Comment Use the firehose (Score -1, Troll) 220
Does anyone think this is funny? We get this shit every year on April 1. Let's use the firehose and vote these articles off the front page.
Comment Re:Fanboy reacts to negative Apple publicity... (Score 2, Interesting) 858
Apple is essentially the antithesis of open source.
CUPS makes printing on Unix-style systems far easier. CUPS came from Apple and is open source.
Also, don't forget about Darwin(GNU Mach) and Webkit(KHTML). They actually do give back to these things once in a while.
Comment Re:Stickers... (Score 3, Funny) 993
Should probably be hellbent for leather. Put a tight-fitting leather case around the computer.
Also, carry a riding crop. Show her you mean business!
Comment Re:Stickers... (Score 4, Funny) 993
Heavy metal stickers. Lots of them!
Some Judas Priest stickers will show them you're not gay!
Comment Re:Is it just me? (Score 1) 711
How old are these girls? 16?
I wouldn't become involved with them in person. I also do not recommend that they take erotic photos of themselves.
On the other hand, I bet they don't actually look like children.
Comment Re:Standard (Score 4, Insightful) 408
I understand the need to keep an eye on the perverts who pass themselves off as artists
Why?
Cops should deal with perverts who touch kids. Victimless crimes are just tools for fearmongering politicians to get the attention and votes of self-centered parents.
Comment Re:Great, another PHPNuke and Wordpress (Score 1) 133
Next thing you know you have a bunch of websites that are cracked and freelance developers can charge big bucks to fix.
FTFY
Danger and opportunity are often the same!
Comment Useful in a few situations (Score 2, Informative) 224
I keep Windows software off of my Linux work environment in general, too. Unfortunately, my coworkers have a tendency to send me spreadsheets with more than 2^16 rows. This requires Office 2007. At least, it won't work on OOo 3 or Gnumeric.
Microsoft Office 2007 In Linux With WINE 224
Kenneth Reitz writes "Wouldn't it be lovely to have a nice, clean installation of Microsoft's Office 2007 Suite to run on your Ubuntu Linux Distribution? For some people, this is the only thing that truly holds them back from an all-Linux environment ... But not anymore! We have compiled a nice, concise set of instructions to help guide you along."
Comment Not a source (Score 4, Insightful) 695
Prostitutes exist with or without Craigslist; it is not a "source" and it does not create prostitutes. They'd be out walking the street if Craigslist didn't give them somewhere safe to advertise. I'd much rather keep them on the web than on my sidewalk.
1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux 230
christian.einfeldt writes "According to an article in Laptop Magazine on-line, one-third of Dell Inspiron Mini 9s netbooks are sold with the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Dell senior product manager John New attributed the sales volume to the lower price point of the Ubuntu Linux machines. And the return rate of the Ubuntu Linux machines is approximately equal to that of comparable netbooks sold with Microsoft Windows XP. Dell spokesperson Jay Pinkert attriutes the low return rate to Dell's good communications with its customers, saying 'We have done a very good job explaining to folks what Linux is.'"
Comment Minicomputers (Score 1) 109
News about new minicomputers would've been great if this was 1965!
Comment Re:BeOS Haiku (Score 5, Funny) 448
Linux was already wooing the girlfriend.
I think this might be a bad analogy.
Comment Re:Nothing New (Score 1) 63
Maybe he's talking about being a sysadmin. In that case, I'll draw another comparison to the circus and call them trained monkeys.
New Success For Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm 81
An anonymous reader writes "A number of amputees are now using a prosthetic arm that moves intuitively, when they think about moving their missing limb. Todd Kuiken and colleagues at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago surgically rearrange the nerves that normally connect to the lost limb and embed them in muscles in the chest. The muscles are then connected to sensors that translate muscle movements into movement in a robotic arm. The researchers first reported the technique in a single patient in 2007, and have now tested it in several more. The patients could all successfully move the arm in space, mimic hand motions, and pick up a variety of objects, including a water glass, a delicate cracker, and a checker rolling across a table. (Three patients are shown using the arm in the related video.) The findings are reported today in Journal of the American Medical Association."
