Comment Re:Oblig. XKCD (Score 1) 105
It's all part of scientific outreach: http://xkcd.com/585/
Is it bad that I knew what XKCD you linked to, based on the topic?
Comment Wamu's site works in Lynx (Score 2, Informative) 220
I hope that Chase doesn't change that on me.
Though I normally, just use it on my phone, it's quite nice having access to my accounts from any browser.
Comment Re:Posting in the april fools article (Score 1) 1582
Really?
Comment Re:Hibernation? (Score 0) 440
My Dell inspiron e1505 uses 1 watt per hour in sleep mode.
Comment Malware threat GNOME to KDE (Score 1) 348
I misread the topic and was really scared for a moment there.
Leave my desktop choice alone you evil malware writers!
Comment Re:"and it will be rolled out free of charge. " (Score 1) 170
40 hours / week * 52 weeks / year = 2080 hours / year
Submission + - Wikipedia admins go on rampage
joeszilagyi writes: After their passwords got cracked: At least four different Wikipedia administrators have had their weak passwords taken in the past 24 hours. They deleted the home page repeatedly, and one person even put Tubgirl on the "Site notice", which is a global header for all of en.wikipedia.org. How did it happen? Weak logon security measures — there is no CAPTCHA; crappy passwords, and on top of that, while there is an encrypted SSL logon page, it's hard to find. The scariest thing is that people with passwords of "password" are entrusted as sysops and administrators on one of the Top 10 websites on Earth. They even blocked Jimbo Wales repeatedly from his own website!
Submission + - Open Source WebEx functionality
KD7JZ writes: Where can I find WebEx functionality in Open Source? I know about VNC for remote desktop access. What I want is the ability to have a remote user share a session with me where I can take control of their machine, and do things. Ideally as a downloadable java app, so it is easy to set up on an ad-hoc basis.
Submission + - Slate: Casual Play on 360 Live Arcade
twoallbeefpatties writes: "Columnist Chris Suellentrop writes an article for Slate describing how his desire for casual gaming is fulfilled more by the 360 than the Wii due to the presence of simpler games available over Live Arcade, saying that the availability of oldschool Nintendo games on the Wii network fulfills his nostalgic hardcore gaming side, but when he really wants to just relax, he'd rather be trying to top his Live high score on Root Beer Tapper."
Online Storage 2.0: Six Sites Reviewed 142
mikemuch writes "Services like box.net, openomy, and eSnips are more than just places to access your files from the web. Some include media organization tools, Windows shell integration, drag-and-drop uploading, tagging, and social content sharing. ExtremeTech has a review up of six online storage services with Web 2.0 twists."
Submission + - In India, MS losing out on xbox 360 profits
romit_icarus writes: "In India, the duty for imported xbox 360s is set at a high 54%. So what did the Indians do? They waited until a supply route of hacked xbox 360s was set up from China. The result: xbox360s at real prices and pirated game DVDs for little over USD 3!
Read the story here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Xbox_360_sales _on_the_rise/articleshow/1697086.cms"
Read the story here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Xbox_360_sale
Submission + - The Twelve Awsomest Games of 2010.
harpar writes: http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/2010.htm l
This is a hilarious, tongue in cheek prediction of games to come.
Submission + - New AMD Chipset Brings HDMI and ATI Graphics
Vigile writes: "Today AMD announced the new AMD 690 series of chipsets that feature integrated graphics based around the aging ATI Radeon X700 core architecture. It is the first AMD branded chipset in nearly 4 years and features some interesting features; one of which is the inclusion of integrated HDMI support. This should make for an interesting HTPC design though as PC Perspective reports, without support for decode acceleration of HD-DVD and Blu-ray, that HDMI is mostly just fluff. They also report that though the gaming performance is better than what NVIDIA's current 6150 chipset offers, it still doesn't impress as they'd hoped it would."
Submission + - Not Certified for Windows Vista
narramissic writes: An article recently published in the Knowledge Base on Microsoft TechNet identifies applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo. As is often the case, what's really interesting is not which vendors' apps are on the list but which aren't — Adobe, Symantec, McAfee....
Submission + - The Truth About Switching: what it's really like!
TheMacThinker writes: "Poke around the net for a while searching for information on what it's like to switch to a Mac, and you'll quickly get a face full of hyperbole, zealots, platform bigots, feature weenies, and naysayers — from both the Windows and Mac camps.
But there are precious few places to get an honest word about what it's like to switch, other than some deeply technical face-offs. So, I've been taking notes for the past few years, and thought I'd write them down.
Before I get into things, I should say that I've been a happy Mac user for 3 or 4 years, but spent most of the 10+ years before that quite enamored with Windows and DOS as well.
So, here's what it's like to switch to a Mac, without all the whining and hysterics:
01 People will ridicule you for having a Mac
My former boss, an otherwise friendly and intelligent person, was always on the lookout for opportunities to poke fun at me because I used a Mac and brought it to work with me every day. This is changing, however, and mainly applies to corporate settings there days.
02 You'll feel like you're in a little club
When other Mac owners find out you have one too, you'll get a little smile of appreciation, and will likely end up talking about Macs for five or ten minutes — no matter who they are and what the circumstance is. You may or may not find this annoying.
03 People will help you for no reason
Other Mac owners are usually fairly willing to help you get up and running on the Mac. This may be self-serving on their behalf, because it helps sell more Mac stuff which in turn justifies their investment in a company with less than 10% market share, but it's still a perk.
04 Fewer people will try to attack you
Probably not through altruism, but rather because Mac platform is (a) less widely used and (b) based on a fairly robust UNIX operating system, there are almost no viruses or other nasty stuff for the Mac.
05 You'll be able to ignore most viruses
Each time the Windows community gets up in arms about the next big virus that is circulating around the globe, you can go about your business on your Mac without really worrying. However, you do have to be careful to not forward on infected files from one Windows user to another...
More on http://www.mostofmymac.com/articles/the-truth-abou t-switching-what-it%E2%80%99s-really-like-to-move- to-a-mac/"
But there are precious few places to get an honest word about what it's like to switch, other than some deeply technical face-offs. So, I've been taking notes for the past few years, and thought I'd write them down.
Before I get into things, I should say that I've been a happy Mac user for 3 or 4 years, but spent most of the 10+ years before that quite enamored with Windows and DOS as well.
So, here's what it's like to switch to a Mac, without all the whining and hysterics:
01 People will ridicule you for having a Mac
My former boss, an otherwise friendly and intelligent person, was always on the lookout for opportunities to poke fun at me because I used a Mac and brought it to work with me every day. This is changing, however, and mainly applies to corporate settings there days.
02 You'll feel like you're in a little club
When other Mac owners find out you have one too, you'll get a little smile of appreciation, and will likely end up talking about Macs for five or ten minutes — no matter who they are and what the circumstance is. You may or may not find this annoying.
03 People will help you for no reason
Other Mac owners are usually fairly willing to help you get up and running on the Mac. This may be self-serving on their behalf, because it helps sell more Mac stuff which in turn justifies their investment in a company with less than 10% market share, but it's still a perk.
04 Fewer people will try to attack you
Probably not through altruism, but rather because Mac platform is (a) less widely used and (b) based on a fairly robust UNIX operating system, there are almost no viruses or other nasty stuff for the Mac.
05 You'll be able to ignore most viruses
Each time the Windows community gets up in arms about the next big virus that is circulating around the globe, you can go about your business on your Mac without really worrying. However, you do have to be careful to not forward on infected files from one Windows user to another...
More on http://www.mostofmymac.com/articles/the-truth-abo
