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Comment Re:Kill them! (Score 1) 181

by AI0867 (#29774199) Attached to: HTC Dragging Feet On GPL Source Release For "Hero" Phone

I've done something similar with a Samsung D900. I dropped it out of a (probably 4 to 5 meter high) window in the middle of a conversation.
Apparently, the closing slide took the brunt of the impact, as the phone was in the closed position (with my call disconnected) with a scratch mark on one of the corners.
I slid it back open and redialed. It worked fine.

Comment Re:What timing [PDF stinks] (Score 1) 214

by AI0867 (#28537045) Attached to: SoftMaker Office 2008 vs. OpenOffice.org 3.1

It is not difficult to copy and paste from. I probably do this on a daily basis. The only time you can't copy and paste is if the document author was an idiot and blocked the copy/paste/print functions, or if the source content for the PDF was a scan of an older printed document.

The page navigation system is no different than word processors or web browsers. In fact, it's a little more optimized. Using Adobe's reader, you can even turn on thumbnails and skim through a document like you're using microfilm.

KPDF can also show thumbnails of the pages. Additionally, you can choose to ignore DRM so you can copy/paste and print, just like just about every PDF reader out there that is not Adobe's.
Security

Submission + - 4Chan Attacks YouTube, Uploads Kids Clips w/ Porn (neosmart.net) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Anonymous members of the internet board 4Chan have organized an attack on YouTube, uploading a number of children's clips and cartoons that switch mid-movie to videos depicting adults engaged in various sexual acts. This is very reminiscent of their attack last year on an internet forum for epileptics, which triggered a number of photosensitive seizures by uploading fast-moving and colorful images to the forum.
Programming

Submission + - Open source assignments accused of cheating (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by
Death Metal
Death Metal writes: "When San Jose State University student Kyle Brady published the source code of his completed homework assignments after finishing a computer science class, his professor vigorously objected. The professor insisted that publication of the source code constituted a violation of the school's academic integrity policy because it would enable future students to cheat."
Microsoft

Submission + - Download IE8 or Microsoft Will Let Children Starve 1

Submitted by
theodp
theodp writes: "Remember National Lampoon's famous If-You-Don't-Buy-This-Magazine-We'll-Shoot-This-Dog cover? As it kicked off its new 'Browser for the Better' campaign, Microsoft took a page from the Lampoon's playbook, announcing it will provide 8 meals to hungry children and adults for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8. CNET reports that Microsoft will donate $1 million to a food bank if 869,565 people in the U.S. use a special website to download IE8 by Aug. 8, 2009 (8-8, get it?). Microsoft adds that all meals must be claimed by June 30, 2010. How can something so right feel so wrong?"
Cellphones

Submission + - Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls (hothardware.com)

Submitted by
MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "Engineers from Apple have applied for a patent on an "emergency" mode for cell phones that would squeeze every last drop of energy out of the batteries. The phone would recognize emergency calls when the user dialed an emergency number, such as 911 in the United States. But a number also could be stored as an "emergency number" on the phone (a spouse, child, parent, for example) or the user could manually put the phone in emergency mode. The process would do a variety of things. It would disable "non-essential hardware components" and applications on the phone, reduce power to the screen and potentially reduce the phone's processor speed. It also would make it harder to disconnect the call and enable "emergency phrase buttons" on the phone."
Censorship

Submission + - ISP filtering still on for Australia (itnews.com.au) 1

Submitted by Coel Healy
Coel Healy writes: Senator Conroy's office has confirmed the Government plans only to introduce mandatory internet filtering for web content that is Refused Classification (RC), with all other explicit content filtered on a voluntary basis by internet service providers.
Microsoft

Submission + - Retailer PC World drops Linux netbooks for Windows (itpro.co.uk) 2

Submitted by nk497
nk497 writes: UK retailer PC World will take all Linux-based netbooks off its shelves, in favour of machines running Microsoft Windows. While Linux netbooks will still be available online, PC World said that people just didn't seem to want them as much. "Despite initial hype that netbooks would move more users onto the Linux platform, Microsoft has emerged as the preferred operating system because Windows makes it easier to share content, and provides customers with a simpler, more familiar computing experience on the move," a spokesman claimed, saying most customers want an OS that they're already familiar with.
The Internet

Submission + - BT accused of download throttling

Submitted by krou
krou writes: The BBC is reporting that the UK's biggest broadband supplier, BT, has been accused of throttling download speeds during peak times on its cheapest broadband package. Users who "signed up for an up to 8 megabit per second package can have their speed cut to below 1Mbps". The throttling appears to target primarily video streaming, with a little-known clause in their fair usage policy (that is not explained in the T&C's when you sign up) stating: "We do limit the speed of all video streaming to 896Kbps on our Option 1 product, during peak times only." However, it appears it's actually throttled to 700kbp. In defence, a BT spokesman claimed that this was being done "in order to optimise the experience for all customers". The BBC have raised concerns over the impact of the throttling on their BBC iPlayer service, saying that "we are concerned that at peak times some customers' higher quality video streams may be interrupted by buffering before falling back to a lower-quality version. This would suggest that traffic identified as BBC iPlayer traffic is being throttled back, thereby limiting the bandwidth used up by the service on slower connections." A statement from BT claims that "we are currently in discussions with the BBC executive to ensure that our customers get the best possible experience in the future".
Cellphones

Submission + - Using WiMAX to replace a phone? (lazyelegance.com)

Submitted by
vigmeister
vigmeister writes: "I've decided to explore the possibility of using a netbook/MID as a phone while eschewing the services of a cellphone provider. Now that Atlanta (where I live) has WiMAX from Clear, I ought to be connected everywhere within the city to the internet (once I sign up). Theoretically, this should mean that I will be able to use my netbook as a cell phone. Of course, there are some very real issues to overcome and I am simply putting this experiment together to see if it is something that is realistically possible. This could possibly extend to uncapped 3G connections (if they exist anymore) as well. Are there any obvious problems you would foresee? Is there anything I have missed or any other questions I should attempt to answer in this 'experiment' of mine? A major issue is, of course, the fact that my pseudo-netbook has to be carried everywhere and left always on. I've asked slashdot for advice regarding the best OS for this machine. However, if the experment is somewhat succesful, it seems as if using your netbook/MID as a phone might require a relatively customized OS which could possibly be a 'remix' of a suitable Linux distro. Something like Maemo, but not as hardware specific. Thoughts, suggestions?"

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