Comment Re:Likely cause... (Score 1) 464
The first Space Pirates? Hardly...
Comment Re:in the UK (Score 1) 229
I've bought network stuff from
http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/index.html
in the past. I'd recommend them. They also do systems.
Comment Re:Incorrect summary (Score 1) 274
And this has been scored as a troll because...?
Comment Incorrect summary (Score 0, Troll) 274
"...you are not allowed to cycle on public footpaths in the UK"
Yes you are. The Highway code says "You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement" but doesn't mention footpaths. A pavement is adjacent to the road (so it will have been done by Google already), a footpath isn't.
Comment Re:Of course Linux is ready for the desktop (Score 1) 1365
So you are happy with Windows? Cool. I was just putting my point of view forward and pointing out that when it comes to operating systems, one size does not fit all and no OS is perfect.
Comment Re:Of course Linux is ready for the desktop (Score 1) 1365
Is it? Why are you asking me? I have no idea who you are, what you do, or why you are wasting so much of your precious time reading and posting to Slashdot, when you imply that you have so many better and more profitable things to do.
Comment Of course Linux is ready for the desktop (Score 0, Flamebait) 1365
I've been using it for 6 years now. Whether it's ready for YOUR desktop or not depends on you. Is Windows ready for the desktop? I would say "no" because it has a list of flaws that stop me using it. Being closed source is a pretty serious one for starters. There's no central software repository, you need driver disks for hardware, scripting is poor, it's got that registry thing, is suffers from bit-rot, viruses, spyware, adware... I could go on but as I'm about to say, it's pointless.
Lists of faults, blanket statements and generalising about which OS is ready or not is utterly pointless. They all have their faults and strong points. They are all desktop-ready for some people and they are all not desktop-ready for others.
Want to see if Linux is ready for your desktop? Try it out. You only have the cost of a blank CD to lose.
Comment Let's have a grass roots campaign (Score 5, Funny) 197
And let's see if they will name it "Cuntflaps".
Comment Re:Joe, anyone? (Score 1) 1131
Me too! I like it because it uses the same keystrokes as Wordstar, which makes me sound about 90 years old.
Comment Buying stuff is the new innovation (Score 1) 137
"Saxon Innovations... purchased about 180 US patents formerly owned by Advanced Micro Devices or Legerity in 2007"
Not a massive amount of innovation going on there really, is there?
Web Server On a Business Card 169
mollyhackit writes "We've seen tiny Web servers in the past, but rarely ones that are home-built. Here's a guide to building your own tiny web server with a footprint no larger than a business card. The design uses two major chips. One handles the SPI to MAC/PHY translation for the ethernet jack. The other chip is a PIC24F, which hosts a simple web server and reads files stored on a microSD card. All components run at a low 3.3 volts. Part of the compactness of the design comes from the PIC24F having programmable pins; only four jumper wires were needed. The single-sided SMD design is easy to manufacture at home. Part 1 covered many of the 24F's features and both posts have full code available."
Submission + - UK could finally get terrestrial HDTV
SoLongAndThanks writes: When the UK opted to implement digital TV via terrestrial transmission the decision was taken not to allow HD, instead it went for increased channel choice in standard definition. Now OFCOM (the government off-shoot that allocates the spectrum) has indicated that it now wants to allow HD via the system (known as Freeview), but some changes will need to be made to make this possible. Cnet.co.uk has a story explaining the OFCOM proposal which includes moving some channels to MPEG-4 and changing the modulation scheme. It also mentions the BBC's MIMO trial which could be implemented at the same time to increase the amount of data carried per multiplex.
Submission + - Skype blames Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Outage (skype.com)
brajesh writes: "Skype has blamed its outage over the last week on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday. FTA — "The abnormally high number of restarts affected Skype's network resources. This caused a flood of log-in requests, which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact."
Previsously, it was speculated that Skype outage may have been caused by a Russian hack attempt. Further FTA- "The issue has now been identified explicitly within Skype. We can confirm categorically that no malicious activities were attributed or that our users' security was not, at any point, at risk."
Butterfly effect?"
Submission + - Austalia to force ISP filtering
Phurge writes: http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/veto-for-parents-on -web/2007/08/09/1186530535350.html
"Internet service providers will be forced to filter web content at the request of parents, under a $189 million Federal Government crackdown on online bad language, pornography and child sex predators"
"Today Mr Howard will hail the ISP filtering measure as a world first by any Government, and is expected to offer funding to help cover the cost. Parents will be able to request the ISP filter option when they sign up with an ISP. It will be compulsory to provide it."
Submission + - More than half of known Vista bugs are unpatched 1
MsManhattan writes: Microsoft security executive Jeff Jones has disclosed that in the first six months of Vista's release, the company has patched fewer than half of the operating system's known bugs. Microsoft has fixed only 12 of 27 reported Vista vulnerabilities whereas it patched 36 of 39 known bugs in Windows XP in the first six months following its release. Jones says that's because "Windows Vista continues to show a trend of fewer total and fewer high-severity vulnerabilities at the six month mark compared to ... Windows XP," but he did not address the 15 unpatched flaws.
