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Comment The Cloud! (Score 2, Interesting) 393

by jtogel (#26045501) Attached to: I Backup My Personal Data..
All the stuff that's really important to me is on my work computer, my laptop, and on either an SVN somewhere or Gmail/Gdocs/Facebook. Even if both my machines would implode this second and cease to exist, sure, I would lose lots of "personal data". But only files that I could easily get over BitTorrent again, and which it wouldn't matter much if I couldn't get hold of again. I'm pretty certain the amount of real personal data anyone actually cares about is less than a Gb, probably less than a 100 Mb.
Portables (Apple)

Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air 774

Posted by kdawson from the must-have dept.
Steve Jobs just got through announcing new MacBook lines in Cupertino. The MacBook, the Pro, and the Air all got revved. The old line of plastic-body MacBooks drops in price by $100, to $999. The new MacBooks have a metal body and multi-touch trackpad, just like the new Pros. The Pro features two NVidia graphics chips. Quoting Jobs: "With the 9400M, you get 5 hours of battery life, with the 9600M GT you get four hours of battery life. You choose." In summary: "We're building both [MacBook and Pro] in a whole new way. From a slab of aluminum to a notebook. New graphics. New trackpad, the best we've ever built. And LED-backlit displays that are far brighter, instant on, far more environmentally responsible." They are shipping today and should be in stores tomorrow. Oh, and one more thing: Steve's blood pressure is 110/70.
Privacy

Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy? 751

Posted by kdawson from the they-know-anyway dept.
KlaymenDK writes "Over the last decade or so, I have strived to maintain my privacy. I have uninstalled Windows, told my friends 'sorry' when they wanted me to join Facebook, had a fight with my brother when he wanted to move the family email hosting to Gmail, and generally held back on my personal information online. But since, amongst all of my friends, I am the only one doing this, it may well be that my battle is lost already. Worse, I'm really putting myself out of the loop, and it is starting to look like self-flagellation. Indeed, it is a common occurrence that my wife or friends will strike up a conversation based on something from their Facebook 'wall' (whatever that is). Becoming ever more unconnected with my friends, live or online, is ultimately harming my social relations. I am seriously considering throwing in the towel and signing up for Gmail, Facebook, the lot. If 'they' have my soul already, I might as well reap the benefits of this newfangled, privacy-less, AJAX-2.0 world. It doesn't really matter if it was me or my friends selling me out. Or does it? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. How many Windows-eschewing users are not also eschewing the social networking services and all the other 2.0 supersites with their dubious end-user license agreements?"
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Vista Advanced Heuristics

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "The Register has an article on Program Names govern admin rights in Vista.

From the article :

"If Vista sees that you have created a Microsoft Visual C++ project with install in the project name, then that .exe will automatically require Admin Rights to run. Create exactly the same project, but call it, say, Fred, and the problem disappears"

And more :
"Windows Vista heuristically detects installation programs"... named install.exe...

AC Bryan"
Slashdot.org

Journal Journal: Why do I keep reading Digg when Slashdot is better?

Journal by jtogel

They say Digg is bigger than Slashdot than these days. Bigger, better, newer, 2.0 and what not.

Indeed, I find myself scanning the Digg front page more often than Slashdot's ditto. Far too often, actually. Obsessively often? Well well, I actually get proper work done now and then.
User Journal

Journal Journal: AI: All fun and games

Journal by jtogel
Who believes in artificial intelligence nowadays? Not many, it seems. Some say that if we were so simple that we could understand ourselves, we would be so stupid that we couldn't. So we have to make the AI construct itself! That's the topic of my latest blog post, where I also claim that the secret lies in using computer games to do this.
PC Games (Games)

Journal Journal: What makes racing fun?

Journal by jtogel
Me and Renzo are working on a paper on how to automatically create fun racing tracks. And not only that, but racing tracks that are fun just for you - which means that we must first model how you drive with a neural network, and then use this model of your driving to create the tracks.
Robotics

Journal Journal: Recent advances in car racing AI

Journal by jtogel
With all the attention (rightly) given to the DARPA Grand challenge(s), it is a bit surprising that current car racing AI is so sloppy. Computer-controlled cars typically drive according to predefined racing lines and don't learn or adapt their driving styles to your driving. One notable exception is Microsoft's inventive AI in Forza Motorsport, where you can train "drivatars" to dr

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