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Comment Not cause and effect (Score 2, Informative) 367

by Sandor at the Zoo on Thursday May 14, 2009 @11:06AM (#27951317) Attached to: The More Popular the Browser, the Slower It Is

How about this possibility?

"Sucky non-standards-compliant browsers aren't popular"

I'm not saying this is the case, but any decent software developer can write a web browser that's really fast. Getting it to actually render the right stuff all the time takes a lot more work, error checking, and additional code. That's going to slow things down.

Comment Most boring TED evar (Score 1) 109

by Sandor at the Zoo on Friday February 13, 2009 @03:11PM (#26847471) Attached to: Demo of Spatially Aware Blocks

This is a tech that seems like it should be cool, but from the demos it's incredibly boring.

Comment Re:Ruby vs Python (Score 1) 226

by Sandor at the Zoo on Sunday February 01, 2009 @01:15PM (#26685197) Attached to: Ruby 1.9.1 Released

Yeah, other than the fact that they're both winter-time leisure activities involving strapping one or more long pieces of fiberglass to your feet, in order to make your way down a snowy slope, they're nothing alike!

And the parent got modded "insightful"? Sheesh.

Comment Re:Whoopie for cold light! (Score 1) 553

by Sandor at the Zoo on Thursday January 29, 2009 @03:24PM (#26657141) Attached to: LED Lighting As Cheap As CFLs Invented

Even with narrow-spectrum LEDs, you can mix a set of them to obtain the color you'd like. Pick a red LED, a green, and a blue, and mix them with the appropriate currents to get the warm light you'd like.

As pointed out, though, Cree (and others, I'm sure) have been working towards warm single-LED lighting.

Check out the candlepowerforums.com site for exhaustive discussions on LED lighting and related topics.

Submission + - APEC Cell Phone Jamming Not Practical: Expert

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 20, 2007 @08:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: When President George W Bush attends the APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia in September, his motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming equipment, blocking cell phone reception around it in an area the size of a football field. However, government officials plan to allow emergency calls through but a telecommunications researcher says this isn't possible. "We're not convinced you'd be able to do that. There's no distinction between outgoing emergency and normal calls," said Jeff Kasparian of the Institute for Telecommunications Research in Australia. Terrorists have used mobile phones to detonate remote-controlled bombs in Iraq and in the recent Bali bomb attacks.

Submission + - Top teachers twice as good as bad treachers

Submitted by

Podcaster

on Sunday May 20, 2007 @08:30PM

Podcaster writes: "Australian National University researcher Andrew Leigh has released a new study that attempts to quantify school teacher's differing abilities to educate their students.

The study was conducted by the Australian National University (ANU) and found the top 10 per cent of teachers were able to achieve in six months what the bottom 10 per cent could only achieve in a full year."

Submission + - Putin vows GLONASS, GPS' counterpart, free for all

Submitted by

axyzmobile.com

on Sunday May 20, 2007 @08:01PM

axyzmobile.com writes: "According to the news agency RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the GLONASS navigation system to provide the service free for customers. GLONASS is a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. The system can also be used in geological prospecting."

Submission + - PhpBB3 RC1 Released

Submitted by Mia'cova on Sunday May 20, 2007 @07:07PM

Mia'cova writes: phpBB3 RC1 was released today. Version 2 was initially released five years ago in 2002. This marks a major next step in the development of the platform. Some new features include multiple attachments, unlimited subforums, custom bbcodes, a user control panel, jabber notifications, and friend/foe lists. Check out a longer feature list and keep an eye out for your favorite phpBB-powered forums to start getting updated.

Submission + - Visualizing the 'Power Struggle' in Wikipedia

Submitted by

todd450

on Sunday May 20, 2007 @07:05PM

todd450 writes: "A really cool new visualization of Wikipedia and controversial articles in it. http://www.abeautifulwww.com/2007/05/20/visualizin g-the-power-struggle-in-wikipedia/"

Submission + - Penguin speeds at 220 MPH, earns Indy500 spot

Submitted by

strredwolf

on Sunday May 20, 2007 @06:15PM

strredwolf writes: "Despite generating over $12,000 in funds, well short of the $250K goal, the Tux 500 Project was able to secure a spot in the Indy 500 with driver Roberto Moreno piloting the Linux #77 Indy car. He's back in the pack in 31st place but was able to secure it by re-qualifying with an average speed of 220.299 MPH. Will Moreno be able to pilot the penguin-tipped Indy car to victory next week at the 91st Indianapolis 500? Maybe if more donations will come in..."

Submission + - Windows Media Center restricts cable TV viewings

Submitted by PrescriptionWarning on Sunday May 20, 2007 @05:58PM

PrescriptionWarning writes: With the latest Media Center Edition update from Microsoft, many other users and myself are finding that content available on Television are now completely unwatchable from Media Center, with a message that simply states "Restricted Content: Restrictions set by the broadcaster and/or originator of the content prohibit playback of the program on this computer."

A simple search on the subject reveals that HBO programming and, in my case Braveheart on AMC, are among the many selections now restricted for playback or recording by Windows Media Center Edition. What's next, restricting every piece of programming on television? One thing is for sure, there won't be much left to watch.

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