Comment Re:RIAA? (Score 1) 649
Hilariously, it's still illegal in the UK to copy a CD that you have legitimately bought on to iTunes.
Comment Re:What you REALLY NEED (Score 1) 321
Yeah, but you need the data to decide on a good response. Turns out that the best way to get data on support requests is through a ticket tracking system.
Comment Re:Sure! (Score 1) 178
2. People who watch football as a 2-3 hour escape. "Ooh, sorry, honey. The game is on. How about in a few hours?"
Oh, and these could also be the homosexuals. If the man says this while the wife is standing naked in front of the TV, he is gay.
Oh, and these could also be the homosexuals. If the man says this while the wife is standing naked in front of the TV, he is gay.
Comment Re:Sure! (Score 1) 178
Actually, your two groups could be included in the original three.
1. People who actually watch football and care about it.
These are just dumb kids. I'm one of them and not ashamed to admit it. At least I'm not a Jim Carey fan, that would be really dumb.
2. People who watch football as a 2-3 hour escape. "Ooh, sorry, honey. The game is on. How about in a few hours?"
These are the leering perverts.
1. People who actually watch football and care about it.
These are just dumb kids. I'm one of them and not ashamed to admit it. At least I'm not a Jim Carey fan, that would be really dumb.
2. People who watch football as a 2-3 hour escape. "Ooh, sorry, honey. The game is on. How about in a few hours?"
These are the leering perverts.
Comment What about sumo wrestling? (Score 4, Insightful) 1271
I had the impression this sport was hugely popular over there (got that from reading Freakonomics). Will they make an exception for wrestlers?
Submission + - Drupal 6.0 has been released (drupal.org) 1
rDouglass writes: "Following one year of development, Drupal 6.0 has been released. Drupal powers a wide range of websites from publishing sites, non-profits, large technology companies, to rock stars and personal blogs. Drupal 6.0 has many new features such as OpenID support, better internationalization and localization support, a better installer and easier theming. Drupal is a PHP based product released under the GPL."
Submission + - Virtual Campaign Rally in World of Warcraft (ocregister.com)
socalmtb writes: A guild in World of Warcraft, the "RP Revolution" is holding a New Year's Day Rally in support of Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. The rally is a virtual march from Ironforge to Stormwind. There is some concern about whether real world politics should enter a game that is supposed to create a fantasy world and the likelihood that those involved will reach non U.S. Citizens and those not old enough to vote.
Submission + - Chernobyl Mushrooms Feeding on Radiation
cowtamer writes: According to a National Geographic Article certain fungi can use ionizing radiation to perform "radiosynthesis" using the pigment melanin (the same one in our skin that protects us from UV radiation). It is speculated that this might be useful on long space voyages where energy from the Sun is not readily available.
Golf-Ball Sized Hail Damages Shuttle 118
MattSparkes writes "The Shuttles March launch has been delayed to late April after golf-ball sized hail caused 7000 pits and divots in the foam that shields the fuel tank. NASA say it's the worst damage of its kind that they have ever seen, but hail is not a new problem for the agency. In 1982, a hailstorm damaged the sensitive heat shield tiles on the Columbia's wings. The damaged tiles then absorbed about 540 kilograms of rain. Once in space, the orbiter faced the Sun to allow the tiles to dry out."
Submission + - Samba Success in the Enterprise?
gunnk writes: "We've deployed a Samba server here to replace some aging Novell Netware boxes. It works great: fast, secure, stable. However, we have one VIP that feels that Samba is "amateur" software and that we should be buying Windows servers. I've been searching with little success for large Samba deployments in enterprise environments. Anyone out there care to share stories of places that are happily running large Samba installations for their file servers? Or not so happy, for that matter — better to be informed!"
Submission + - Beware the MySpace eco-system
An anonymous reader writes: Too many companies in the social web space have an unhealthy reliance on MySpace, says ZDNet's The Social Web: The social networking site has become so popular, that companies who 'wigitize' their service — so that it can be embedded on MySpace user-profiles — hope to see a significant return, both in terms of traffic and visibility. For some companies, tapping into the MySpace eco-system provides an additional revenue stream, while for others, it's a lifeline. Getting blocked from MySpace can be the equivalent of turning off the life support machine. Fox Interactive (the parent company of MySpace) says that widget's will be blocked if they violate copyright, pose a security risk, are pornographic, or engage in commercial activity. But isn't commercial activity the whole point of the MySpace eco-system?
Submission + - Avaya turned down Microsoft partnership deal
Rob writes: CBRonline.com reports that Avaya claims it was offered a Unified Communications
partnership by Microsoft ahead of Nortel, but refused to license its call control
technology to the operating system giant. "They came to us to offer that deal and we
turned them down, and now they're coming back to try again," said Karyn Mashima,
senior VP of strategy and technology at the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based vendor of
enterprise telephony infrastructure. Mashima said a deal would have required licensing
what constitutes Avaya's "crown jewels" to Microsoft, which Nortel,
"struggling in the enterprise market", was prepared to do. "I
guess it was something Nortel felt was worth giving up," she said.
Submission + - Wizards of the Coast has moved away from DRM!
sckeener writes: "Wizards of the Coast (D&D) has decided that the PDF market is viable and has switched from DRM to watermarking!
Per Monte Cook
Per Monte Cook
This has been a long time coming, and is, pretty much hands down, the best thing that's happened to the pdf side of the market in a very, very long time. Particularly if one reads between the lines of the announcement and figures that WotC finally has some faith in the medium. Price, number of titles, etc... these are all just more steps that need to be taken, but I think it's pretty clear that this was the big step.
In addition to the 3.0 and 3.5 materials, WotC's ESD Materials (older versions of D&D, modules, etc) are still available."
Submission + - Boycott the RIAA in March
Barrien writes: The guys over at Gizmodo have declared a boycott of the RIAA during the month of March. They are not advocating piracy, instead they suggest buying non-signed artist's music, or music that is available online. The full scoop can be found on their webpage, or here's a direct link to their plan. This is how we make our stand against the monster that is the RIAA.
Submission + - Who's the greatest girl geek
moon_monkey writes: A cool site called InklingMagazine, is running a contest to find the best girl-geek photo out there. Any ladies who have a pic highlighting their geek credentials — hacking away or dressed as a lieutenant uhura perhaps — can send them over to win a poster of the great Lady Lovelace Ada Byron.
