Comment portable vbox (Score 1) 569
fat32 to boot portable vbox then whatever filesystem you want on the vm disk
Comment Not practical (Score 2, Funny) 149
The carrier pigeon is not a practical replacement for a high speed link. For one the latency is quite high compared to DSL. Also it may be less secure since it is using a wireless solution.
Comment bling bling (Score 0, Offtopic) 282
He once was a dog from around the way... [so you better take it]
Eazy! [and I'm surfin on chrome]
He once was a dog from around the way... [so you better take it]
Eazy! [and I'm surfin on chrome]
I just got paid...
It's Friday night...
I'm surfin on chrome...
And I'm feelin alright...
Comment So tetris at work = good (Score 0, Offtopic) 145
[Peter is wearing shorts, sandals and a paisley shirt, with his feet up on his desk, munching chips and playing tetris on his computer]
Bill Lumbergh: Hello Peter, what's happening? Listen, are you gonna have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?
Peter Gibbons: No.
Bill Lumbergh: Ah. Well then I suppose we should go ahead and have a little talk.
Peter Gibbons: Not right now Lumbergh, I'm kinda busy. You know what, in fact I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead and come back later, I've got a meeting with the Bobs in a couple minutes.
Bill Lumbergh: I wasn't aware of a meeting with them.
Peter Gibbons: Yeah, they called me at home.
Comment Depends (Score 5, Insightful) 286
When they are old enough to buy their own texting device and pay their own bills then I'll let my kids text.
Comment Re:Impressed by Spotify, but Apple? (Score 1) 114
FYI It's coming to USA/Canada at the end of 09/early 2010. Canada and USA will both go live at the same time.
Comment i can beat sw (Score 1) 109
your flight will be delayed. expect it. seasoned travellers know delays are common and should be expected. expecting to get there at the scheduled time is unrealistic. always leave large buffers. always expect delays and be pleasantly surprised if there are none.
Comment Re:Forgive me if I'm skeptical (Score 1) 278
Comment Let credit card companies help (Score 1) 245
Just check if you are on the list and then either way dispute the charge with your credit card company. Let them deal with him, should be interesting.
Comment Taxing landlines (Score 1) 252
They're taxing landlines, so simply drop your landline and avoid the tax.
This report seems to have a lot of similarities in some sections to the reports coming from other countries.
Comment GTA4?? (Score 1) 618
Does it play GTA4 at good res with good detail?
Different people have different needs.
For me a $99 vid card is overkill I just use onboard.
For hardcore gamer dude with money it's definitely not enough.
Comment It means nothing to google. (Score 1) 408
Google does not host torrents.
Google does not have a tracker.
Yes you can search for torrents on google. Any torrent you find will not be hosted on a google server, and will not tracked by google.
Comment Not fired? (Score 5, Informative) 466
Saturday night they issued a statement claiming that Friedman had been fired. Everyone nodded their heads and went back about their business. Now though, the situation is suddenly much less clear.
Friedman tells Variety that he hasnâ(TM)t been terminated and from the sounds of things, itâ(TM)s business as usual for him over at Fox News. In fact Fox now seems to be backing away from their initial statement entirely. Today they issued this statement in place of their affirmation of Friedmanâ(TM)s firing: âoeThis is an internal matter that we're not prepared to discuss at this time.â
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Fox-Backpedaling-Roger-Friedman-Not-Fired-12638.html
Comment thanks for the update betanows (Score 1) 488
oh wait this is slashdot... guess i got confused
anyways different players have dif. strengths
zoom player is my choice for couch use
Submission + - Students boycott after principal jams cellphones.
d-r0ck writes: Students boycott class after principal jams cellphones — illegally
Fed up with students using cellphones in classrooms, Port Hardy Secondary School principal Steve Gray ordered a jamming device from China, but it didn't take long for students to figure out their calls were being blocked by the illegal gizmo.
"On the first day, we thought the Telus tower was down. On the second day, we suspected the jammer. On the third day, we had the protest," said Destiny Herman, a Grade 12 student who organized a demonstration against the device.
"Some teachers said it was the humidity, but my cellphone works in the rain," added Grade 11 student Amber Wright, who helped organize the protest.
About 90 of the school's 343 students skipped classes last Thursday to let Mr. Gray know that the small tin box with four antennae, sitting in the school library, was outlawed under Sections 4 and 9 of Canada's Radiocommunication Act.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.wbccell31art22172/BNStory/Technology/home
Fed up with students using cellphones in classrooms, Port Hardy Secondary School principal Steve Gray ordered a jamming device from China, but it didn't take long for students to figure out their calls were being blocked by the illegal gizmo.
"On the first day, we thought the Telus tower was down. On the second day, we suspected the jammer. On the third day, we had the protest," said Destiny Herman, a Grade 12 student who organized a demonstration against the device.
"Some teachers said it was the humidity, but my cellphone works in the rain," added Grade 11 student Amber Wright, who helped organize the protest.
About 90 of the school's 343 students skipped classes last Thursday to let Mr. Gray know that the small tin box with four antennae, sitting in the school library, was outlawed under Sections 4 and 9 of Canada's Radiocommunication Act.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.wbccell31art22172/BNStory/Technology/home
