Comment News for Nerds... (Score 1, Insightful) 710
How is this news? We've all known about this for a very long time.
Submission + - Fedora 19, Schrödinger's Cat, Released
Submission + - Firefox takes the performance crown from Chrome
diegocg writes: Recent browser benchmarks are showing surprising results: in "a geometric mean of all four performance-based categories: Wait Times, JavaScript/DOM, HTML5/CSS3, and Hardware Acceleration", Firefox 22 "pulls off an upset, replacing the long-time performance champion Google Chrome 27 as the new speed king" (other browsers benchmarked were IE10, Opera 12, and Opera Next). With these results, and Firefox developers focusing in fixing the UI sluggishness, can this be the start of a Firefox comeback, after years of slow market share decline?.
Submission + - Samurai sword-wielding man aids woman being attacked (foxnews.com)
ekimd writes: A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday morning attack by a man who had been stalking her. A fourth-degree black belt in the Kishindo form of martial arts, Hendrix owns a collection of swords and weapons that he trains with. "Some people have bats they go to," said Hendrix. "I have my sword."
Comment Can't wait (Score 3, Informative) 92
As a current iProvo fiber user, I can't wait to welcome my new Google overlords.
Comment Re:Too late (Score 1) 267
Hear, hear!
Comment Re:Python / SciPy / NumPy (Score 1) 254
Numpy / SciPy isn't just for use at home. I work in an office doing research with a bunch of Ph.D.s and we all use python exclusively. No $4,000 MATLAB licenses for us!
Comment Compiz (Score 1) 654
I loved the rotating cube!
Comment Re:I thought I disabled ads. (Score 1) 304
I disagree. As long as your books are kept correctly, the accountant only needs three things:
1) Profit and Loss
2) Balance Sheet
3) Depreciation Schedule
Gnucash does all of those. Print them out. Hand it to your account. And you're done.
Comment Re:I thought I disabled ads. (Score 3, Informative) 304
Bologna. I've been using Gnucash for years on a sizable business with no problem. I'm also very familiar with QuickBooks (I worked as a staff accountant for several years). Sure, there's a lot that quickbooks can do that Gnucash can't, but there's nothing fundamentally missing from Gnucash to prevent someone from using it for business purposes.
If FOSS means anything to you, Gnucash is the only way to go.
Comment Re:Found happiness elsewhere (Score 4, Informative) 818
I've also found happiness elsewhere. A combination of XFCE + OpenBox does EVERYTHING I need *and* want.
Submission + - Fedora 17 Released
ekimd writes: Fedora 17 aka "Beefy Miracle" is released. Some of the major features include: ext4 with >16TB filesystems, dynamic firewall configuration, automatic multi-seat, and more. Major software updates include Gnome 3.4, GIMP 2.8, and GCC 4.7. The full feature list can be found here.
Personally, I still find Gnome 3 to be an "unholy mess" so I'm loving XFCE with Openbox.
Personally, I still find Gnome 3 to be an "unholy mess" so I'm loving XFCE with Openbox.
Submission + - The more science you know, the less worried you are about climate (theregister.co.uk)
infodragon writes: A US government-funded survey has found that Americans with higher levels of scientific and mathematical knowledge are more skeptical regarding the dangers of climate change than their more poorly educated fellow citizens...
Thus it is, according to the assembled profs, that the US government should seek to fund a communication strategy on climate change which is not focused on sound scientific information.
Thus it is, according to the assembled profs, that the US government should seek to fund a communication strategy on climate change which is not focused on sound scientific information.
Submission + - Pirate Bay Ready For IP Address Whac-A-Mole
jones_supa writes: Last week The Pirate Bay added a new IP address which allows users to circumvent the many court-ordered blockades against the site. While this proved to be quite effective, the Hollywood backed anti-piracy group BREIN has already been to court to demand a block against this new address. But that won't deter The Pirate Bay, who say they are fully prepared for an extended game of whac-a-mole using the hundreds of IP addresses they have available. Courts all around the world have ordered Internet providers to block subscriber access to the torrent site, and the end is still not in sight.
Submission + - Adobe to Abandon Flash Player on Linux (adobe.com) 1
ekimd writes: Adobe has anounced their plans to abandon future updates of their Flash player for Linux. Partnering with Google, after the release of 11.2, "the Flash Player browser plugin for Linux will only be available via the 'Pepper' API as part of the Google Chrome browser distribution and will no longer be available as a direct download from Adobe." Viva la HTML 5!
