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Submission + - Ask Slashdot : Indexing tool for home (multiple PCs / NAS ) ?

Submitted by Altesse
Altesse writes: I am obsessed with digital preservation and store my digital life and readings on multiple, mirrored, locations. The end result : thousands of files on my NASes at home, which include :
  • pictures and photos
  • archived mails, either in plain text or Outlook / Notes format
  • scriptures of loved / lost ones, either as plain text or Word format
  • scientific articles I found interesting, either HTML or PDF
  • some eBooks and comics
  • videos and mp3s of course

I try as much as I can to organize them, but it's time consuming and anyway does not solve the problem of searching through this amount of information (especially archived mails). What I'm looking for is an indexing tool that can crawl mapped drives, allows meta data editing and handles various file types for easy search.
In a nutshell, a Picasa for common file types. In the past, I had tried Google desktop search with mixed results, but it has been discontinued.

Are you aware of such a tool, free or not ?

Comment Please enlighten me : Quantum computers & MWI (Score 1) 132

by Altesse (#39185117) Attached to: IBM Touts Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Ok, IANAP, but, like many slashdotters, am interested in all things science and especially quantum mechanics. Please explain, if you may, this contradiction, because I've been unable to find a good explanation in anything I've read so far.

If we consider the many worlds interpretation to be viable, from what I understand :
- when a scientist will start up the very first quantum computer for the first time -- say, a big 250 qubit computer -- and will test it against a big cypher or whatever, 2^250 universes will participate in the process
- after the quantum collapse, the unique solution will be found, the cypher will be cracked and OUR scientist in OUR world will open a bottle of champagne and congratulate with their team

... Does this mean that, in 2^250 - 1 universes, the scientist will commit suicide, or get fired, (because obviously, the other solutions are uncorrect) ?
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Submission + - 'Friends' in Google+ Ad Actually Google Ad Folks

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: PC Magazine reports that Google took on Facebook by airing a Thanksgiving Day TV commercial for Google+ during the Lions-Packer football game. The ad — Sharing, But Like Real Life — touted the more personal connections that the search giant suggests can be found via its Google+ social network. While some found the ad long-winded, the commercial was generally well-received. The Daily Mail called the big-money ad Google's 'biggest bid yet to take on Facebook', giving the spot kudos because it 'showed groups such as family, college friends or even 'epic bros' rather than co-workers or clients.' Or did it? Googling the names of those that found their way into the ad's Google+ circles turned up LinkedIn profiles and other results showing the heartwarming ad's 'cast' appears to be curiously composed almost entirely of Google Advertising and Marketing folks. While it's not 'Our Social Network Is Worth Fighting For', one wonders if Don Draper would approve.
Science

Submission + - Cosmic rays may be born in superbubbles (cosmosmagazine.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Earth is being bombarded by cosmic rays from elsewhere in the galaxy, and a team of astronomers may have found a potential source: a 'cocoon' of cosmic rays in a bubble blown by young, massive stars.
Data Storage

Submission + - Hard drive prices going up 150% in less than two m (channelregister.co.uk) 1

Submitted by
zyzko
zyzko writes: "The Register reports that hard drive prices (lowest average unit prices) have rocketed 151% from October 1 to November 14th. The worst days have seen over 5% daily price increases. The reason for this is attributed to floods in Thailand but there are concerns of artificial price fixing and suspicion that retailers or members of supply channel are taking advantage of the situation."
Google

Submission + - Toy Story Meets Google Street View

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: The Atlantic talks to creative director Tom Jenkins about his short film Address Is Approximate, which tells the whimsical story of a toy's journey to the California coast. Jenkins' personal project, described a 'Toy Story for the Internet age,' uses stop-motion animation and Google Street View to bring an after-working-hours office space to life. Film critic Larry Page gives it a thumbs-up.

Comment Why don't the photons show the discrepancy ? (Score 1) 226

by Altesse (#37729100) Attached to: FTL Neutrinos Explained... Maybe
What I don't understand in almost all the refutals is that the measured speed of the photons is just ignored. I mean, IANAP, but if I measure the speed of two cars or two athletes racing, and use an incorrect way of computing the speeds, no matter what, if one of them is faster, my recorded times will show it.

If there was a blatant error of calculation, why would they see the photons behave normally ?

Comment So... Slow news day, huh ? (Score 0) 127

by Altesse (#36863722) Attached to: Suggesting Innovative Uses For Retired Space Shuttles
I can't believe I lost some precious minutes of my time to read this POS.
The shuttles should and will belong to museums, just like Buran, the russian one, to show present-day and future generations the advancements of technology and the scientific achievements of mankind.
And certainly *not* being "desacralized" by being used as a restaurant or an attraction.

Comment .NET / CLR was the logical choice (Score 0) 440

by Altesse (#36428350) Attached to: Devs Worried Microsoft Will Dump<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET
Is it just me or was the obvious choice to use the CLR as the commeon ground for every development Windows-related ?
Just as Dalvik is used for Android, the CLR could have been integrated to every Windows, be it Intel or Arm-based. That way, developers could have coded once (in .NET) and deployed on Windows 7, Windows 8-Arm, Windows Phone, etc.

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