Comment Re:Best comment ever (Score 1) 201
and not by the inmates of an Australian insane asylum as rumored
Down here, we call that "Parliament"
Comment Yes, because if there's one thing Doctors are... (Score 2, Insightful) 97
...it's strapped for cash. I happen to know a number of doctors, and yes, plenty of them have iPads.
I suggest that if an iPad is indeed critical business tool for a Doctor, he might be able to spring for the six hundred bucks without too much trouble.
He doesn't need John Brumby to buy it for him (or her). In contrast, there are plenty of school kids who could use that sort of investment in technology. Perhaps some of the billions of dollars that were wasted on the latest Public transport fiasco could be spent there.
Investment in health care needs more serious consideration than simply buying the doctors more shiny objects.
Comment Re:What filter? (Score 1) 222
Greens/Liberals/Independants hold the balance of power and are all dead set against the filter. It's a dead scheme stop mentioning it. There will be no mandatory net filter in Australia. The ETS and mining tax are probably also going to get blocked. They don't have the numbers to pass that sort of legislation anymore.
Looks like Senator Conroy didn't get the memo, then: Doh!
Comment Pffffffft (Score 1) 306
Oh come on, we all know the planet is only 6,000 or so years old!
I laugh disdainfully at your so-called "science"
I laugh disdainfully at your so-called "science"
Comment Re:My two cents (Score 1) 1217
Actually, I think if you want to reach the bulk of kids these days, you're probably better off trying to do is *using* their technology.
Look how much time kids I know spend online on FB, MSN, whatever. Imagine an education where kids could collaborate on projects (for example) on Facebook, do exams online...
What would be great is a more progressive education system where technology is embraced. so yes, I think lack of technology is definitely a potential hurdle to education in the future.
And hell, if you can't afford an apple, turn your dell into a hackintosh and quit whining! :)
Look how much time kids I know spend online on FB, MSN, whatever. Imagine an education where kids could collaborate on projects (for example) on Facebook, do exams online...
What would be great is a more progressive education system where technology is embraced. so yes, I think lack of technology is definitely a potential hurdle to education in the future.
And hell, if you can't afford an apple, turn your dell into a hackintosh and quit whining!
Comment Re:Look on the bright side (Score 1) 357
Man, that's a hole lot of funny right there.
Comment Running linux? Hardly (Score 1) 1
*sigh*
From the OP: "By and large, the millions of Australians who will shortly rely on Linux *will not even know it is there*."\\
Having linux on an embedded device is not "Running Linux" (at least as far as most /. folks would first assume) having an iPhone or iPod touch is "running OS X"
From the OP: "By and large, the millions of Australians who will shortly rely on Linux *will not even know it is there*."\\
Having linux on an embedded device is not "Running Linux" (at least as far as most
Comment Re:Why does this matter? (Score 1) 590
[...]Let's stop inventing problems for the sake of headlines.
You must be new here.
Comment Re:What Oracle Wants (Score 1) 900
Yep, that's what they recommend.
Let's select a random node from one of my clusters here. Each node has 3sGb of RAM, and runs linux.
Top output:
Mem: 33285824k total, 28389184k used, [...]
Swap: 30736352k total, 50592k used, [...]
So you can see that even with 32Gb of RAM, a node in an 8-node cluster is not swapping even close to 1Gb). That's a LOT of wasted disk space.
Submission + - 12 Games from the Year 2010
Mike Michelson writes: "Or at least, the ones a bunch of gamers got together and dreamed up screenshots for. This article really begs the question of just what developers will be getting out of our consoles three years from now. And whether these games are hopeless wishful thinking or not, it sure is fun to think about."
