpig flu?
Comment Re:Ok? (Score 5, Informative) 130
well, 1 second of footage = 6,000,000 frames / 30 fps = 200000 seconds
that would mean a 55 hour movie of a lightning strike
it would also mean a sports replay that would last well into next year
that would mean a 55 hour movie of a lightning strike
it would also mean a sports replay that would last well into next year
Comment Re:Disable IE? (Score 1) 474
so many people don't understand the EU MS antritrust case. It's not because it comes with the OS, it's because it's bolted onto it and cannot be removed without crippling the system, because it is the only way of downloading updates on demand.
You don't see the EU bitchin at Apple for including Safari on every mac.
Comment Re:*sigh* (Score 1) 373
I think the big deal here is not wether IE is a good or bad browser or if it comes with windows, but the fact that you can't have a functional (bare with me) version of windows without it. And by functional I mean that it is up to date, something you can only do with Windows Updater thru IE.
Not only that but you can't uninstall IE without hindering windows (any more than it already is).
I haven't tried uninstalling Safari from my mac, but i'd bet i'd still be able to use my mac without problems.
Cause where it the fact that it "comes" with the OS, well then, OS X should ditch Safari or include something else, no?
This guy made an excellent post of what the EU Antitrust case is all about
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1142059&cid=27000915
