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Comment Re:slashcode (Score 1) 2254

by kad77 (#35003550) Attached to: Slashdot Launches Re-Design

Ok, I am using SRWare Iron 8 (stripped chromium webkit build for win32) with this user agent string as it's same WebKit build as Safari 5 ---

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/534.10 ... I get SPORADIC errors trying to post comments ... site works in IE8 ... gave up on FF until they multi-thread the UI

Comment Re:What's the point. (Score 4, Interesting) 268

by kad77 (#29566147) Attached to: FreeBSD 8.0 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks

I'm sort of curious why the slashdot story summary is so annoyingly biased in it's phrasing - "FreeBSD rather ends up taking a wallop to Ubuntu Linux, but there are a few areas where FreeBSD 8 ran well", when the arguably flawed test suite shows NO SUCH THING!

The FreeBSD system has very comparable or better benchmarks on nearly every metric in the test, just click through TFA and see for yourself.

Tripe.

Besides the needless and counterproductive bias, the phrase X "rather ends up taking a wallop to" Y is clunky and sophomoric. Editors, get a life.

Submission + - Haiku Project Reaches First Alpha Milestone

Submitted by kad77
kad77 writes: After eight years of hard work, the open source reinvention of the proprietary BeOS operating system has reached it's first official alpha (developer) release. The Haiku operating system is a very active MIT licensed project, showcasing some of the best open source tools and building blocks alongside it's massive unique codebase. Guided by their ideals, the Haiku team is steadily creating a unified user experience best described in their own words: "Haiku is an open source operating system currently in development that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the Be Operating System, Haiku aims to become a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels." More information and download options available at their website. A press release is also available.

Submission + - Haiku, the Open Source BeOS Project Issues First A (haiku-os.org)

Submitted by kad77
kad77 writes: After eight years of hard work, the open source reinvention of the proprietary BeOS operating system has reached it's first official alpha (developer) release. The Haiku operating system is a very active MIT licensed project, showcasing some of the best open source tools and building blocks alongside it's massive unique codebase. Guided by their ideals, the Haiku team is steadily creating a unified user experience best described in their own words: "Haiku is an open source operating system currently in development that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the Be Operating System, Haiku aims to become a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels." More information and download options available at their website. A press release is also available.
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Barksdale -- Tehran 2

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

Barksdale Air Force Base is being used as a jumping off point for Middle East operations. Gee, why would we want cruise missile nukes at Barksdale Air Force Base. Can't imagine we would need to use them in Iraq. Why would we want to preposition nuclear weapons at a base conducting Middle East operations?

Security

Submission + - Multiple .gov web sites hacked, serving exploits (blogspot.com)

Submitted by cottagetrees
cottagetrees writes: Security researcher Roger Thompson has discovered at least a dozen freshly hacked .gov web sites — all cities — hosting driveby-downloaded exploits and malware. Thompson blogged about his discovery here: http://explabs.blogspot.com/ and he posted a YouTube video documenting the hack here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_jh8lHb49w "The attacking pages seem to try one of three things. First they try an exploit to install their malware, and if that doesn't work, they try to trick you into installing a fake codec, and if that doesn't work, they run a fake antispy scan, and try to convince you that your machine is already compromised, but their software can fix it... just click the install button." According to the video, updated security patches will protect you from the driveby downloaded exploit, but won't protect victims of the social engineering ploy that tries to get them to download the fake codec, or install the fake anti-spyware.
Networking

Submission + - What IT/Network Admin apps have not been done yet?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I have worked in IT/Network Engineering for over 10 years now and it seems that there is a constant flood of new tools/apps designed to help us better run our IT organizations. This morning I was reading a trade rag and was again bombarded with adds for IT/Network management tools on every other page. I am curious to know from the community what they feel has not been done yet. What killer IT/Network admin management app does not exist yet? Anything?
Microsoft

Submission + - OOXML won't get fast-track ISO standardization (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by realdodgeman
realdodgeman writes: International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) recently held an internal poll to determine the position that the United States should take on Microsoft's request for Office Open XML (OOXML) approval. With eight votes in favor, seven against, and one abstention, the group was one vote short of the nine votes required for approving OOXLM ISO standardization. This will mean a huge slowdown to the standardization to the OOXML format.
Google

Submission + - Is Google Evil?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Absolutely! Their motto is just a marketing ploy!
Yes, but just since the IPO.
Almost; just a few more stories to go...
Not really, but heading that route.
Never! I love the Google!
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Patient bleeds dark green blood

Submitted by jefft0
jefft0 writes: A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood. The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock — the Enterprise's science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood. In this case, the unusual color of the 42-year-old's blood was due to the migraine medication he was taking.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Israeli scientists create cyborg brains (sciam.com)

Submitted by
Roy van Rijn
Roy van Rijn writes: "Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have demonstrated that neurons cultured outside the brain can be imprinted with multiple rudimentary memories that persist for days without interfering with or wiping out others. The israeli scientists have taken a crucial first step in showing that a network of neurons outside the body can be stimulated to create multiple memories that they sustain for days."

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