Comment: Stupid filter (Score 1) 410
The project is mature enough - time to start using it http://stupidfilter.org/
Comment: Re:Patent will be invalid - It's been done before (Score 1) 104
It's not that bad. ImgSeek author has been informed of the patent application filled and there's always http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
Comment: Re:Patent will be invalid - It's been done before (Score 1) 104
I did in fact read the claims in patent application and a lot of them look like the wavelet based method used by imgSeek. I seriously doubt much will be left off this patent in result.
Comment: Patent will be invalid - It's been done before (Score 4, Informative) 104
Patent is invalid if there is prior art. Well, imgSeek has had that function since at least 2008 (can't find changelog for desktop version - it might have been there already in 2006).
Comment: Re:EC2? (Score 2) 225
half price: http://www.maxcdn.com/pricing/
Comment: Work and fun (Score 5, Informative) 1880
Adobe software and games - that's about it.
Sadly Gimp is no replacement for Photoshop at this point.
Comment: I want one! (Score 1) 366
Now I have motivation to stop spending my time on
Comment: Re:The EULA said that? (Score 1) 273
"This provision applies to all consumers to the fullest extent allowable by law, but expressly excludes residents of Quebec, Russia, Switzerland and the Member States of the European Union."
Doesn't apply.
Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't 280
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from the stock-up-on-tinfoil dept.
from the stock-up-on-tinfoil dept.
radioweather writes with news of a government report from the UK's Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which warns of global warming's harmful effect on Wi-Fi and other communication protocols. Quoting the Guardian:
"Presenting the report, the secretary of state for the environment, Caroline Spelman, said that higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables. The threat posed by climate change to internet and telephone access is a rare example of when the developed world would be hit harder than developing countries, which are in general more at risk from increased floods, droughts and rising sea levels. 'If climate change threatens the quality of your signal, or you can't get it because of extreme fluctuations in temperature, then you will be disadvantaged, which is why we must address the question,' said Spelman, 'and just imagine in the height of an emergency if the communications system is down or adversely affected.'"
Comment: Re:Microsoft 4000 - quality an issue (Score 1) 310
I've had this keyboard. In fact I had two in 6 months time and both broke down.
An no, I don't abuse keyboards - my previous ergonomic keyboard (made by Chicony) lasted 8 years and the only reason I stopped using it was the fact I didn't want to have DIN5->MiniDin6 and MiniDin6->USB adapters at the same time
As far as the 4000's ergonomy goes I liked it.
Comment: Re:I fail to see why this is news (Score 2, Insightful) 149
This.
That's what you get for being cheap when hiring security team. Setting up memcached on a public IP or without a firewall is as bad as having your session directory fully writable on a public ftp (and quite similar too).
Memcached is good software and does exactly what it has been designed to do - provides fast key cache - but as with every tool if you are dumb you will hurt yourself. If those admins were carpenters they'd have an average of 4 fingers
You're making apps for iPhone? You're screwed.->
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Etylowy writes "EFF finally laid it's hands on iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. If you accepted it you grant Apple the right to reject your app for any reason (even if it meets all the guidelines) and at any time (even if they have accepted it before), If the app is rejected you can't sell it elsewhere (if it is accepted you can't sell it elsewhere as well), if Apple is liable for any damages the most you can get is $50, you can't speak publicly about the agreement content. Basically they own you and if you look at them funny they'll pull plug on all your hard work so you won't see a penny. All hail Apple."
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Comment: Re:I rarely get to say this... (Score 1) 296
Yes it will and you will be no longer limited in terms what hardware you access (other os option limited you to less than 15% of raw hw power).
WTF did Sony discontinue support for Linux in the new PS3?
Being able to run linux wasn't a strong enough selling point to justify the cost - thus ps3 slim no longer has this option.
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Released 2
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Shining Celebi writes "Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6 today, which adds support for Personas, lightweight themes that can be installed without restarting the browser, and adds further performance improvements to the new Tracemonkey Javascript engine. One of the major goals of the release was to improve startup time and general UI responsiveness, especially the Awesomebar. You can read the full set of release notes here."
Comment: Isn't it obvious? Money (Score 1) 660
Certificates, bandwidth, cpu power - it all ain't free.
Encryption costs: the obvious - signed certificates aren't free, but also https has higher bandwidth cost than http, encrypting data is CPU intensive - it all sums up.
IMHO encryption will be always limited to the bare minimum - where money and/or sensitive data is involved - and that's fine: why the hell would I want to encrypt anything else?