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Comment Re:Can Oscar's be given posthumously? (Score 1) 967

by gregmark on Monday July 21, 2008 @05:28PM (#24280767) Attached to: Batman Discussion

Because Heath Ledger deserves one.

End of story.

Sorry to be an Oscar party pooper, but that's ridiculous. I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve to be considered - I enjoyed his performance too - but a posthumous presentation shouldn't be preordained any more that a regular humous one. There are many performances yet to be considered. It's July. Seven months to go.

And what about Aaron Eckhart? In many ways, his performance was much more complex and dramatic.

Submission + - Intel To Launch Pair of 50-Watt Xeons Monday

Submitted by

Anonymous

on Friday March 09, 2007 @06:09PM

Anonymous writes: "Working to gain additional leverage in a marketplace that has been hungry for greater performance but averse to lots of electricity consumption, ChannelWeb.com reports that chip maker Intel is set to launch new, more efficient quad-core Xeon processors on Monday."

Submission + - Students busted on piracy charges

Submitted by taoman1 on Friday March 09, 2007 @12:53AM

taoman1 writes: The music industry is asking 50 Ohio University students to pay $3,000 each to avoid lawsuits accusing them of pirating songs off the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America asked the university to pass along letters to the students with Internet addresses accused of being involved with the illegal sharing of copyrighted music. The university notified the students on Monday. "The downloading has occurred and we can't change that, but we can let them know what their options are," OU spokeswoman Sally Linder said Wednesday.

Submission + - New .TEL Domain - Communications Revolution?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04, 2007 @05:46PM

An anonymous reader writes: ICANN just announced the addition of .TEL to the DNS root zone, making it the 15th top level domain under contract with ICANN on the Internet. .TEL isn't a domain extension in the traditional sense. Instead, it is gearing up to become a cutting edge, decentralized, globally accessible and privacy-enhanced contact directory...

http://www.dailydomainer.com/200744-ring-ring-its- tel-calling.html

Submission + - New Java research obfuscator with examples

Submitted by on Sunday March 04, 2007 @05:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: JBCO is a new Java Obfuscator developed by a graduate student at McGill University. What's most interesting is the examples of decompiled source showing the results of these obfuscations. The results of the duplicate bytecode sequence reuse transformation is particularly interesting. The research paper is availablehere.

Journal Journal: Office 2007 Wrecks Outlook Express Spell Check.

Journal by Erris on Sunday March 04, 2007 @05:32PM

Ai-Eeee! ca c'est bon, no?:

Much to the delight of Francophiles everywhere, Microsoft's Office 2007 switches Outlook Express spell-checkers to work only in French. Those disposed to communicate in other languages are being advised to use third-party programs.

No, that's not good. Microsoft French is probably worse than mine. I'm glad to be a Kontact user.

Humans Hardwired to Believe in Supernatural Deity? 1852

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @05:31PM from the my-genes-rebel dept.

dohcrx writes "According to a Sunday New York Times article, 6 in 10 Americans believe in the devil and hell, 7 in 10 believe in angels, heaven and the existence of miracles and life after death, while 92% believe in a personal God. The article explores the possibility that this belief structure may be ingrained into our genetic makeup. 'When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success ... Which is the better biological explanation for a belief in God — evolutionary adaptation or neurological accident? Is there something about the cognitive functioning of humans that makes us receptive to belief in a supernatural deity?'"

Submission + - Symantec Releases Four Whitepapers Debunking Vista

Submitted by kfed on Saturday March 03, 2007 @10:07AM

kfed writes: Hot on the heals of research showing UAC in Vista could hide malware Symantec have now relesed four new whitepapers (two more to be released on Monday). The research is a mixture of high level fluff and more detailed technical analysis of certain technologies and their weaknesses. Symantec have given Vista mixed reviews, thumbs up in certain areas and down in others. If Symantec is engaging in competitive research one can only wonder what other MS competitors are up to.

Submission + - The simple pleasure of breaking things.

Submitted by rlandmann on Saturday March 03, 2007 @10:05AM

rlandmann writes: When my mobile phone "failed me for the last time", I smashed it to pieces and have offered the remains on eBay as my way of making a public mockery of the hapless device.

The phone was still under warranty, but to tell the truth, I really couldn't be bothered arguing about it with my phone company, and preferred the visceral satisfaction of the violent destruction of the offending hardware.

The comments and questions other eBayers have been leaving suggest to me that I may have touched on something here. What's the most satisfying way that you've destroyed a technological menace?

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