Comment Re:Indeed (Score 2) 188
This is news? Wow, the human race is going downhill.
Comment Re:First, take the haters with a grain of salt (Score 1) 410
Ads are fine. Ads pretending to be stories are NOT fine.
Comment Re:Quantum annealing (Score 4, Informative) 133
"Should of" is not a usage, it's a misspelling of "should've". "Should've" is a usage.
Comment Re:Nice rant (Score 4, Insightful) 236
What's immature about it? He called out the list of reasons that caused him to lose interest in working at Google, and he did it articulately. There was no name-calling or whining. Kudos to him for being honest and moving on.
Comment Re:Terminology (Score 1) 404
Flash video is H.264.
Comment Re:Sigh (Score 5, Informative) 176
Well, I AM a sound engineer, and not only are the "field of recording" and the "recording industry" completely interconnected, but particularly in the context of the Grammys the distinction you are making does not exist. To the Grammys, the "field of recording" IS the "recording industry". Perhaps that fact is objectionable, but that has nothing to do with anyone's feelings about Steve Jobs in particular. He fits the award just fine.
Comment Re:Sigh (Score 0) 176
How is it a crock? Perhaps his contributions to the recording industry were negative or damaging, but it's absurd to argue they weren't significant.
Comment Re:Hollywood won't change (Score 4, Interesting) 516
He doesn't ignore the existence of Netfix or iTunes at all, he champions them. And he's not arguing that anyone give everything away for free, he's arguing that a reasonable business model is the best way to counter the threat of piracy.
Maybe try actually reading the article.
Maybe try actually reading the article.
Comment Re:Stand up, people! (Score 2) 439
So "not very" then.
Comment Re:Awesome headline. (Score 3, Insightful) 582
Not only that, it's "mobile device makers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple". Who else? I smell Android fanboy.
Comment Re:Definitely need more... (Score 1) 865
Oh good, I was afraid we might have a thread without moronic Apple cracks. Thanks for putting things right, AC!
Munich's Move To Linux Exceeds Target 235
jrepin writes "In May 2003, Munich's city council resolved to migrate municipal workstations from Windows to Linux and open source. Munich's LiMux project has announced that it has exceeded its annual target for migrating the city's PCs to its LiMux client. To date in 2011, the project has migrated 9,000 systems; it had originally planned to migrate 8,500 of the 12,000-15,000 PC workstations used by city officials in Munich."
Comment Re:CyanogenMod Fanboy (Score 1) 364
You are not the customer.
Forget an Essay; Earn a Scholarship With a Tweet 99
PolygamousRanchKid writes with this quote from a CNN article:
"The Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation is asking eligible high school seniors to tweet a photo that illustrates their commitment to education and enriching their communities. The KFC Colonel's Scholars winner, announced December 15, will receive up to $5,000 per year to pursue a bachelor's degree at a public university in his or her home state. ... Other organizations, perhaps weary of wading through applicants' lengthy essays, also are offering eager students ways to turn a 140-character message into money for college. ... Why a tweet? Jodi Schafer, the University of Iowa's director of MBA admissions and financial aid, told USA Today that application essays were 'becoming unoriginal.' She said 'we're hoping that incorporating social media in the process will help bring back some of that creativity.'"
Comment Re:obviously (Score -1, Troll) 627
Oh, what a big strong man you are. You sure showed him.
