Comment Re:Weekly updates? Still not enough. (Score 1) 242
Where I work, the servers are getting their October security patches this month. They're inside a firewalled corporate network, but still...
Comment Re:A rose by any other name... (Score 1) 785
Vista SP2, plus the OS X dock.
Comment Re:FFS (Score 1) 785
I'm currently running Windows XP 64-bit because I didn't want Vista but my Windows 2000 didn't get video driver support from ATI anymore. Due to Vista and Windows 7, my next desktop OS is Linux. I already run Linux as my primary OS at work, so no big stretch there and OpenOffice 3 means all my co-workers don't notice.
Why does the OS itself practically need a FPS meter?
Comment Re:Windows7 Rebranded Vista SP2 w/ New Taskbar (Score 1) 785
Just you wait for "protected content" to hit your screen.
Submission + - Collaboration suspended on Wikipedia article (wikipedia.org) 2
gkhan1 writes: A note on the talk page of the Wikipedia article Views of Lyndon LaRouche states that regular Wikipedia policies of collaboration and consensus has been suspended and the page is now protected. While page protection is common on Wikipedia, usually while articles are recieving heavy loads of vandalism, this case is unique in that the admin responsible of the protection has stated that it is supposed to last indefinitely and that all future editing on the article should go through an administrator first.
Is this acknowledgement that the collaborative and open Wikipedia-method does not work, and that a closed editorial-system is needed for some subjects? What implications does this have for the future of Wikipedia?
Is this acknowledgement that the collaborative and open Wikipedia-method does not work, and that a closed editorial-system is needed for some subjects? What implications does this have for the future of Wikipedia?
Submission + - What bugs us on Earth gets worse in space... (go.com)
Ant writes: "ABC News (one print page) says space invaders have colonized the International Space Station (ISS).
When astronaut Peggy Whitson moves into the orbiting laboratory today for a six-month stay, she'll have two human roommates — as well as countless ones invisible to the naked eye, from microbes that can corrode metal to germs that can cause serious infections in people.
Outer space is a cold and sterile place, but spaceships are not. As the 9-year-old space station ages, it's likely to grow more micro-organisms that could pose a risk to its human residents and the station itself. Adding an extra worry, scientists have seen signs that the human immune system weakens during space trips.
"Wherever man goes, microbes go," says Cheryl Nickerson of Arizona State University, who studies disease-causing micro-organisms. Most of the bugs in orbit aren't dangerous, she says, but "there's absolutely a risk ... to the crew." In a study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nickerson found that salmonella bacteria turned deadlier after a few weeks in space. The bacteria rode into orbit as an experiment aboard National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s space shuttle Discovery in 2006...
Seen on Blue's News."
Submission + - Schools Placing at 99th Percentile for Cheating 3
theodp writes: "Time reports that sometimes No-Child-Left-Behind really means No-Test-Scores-Left-Behind, creating opportunities for data forensics firms like Caveon (check out their Ten Most Wanted Cheaters poster). Take Houston's Forest Brook H.S., which was a shining example of school reform. In 2005, after years of rock-bottom test scores, 95% of its 11th graders passed the state science test. Teachers were praised and the school was awarded a $165,000 grant by the governor. But an investigation found a host of irregularities and last year's testing was monitored by an outside agency. Test scores plunged and only 39% passed science."
Submission + - Infrared radiation: The other wireless technology
StonyandCher writes: Although the recent auctioning of the 700MHz wireless spectrum bands have garnered great interest in the media (not to mention the billions of dollars being thrown around to own some of this), it's not the be-all and end-all answer to our wireless hunger.
New research is starting to be conducted in the area of infrared radiation. Cheap to develop infrastructure for, super fast and with huge amounts of spectrum available (literally many terahertz), is this the unlicensed answer to the dearth of wireless spectrum? This article delves deeper into the world of IR and looks at its pros and foibles.
New research is starting to be conducted in the area of infrared radiation. Cheap to develop infrastructure for, super fast and with huge amounts of spectrum available (literally many terahertz), is this the unlicensed answer to the dearth of wireless spectrum? This article delves deeper into the world of IR and looks at its pros and foibles.
