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Submission + - Standards Make Rapid Software Releases Workable (itworld.com)

jfruhlinger writes: "There was a bit of a kerfuffle when the Mozilla Foundation's community coordinator brushed aside concerns from enterprises that Mozilla's rapid release schedule clashed with organizations' need carefully vet software upgrades. One thing that could bridge the gap between these worldviews is a widespread adoption of open standards. After all, if IE 6 dealt with Webpages in a standard way, it wouldn't have been so painful to keep it around as long as it lurked on many corporate desktops."

Submission + - EA Launches Cross-Platform Social Gaming Network (digitizor.com)

dkd903 writes: Electronic Arts has jumped on to the Social Media bandwagon in a big way by launching a cross-platform Social Gaming Network called Origin that works on both Desktop computers and mobile device platforms.
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Submission + - Snow Falls on The Most Arid Desert on Earth (ouramazingplanet.com)

crackspackle writes: The Atacama desert region, a vast expanse of land stretching 600 miles along the Pacific coast of South America from Peru to Chile, is know as the dryest region on earth, receiving only .04 inches (1mm) of rain per year. Many weather stations located in the region have no recorded precipitation during their existence. Sterile from the lack of rainfall, sparsely inhabited, and virtually free from electromagnetic and light interference, the desert hosts several major astronomical observatories. The other-worldy location is also popular among sci-fi film makers, and is a prominent test site for NASA's planned Mars mission. This week, the Atacama received 32 inches of snow, stranding motorists along the Pan-American highway and other roads, prompting numerous rescues. Footage of the snow is available on the BBC

Comment Re:what about false positives, bad clames, fake cl (Score 1) 219

false positives have been a issues in the past does this do any thing to fix that? Let's say some without HSI but has cable some how get some HBO VOD data flagged? or just that they flag the wrong subscriber.

Bad clams The bank's have done foreclosure on loans they don't even own so what stopping someone from makeing a clam on stuff they don't own or that may be free but some how they thing they own the rights to? What if a game is free but someone flags it based on in game music?

fake clams

One business may just make clams just to DOS a other business.

What about places with FREE WIFI or hotels? (A lot of hotels use cable HSI)

What about if you HAVE the rights to that Copyright and the right to download it and you still get flaged?

Mmmm...clams.

Comment Re:How much did they spend on typewriters? (Score 1) 159

Did they spend anything on typewriters?

How about filing cabinets?

Any word on semaphore flags?

Pretty sure this is a shift in paradigm in the tools needed to perform the task, not a shopping spree on cool toys.

I fail to see the relationship. What tasks are being performed by the thousands of game consoles or MP3 players that have replaced file cabinets and typewriters?

Comment Re:I must be behind the times (Score 1) 482

People actually have enough time these days in their daily lives to fill up their phones memory/micro sd cards on every day usage? Or is this just people trying to look busy so others think they have somthing going on in their lives.

If you take so many photos you abviously want some quality in the image so why not just get any of the 100's of digital pocket cameras out there?

I own an Android phone that I use for video/photos when I don't want to bring my DSLR with me. The picture quality is fine for snapshots from my HTC Thunderbolt. Also my phone does 720p video which obviously requires a lot of space. I can see how it is quite easy to fill up your phones memory with video and images.

Comment Re:Minecraft vs. Terraria (Score 1) 142

At first I was oblivious to what Minecraft was. Then I bought it. Then I played it for a while. Then I figured out there was nothing to really DO in the game. Okay, I know it's a giant sandbox and you can build stuff, but after a while, you kind of get bored of building stuff...

About a month ago, I found Terraria. The game has been in development for less than half a year, and it has more depth and more things to do, especially in multiplayer, which is just pure fun.

Any updates to Minecraft are much welcome, both in SP and MP. Hopefully there will be more crafting stuff and more things to do. Maybe it's just me, but when I play Terraria, I get this weird thought in my head - "this is what Minecraft should have been". Somehow I feel that Notch got a boatload of money and then semi-abandoned the game...

If he is smart he will build in some sort of in "app" purchases. "Upgrade your sand blocks to golden blocks for .99 cents" or "Purchase the new sword of awesomeness for 250 Minecraft dollars".

Comment Re:Limited number of simultaneous connections? (Score 1) 495

...starting with the fact you can only have six active devices on your account, followed by the fact that your recommendations get less effective the more you share your account with someone with disparate tastes -- as anyone who shares their account with a spouse will tell you..

Tell me about it! Netflix thinks I want to watch children's cartoons due to all the Barney and Cailou episodes my wife puts on for the kids.

Comment Re:Linux = "Immune to malware" (another /. LIE?) (Score 1) 169

I kept hearing that Linux was immune to malware all these years here, and yet I am seeing a Linux variant in ANDROID showing holes and malware attacks left and right the past few years now.

(Has slashdot's Penguin crowd been lying to us all for all these years now? Seems so.)

Go back to your bridge.

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