Comment Re:Alternative ways to develop? (Score 1) 262
They did improve the Ektachrome process. Older Ektachrome slides used the E-4 process and switched to the E-6 process sometimes in the 70s, IIRC.
Comment Re:Don't like it (Score 1) 246
10.10 uses the 2.6.35 kernel by default instead of the 2.6.32 kernel and it has better driver support than 10.04 (more stuff just works).
And some stuff that 'just worked' in 10.04 no longer works in 10.10.
Comment Re:Encrypte Everything (Score 1) 286
I read that as "whether they can ask multiple times AT the same volume"... they can ask multiple times, just in a more shouty way. *mental image of some lost python sketch*.
Comment 2020 (Score 2, Insightful) 509
'By 2020, nobody shall be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo.'
By 2020, nobody may be able to afford a new Volvo, so we'll keep driving the 20 year old deathtrap ones.
Comment Re:Retarded (Score 1) 130
It depends where you are. Here in Sweden, I can get a mobile broadband stick for free from a provider and get 20GB of bandwidth a month for 199sek.
In fact this is what I use for my home internet, as there is no landline connection to my house. Telia wants 10000sek to install one, so I told them where to stick it
Comment Re:PR (Score 1) 515
"Big Mac"
"Royale with Cheese"
Comment Re:He is now a career politician. (Score 1) 363
Lighten up, dude. 'Hatred' is such a strong word; one which I reserve for a small subset of politicians.
Comment Re:Sounds promising, but... (Score 1) 363
of course even though I've only been a politician for a couple of days you might not trust me
Actually the fact that you're not a career politician is *more* likely to make me trust you. You haven't been infected by all the nasty political diseases yet.
Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? 790
Wired has an amusing writeup that accurately captures the most recent ridiculous addition to Bugatti's automobile catalog. The $2.1 million Veyron sports over 1,000 horsepower, a 16-cylinder engine, and a top speed of 245 mph. The guilty conscience comes for free. "That same cash-filled briefcase could buy seven Ferrari 599s or every single 2009 model Mercedes. You could snap up a top-shelf Maybach and employ a chauffeur until well past the apocalypse. Hell, in this economy, $2.1 million is probably enough to make you a one-man special-interest group with some serious Washington clout."
UK Compulsory ID Plan Shelved 201
e9th writes "Despite a bump or two along the way, it seemed that compulsory ID cards were a done deal in the UK. Now, the Financial Times is reporting that the scheme has been shelved. Unfortunately, it seems that this was more a matter of convenience than of concern for citizens' privacy."
Comment Re:What languages? (Score 1) 1359
I had a similar problem here in Sweden (I'm from the UK). Trying to speak Swedish was met with (generally pretty good) English. I was lucky to find an English speaking job that also paid for me to have private Swedish lessons. Now I get much further into the conversations before they switch to English...
Belkin's President Apologizes For Faked Reviews 137
remove office writes "After I wrote about how Belkin's Amazon.com sales rep Mike Bayard had been paying for fake reviews of his company's products using Mechanical Turk, hundreds of readers across the Web expressed their outrage. As a result of the online outcry, Belkin's president Mark Reynoso has issued a statement apologizing and saying that 'this is an isolated incident' and that 'Belkin does not participate in, nor does it endorse, unethical practices like this.' Amazon moved swiftly to remove several reviews on Belkin products it believed were fraudulent. But now fresh evidence of astroturfing has surfaced, by the same Belkin executive."
Comment Re:Layoffs (Score 2, Insightful) 640
Except... you can't - IKEA is privately owned, not listed on any stock market.
Anyway, I think IKEA chairs break too easily for SB's liking.
Comment Re:Deep in the bowels of MSland.... (Score 3, Funny) 384
"We had a good run team." One of them says as they walk off into the sunset.
I totally read that as "walk off into the usenet". Heh.
Nokia to Acquire and Open Source Symbian 150
zyzko writes "Nokia has placed an offer on Symbian stock — it currently owns a 48% share and intends to buy the other shareholders out, 91% of the stockholders have already agreed. The press has already labeled this as an countermeasure to fight Android. Nokia has also created Symbian foundation — it might mean more open Symbian."
Symbian is "currently the world's dominant smartphone operating system (206 million phones shipped, 18.5 million in Q1 2008)," writes reader thaig, who points out coverage in the Economic Times. If this deal goes through as expected, the Foundation says that selected components of the Symbian operating system would be made available as open source at launch under the Eclipse Public License (EPL) 1.0
, with the rest of the platform following over the next two years.
