Comment Windows? Are people still using that? (Score 1) 671
Has it improved since version 3.1, the last one I bought? I went from that to OS/2 to Linux and now Android on my phone and tablet.
Comment Instant upload (Score 1) 318
Make sure you have instant upload turned on and you won't lose any photos or movies.
Submission + - Open Sourcers Drop Software Religion for Common Sense (wired.com)
GRW writes: Companies that release open source software are increasingly preferring the Apache licence over the GPL.
Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 193
Mageia has the "tainted" repository that replaces PLF.
Submission + - Bill to be introduced to legalize marijuana (cnbc.com)
shafty023 writes: It would appear Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) are going to be presenting a bill to legalize marijuana and thus end the failed war on drugs finally if it gets passed. What chances do you all think this bill has in the Senate & House or even surviving the president's veto pen? I suggest everyone also take a second and head on over to CNBC and [url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/43510348]leave your vote[/url] of whether you are for/against legalizing marijuana.
Comment Re:Maybe the market will fix the problem? (Score 1) 251
There is F-Droid Repository "an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates."
Comment Surprised (Score 1) 206
I am surprised to learn that the show was still running. I haven't heard it for 25 years or so.
Comment Local programming . . (Score 1) 180
has always been financed by advertising on the nationally syndicated programs. The proliferation of cable channels has already fragmented the audience watching local stations. This has reduced the amount that stations can charge for advertising. If people turn to the Internet for their programming, this will only accelerate this fragmentation, making local stations financially unsustainable. It is already happening in Canada where TV networks have demanded that cable and satellite TV providers begin to pay fees to carry their programming, which the cable providers have traditionally not paid for.
Comment Mobile Mania (Score 1) 791
Here are a couple of articles in Skeptical Inquirer:
- Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania is written by a physicist.
- A Growing Hysteria
Comment Re:Conductive films, cloths, or plastics... (Score 1) 791
It only filters ultraviolet. Its purpose is to prevent the fading of colours on fabrics exposed to sunlight from windows.
Comment Invisible Threat? (Score 2, Interesting) 791
You could read this book and be even more afraid (or maybe this author is just paranoid.)
Comment I prefer spatial view (Score 2, Interesting) 311
Having switched to KDE4.x from Gnome, spatial view is the one thing I miss. I never liked using Konqueror for file management in KDE3.x, which is why I mostly used Gnome. I wish someone would write a spatial view file manager for KDE. I came to Linux from OS/2 back in the last century, so spatial view seems like the normal way to do things for me. Although I confess that I still use Midnight Commander for a lot of stuff, especially when I am moving a lot of files from place to place.
Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233
bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, 'At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail.' Print was next with 51 cases. Also, 'Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business.' China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists."
rmdstudio writes, too, with word that after the last few days' protest there, largely organized online, the government of Iran is considering the death penalty for bloggers and webmasters whose reports offend it.
Journal Journal: Canadian Recording Industry Faces $60 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Michael Geist reports on a class action copyright infringement lawsuit by musicians against the Canadian Recording Industry Association. It seems that the recording industry is guilty of the very crimes of which it accuses others.
New Aliens Vs. Predator Game Doesn't Make It Past AU Ratings Board 277
An anonymous reader writes "Australia refused to give Rebellion's new Aliens Vs. Predator game a rating, effectively banning it in the country. Rebellion says it won't be submitting an edited version for another round of classifications, however. (As Valve did with Left 4 Dead 2.) They said, 'We will not be releasing a sanitized or cut down version for territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.'"
