Comment Re:How to use the electricity? (Score 1) 155
Because we all want cars that look like they were manufactured by Mattel.
Not me. I want one that looks like it was built from Lego bricks.
Comment Re:I hope it catches on (Score 1) 160
The only reason you actually need an ungainly VGA connector on your laptop is if you either refuse to pay $30 for an adapter, or you expect that you might lose the adapter yet still have your laptop for that super-important presentation.
(bold added)
Don't you ever do anything for convenience?
Comment Re:Nothing New (Score 1) 1061
You're right.
I was responding to what I percieved as an attempt to imply that the correlation means something.
If there was no attempt to imply such, I apoligize.
Comment Re:Nothing New (Score 1) 1061
You've fallen victim to THE classic statistical fallacy.
Now, repeat after me, "Correlation is not causation."
Comment Re:Dental Applications? (Score 2, Funny) 105
So, when people at work call you Frankenstein, do you remind them that Frankenstein was the doctor, not the guy made out of dead bodies?
Comment Re:Sounds like a grat murder weapon (Score 1) 105
Then it's not much of a murder weapon. Might as well just buy them an extra beer after work for a couple of years and hope they die in a car accident.
Comment Re:Nope, sorry (Score 1) 507
He's not.
Using that article to understand Orson Scott Card is like using Rush Limbaugh to understand Barack Obama.
Comment Re:Nope, sorry (Score 1) 507
If you think that piece accurately reflects Card's views, you should do a little of your own research on original sources. Read what he actually wrote, without an additional layer of prejudice from someone that disagrees with him. You know, like you'd do for the words of a detractor of someone you agreed with.
550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq 647
Orion Blastar tips us to an AP report that 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" uranium has successfully been removed from Iraq. The operation lasted three months, and it required 37 separate flights and an 8,500-mile trip by boat to reach a port in Montreal. Quoting:
"While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called 'dirty bomb' -- a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material -- it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment. The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp., in a transaction the official described as worth 'tens of millions of dollars.' A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors."
Submission + - Java DST Patch Breaks DST
Christopher_G_Lewis writes: "This is just coming out, but Sun's DST patch "may break backward compatibility for the Eastern, Hawaiian, and Mountain time zones, under certain circumstances."
DST: Daylight Saving Time Changes (2007)
There's a Sun alert, but only for subscribed members: Sun Alert 102836 for Java.
The introduction of Olson Timezone (TZ) data, version 2005r or greater, may break backward compatibility for the Eastern, Hawaiian, and Mountain time zones, under certain circumstances.
This issue is also outlined in Sun BugIDs 6466476 and 6530336, listed at:
6466476
6530336"
Submission + - FBI Accused of Abusing Power in Searches
WebHostingGuy writes: "According to MSNBC, A Justice Department investigation has found pervasive errors in the FBI's use of its power to secretly demand telephone, e-mail and financial records in national security cases. Some of these abuses may also be criminal abuses as well."
Submission + - Linux & Open Source Greener Than Windows
eldavojohn writes: "A recent UK report is saying that Linux is greener than Windows upon deciding that Linux on a server will cause the machine to have a much longer life expectancy (up to twice) than the same machine running a Windows server. This, in turn, reduces the amount of e-waste that results from the operation of the machine. But the report doesn't stop there, it goes on to reason about open source in general: "One of the benefits frequently put forward for the use of open source software is the level of resources needed to support it. This means that for equivalent open source and Microsoft Windows systems, the open source will require less memory and a slower processor speed for the same functionality.""
Submission + - Wikipedia May Require Proof of Credentials
narramissic writes: "According to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, a new policy is currently under discussion by the community of users who regularly write and maintain Wikipedia that would require contributors to the site who claim certain credentials to prove they really have them. The new policy comes after one of Wikipedia's most prolific and respected editors, who went by the pseudonym 'Essjay,' was found not to be the 'tenured professor of theology' he claimed to be but a run-of-the-mill 24 year-old from Kentucky. Said Wales, 'To discover that someone had been deceiving the community for a long time really was a bit of a blow to our trust. Wikipedia is built on the idea of trusting other people and people being honest and we find that in the most part everyone is, so it was a real disappointment.'"
Building an ODF Intranet Portal? 19
jeevesbond writes "I have been doing some feasibility work on creating a FLOSS Intranet Portal for ODF documents; the first task is to find existing projects that already provide some of the required functionality. The requirements are: version control — including diff and merge capabilities for ODF; integration with OpenOffice for check-in/out as a starting point; a Web-based CMS for group sharing of files (preferably one that can be extended to perform other tasks); and network authentication for the CMS (so users don't have to login twice). The eventual aim is to be able to bundle all this up in some way: 'apt-get odf-portal', for instance. Which FLOSS tools would you use for this job? How would you handle diffs and merges for ODF documents?"
Submission + - Flash Memory To Replace Apple Hard Drives
bbavar writes: According to Reuters, Apple could soon "be among the first personal computer makers to use flash memory for storing data in computers, a step that some chip memory makers, including Micron Technology Inc., have said is inevitable as prices for flash decline and storage capacity increases." This could happen as soon as the second half of this year.
