Comment Re:A games worth (Score 1) 188
how many times it has gotten you laid
I am not what you call a player but I think you might be looking at the wrong places man !!
Comment Re:Apple is just trying not to appear weak (Score 1) 374
Looking at valuation, Apple could probably buy Nokia if they decided to, but that's not in the least bit likely. Apple's not big into the low end.
Nokia is as big as apple in terms of total assets. They are equal in terms of annual income and bigger in terms of revenue. Nokia equally matches Apple in terms of finances and has more employees. Just because Apple has more presence in US, doesn't mean it can just buy it out.
Comment Re:Not a good source (Score 1) 689
I'd probably consider myself right of center, but I also don't think World Net Daily is a very unbiased source.
The list of theories following that are just some of the theories they mention in the early part of the article; that's not a list of theories they explicitly say should be "banned".
From the academic paper
Some conspiracy theories create serious risks. They do not merely undermine democratic debate; in extreme cases, they create or fuel violence. If government can dispel such theories, it should do so. One problem is that its efforts might be counterproductive, because efforts to rebut conspiracy theories also legitimate them. We have suggested, however, that government can minimize this effect by rebutting more rather than fewer theories, by enlisting independent groups to supply rebuttals, and by cognitive infiltration designed to break up the crippled epistemology of conspiracyminded groups and informationally isolated social networks. 29
In fact, on the contrary it says the the governments should rebutt as many conspiracy theories it can instead of banning them. It never talks about banning any websites. That's just a loads of BS.The article does not say that the theories or the websites need to be banned. It does talk of cognitive infiltration. Which the author feels is justified given the problems conspiracy theories can lead to. It might be right or wrong, in your opinion, however, it is definitely not an encroaching on any freedom of expressions
Submission + - India to get new copy-right laws (medianama.com) 1
prayag writes: "India, is supposed to introduce a new copyright law. Despite opposition from broadcasters, the Indian government has approved the introduction of a bill to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 in a far-reaching step that will give artists and musicians protection, long overdue recognition and locus standi. According to the government's communique, the "Amendment is proposed to give independent rights to authors of literary and musical works in cinematograph films, which were hitherto denied and wrongfully exploited, by the producers and music companies."
The amendments are in line with international treaties such as the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Though India has not signed either treaty as yet, it is trying to align its laws with them."
The amendments are in line with international treaties such as the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Though India has not signed either treaty as yet, it is trying to align its laws with them."
Submission + - Firefox in Parallel - A Pre-Release Version (myoutsourcedbrain.com)
clickbanklib writes: While Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 support multi-threading (running on different processors), Firefox still lacks it in the official version. Support for multiple processors in Firefox is in the works and the author tested a pre-release version of Firefox that loads different tabs in parallel. In this post he show some of the results. Among his conclusions is that the javascript engine is much faster than in previous version.
Submission + - HP Patents Bignum Implementation From 1912 (blogspot.com)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "The authors of GMP (the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library) were invited to join Peer-to-Patent to review HP's recent patent on a very old technique for implementing bignums because their software might infringe. Basically, the patent claims choosing an exponent based on processor word size. If you choose a 4-bit word size and a binary number, you end up working in hexadecimal. Or for a computer with a 16-bit word and a base-10 number, you use base 10,000 so that each digit of the base-10,000 number would fit into a single 16-bit word. The obvious problem with that is that there's plenty of prior art here. Someone who spent a few minutes Googling found that Knuth describing the idea in TAOCP Vol 2 and other citations go back to 1912 (which did the same algorithm using strips of cardboard and a calculating machine). None of this can be found in the 'references cited' section. Even though the patent examiner did add a couple of references, they appear to have cited some old patents. The patent issued a few months ago, was filed back in October of 2004, and collected dust at the USPTO for some 834 days. It might seem amazing that there's prior art for a software patent from a time so long before computers as we know them existed, but it's not so amazing if you realize that computers are just automatic mathematicians that perform software as a mathematical calculation."
Submission + - Net users in Belarus may soon have to register. (msn.com)
Cwix writes: A new law proposed in Belarus would require all net users and online publications to register with the state. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34633201/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
MINSK, Belarus — Belarus' authoritarian leader is promising to toughen regulation of the Internet and its users in an apparent effort to exert control over the last fully free medium in the former Soviet state. He told journalists that a new Internet bill, proposed Tuesday, would require the registration and identification of all online publications and of each Web user, including visitors to Internet cafes. Web service providers would have to report this information to police, courts and special services.
Comment Re:Because? (Score 2, Informative) 587
iTwire says its because of article by de Icaza that resulted into Stallman protesting and the whole shit hitting the fan.
All-You-Can-Eat College For $99-a-Month 272
theodp writes "Writing in Washington Monthly, Kevin Carey has seen the future of college education. It costs $99-a-month, and there's no limit on the number of courses you can take. Tiny online education firm StraighterLine is out to challenge the seeming permanency of traditional colleges and universities. How? Like Craigslist, StraighterLine threatens the most profitable piece of its competitors' business: freshman lectures, higher education's equivalent of the classified section. It's no surprise, then, that as StraighterLine tried to buck the system, the system began to push back, challenging deals the company struck with accredited traditional and for-profit institutions to allow StraighterLine courses to be transferred for credit. But even if StraighterLine doesn't succeed in bringing extremely cheap college courses to the masses, it's likely that another player eventually will."
Nokia Fears Carriers May Try To Undermine N900 307
An anonymous reader writes "Nokia is worried that networks may reject selling the N900 because it won't allow them to mess with the operating system. Nokia has previously showed the N900 running a root shell and it appears to use the same interface for IM and phone functions. Meanwhile, Verizon is claiming that 'exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation.' Is it too late to explain to people why $99+$60/month is not better than $600+$20/month?"
Comment Re:Where is the need for a mobile phone? (Score 1) 34
Why can't this be done with just a credit card and an RFID chip instead like the Barclaycard OnePulse.
Credit cards to people having no bank accounts ?
Comment Re:Yes, but... (Score 1) 582
Comment Pff.. (Score 1) 582
No dude, Their search algorithm sucks.
Comment Re:Title error (Score -1, Troll) 72
Actually its Attendees' since they are plural and their information was lost.
Also, stop being a prick. :)
Also, stop being a prick.
Comment Mobile phone + Developing Nations = Opportunity ! (Score 5, Insightful) 54
In most of the Developing economies mobile phones are the first and mostly the only computing devices people have. How much can they realize the potential of such devices is upto the developers and innovators. Having a computing device gives people a lot of leverage. The challenge to us as developers is, can we use it solve real world problems ? Can we make people's lives better with technology ? Or do we continue to waste time in iFarting and Pulling the Fingers ? Or in having a flame-war about OSes and Vi over Emacs ?
Kudos to Tata Teleservices.
Kudos to Tata Teleservices.
