a.koepke - Slashdot User

Comment Between Christmas and New Year (Score 1) 422

by a.koepke on Sunday December 19, 2010 @09:47PM (#34611808) Attached to: Between Christmas and New Year's, I'll take ...

When I read that I automatically think of the time period between Christmas and New Year that many people have off work.

With that in mind when I read the poll options I got very confused.

Submission + - Comcast combines Internet and TV with Spectrum (tekgoblin.com)

Submitted by tekgoblin on Monday December 13, 2010 @09:40PM

tekgoblin writes: It appears that Comcast is testing a new service that combines both TV and Internet. Sounds familiar doesn't it (WebTV). Users will be able to access a wide variety of web-videos (YouTube?), on-demand content, live broadcasts, and recorded content. The new service however will not provide direct Internet access but will allow users to comment on TV shows and movies and allow access to social networks.

Comment Re:Do you own an ILLEGAL "A to A" USB cable? (Score 2, Informative) 211

by a.koepke on Friday February 12, 2010 @01:29AM (#31109790) Attached to: Number of USB cable types on hand? (A-B, A-mini, etc.)

I have a hard drive enclosure at home which uses an A-A cable. Really weird. The drive has a standard USB port on it exactly like the one on the PC.

The brand of the enclosure is Big Ant.

The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 104

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 03, 2010 @05:30PM from the people-of-earth-you're-on-your-own dept.

Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."

Why Time Flies By As You Get Older 252

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 02, 2010 @11:03PM from the like-a-banana dept.

Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and that each interval of time represents a diminishing fraction of life as we age.

Comment Use Windows Indexing Service (Score 1) 232

by a.koepke on Monday October 19, 2009 @08:46PM (#29802581) Attached to: What Desktop Search Engine For a Shared Volume?

I am just embarking on a project to do exactly what the OP is asking for. Windows Server 2003 has an indexing service you can setup. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Working-With-Windows-Server-2003-Indexing-Service.html It is limited in its own form but provides the back-end tools you need.

Combine that with the next article from that site and you have a solution: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Making-Windows-Server-2003-Indexing-Service-Useful.html

This article shows you how to use the Indexing service from an ASP script. The solution I am working on will be done in PHP as it can also link to COM applications. This basically allows you to put a file search tool on your Intranet which is indexed and returns the results very quickly. Best of all, it uses existing software on Windows and doesn't cost any extra.

Comment Re:TI-85 (Score 1) 776

by a.koepke on Monday March 09, 2009 @01:08AM (#27117987) Attached to: Favorite on-screen calculator?

I have an MS keyboard, one of the ones with the Calculator button above the number pad. One press and it is there. Only way it could get any easier and quicker is if the computer started reading my thoughts.

Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer 857

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 13, 2008 @03:44PM from the headdesk dept.

svnt writes "Janella Spears wiped out her husband's retirement account, remortgaged their paid-for house, and took out a lien against the family car in an attempt to cash in on the deal. A undercover officer involved with the investigation called it the worst example of the scam he's ever seen. Thoughtfully, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim."

You Used Perl to Write WHAT?! 307

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 25, 2008 @10:51AM from the tool-that-fits dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Developers spend a lot of time telling managers, 'Let me use the tool that's appropriate for the job' (cue the '...everything looks like a nail' meme here). But rarely do we enumerate when a language is the right one for a particular job, and when it's a very, very wrong choice. James Turner, writing for CIO.com, identifies five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that... well, really, shouldn't you choose something else? This is the first article in a series that will examine what each language is good at, and for which tasks it's just plain dumb. Another article is coming RSN about JavaScript, and yet another for PHP... with more promised, should these first articles do well."

Submission + - Software companies sues popular Australian forum (whirlpool.net.au) 3

Submitted by Pugzly on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @07:25AM

Pugzly writes: In a recent announcement on the Whirlpool front page, it appears that accounting software maker 2clix is sueing the founder of the forums as the founder "allowed statements 'relating to the Plaintiff and its software product that are both false and malicious' to be published on the Whirlpool forums."
Hopefully sanity will prevail, but it is the legal system...

Comment Re:Goatse.cx is everywhere (Score 1) 211

by a.koepke on Sunday April 22, 2007 @11:35PM (#18836739) Attached to: Goatse.cx Is For Sale

The Westnet logo is much more appropriate: http://www.westnet.com.au/

It is certainly a Goatse reference.

Submission + - Busting the MythBusters' Yawn Experiment

Submitted by

markmcb

on Sunday April 22, 2007 @09:16PM

markmcb writes: "Most everyone knows and loves the MythBusters, two guys who attempt to set the story straight on so many things people just take for granted. Well, everyone except Brandon Hansen, who has offered them a taste of their own medicine as he busts the MythBusters' improper use of statistics in their experiment to show yawning is contagious. While the article maintains it is still possible yawns are contagious, the author makes it clear that he's not giving the MythBusters any credit for proving such a claim, 'not with a correlation coefficient of .045835.'"

Submission + - Nintendo Themed House

Submitted by prankstar008 on Sunday April 22, 2007 @04:20PM

prankstar008 writes: The Frat Guys at Carnegie Mellon University have built aa Nintendo themed fun house. The house, which is an impressive work of art, features such games as Mario Kart, Duck Hunt, and Zelda.

Submission + - A old "fake" screenshot of GTA4 might be r

Submitted by

GunRunner

on Friday March 30, 2007 @02:33AM

GunRunner writes: "there's a interesting discussion at gtaforums of how an old leaked screenshot might actually be real after all, I knew it was fake before because I thought R* had confirmed that it would be in London and that looks like Liberty City, but now that the GTA4 trailer shows that it's in LC I don't know what to believe :S pls credit my name if you choose to run the story :) http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=25446 5&view=findpost&p=4123851"

Submission + - Riding the Tesla Roadster

Submitted by

DigitalDame2

on Thursday March 29, 2007 @04:05PM

DigitalDame2 writes: "Due on the market this fall at a price of $92,000, the Tesla Roadster is powered by the same lithium-ion battery cells that drive the average laptop or smartphone, and you can charge it from an ordinary wall socket. Although PCMag's Cade Metz wasn't allowed to drive one, he did have the chance to ride in the passenger seat. Just how fast is it? It does zero to 60 mph in about 4 seconds. Plus, the dream car reaches 100 percent torque from the instant it starts forward. You don't wait even a moment for that acceleration to kick in! Check out over 50 images of the Tesla electric car, but wipe your drool!"

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