Comment: Re:Explained in Article! (Score 1) 398
Posting to undo incorrect moderation. Was trying to moderate +1 Insightful (just because there's no +1 Duh). :)
Julia Meets HTML5 129
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CmdrTaco
from the keep-on-zooming dept.
from the keep-on-zooming dept.
mikejuk writes "Google labs has created a demo web page where fractals combine with HTML5 to give a fully interactive viewer that uses nothing but JavaScript and as many cores as you care to offer it and not a plug-in in sight."
Comment: Re:md5? (Score 1) 380
Yes there is, 2^56 bytes. See the algorithm.
Comment: Re:xkcd? (Score 1) 699
Use Yahoo! instead?
Comment: Re:Java is crap anyway (Score 1) 535
Meh. When I want to show people how bad perl is, I just open up a text editor. Mash my face against the keyboard a couple of times. Then point out that the resulting gibberish is valid perl.
Not only that, it probably does something useful too.
Comment: Re:This just gave me a good idea! (Score 1) 186
here you go :)
Comment: Re:wts? (Score 1) 274
If you're referring to the long s, you only use that one if it's not the last letter of the word (or syllable, usually). That just means the image is doubly wrong.
Comment: Re:Q about Rhythmbox freezing (Score 1) 419
I have a large collection (>1TB, >150k files) and use mpd successfully to play large playlists.
Clients like gmpc or sonata may not be as slick as Rhythmbox but the ability to script things from the command line with mpc is a big plus for me.
Comment: Re:Causality is wrong (Score 1) 483
If I was to say my biggest greatest annoyance with Linux, it's media plugins and flash in particular. If only Firefox would stop being so patent-freaky and decode H.264 when it is available then we could kill flash and live happily ever after. *buntu seem perfectly capable of shipping a video player that'll use the x264 codec if installed, so should Firefox.
Can they send the bill to you when the lawsuit hits?
Comment: Re:Do not want (Score 1) 579
The flu is either incorrectly refered to as the "Swine Flu" or correctly refered to as the H1N1 flue. It is not refered to as the "Mexican Flu" by anyone other than yourself.
Actually this is a common name for this flu in
Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing" 443
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timothy
from the after-sherlock-holmes'-more-obscure-brother dept.
from the after-sherlock-holmes'-more-obscure-brother dept.
JacobSteelsmith writes "Microsoft is attempting to re-brand its Live Search, also known as Kumo. Bing, as it's known, is another attempt by Microsoft to lure consumers away from Internet search leaders such as Google. Microsoft has posted a quarterly loss in its online advertising business, compared to Google's sales, $4.7 billion in the first quarter. According to the Live Search blog, Bing goes 'beyond the traditional search engines to help you make faster, more informed decisions' by combining a 'great search engine' with organized results. It also adds unique tools to help the user make important decisions. It is being touted as a 'decision engine.'"
Comment: Re:good idea but... (Score 2, Insightful) 269
It could be that your uploading is killing your download speed. See one of the other comments for instructions on how to limit upload speed if you hadn't already.
Comment: Re:I'm not sure that either of you are correct... (Score 2, Informative) 583
Maybe because Ubuntu say so themselves?
New Ads That Watch You 238
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ScuttleMonkey
from the watching-the-watchers dept.
from the watching-the-watchers dept.
Pandanapper writes to tell us Yahoo is reporting that if you find yourself watching an ad on a video screen in a public venue, the ad may be watching you as well. "Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. The makers of the tracking systems say the software can determine the viewer's gender, approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity -- and can change the ads accordingly. That could mean razor ads for men, cosmetics ads for women and video-game ads for teens."
Comment: Re:Samsung Spinpoint anyone? (Score 1) 452
I take it you're being sarcastic? I bought two of them last year (HD103UJ) and both are already failing their SMART selftests. Feh.