Comment Re:He's right (Score 1) 357
Citations for that claim?
New LLVM Debugger Subproject Already Faster Than GDB 174
kthreadd writes "The LLVM project is now working on a debugger called LLDB that's already faster than GDB and could be a possible alternative in the future for C, C++, and Objective-C developers. With the ongoing success of Clang and other LLVM subprojects, are the days of GNU as the mainstream free and open development toolchain passé?" LLVM stands for Low Level Virtual Machine; Wikipedia as usual has a good explanation of the parent project.
Comment Re:It works in Safari... (Score 1) 527
Yeah, yeah it is. Apple doesn't give you the option of trying to view it in another browser -- you are presented with a box saying "You'll need to download Safari to view this demo."
Comment Re:Sounds unreasonable (Score 5, Funny) 631
No, nerd rage about spelling only sometimes.
Submission + - Treefrogs communicate using vibrations (cosmosmagazine.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Whales use sonar, bats use echolocation and treefrogs, it seems, communicate through vibration.
Submission + - Australia to lead next cyber-crime wave (arnnet.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: One of the scary things about that new proposed fast broadband access in Australia is the spam and distributed attacks that will come out of it. Every single user connected to the Internet with an ultra-fast broadband link will have a giant bulleye on their back as scammers and virus peddlers try to get their malwares onto their machiens. Will the internet ever be the same again? The security experts are already worried.
Submission + - Scalable alternatives to SQL
An anonymous reader writes: This article at Dr. Dobb's explores NoSQL software alternatives that satisfy Brewer's CAP Theorem and provide scalable low-cost databases. The discussion includes document stores, column stores and NoSQL alternatives such as distributed key-value stores.
Submission + - Amazon Kindle Fails First College Test
theodp writes: If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, writes Amy Martinez, it certainly got its wish. Students pulled no punches telling the e-tailer what they thought of its $489 e-reader. But if Amazon also hoped the Kindle DX would become the next iPhone or iPod on campuses, it failed its first test. At the University of Virginia, as many as 80% of MBA students who participated in Amazon's pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid. At Princeton and Reed, students complained they couldn't scribble notes in the margins, easily highlight passages or fully appreciate color charts and graphics. 'The pilot programs are doing their job — getting us valuable feedback,' said Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener. Martinez notes that Reed, Seton Hall and other colleges plan to test the iPad in the fall to see if it gets a passing grade.
Comment Re:I'm afraid of generalization (Score 1) 240
... (sometimes, people give their works away for free, or copyright expires).
Yeah, I used to believe in fairy tails too.
Comment Re:When do people get this (Score 5, Interesting) 613
Barth acknowledged that XPnet's data couldn't determine whether the memory usage was by the operating system itself, or an increased number of applications.
So yeah, it doesn't seem like the author really knows what's going on...
So yeah, it doesn't seem like the author really knows what's going on...
Comment Re:Biased Reports? (Score 1) 474
This is a perfect example of how "-1: Troll" has become "-1: I Disagree With Your Unpopular Stance"
Comment You don't always pay full price for notebooks (Score 1) 145
the successful pricing model for 'mini me too' laptops will look nothing like the notebook pricing model (where you always pay full price for the hardware)
I know that as recently as two years ago when I was working for Circuit City, we would discount laptops up to $150 off of the price we paid just to get people in the door -- and hopefully sell some warranties, accessories, and services (our real money-makers).
I'm just pointing out that we've already hit the point the author was talking about in notebooks, too.
