Comment Re:A Jesuit Pope -- this could be very interesting (Score 1) 915
How did you test that hypothesis?
The same way you tested the hypothesis that empirical methods can discover regular, universal laws; and with equivalent results.
Comment Re:Can't agree (Score 1) 384
The only thing stopping people from using LaTeX for business documents is the lack of template libraries
Which proves my point. Building new LaTeX templates from scratch is nightmarishly difficult, so "just having someone to write them up" is something only 0.001 companies in the world could afford.
Meanwhile, having a graphics designer to build a few templates in MS Word is quite straightforward, so the in-house locked-down template approach is much more practical.
Comment Re:So (Score 1) 55
Next thing you know, they'll be battling with the stigma and guilt.
Comment Re:What is a browser anyway? (Score 1) 158
I agree to some degree. HTML is not good for doing exact visuals, but it's still great for delivering content to a myriad of different platforms and devices.
The only error is in trying to make it pixel-perfect.
Comment Re:Can't agree (Score 1) 384
Learning how to make professional looking documents that communicate well to people is a valuable skill
so teach them LaTeX then?
Oh yeah? How do you create professional business looking documents with LaTeX, ones that don't look like thesis dissertations?
Comment I was thinking of The Matrix instant learning. (Score 1) 176
I for one welcome our ninja-trained helicopter-piloting rat underlords.
Comment Re:What is a browser anyway? (Score 1) 158
That's because HTML is a semantic language, not a visual language. A designer would work against the languages purpose, and only serve for limited purposes. (There are *lots* of HTML designers that work "as well as Win32" for limited purposes, btw.)
Submission + - KDE Akademy and Qt Contributor Summit Join Forces (kde.org)
jrepin writes: "In July 2013, Akademy — the KDE community summit — will host the Qt Contributor Summit (QtCS) in Bilbao, Spain. QtCS is THE gathering of the Qt Project contributor community. It will take place July 15th and 16th in the middle of the KDE Akademy conference week (13-19 July). By co-hosting, KDE and the Qt Project will increase their existing collaboration even further. Holding their annual conferences at the same time and the same place will foster interaction, knowledge transfer and technical progress.
More than 500 upstream and downstream developers will participate in this combined event. This includes key maintainers and top contributors of both projects. The conference will cover many areas of computing, ranging from core library functionality in Qt and KDE to popular user applications used by hundreds of millions of users, integrated with cloud services. All this takes place in a highly productive atmosphere where we combine forces, exchange knowledge, and meet new contributors."
More than 500 upstream and downstream developers will participate in this combined event. This includes key maintainers and top contributors of both projects. The conference will cover many areas of computing, ranging from core library functionality in Qt and KDE to popular user applications used by hundreds of millions of users, integrated with cloud services. All this takes place in a highly productive atmosphere where we combine forces, exchange knowledge, and meet new contributors."
Submission + - Spain busts 'ransomware' cybercrime gang (thestar.com)
Kaneda2112 writes: MADRID—Spanish authorities on Wednesday announced the breakup of a cybercrime gang that used a “ransomware” virus to lock computers throughout Europe, display false messages claiming the action was taken by police and demand payment of $135 to unlock the computers.
The gang, operating from the Mediterranean resort cities of Benalmadena and Torremolinos, made at least $1.35 million annually, said Deputy Interior Minister Francisco Martinez. Their notices to victims were accompanied by false threats claiming they were under investigation for accessing child pornography or illegal file-sharing.
The gang, operating from the Mediterranean resort cities of Benalmadena and Torremolinos, made at least $1.35 million annually, said Deputy Interior Minister Francisco Martinez. Their notices to victims were accompanied by false threats claiming they were under investigation for accessing child pornography or illegal file-sharing.
Comment Re:Capitalism is failing (Score 1) 183
What do you mean, that kickbacks and loopholes are not part of "how money works"? Sorry to bust your bubble, but the world doesn't actually work as a Randian utopia.
Comment Re:Build a better person? They will come. (Score 2) 141
Why the "if"?
Comment Finally, (Score 1) 91
S.H.I.E.L.D. technology released to the general public.
Comment W00t! (Score 1) 91
Finally, S.H.I.E.L.D. technology released to the general public.
Comment Re:US Attorneys (Score 1) 400
If it applies to innocents as well as the guilty, taking a deal is completely irrelevant and unrelated to actual guiltiness. Thus, you can't use the number of deals as measure to estimate that a majority is guilty.
Comment Re:Catch-22 Doc Daneeka (Score 2) 162
It makes you wonder if we technicians aren't creating a new class of 'codeless' people -like the 'homeless'- those who fall through the gaps of the system, in this case because they have their digital ID revoked. They wouldn't have a way to get in the system again, because lacking an identification they wouldn't be able to use even the basic communication tools.
