Comment Re:Makes sense (Score 3, Informative) 426
Just as a side note...if you use Windows 95, there's no reason to have Internet Explorer (5.x or otherwise) installed at all.
Comment Re:it's all a bit silly, really (Score 1) 617
Not to digress, but how was the mandatory Internet Explorer integration of Windows 98 a "slightly less painful experience for the end user?"
Submission + - Facebook Maxes Out Its Data Center Space (facebook.com)
1sockchuck writes: "Facebook is adding 2 million new users a week, and recently maxed out the data center space at its California facilities. The load on the company's servers "continues to increase at a pretty astounding rate," says Facebook engineer Jason Sobel, who said the fast-growing social networking service has added a data center in Virginia, which is now serving 30 percent of its traffic. Sobel also discusses how Facebook sorts out which data gets stored on the East Coast and West Coast, which has meant some fine-tuning of its MySQL code to properly update Memcached."
Submission + - MPAA Steals Code, Violates Linkware License
GRW writes: "TorrentFreak reports that the MPAA is using blogging software, called Forest Blog by web developer Patrick Robin, in violation of the "linkware" license. They have removed all links and references to the Forest Blog website, and have not purchased a commercial license. Is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do"?"
Submission + - PS2
sassiek writes: Hi,
Is mod chips used to make PS2 play any game from any country? If so, now that it is legal in Australia, how can I get my PS2 chipped?
Ta
Journal Journal: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, passed away
CNN reports
that
Robert Adler, who co-invented the device that made the couch potato possible, died Thursday at 93.
Adler was a prolific inventor, earning more than 180 U.S. patents. He was best known for his 1956 Zenith Space Command remote control, which helped make TV a truly sedentary pastime.
Few people today would imagine that that remote was ultrasound
