Comment: Re:What's really needed... (Score 1) 127
Yes! Please (Hey, mod partent up)
+ - Ask Slashdot: What is the Best Email Encryption Gateway for a Small Business?
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Attila Dimedici writes "I am in the process of implementing a Email Encryption Gateway for my company. I checked with my various contacts in the industry and came away with Voltage as the best solution. However, as I have been working with them to implement a solution, I have been sadly disappointed by their lack of professionalism. Every time I think I am one question away from being ready to pull the trigger, I discover something that my contact with them had not mentioned before that has to be ironed out by the various stakeholders on my end. So, my question for Slashdot Users is this, what is your experience with implementing an Email Encryption Gateway for your company and who what solution would you recommend?"
+ - Researchers are developing ad hoc networks for car-to-car data exchange->
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Lucas123 writes "Researchers are developing machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technology that allows cars to exchange data with each other, enabling vehicles to know what the cars all around them are doing, and perhaps, where they're going. Intel is working with National Taiwan University on M2M connectivity, an idea came from caravanning — an available, but-not-yet-deployed technology that uses direct line of site infrared (IR) and a range finder in order to automatically adjust the speed of cars so they can travel at a measured distance from each other. In other words, they're electronically tethered to one another. Now, imagine a group of cars traveling down the road together as an ad hoc network, each one aware of the location, any sudden actions or even the travel route of other vehicles as uploaded to the cloud from a GPS device. "We're even imagining in the future cars would be able to ask other cars, 'Hey, can I cut into your lane?' Then the other car would let you in," said Jennifer Healey, a research scientist with Intel."
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+ - International Space Station switching to Linux-> 1
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nairnr writes "Computers aboard the International Space Station have switched from the Windows operating system in favour of Linux.
The United Space Alliance – the company responsible for managing the computer systems aboard the station – has switched “dozens of laptops” that were previously running Windows XP to Debian 6 OS.
In a blow to Windows, Keith Chuvala of the United Space Alliance noted that the switch was made in order to ensure improved reliability.
“We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable,” said Chuvala in a release from Linux Foundation."
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The United Space Alliance – the company responsible for managing the computer systems aboard the station – has switched “dozens of laptops” that were previously running Windows XP to Debian 6 OS.
In a blow to Windows, Keith Chuvala of the United Space Alliance noted that the switch was made in order to ensure improved reliability.
“We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable,” said Chuvala in a release from Linux Foundation."
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Comment: I read the Onion, I thought it was a joke (Score 1) 91
Why would they target the Onion!? Do they not 'get it'?
Comment: 10GB Free, Wow! (Score 2) 193
I don't have the time to list how many cloud storage providers offer (at least) 10GB free
Comment: Yes, finally the truth, thanks Bill (Score 1) 618
Once again you have your finger on the pulse of what we want and need!
I still cant figure out why you let my two favorite Microsoft features go, Bob and Clippy, please bring them back!
I still cant figure out why you let my two favorite Microsoft features go, Bob and Clippy, please bring them back!
Comment: Re:Never going to happen (Score 1) 233
I'm waiting for the time of the sensible people
The year they take office
all government position will be non-paid, volunteer only positions
lobbying will be obsolete, elections will be held entirely online
actually, better yet, government will be run by the 'Logic 3000' super computer, which will calculate all possible outcomes/scenarios/decisions and make the "best choices" for humankind,
drugs will be legalized, firearms will become illegal,
self driving flying cars will be legal and replacing most land vehicles.
The year they take office
all government position will be non-paid, volunteer only positions
lobbying will be obsolete, elections will be held entirely online
actually, better yet, government will be run by the 'Logic 3000' super computer, which will calculate all possible outcomes/scenarios/decisions and make the "best choices" for humankind,
drugs will be legalized, firearms will become illegal,
self driving flying cars will be legal and replacing most land vehicles.
Comment: Re:College of "arts"? (Score 1) 68
Those masks would make anyone look ugly. You'd expect something better from so-called artists...
Are you expecting something more in the Slipknot, Mudvayne or KISS camp?
There Is No Reason At All To Use MySQL: MariaDB, MySQL Founder Michael Widenius 241
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from the reunion-episode dept.
from the reunion-episode dept.
sfcrazy writes "In this exclusive interview MySQL founder Michael Widenius talks about the reasons of decline of MySQL, what Oracle is doing wrong and how MariaDB is fast replacing it. There are quite some interesting information in this interview. The take out of this interview is — '...there is no reason at all to use MySQL 5.5 instead of MariaDB 5.5. The same will be true for the next generation.'"
Of course, he has an economic interest in getting people to use MariaDB. Hard to argue that Oracle isn't evil though.
Comment: Re:oblig: sharks (Score 2) 119
Comment: Dr. Who-Suess (Score 1) 107
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Attached to: Pinball: a Resurgence In Retro Gaming From an Unlikely Place
Do you play the silver ball?
From Soho down to Brighton?
Have you played them all?
Have you played them all, in any amusement hall?
I have played them all, I do play them all
I like to play and play I must, in any amusement hall.
From Soho down to Brighton?
Have you played them all?
Have you played them all, in any amusement hall?
I have played them all, I do play them all
I like to play and play I must, in any amusement hall.
Comment: Re:What year is this? (Score 1) 559
cough, cough, Luddite, cough,...
Comment: Re:What year is this? (Score 2) 559
And earlier.
"The steam engine and the other associated technologies of the Industrial Revolution changed the world and influenced human history so much that in the words of the historian Ian Morris, they made mockery out of all that had come before. "
TED Radio Hour on NRP just did a cool interview on this
"The steam engine and the other associated technologies of the Industrial Revolution changed the world and influenced human history so much that in the words of the historian Ian Morris, they made mockery out of all that had come before. "
TED Radio Hour on NRP just did a cool interview on this
Comment: Synopsis (Score 1) 326
Algorithm's can do what you create them to do:
They can measure specific data points, such as would constitute "technical merit".
They can not measure 'human undefinable's', things such as human co-interaction, gut instinct, charisma.
(I would think once we have enough data points to define how, for example, 'gut instinct' is actually determined by out brain, we could put that in an algorithm as well)
I think society would really be shocked if things were actually merit based.
They can measure specific data points, such as would constitute "technical merit".
They can not measure 'human undefinable's', things such as human co-interaction, gut instinct, charisma.
(I would think once we have enough data points to define how, for example, 'gut instinct' is actually determined by out brain, we could put that in an algorithm as well)
I think society would really be shocked if things were actually merit based.