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Comment StackOverflow Jerks? (Score 1) 45

by nefus (#45632387) Attached to: StackOverflow and Github Visualized As Cities
Will this map highlight the number of jerks there are on StackOverflow? I can't count the number of times you'll see a question posted asking an intelligent question but all of the comments are asinine replies that don't actually answer the question. Then there are the questions from new folks who are trying to learn, maybe they are completely newbs and wow do they get flamed. Everybody has an opinion they want the world to know about, but at least try to answer the question without being a jerk!

Comment Re:Nothing else to do but whine? Try planning ahea (Score 1) 234

by nefus (#45574611) Attached to: Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders
In your case I can see why it matters. You did plan ahead but didn't have the ability to force the issue. However vote me troll or not, I still think my suggestion will work in many cases. And No, I'm not pro poop-on-your-lawn. Mostly because its rude. Perhaps there should be a caveat that requires those owners to sign a contract that states they must pick up the poop.

Comment Nothing else to do but whine? Try planning ahead! (Score -1, Troll) 234

by nefus (#45574173) Attached to: Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders
I don't live in condos or apartments for a variety of reasons. Several of them are because of the whining from property managers on a variety of issues, this is only one of them. Besides, why the heck do you allow animals if you aren't willing to put up with the results of your decision? Charge a fee for animals and pay somebody to come around and clean up the poop, there are services that do that very thing. Anyway,its nice to have the convenience of letting my dog poop in my own yard. Its good for the grass anyway, natural fertilizer.

Comment Re:PhoneTray Pro (Score 1) 497

I like the old free version not pro. I don't think they offer the old version on their site anymore. The old version didn't depend on a network connection. Probably fewer features though enough to do the job

While thats true, the old version also didn't work well with very many modems and had fits with drivers.

Submission + - GMail Chat/GTalk sending chats to wrong recipients

Submitted by mystikkman
mystikkman writes: In what is a serious bug, GMail Chat/GTalk/Google Hangouts is sending messages to unintended recipients. ZDNet has confirmed first-hand that the glitch is present within Google Apps for Business accounts, including those that have not yet switched over to Google's new Hangouts platform. Messages appear to be visible on the mobile version of Hangouts. There are multiple reports of this issue.

Submission + - Gaming Legends Discuss Using Kickstarter for Their Next Projects (slashdot.org)

Submitted by Nerval's Lobster
Nerval's Lobster writes: Just as the Internet fundamentally altered the way games are distributed from publishers to players, crowdfunding has upended the traditional models of raising money for gaming development, and some of the most storied people in the industry are taking notice. Chris Roberts, who created the well-known Wing Commander series in 1990, managed to raise millions of dollars on Kickstarter last fall for his upcoming Star Citizen, eventually collecting so much money from individual backers that he could return the budget he'd taken from "formal" investment firms. “Even nice investors, they want a return at some point. They have a slightly diff agenda than I do,” Roberts told Slashdot. “My agenda is to build the coolest game possible." He's not the only famed developer getting into the crowdfunding game: Wasteland director Brian Fargo spent years wanting to make a sequel to his popular role-playing game, eventually accomplishing that goal via Kickstarter. And for every famous game creator who uses the power of crowds to produce a new masterwork, dozens of talented amateurs are also financing their first games via Kickstarter and similar services. But that doesn't mean there are occasional high-profile implosions, like CLANG.

Submission + - Scientists Create "DNA Barcodes" to Thwart Counterfeiters (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: Earlier this year, we heard about a gun and a fogging system, both of which tag criminals with synthesized DNA. The idea is that when those people are apprehended later, they can be linked to the crime by analyzing the location- or event-specific DNA still on their skin or clothing. Now, scientists at the Technology Transfer Unit of Portugal's University of Aveiro are developing something similar – "DNA barcodes" that can be applied to products, then subsequently read as a means of identification.

Submission + - VLC reaches 2.1 (videolan.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: With a new audio core, hardware decoding and encoding, port to mobile platforms, preparation for Ultra-HD video and a special care to support more formats, 2.1 is a major upgrade for VLC. The popular video player app also features support for 4K video as well as a partial Windows 8 and WinRT port for all those folks out there who don’t know what else to do with their Surface RT.

Submission + - Newly Private Dell Still Committed To Consumer PCs (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: Michael Dell is in the process of taking complete control of the company he founded, with announced plans to making an IBM-style pivot into a IT services company. But in a conference call company execs also reaffirmed Dell's committment to consumer PCs, and said the company will also be investing in R&D. One wonders where all the money is coming from.

Submission + - Back when patents had to be innovative

Submitted by fermion
fermion writes: This weeks "Who Made That" column in The New York Times concerns the built in pencil eraser. In 1858 Hymen Lipman put a rubber plug into the wood shaft of a pencil. An investor then paid about 2 million in today's dollars for the patent. This investor might have become very rich had the supreme court not ruled that all Lipmen had dome was put together two known technologies, so the patent was not valid. The question is where has this need for patents to be innovative gone? After all there is the Amazon one-click patent which, after revision, has been upheld. Microsoft Activesync technology patent seems to simply patent copying information from one place to another. In this modern day do patents promote innovation, or simply protect firms from competition?

Submission + - WiFi Pineapple Hacking Device Sells Out at DEF CON (eweek.com)

Submitted by darthcamaro
darthcamaro writes: At the recent DEF CON conference over the weekend, vendor were selling all kinds of gear. But one device stood out from all the others, the WiFi Pineapple — an all in one WiFi hacking device that costs only $80 (a lot cheaper than a PwnPlug) and powered by a very vibrant open source community of users. Pineapple creator Darren Kitchen said that 1.2 Pineapple's per minute were sold on the first day of DEF CON (and then sold out). The Pineapple run it's own Linux, based on OpenWRT, is packed with open source tools including Karma, DNS Spoof, SSL Strip, URL Snarf, Ngrep and more and is powered by g a 400MHz Atheros AR9331 MIPS processor, 32MB of main memory and a complete 802.11 b/g/n stack.
Is this a tool that will be used for good — or for evil?

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