Comment It depends... (Score 1) 186
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Comment Licensing (Score 2) 180
Use of this would (to my knowledge) require some sort of HAM licensing - and said regulations would have restrictions on things like frequencies (i.e. the whole "FM Pirate Radio" thing discussed on the README) or encrypted data.
So the NSA couldn't necessarily snoop your data - but the FCC could (and if you pissed the NSA or FBI off, probable WOULD) come after you for these types of violations. They couldn't get your by IP address - but if your were operating this from a fixed-base - they could find you.
Comment Usability (Score 0) 386
I've been saying from Day 1 - that I don't think the iPad is that great. It may be good for games, videos and light web browsing - but the lack of keyboard make it a difficult to do any real "work" (including homework) on. For example, I am typing this message on a "real" keyboard (not an on-screen one). I know you *can* attach external keyboards - but then we're moving more into netbook/notebook space - and if we're gonna go there - we might as well throw in a mouse, larger screen, and "real" multitasking (i.e. I can see more than one window at a time - like I am doing right now at work).
So the iPad is a good trinket - and has some good vertical applications (I use it for navigation at the help of my boat, and Netflix in the cabin) - but I don't think it's will displace the functionality of "personal computers" for "productive" applications.
Google: Better To Be a 'B' CS Grad Than an 'A+' English Grad 358
theodp (442580) writes "In a NY Times interview on How to Get a Job at Google with Laszlo Bock, who is in charge of all hiring at Google, the subject of grit-based hiring came up. Bock explained: 'I was on campus speaking to a student who was a computer science and math double major, who was thinking of shifting to an economics major because the computer science courses were too difficult. I told that student they are much better off being a B student in computer science than an A+ student in English because it signals a rigor in your thinking and a more challenging course load. That student will be one of our interns this summer.' Bock also advised, 'You need to be very adaptable, so that you have a baseline skill set that allows you to be a call center operator today and tomorrow be able to interpret MRI scans.'"
Comment Use Case (Score 1) 56
I could use them for my wife long dissertations about "how her day was"...
Comment Microscope made out of paper... (Score 3, Informative) 89
....and a poppy-seed-sized spherical lens made of borosilicate or corundum... ...and a light-emitting diode (LED), ...and a watch battery, ...and a switch ...and some copper tape)
Comment Re:We have this incredible habit. (Score 4, Funny) 588
Where do I sign the "opt-out" form for being a part of the "we" in your statement?
Personally, I follow Dr. McCarthy's advise due to her expertise and credentials, alone.
Comment Give 'em your Kool-Aid (Score 3, Insightful) 226
Time was - companies like this would give this sort of stuff away to get [younger] people hooked on these technologies. Would Microsoft want to get kids hooked into nice wholesome activities like MS-SQL, C#, .net or VB - or let them pick up stuff like LAMP an Python from their friends on the street.
Giving the stuff away is a way to groom the next up-and-coming generation into drinking your Kool-Aid. If they don't do this - they have only themselves to blame when the next generation grows up to be FOSS zellots...
Comment Quick!! (Score 0, Troll) 77
Quick!!! A 3D printer can print something! This is newsworthy fodder for Slashdot!!
How Far Will You Go For Highest Speed Internet? 142
Zecheus (1072058) writes "This community is extraordinarily rural. It is considered among the northernmost in the world. In the summer, temperature rises as high as 40F. There are more polar bears than humans. Even the usual ubiquitous and generous Norwegian health care is out of reach: inhabitants leave for the south to give birth or to die. On the other hand, it enjoys the highest quality Internet experience in the world due to recently installed fiber. Care to give it a try? By the way, the area has a turnover rate of over 25% every year."
Comment Voodoo (Score 4, Funny) 517
I often practice Voodoo to rid myself of evil spirits. Wikipedia has been very biased against all the scientific research of the efficacy of voodoo for such purposes. (I challenge you to scientifically prove that I have any evil spirits [anymore]).
Wake up Wikipedia!!
Comment Gramatical Ambiguity (Score 1) 710
Did she quit her job because she was being harassed, or did she stop asserting that she was being harassed. (I'm not a grammar Nazi, but the headline did confuse me).
Comment Concurrancy and locking (Score 1) 452
We don't need to worry about locking or concurrency - It'll never need to be run on more than one thread/core at a time.
Comment It's just... (Score 2) 452
"It's just a temporary solution".
As theold adage says: "There's nothing more permanent that a temporary solution".
Comment My company does this (Score 3, Informative) 572
They do this with most "big" web sites - but not all (or many little ones). The pre-install their own root CA, so the web browser doesn't complain - but if you bothered to click on the padlock icon - you can tell the cert is signed by our IT department, not by whoever you think you're talking to.
So we know it's happening - it's not really "hidden" - so I'ts up to me if I want to use Facebook or GMail or whatever - knowing the connection could be snooped. If I don't like it - I can simply not use those services from work.
