Comment AbracadaBra (Score 1) 299
But will it be as comfortable as the AbracadaBra, at least once the overheating issues are solved?
Comment Kill the server side (Score 1) 104
It's bad enough having to manage GroupWare or Exchange, but having to run some horrible RIM BlackBerry enterprise bloatware on them just so BB users can get email is ridiculous.
Comment Llano (Score 1) 184
Can the llano be tapped for green?
Comment New Number (Score 4, Funny) 238
Haven't you heard? Emergency services has a new number. It's 0118-999-881-999-119-7253.
Comment Re:uhhh (Score 1) 545
IANAL, Even if that is true, the router is rented, so it belongs while he pays his connection. In my country and I think in most countries, a landlord can't enter in any of his rented houses without consent of the people who live there. By your way of thinking Verizon could enter your network even if you protected it, just because they own the router.
Verizon still owns the router. To use your apartment analogy, just because you rent an apartment, does that give you the right to change out the locks and not give the landlord a copy of the new key?
Comment TowelNet (Score 2, Funny) 99
We are but towels to the robots, existing only to be folded, and patted neatly into place on a table. Mark this day.
Comment Fuel Economy (Score 3, Insightful) 762
So to reduce fuel consumption, they're enacting a law that is going to force people to roll down their windows to get cell, radio and GPS signals, therefore increasing drag and fuel consumption? Yay!
Comment Re:Twitter (Score 1) 164
"Developer Exposes Copyright Infringers In My Pants on Twitter"
Comment Re:Peace (Score 5, Insightful) 492
If he wants some time off and some peace & quiet, thats fine. Most people in this case would say 'I'll be gone for X weeks, Mr. Soandso will be covering for me in the interim, and has full access to everything I normally manage.', not just disappear and not return calls or emails.
Submission + - Money For Nothing and The Codecs For Free (davisfreeberg.com)
Davis Freeberg writes: In an in depth discussion on the codec industry, CoreCodec CEO and Matroska Foundation board member Dan Marlin shares his thoughts on the growing popularity of the MKV container, confusion in the marketplace between X.264/MKV and DivXHD and weighs in on a controversial decision by Microsoft to block third party filter support in future versions of Windows media player. His interview offers a behind the scenes look at an important piece of technology that is helping to power the P2P movement. It also raises the prickly question of whether or not Microsoft is abusing their OS monopoly, in order to rein in competition within the codec industry.
Comment Re:Holidy Weekend. (Score 2, Insightful) 273
Pudding can't fill the emptiness inside my heart. But it'll help.
Comment Re:Dear Iranian nation (Score 2, Insightful) 923
Just because something has a friendly name like Hope doesn't mean it has entirely benign intentions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Buddha
Comment Re:DSi's effect on homebrew (Score 1) 261
What handheld platform should homebrewers be developing for instead?
Perhaps the GP2X or one of its related devices?
Submission + - OMG: A Keyboard for Blondes! For Real (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "The keyboard as we know just got a makeover. What started initially as gag, apparently got so much positive feedback that the creators of the Keyboard for Blondes decided to turn it into a real product.
The Keyboard for Blondes is a real keyboard. It has all the normal functionality you would expect from a traditional keyboard. It has 103 keys, is USB based, and works with both Windows PCs and Macs. As to why it is pink, the Keyboard for Blondes Website explains, "Pink is the new black!" And being a blonde is not necessarily as prerequisite for owning one either, as the site further offers, "this keyboard is for anyone who has ever had a blonde moment or... two, has a good sense of humor and likes to have fun! Afterall [sic] being blonde is not just your hair color.""
