Comment Re:Toy (Score 1) 206
I was hoping to do the same using the thinstation project. http://thinstation.org/
However there isn't a port planned for the Pi yet.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Why the Lack of Worry about Populati 4
Junks Jerzey writes: While everyone bickers about the validity and causes of global warming, the earth's population is growing at amazing rates. In under a century we'll be hitting limits on fresh water and food production. And if global warming is true, the addition of 3+ billion people in the next fifty years isn't exactly going to slow things down. So why the lack of concern about the more concrete problem?
Submission + - Rockbox dev interview: Open source firmware (techworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "I recently caught up with some of the key developers of Rockbox: An open source firmware replacement for the stock firmware shipped on MP3 players. The project, which has been active for over a decade, currently supports products from more than half a dozen manufacturers, including Apple, Arhcos, iRiver and Toshiba. It involves extensive reverse engineering to figure out how the devices' stock firmwares operate, as well as the challenge of developing for greatly varied targets. You can read the interview here (or the full Q&As with the project's founder and some of the developers involved in it)."
Comment Re:no mounting holes (Score 3, Informative) 161
From the FAQs there will be cases and mounting options just not on initial release.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
Comment Photographer Rights (Score 2) 544
The security guard is within his rights to tell the customer that he is not allowed to take photographs within that environment, if it is private property.
However confiscating the device is opening another can of worms, that would be considered theft.
Comment Re:Windows Has All But Disappeared Around Me (Score 1) 425
It is quite difficult to add linux/apple into a windows corp environment. There always seems to be a 3rd party application that needs to be installed to smooth over the hiccups these OS's cause.
Comment Re:Project management (Score 1) 202
A good PM is invaluable. A bad PM just adds needless overheads. I have had both. Even on little projects, PMs can be a great resource. Their main task is to keep the project on track, and stop all the crap getting to the people who are actually doing the work.
Comment Again??? (Score 2) 165
Why is this news worthy, Every second day the MPA, xxAA is going after some one due to massive losses.
Comment Why Not just install Favorite OS over the top (Score 1) 609
A Win7 install takes about 30 min and is clean. Linux is about a 30 or so minute install as well.
The add the apps that are required on top.
I know this is not for everybody but its what I do for all my systems, and is quicker than uninstalling all the crapware
Hi-Tech Nativity Security 110
To combat vandalism and theft of their holiday displays, many churches and cities are turning to a technological answer. After one of their cows was stolen, St. Marks Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Ill. installed GPS devices in the figurines of its nativity scene. This year the village of Wellington, Fla. added security cameras to protect their display. From the article: "BrickHouse Security in New York City offered churches and synagogues free GPS and cameras to protect their displays this season. Seventy have signed up so far. About 24 of them are also installing security cameras. In Merrick, N.Y., the Chabad Center for Jewish Life is putting GPS in its 8-foot menorah on display in a park."
Comment Re:Hell yes!!! (Score 1) 347
Beer???? You must be new in IT. Try some Single Malts and join us old timers
Submission + - Googoola lets you search Ads (tekgoblin.com)
tekgoblin writes: Googoola is a search that is powered by the Google search engine but specifically searches for ads. What do we mean by that? Let me tell you.
By entering a few keywords into the search field you can either search for Text Ads, Google Adwords, or Image Ads found on Google.
By entering a few keywords into the search field you can either search for Text Ads, Google Adwords, or Image Ads found on Google.
Submission + - Research team stores 90GB of data in 1g of bateria (igem.org) 1
Bananana writes: A research tem of the Chinese univerity of Hong Kong finds a way to do data encryption and storage with bacteria. The project is called "Bioencryption" and their presentation in pdf format is here: http://2010.igem.org/files/presentation/Hong_Kong-CUHK.pdf
Submission + - Problem-solving Bacteria Crack Sudoku (newscientist.com)
damn_registrars writes: "From the can-your-bugs-do-this dept:
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan have developed a way to employ e coli bacteria towards solving a puzzle that many Americans struggle at — Sudoku. Current implementations can handle 4x4 grids, but a full 9x9 grid could be done with some additional modifications.
The TSA responded proactively by stating that no matter how much you may struggle with the Sudoku on the airline magazine, you are still not allowed to bring vials of bacteria on to the aircraft with you."
A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan have developed a way to employ e coli bacteria towards solving a puzzle that many Americans struggle at — Sudoku. Current implementations can handle 4x4 grids, but a full 9x9 grid could be done with some additional modifications.
The TSA responded proactively by stating that no matter how much you may struggle with the Sudoku on the airline magazine, you are still not allowed to bring vials of bacteria on to the aircraft with you."
Submission + - Is In-Flight Wi-Fi a Boon to Terrorists? (technologizer.com) 5
harrymcc writes: The attempt to ship bombs from Yemen, apparently intended to blow up the planes they were on, has some people wondering whether in-flight Wi-Fi is a security risk that could let terrorists rig a Wi-Fi-enabled cell phone to trigger a bomb from the ground. Seems to me that terrorists intent on blowing up planes would find old-fashioned timers easier and more reliable. Of course, the people in charge of flight security seem to value the appearance of safety above all else, so who knows?
