Comment Re:the term 'googlers' annoys the hell out of me (Score 2, Funny) 366
its NOT cute and your employees are not children.
'googlers'. sigh.
That's why I call all my employees minions!
(My wife prefers the title "Mistress of Minions".)
Comment Re:routine in Britain (Score 1) 199
Personal family experience: What do you do when you are the one escapee from three generations of Manson family? Every time one of your SOB brothers, sisters, cousins, or creepy Uncle Carl gets into trouble, you get rounded up with the usual suspects and grilled like a cheese sandwich from Mel's Diner!
I've got a sister-in-law who's a great, clean, upstanding citizen. Unfortunately...her family has about 3 generations of DWT spread across 4 counties. Why should she have to recite her family tree and testify to Creepy Uncle Carl's whereabouts on the day in question?
Relative is a relative term...and if it could happen to her, it could happen to anybody.
Submission + - British Columbia to add levy to computers (canada.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It appears that the province of British Columbia will be levying new computers and home electronics to pay for their free electronics recycling program. The list of what is acceptable for recycling is short, namely computers and TVs — you cannot recycle personal audio players or cellphones. What is unclear is if the definition of "Desktop Computer" includes self-built computers, and if so, their plans for levying individual components.
Submission + - Linus Torvalds Explains Scheduler Decision (kerneltrap.org)
Firedog writes: There's been a lot of recent debate over why Linus Torvalds chose the new CFS process scheduler written by Ingo Molnar over the SD process scheduler written by Con Kolivas, ranging from discussing the quality of the code to favoritism and outright conspiracy theories. KernelTrap is now reporting Linus Torvalds' official stance as to why he chose the code that he did. "People who think SD was 'perfect' were simply ignoring reality," Linus is quoted as saying, going on to explain that he selected the Completely Fair Scheduler because it had a maintainer who has proven himself willing and able to address problems as they are discovered. In the end, the relevance to normal Linux users is two part: one is the question as to whether or not the Linux development model is working, and the other is that with the recently released 2.6.23 kernel we should all notice an improved desktop experience.
Submission + - Put your money where your mouth is... (thestreet.com)
happyslayer writes: "The Street.com has a user-submitted article describing one investor's view on what comprises a "geek portfolio": Stocks that a geek would buy, based on beliefs, image, reputation, etc.
After giving some views on the term "geek," the article states
Since "vote with your $$$" is a common refrain in Slashdot comments, let's see what everyone thinks..."
After giving some views on the term "geek," the article states
With that in mind, I've created a "geek portfolio," with the stocks of companies that cater to and assist all sorts of geeks in their pursuits.
Since "vote with your $$$" is a common refrain in Slashdot comments, let's see what everyone thinks..."
Submission + - UK military awaits Skynet launch
Charles Puffer writes: Like they can't wait for Judgment Day. The UK Military awaits Skynet launch set for 1925 local time on an Ariane rocket. The system will provide secure high bandwidth military communications. In about a week Skynet 5A will in it's orbit, with Skynet 5B going up later in the year, and 5C in 2008. Since the revolution should be televised the Indian TV satellite Insat 4B, is the second payload.
Submission + - Distributed Proofreaders Completes 10,000 eBooks
Jagged writes: Distributed Proofreaders today commemorated their digital transcription of 10,000 written works.
Distributed Proofreaders, a wholly volunteer organization, was established in 2000 for the purpose of producing quality transcriptions of machine-readable texts from public domain sources. The resulting texts are published on Project Gutenberg.
Submission + - Congressman: colleges are nests of piracy
Prescott writes: Hollywood's congressman, Rep. Howard Berman of California, has announced that his subcomittee will be accelerating its hearings on piracy at American colleges. More troubling, he is getting ready to go after what he is calling the 'hypocrisy' of American colleges and Universities. 'Unfortunately, many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy,' Berman said. 'I don't doubt that there are legitimate issues that universities must grapple with, including privacy and cost concerns. However, when a university such as Purdue tells the AP that it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it is too much trouble to track down alleged offenders — such inaction is unacceptable.'
Submission + - RIAA going after Colleges
Pojut writes: "The Washington Post has an article on the RIAA increasing the number of letters out to colleges and college students around the country demanding that action be taken against the student's that have contributed nearly 1.3 billion downloads a year. In addition, they are asking (once again) that schools block access to services which allow such downloads. In many cases cases, there are threats of litigation.
From the article:
"At schools that don't institute or enforce such policies, some students might be getting mail from the trade group. Last week, the RIAA sent 400 letters to students at 13 colleges warning them that they will either have to pay up for illegally downloading music or face a lawsuit."
URL:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2007/03/08/AR2007030801895.html"
From the article:
"At schools that don't institute or enforce such policies, some students might be getting mail from the trade group. Last week, the RIAA sent 400 letters to students at 13 colleges warning them that they will either have to pay up for illegally downloading music or face a lawsuit."
URL:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti
