AndrewM1 - Slashdot User

Comment: Change the Display Language (Score 1) 695

by AndrewM1 on Tuesday June 02 2009, @11:20AM (#28182883) Attached to: Keeping a PC Personal At School?

Might not be an option for you, but if you speak any other language, just change the Windows/Mac/Linux system language to it.

I can't count the number of people who've asked to use my laptop, been challenged by "Cet ordinateur est utilisé et a été verrouillé ... Appuyez sur Ctrl-Alt-Suppr pour déverrouiller cet ordinateur" (or even just noticed that the Start Menu is labeled "Démarrer") and have gone "Oh, well... I'll ask John over there then, I guess."

Also, even if people know that English is your native language, you can claim that you're trying to learn and that you've changed your computer over to get some practise with it. No need to have people think that you're intentionally trying to prevent them from using your system.

Court Eases Rules on Police Thermal Imaging 1

Submitted by buddhaunderthetree on Friday October 26 2007, @07:07PM

buddhaunderthetree writes "Earlier this month 8th Circuit Court of Appeals significantly loosened the warrant requirements required to perform a thermal imaging scan of a private residence. Since the 2001 Kyllo decision the accepted theory has been that thermal imaging warrants required probable cause to obtain. But on October 5, 2007 in United States v. Mohammed A. Kattaria the 8th Circuit said that a reasonable suspicion of wrong doing is sufficient to obtain a warrant."

iPod gains Linux-powered mixing console-> 0

Submitted by on Friday October 26 2007, @07:04PM

An anonymous reader writes "Numark is shipping the iDJ2, a Linux-based DJ mixing console built around the Apple iPod. The iDJ2 allows users to play two songs simultaneously from a single iPod, scratch, control pitch and tempo independently, loop, and do full cueing, according to the vendor. It also has table and line-level inputs, supports standard USB storage devices, and can even record the DJ's performance back onto the iPod. Get down, Tux!"
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'Jeeves' on the iPhone and its rivals-> 0

Submitted by Cowards Anonymous on Sunday September 23 2007, @03:50PM

Cowards Anonymous writes "British comedian, actor (of 'Jeeves and Wooster' fame), writer and universal genius Stephen Fry presents the most insightful, comprehensive and well-written review I have seen so far of the current generation of smartphones, their history and glorious future.
From TFA: 'Of course, this essay, if it can be described as such, is a response to the rise and rise of the SmartPhone, as most publicly trumpeted a few weeks ago with the arrival of Apple's iPhone. I am not here to laud or review that device however, it has had enough publicity and I really want you to believe that, Apple addict as I am, my eyes have always been open to the virtues of anything good, exciting, functional, elegant, pleasing to use.'
I wonder how the guy finds the time to read Slashdot in between acting, directing, writing and playing with his dozens of gizmos."
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Drawing on Air 0

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Sunday September 23 2007, @12:03PM

Roland Piquepaille writes "In a recent article, PhysOrg.com reports that a team of computer scientists at Brown University has developed Drawing on Air, a haptic-aided interface to help artists to create 3D illustrations while wearing a virtual reality mask. 'The technique introduces two new strategies, using one hand or two hands, to give artists the tools they need for drawing different types of curves, and for viewing and editing their work.' The researchers hope that these techniques will improve the precision with which scientists can interact with their 3D data using a computer. This also would help artists to illustrate complicated artistic, scientific, and medical subjects. Read more for additional details and several pictures made with this system, a bat flight, a bearded man and a Swahili bride."

New version of Gmail being tested-> 2

Submitted by Keith on Sunday September 23 2007, @11:19AM

Keith writes "Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and has revolutionized the way many of us use email. The interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it's soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a "New Version". Only a select few people have access to use the new interface — mainly employees and trusted people outside the company called "Trusted Testers"."
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Germany Makes Arrests in Global Phishing Scam-> 0

Submitted by Monkier on Thursday September 13 2007, @09:11PM

Monkier writes "PC World reports: German police have arrested 10 people suspected of a phishing scam. The group targeted bank customers who received emails purportedly from organizations like eBay Inc and Deutsche Telekom. Attached to the emails was Trojan horse software which records data entered in computers."
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Digital Bag Phones? 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2007, @09:06PM

An anonymous reader writes "I'm working on a mobile communications vehicle for a client. I'm wondering, are there new digital cellular phones that can be installed in the place of those old style "car phones" with the wired handset? My client wants one but I don't even know if they exist anymore! All our other clients just use normal cell phones these days."

UID and GID: the basics of Linux user admin-> 0

Submitted by

davidmwilliams

on Thursday September 13 2007, @08:52PM

davidmwilliams writes "A simple piece on the fundamental concepts of users and groups in Linux. Sure, you can add users with a GUI, but what really happens behind the scenes? Here's the low-down on just what makes a user exist. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14446/53/"
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In-Depth Review of the Free Spyware Terminator 2.0-> 0

Submitted by Jame5 on Thursday September 13 2007, @08:48PM

Jame5 writes "Over the years, almost hundreds of anti malware applications started popping out on the Internet, but only the best prevailed. Challenging the market share of Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy is the also free Spyware Terminator 2.0 and this in-depth review shows its advantages as well as bad points."
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