Comment Misleading Title & Summary (Score 1) 391
When I first read the summary, I thought that the 3 google executives were the ones who DID THE BULLYING. The Title certainly doesn't make it clear either.
Comment Re:Russian hot air (Score 2, Funny) 305
their nuclear subs are barely staying afloat
If their nuclear subs were floating that would be a bad thing, subs are supposed to sink under the water
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144
bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."
Comment Re:But (Score 0) 280
t is clear that their high-speed trading is effectively a zero sum game and by enriching themselves, they are not providing greater prosperity for others. So long as I can still make money day trading on the stock market, I don't care. And I CAN still make money.
It is clear that you and many others do not understand the terms "zero sum game" and "providing prosperity for others". Just because YOU or some other bank CAN make money, does not mean that greater prosperity is being created. All that is happening is money is moving from one place to another, aka "zero sum game". Creating true prosperity for others would require companies doing actually innovative work that bring products to market that better the AVERAGE LIVES OF ALL THE WORLDS PEOPLE. Clearly this does not happen by providing day-trading.
What If They Turned Off the Internet? 511
theodp writes "It's the not-too-distant future. They've turned off the Internet. After the riots have settled down and the withdrawal symptoms have faded, how would you cope? Cracked.com asked readers to Photoshop what life would be like in an Internet-addicted society learning to cope without it. Better hope it never happens, or be prepared for dry-erase message boards, carrier pigeon-powered Twitter, block-long lines to get into adult video shops, door-to-door Rickrolling, Lolcats on Broadway, and $199.99 CDs."
Comment Re:Or 120GB for $54.99 (Score 3, Insightful) 435
This is, of course, assuming that locking out "unauthorized storage" does not also target in some crazy way locking out hard drives.
You know the old saying about what happens when you ASSUME, right?
Unless it's an official licensed XBOX device, by definition its an "unauthorized storage" device. Therefore these hard drives that you suggest buying from Newegg will also be locked out when this new update arrives.
US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal 490
theodp writes "Many US colleges and universities have notices posted on their websites informing US companies that they're tax chumps if they hire students who are US citizens. 'In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,' advises the taxpayer-supported University of Pittsburgh (pdf) as it makes the case against hiring its own US students. You'll find identical pitches made by the University of Delaware, the University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and other public colleges and universities. The same message is also echoed by private schools, such as John Hopkins University, Brown University, Rollins College and Loyola University Chicago."
Comment Re:Bell curve??? (Score 1) 411
Most accidents happen within, I think it was five or ten miles of a person's home.
If everyone would just move 15 miles away from their current home, then this problem would fix itself
Dell To Offer Open Source Bundles 84
ruphus13 writes "Dell has been offering Linux-based machines for a while, especially its Server-class machines. Now, Dell has decided that there are several open source applications that are ready for mainstream consumers. From the post, 'While we've all been speculating about whether Dell is working on Android netbooks, the computer hardware and software vendor was busy bundling open source applications to offer to small- and medium-sized business customers looking for low-cost alternatives to commercial software. The pre-configured "SMB-in-a-box" software is only available in the US for now, but Dell expects to launch a similar offering in Asia by the end of 2009... Although no specifics have been given about which apps are included in Dell's first bundle, it is aimed at the retail sector.' It is going to be interesting to see what Dell picks as the 'must-have' applications for the SMB market."
Comment All 2.4Ghz devices are unlicensed! (Score 5, Informative) 348
Does the article not realize that "Wi-Fi" devices are also unlicensed? By definition any device operating in the 2.4GHZ UNLICENSED BAND is an unlicensed device! Wi-Fi devices have the exact same priority as any other device using this frequency band.
And really, there's nothing wrong with this. Since this frequency band is unlicensed the FCC is basically saying "use at your own risk, anyone can use this frequency for any purpose they like, and there is no guarantee of any quality of service". If you want something that's more reliable and guaranteed to work shell out the $$$$ for some spectrum and equipment that works on a licensed piece of spectrum that you own.
