Comment Re:RT Aplenty (Score 1) 500
Maybe it's mean but at first I read 'RT' as being: Windows 'ReTard.'
Comment Create a goal for him first... (Score 2) 525
By that I mean, don't make him start from scratch. Create the compiling environment. GUIs are fun to fiddle with so if you think C++ or Java are good languages (in the event that you don't want him to learn Visual Basic and then he gets stuck with it till the age of 18 because his brain has developed an affinity for VB like kids do with pets), then give him a skeleton source code which compiles to an empty window or GUI. Then let him have fun adding code that will shape the GUI into a calculator or depending on his drive, maybe he'll want to parse expressions lol... For kids, I think GUIs are fun so he can code: A paint program; A simple car game. The goal is more important (i think). Then pick a language. And when he's faced with a problem, he'll google it or find a Youtube tutorial.
Comment Re:In other news... (Score 1) 125
Court rules that downloading binary bits does not qualify as theft.
Comment Re:Anti ladar tarp? (Score 1) 123
Lol to defeat the 3D image recog. software? I wonder how they'll tackle legitimate fishing boats apart from shooting them and going into cover up mode.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: How do I make my own hardware multimedia player?
An anonymous reader writes: I was looking at multimedia players such as SumVision, Noontec and Western Digital. They all seem to be some device which accepts a USB hard-drive, commands from an IR remote control and throws the result over HDMI. I have my own idea of what a hardware multimedia player should do (e.g. a personalised library screen for episodes, movies and documentaries. Resume play. Loudness control etc..). I also think it will a good programming adventure because I will have to make the player compatible with more than a few popular codecs. Is this an FPGA arena or a mini-linux tv-box? Any advice, books or starting point? Thanks.
Comment And Amazon EU Sarl is probably just a PO Box... (Score 3, Informative) 175
They learnt from the best: Topshop, Boots, HSBC (UK)...
Comment The mask finally slips (Score 1) 527
Now we know what they were really after: Make a system so excruciatingly unbearable that you'll want to pay anything to skip it. Bunch of scumbags!
Comment The price to pay. (Score 1) 221
God bless those freedom fighers. May this arrest teach the others to burrow a bit deeper next time.
Comment Meanwhile... (Score 5, Informative) 378
prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to US$250,000
...the real criminals in the banking and mortgage industry got away scoff free even after they caused damages in the trillions. Is the law blind?
Comment South Park wasn't lying... (Score 1) 488
They were planning to build a ladder to heaven!
Submission + - Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France! (guardian.co.uk) 1
Tasha26 writes: Maybe those 300,000 farmers will have a little cheer this week. A french farmer who suffered neurological problems (incl. memory loss, headaches and stammering) after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso weedkiller in 2004, sued the company for chemical poisoning and won. Monsanto said it was disappointed by the ruling and would examine whether to appeal against the judgment. Meanwhile the farmer was asked to establish the amount of damages caused.
Comment Re:Blocked Access to the US (Score 1) 185
Do all dot COMs fall under US jurisdiction or am I missing something here? Would Megaupload.ru have suffered the same fate?
Comment Everybody knows... (Score 1) 185
that the sure way to draw attention on your business, is by uploading a song on youtube and to make sure it praises the services offered by your business. What a coup de grâce or fireworks finale before exiting the scene!
Submission + - Megaupload shut down by feds (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "Federal prosecutors in Virginia say they have shut down one of the world’s largest Internet file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws.
An indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after Web sites shut down in protest of two Congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs"
An indictment accuses the company of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed Thursday, one day after Web sites shut down in protest of two Congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs"
Submission + - Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website (time.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Megaupload an online Hong Kong–based company was shut down by the FBI on January 19, 2012, during an investigation into alleged copyright infringement. An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The Justice Department said in a statement said that Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, and three others were arrested Thursday in New Zealand at the request of U.S. officials. Two other defendants are at large.
