Comment Re:So, the system works? (Score 1) 725
If you're buying clothes at Wal-Mart, you're doing it wrong.
Comment Dead on all desktops (Score 0) 190
Commercial games are, for the most part, dead on the PC.
Fixed!
Comment Re:Pressing Questions (Score 1) 113
I just built a new gaming HTPC cause I was tired of the Xbox360/PS3 shenanigans. I want to log in to buy DLC, but I don't want my machines to lose features through the required updates.
Comment Re:What is the point (Score 1) 283
Because right or wrong, there are a large amount of people who wont play a computer game because its too "nerd like".
That's crazy-talk. You're right that they want to exploit the existing fan base *and* non-gamers who may wander in, but this has nothing to do with the War On Nerds.
The article says that judging by the IMDB page, its set during the first contact war, so they wouldn't be having to ruin everyones Shepard on them if they did make the film.
My Shepard is female, because I don't like watching guy's butts when I play video games for hours on end. I doubt they will cast a female Shepard.
Comment Re:What's wrong with wikileaks? (Score 1) 538
A high profile egotist is necessary to keep WikiLeaks alive.
Comment Re:I am SO glad they spend their time on this (Score 1) 408
And just in time for TV to become irrelevant!
Using Cinnamon In the Production of Nanoparticles 126
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at the University of Missouri used cinnamon to replace almost all toxic chemicals needed for making gold nanoparticles used in electronics and healthcare products. Nanoparticle production requires the use of extremely dangerous and toxic chemicals. While the nanotechnology industry is expected to produce large quantities of useful nanoparticles in the near future, the entire production process could be detrimental to the environment."
Comment Re:Much as I love Linux .... (Score 1) 222
One more way to help the average consumer save on energy costs.
Except you pay for it in maintenance fees, not to mention up-front cost. I recently had a problem with my gas heater - the 'starter' went out. Since when do gas heaters have starters? The repair man said it was to save on energy. Okay, but what do I now have to pay him for replacing something I otherwise could have fixed with a match?
Comment Re:questions (Score 1) 102
The size is going to be mostly textures, sounds, models, etc. The binary itself cannot be shared across applications, but it's going to be fairly small. Third parties cannot install a 'shared object' or 'DLL' on iOS.
Comment Re:No engineering? (Score 1) 542
In my experience, the teachers that allowed cheat sheets were usually the poor ones. They didn't want to accept the sad truth that their lectures were terrible.
Windows Cluster Hits a Petaflop, But Linux Retains Top-5 Spot 229
Twice a year, Top500.org publishes a list of supercomputing benchmarks from sites around the world; the new results are in. Reader jbrodkin writes "Microsoft says a Windows-based supercomputer has broken the petaflop speed barrier, but the achievement is not being recognized by the group that tracks the world's fastest supercomputers, because the same machine was able to achieve higher speeds using Linux. The Tokyo-based Tsubame 2.0 computer, which uses both Windows and Linux, was ranked fourth in the world in the latest Top 500 supercomputers list. While the computer broke a petaflop with both operating systems, it achieved a faster score with Linux, denying Microsoft its first official petaflop ranking."
Also in Top-500 news, reader symbolset writes with word that "the Chinese Tianhe-1A system at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin takes the top spot with 2.57 petaflops. Although the US has long held a dominant position in the list things now seem to be shifting, with two of the top spots held by China, one by Japan, and one by the US. In the Operating System Family category Linux continues to consolidate its supercomputing near-monopoly with 91.8% of the systems — up from 91%. High Performance Computing has come a long way quickly. When the list started as a top-10 list in June of 1993 the least powerful system on the list was a Cray Y-MP C916/16526 with 16 cores driving 13.7 RMAX GFLOP/s. This is roughly the performance of a single midrange laptop today."
Comment Re:Isn't that three-letter acronym taken? (Score 1) 385
Install cairo-dock, and then remove your bottom gnome-panel with the tasklist. You can make it work like the OSX dock. It's not as refined... but it's usable. And pretty cool.
The Coming War Over the Future of Java 583
snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes about what could be the end of the Java Community Process as we know it. With the Apache Software Foundation declaring war on Oracle over Java, the next likely step would be a vote of no confidence in the JCP, which, if the ASF can convince enough members to follow suit, 'could effectively unravel the Java community as a whole,' McAllister writes, with educators, academics, and researchers having little incentive to remain loyal to an Oracle-controlled platform. 'Independent developers could face the toughest decisions of all. Even if the JCP dissolves, many developers will be left with few alternatives,' with .Net offering little advantage, and Perl, Python, and Ruby unable to match Java's performance. The dark horse? Google Go — a language Google might just fast-track in light of its patent suit with Oracle over Android."
Reader Revorm adds related news that Oracle and Apple have announced the OpenJDK project for OS X.
Comment Re:Go tell that to PETA (Score 1) 155
Alcohol itself is not stored as fat. Only a small percentage of it would actually directly turn into fat. It's the fact that alcohol energy takes precedence over other sources of energy that causes fat to be stored.
Comment Re:There's only one upgrade needed for Google (Score 1) 252
Use HTTPS Google at work. Firefox has a HTTPS everywhere extension. HTH
