Comment america != universe (Score 0) 414
when i first read the headline i was like
then i read the rest of the intro and i went
Comment Re:to be fair (Score 0) 136
umm
oh never mind
Comment Re:to be fair (Score 0) 136
hear hear
however, you just lost all your laziness bonus points by putting in the full url even tho it was a copy and paste operation
Comment iphone? .. since when (Score 0) 348
"ActiveCollab - Another open source tool that is also compatible with iPhones."
since when is the iPhone a criteria in a decision making process regarding the worthiness of enterprise software?
Comment Re:What about tourists? (Score 0) 278
no, as far as i know its not illegal. lots of nokia nseries have built in gps and they are being legally sold. and if you want those fones cheaper, buy them in dubai and show it to customs, so long as you only have that one fone, you can pass go.
i guess now, the govt. will have to take a stand or sit down on the gps issue now that those nokia fones are no longer flying under the radar.
oh did i just put nokia on the map?
Comment Re:How do you get membership? (Score 1) 271
to me it is the touchstone of civilisation that man does not kill another man.
Comment Re:Retarded (Score 0) 294
probably for the same reason these guys used
http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_suffers_net_crash [computerworld.com]
Comment Re:Neat (Score 0) 404
gives a whole new meaning to "eau de toilette"
Comment Re:Damn (Score 0) 289
umm dint somebody or some school do this (also with google news + google maps) to predict epidemics worldwide?
Comment Re:Why? (Score 1, Informative) 223
jihad is an arabic word and i definetly am sure you dont know the meaning of the word nor how to use it.
this has been a public awareness message brought to you by :
Comment Re:How dare they! (Score 0) 384
it was used as a bios interface on compaqs back in the day when they were called compaq
Rainforest Fungus Synthesizes Diesel 244
Fluffeh alerts us to a report of a fungus that naturally produces diesel fuel, or something very close to it. "A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material on Earth. ... [T]the paper's authors admit that the technique is far from any sort of industrial production. 'This report presents no information on the cost-effectiveness or other details to make G. roseum an alternative fuel source,' they write." NPR has an interview with the fungus's discoverer.
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth 235
MaxwellEdison writes "Scientists have discovered evidence of magnetic portals connecting the Earth and the Sun every 8 minutes. 'Several speakers at the Workshop have outlined how FTEs form: On the dayside of Earth (the side closest to the sun), Earth's magnetic field presses against the sun's magnetic field. Approximately every eight minutes, the two fields briefly merge or "reconnect," forming a portal through which particles can flow. The portal takes the form of a magnetic cylinder about as wide as Earth. The European Space Agency's fleet of four Cluster spacecraft and NASA's five THEMIS probes have flown through and surrounded these cylinders, measuring their dimensions and sensing the particles that shoot through.'"
Submission + - Microsoft buys stake in Facebook (bbc.co.uk)
marafa writes: Microsoft has paid $240m (£117m) for a 1.6% stake in Facebook that values the hugely popular social networking site at $15bn (£7.3bn).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7061042.stm
Submission + - antivirus client for linux (in-egypt.net)
marafa writes: my local security officer has obtained a copy of symantec antivirus client for linux. he wishes to incorporate my linux desktop and servers into the symantec antivirus server corporate edition sphere of influence.
while formal word has not been handed down to me to allow him to install this disgusting thing on my linux boxes, i would like to be prepared to object against such an action.
i have done some research and come up with only 2 points:
1. liveupdate and the engine works as root (and sits in the taskbar as root)
2. there have previously been vulnerabilities in this program
during my research i could not find the total number of actual virii (not vulnerabilities in programs) that could infect a normal linux box.
i am asking slashdot to help me forestall the installation of a suspect program that will "protect" my boxes.
while formal word has not been handed down to me to allow him to install this disgusting thing on my linux boxes, i would like to be prepared to object against such an action.
i have done some research and come up with only 2 points:
1. liveupdate and the engine works as root (and sits in the taskbar as root)
2. there have previously been vulnerabilities in this program
during my research i could not find the total number of actual virii (not vulnerabilities in programs) that could infect a normal linux box.
i am asking slashdot to help me forestall the installation of a suspect program that will "protect" my boxes.
