Comment: A hint towards...? (Score 1) 353
Linux the third major OS = HALF LIFE 3!
Comment: Re:Grammar police (Score 2) 116
Its. Learn it, love it, live it, and spell it CORRECTLY.
FTFY: You were missing the serial (or Oxford) comma in your sentence.
Comment: Re:Is this one going to be LTS? (Score 1) 114
Does the average ubuntu end user care as long as it is free (as in beer)?
The first thing most of us do is download the restricted media packages.
Comment: VLC (Score 1) 734
Well this is a great boon for VLC.
Comment: Re:More importantly (Score 1) 157
How quickly will teachers become completely automated? That's a bit of a scary concept. You can't just have "teachers" who do nothing but press "Play" on a video machine.
That's what most of my lectures in college were like.
Comment: Re:Can't wait to see... (Score 1) 185
Silver and copper are toxic to most bacteria and fungi. Would be a bit expensive and heavy to be making a keyboard out of, or even coating.
Comment: Re:Looks like drones aren't just for governments. (Score 1) 377
It would make for more interesting television.
Comment: FSCK the RIAA (Score 1) 300
The RIAA doesn't like the music industry in general.
+ - SPAM: Best service/software for society images
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Squeeonline writes "I am the (amateur) webmaster for an Irish university debating society. Throughout the years, we have amassed gigabytes of photos. For the last few years we have been using Gallery hosted on a university server but I have been wondering whether there may be a better alternative that is more suitable: easy to share, ability to import from other sources, and most importantly, security to prevent these images being lost by the service being shut down."
Comment: Re:Real or just political maneuvering? (Score 2) 572
Maybe a private company could take it over. Certainly would be a better end than it burning up in the atmosphere.
Is Twitter Rendered Obsolete By Google+? 456
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from the imitation-adoption-adaption-repeat dept.
from the imitation-adoption-adaption-repeat dept.
suraj.sun writes with a ComputerWorld piece predicting the end of Twitter, at least in its current form. From the article: "It's only a matter of time before Twitter becomes a ghost town. While Google+ will soon do all the things Twitter does, Twitter can't support a long list of the things Google+ supports. Also on Google+, you can post pictures and videos directly in posts, launch immediately into a video chat, send your posts to nonmembers and even present all your posts marked 'Public' as a blog available to anyone with an Internet."
+ - Irish College Offers Cloud Computing Degree->
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Squeeonline writes "From the article: "Cork Institute of Technology is to offer a world first in third-level education with a new degree in cloud computing.
It is hoped the course, which has been prepared in consultation with many top IT companies like EMC, Cisco and Microsoft, will boost Ireland's bid to become a global leader in the sector.""
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It is hoped the course, which has been prepared in consultation with many top IT companies like EMC, Cisco and Microsoft, will boost Ireland's bid to become a global leader in the sector.""
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Comment: bug? (Score 3, Insightful) 212
I'm pretty sure it was a feature, not a bug.
Comment: Re:Brilliant! (Score 1) 300
My problem isn't with chess at all. I think it's great, and really does teach you think differently than normal school activities. My problem is with the teaching it in school. A surefire way to guarantee that everyone will hate it, just like maths. They should instead insist that the children "stop wasting their time with silly games like chess", and watch it take off!
Comment: Re:Boom chicka chicka "Server is down", boom chick (Score 1) 88
I think Slashdot is responsible for bringing down more websites than Anonymous!
Next time there's a raid, it should be posted here. Preferably under the guise of something that would interest