Comment bofh excuse (Score 1) 499
That would be solar flares, son.
Comment Consumers are dumb! (Score 2, Insightful) 436
I think the mentality of most home users are that they want Apple to tell them what apps can run on their device(s). Let's hope the power users talk some sense into Apple. I for one don't like the idea of only being able to consume apps that are published via the App Store...
Comment On iTunes? (Score 1) 94
How soon before it is up on iTunes? ;)
Submission + - Emperor penguin numbers declining
samsonov writes: "With sea ice declining, there is projections that Emperor penguin populations will be reduced by 95% by 2100. The article states that this reduction has a one in three chance of happening and possibly eight out of ten chance."
Submission + - First pirate caught in Montreal theater
An anonymous reader writes: Heard on the radio: The first guy to get caught in Montreal with a camera in a theater, he was filming "Dan in Real Life.". About fifteen potential pirates where stopped recently upon entry, but this time they decided to let him thru to cought him in the act.
His girlfriend was transporting the equipment, so he spilled the beans to avoid accusation against her.
He filmed about 25 movies in the last 15 months, 3 on that day alone. He said he was paid around 1500$ for each movie.
Not much in the media at the moment: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071115.wfilmarrest1115/BNStory/National/home
"The man reportedly handed over all his material after being caught, which included a device to post the films directly onto the Internet."
Submission + - Solaris vs RedHat support costs
samsonov writes: "An interesting whitepaper discussing "real" cost of ownership, Solaris 10 vs RHEL has been put together by Crimson Consulting (no not Crimson Permanent Assurance Co). While it is considerably slanted, it has some comparison of costs to support each operating system. The most irksome quote from the whitepaper "In my opinion, Linux is just not ready for prime-time." -Unix architect/Crimson study participant at a major retailer."
