nuzak - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Short answer: no (Score 1) 645

by nuzak on Monday June 30 2008, @02:41PM (#24005761) Attached to: Fresh Air For Windows?

If I'm smug, it's because I realize that like the rest of you, I also know nothing. I just stopped holding myself above all the lower life forms who aren't into the same tech as me.

I'm tired of all the stupid "clever" crap, all the trying to be funny or "insightful". Slashdot can go eat a dick. I'm done.

Sweden Declares OOXML vote 'invalid'-> 0

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Xemu

on Thursday August 30 2007, @04:49PM

Xemu writes "On Tuesday, Slashdot reported that Microsoft bought Sweden's vote on OOXML. Late Thursday night, in a surprising move, the Swedish Standards Institue (SIS) decided to declare the vote 'invalid' on the formal grounds that the SIS president Lars Flink has determined with certainty that one person voted twice. The Swedish work group now says it is in practice impossible for Sweden to have time to vote again before Sunday, when the international vote is concluded. Sweden will abstain. (Hot of the presses, Swedish news sources only. Sorry)"
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Art Theft Prevention? 0

Submitted by

Skye-of-Cydonia

on Thursday August 30 2007, @04:23PM

Skye-of-Cydonia writes "Recently, I seem to have been a target for art theft, having mysteriously discovered various pieces of my DeviantART gallery — usually digital art — scattered across the internet. I logged onto my account this morning to find a note: a notice that now, my work is being sold on eBay, without my permission. Obviously this is illegal, and against UK, Ireland and International law, so I took the action of reporting it to eBay in the hope that it will be sorted. Although, that might not stop them entirely from perhaps submitting it elsewhere — perhaps in places that I am unaware of. I was wondering, Slashdot, if there is perhaps a way that I could prevent this — or digitally alter my artwork to be 'encrypted' to some extent. The only issue with prevention of my work being stolen like that, is that people will not be able to view it where submitted. I've already altered all of the work in my DeviantART gallery to contain watermarks, so that they cannot be used. But that doesn't stop them from stealing work from my website, Moons of Mars. I'd hate to have to upload everything again and place watermarks on all of my work — so perhaps there might also be a way that I could do something much easier. I'm not entirely sure what to expect as a response, or suggestion, but right now, I'm desperately in need of a way of securing my art from further theft like this, and I'll blindly take any offers."

AutoPatcher.com community fights MS takedown-> 0

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athloi

on Thursday August 30 2007, @04:13PM

athloi writes "Microsoft's move this week to close down the AutoPatcher project, a project well known and supported here on Neowin, that allows users to update their computers without requiring an internet connection, has met with cries of outrage from members of the Neowin community, and IT professionals from around the world. http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=42304"
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AMD unveils SSE5 Instruction Set-> 1

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mestlick

on Thursday August 30 2007, @04:10PM

mestlick writes "Today AMD unveiled its 128-Bit SSE5 Instruction Set. The big news is that it includes 3 operand instructions such as floating point and integer fused multiply add and permute.
AMD posted a press release and a PDF describing the new instructions."
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Samsung launches video MP3 player, Blu-ray/HD DVD-> 0

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Lucas123

on Thursday August 30 2007, @03:32PM

Lucas123 writes "Samsung just announced it will begin selling an MP3 music player with high-resolution video capability. The 14.95-millimeter device comes with integrated stereo slide-and-tilt speakers and it includes a text viewer, photo viewer, flash game and Bluetooth connectivity. The company, which formerly only supported Blu-ray Disc format, also announced its first Duo HD disc player, the BD-UP5000, which supports Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD."
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Ten Horrors From the Home Office-> 0

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sbrown3820

on Thursday August 30 2007, @03:29PM

sbrown3820 writes "Stuck working from home for much of his life, saleman Sam Wang offers his thoughts on the ten horrors of working out of his SOHO. "Being in a technology field, working from home is universally accepted. Laptops, high speed Internet from home, VPNs and remote desktop all add up to a full and productive environment. And why not? But today, after working from home most of my career, I will provide some insight into the horrors of the virtual office.""
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My Afternoon in Wal-Mart's MP3 Download Hell-> 2

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Lopy

on Wednesday August 22 2007, @01:01PM

Lopy writes "Everything about the process of buying DRM-free music from Wal-Mart is wrong. At one point they actually asked me to reveal my "baby's due date"! And that wasn't even the absurd part. I had to install support for Windows WMA protected music files just to download an MP3. The whole sad story is detailed on Medialoper.com"
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Bioshock PC is defective by design 4

Submitted by ringbarer on Wednesday August 22 2007, @12:41PM

ringbarer writes "Kotaku reports that the long-awaited spiritual successor to System Shock has a few shocks for any PC gamers who want to buy it. Customers are discovering that the 'SecuROM' anti-copying technology will only permit them to install the game twice, after which the DVD becomes nothing more than an expensive coaster. As PC Gamers are renowned for rebuilding and reinstalling their machines on a regular basis, it is clear that this will only hurt legitimate players."

Any print magazines for developers left? 3

Submitted by on Wednesday August 22 2007, @12:21PM

An anonymous reader writes "What print magazines are left for developers? There used to be C/C++ Users Journal and so many other print magazines, but it seems they have all gone out of print. Any suggestions besides Dr. Dobbs? If one has to go to a e-zine, what are the quality online developer publications? I'm not particularly interested in 'sysadmin' type magazines. Thanks!"