Comment Re:Here We Go ... (Score 1) 223
That's not the same scenario - those headhunters didn't want to anger their biggest client, hence they wouldn't work with you.
Of course, getting a job != calling a headhunter.
Ubisoft DRM Causing More Problems 279
Joe Helfrich writes "Ubisoft's Settlers 7 servers have been causing problems for over a week for users worldwide, and Australian gamers are hardly able to connect at all. 'The problem reportedly strikes after the game has already confirmed an active Internet connection, and prevents the user from playing even the single-player campaign, returning the error "server not available." But they are available, because other people are logged into them and merrily playing away.' Wonder how they're going to describe this one as an attack."
Submission + - Why aren't OSes sold to consoles? (tweakers.net) 1
HKatoyHToyH writes: I'm asking knowledgeable readers not telling.
Ubuntu, Fedora Core, and most specifically Yellow Dog Linux have all spent some of their time ( =$ ) making a distro just for the PS3. They set up software repositories for it, and gave users the traditional vast amount of control.
It was too good and Sony shut it down for possible piracy risks.
If these companies negotiated with various console makers, (Sorry 360), as to what permanent OS crippling is necessary (no admin priviledges, reduced repositories, evil etc...) there could be a good amount of money in it.
Console makers gain new features, Linux gains new users, people make money for something they spent time on, and controls can remain compulsory.
This was done on the PS2. Notably, it is not being done now. Does anybody know why that is?
Ubuntu, Fedora Core, and most specifically Yellow Dog Linux have all spent some of their time ( =$ ) making a distro just for the PS3. They set up software repositories for it, and gave users the traditional vast amount of control.
It was too good and Sony shut it down for possible piracy risks.
If these companies negotiated with various console makers, (Sorry 360), as to what permanent OS crippling is necessary (no admin priviledges, reduced repositories, evil etc...) there could be a good amount of money in it.
Console makers gain new features, Linux gains new users, people make money for something they spent time on, and controls can remain compulsory.
This was done on the PS2. Notably, it is not being done now. Does anybody know why that is?
Submission + - "Microsoft fails the Standards Test" - Alex Brown (adjb.net) 2
levell writes: Alex Brown, Convenor of the Ballot Resolution Meeting on OOXML has written an interesting blog entry saying that MS Office 2010 still writes documents in the transitional variants of OOXML (meant for legacy documents rather than the strict variants that was intended for future documents). Mr. Brown also says that defects are also being fixed very slowly and that "Looking at the text, I reckon it is more like 95% that remains to be done, as it is still lousy with defects.". It's an insightful look at what has happened with OOXML since ISO approved it from someone who was not opposed to the standard.
Submission + - ConveyThis Unveils Bad Translator, A New Take On T (conveythis.com)
An anonymous reader writes: ConveyThis Unveils All-New Bad Translator
NEW YORK, April 1, 2010 – Adding yet another interesting automated translation tool to its arsenal, ConveyThis today unveils its new Bad Translator! tool. The tool is similar to the classic game of telephone, but using Google Translate as the "telephone". It begins by automatically translating an English phrase into a foreign language, then back to English. It then repeats the process, using the re-translated English phrase. It does this 10, 25, or even 54 times, and at the end shows the final English translation. For example, if we take the phrase "You and me put on a bad romance" (Lady Gaga's Bad Romance) and translate it back and forth 54 times, the final result we get is “I love you?” It’s really interesting to see what gets lost in translation; in this case it seems like the translator isn't even sure! Seemingly random words get added or removed, and the final result is often completely different than the original.
Bad Translator! has already become a hit through Twitter. Even Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame loves it! Try it out for yourself at http://www.conveythis.com/translation.php.
Machine Translators
Most people agree that machine translators such as Google Translate are useful for getting a general idea about what foreign language text means. However, this isn't exactly accurate; the translator literally translates(word for word) the text which often results in grammatically incorrect, if not completely incoherent, text. Since it is so literal, repeated translations back and fourth between languages generally results in very bad translations. We've developed Bad Translator! to show just how funny things can get.
About ConveyThis
ConveyThis is a free website translation tool that was created in order to combine the functionality of all the major online translators into a single button. It has everything: most major languages (such as Spanish, French, English, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and others), the power of almost every internet translator (including Google, Babel-Fish, Microsoft Live, Kwintessential, SDL, Promt, and InterTran), and it even displays statistics on how your translation button is used and how often your website gets translated (and into which languages).
Our approach to free website translation was inspired by AddThis, the leader in social book marking. With them in mind, we brought this concept to an entirely new level of sophistication and tailored it for translation industry. ConveyThis is a pioneer in this field and has successfully merged functional design with the technology of every major online translator.
Visit ConveyThis at http://www.conveythis.com/
NEW YORK, April 1, 2010 – Adding yet another interesting automated translation tool to its arsenal, ConveyThis today unveils its new Bad Translator! tool. The tool is similar to the classic game of telephone, but using Google Translate as the "telephone". It begins by automatically translating an English phrase into a foreign language, then back to English. It then repeats the process, using the re-translated English phrase. It does this 10, 25, or even 54 times, and at the end shows the final English translation. For example, if we take the phrase "You and me put on a bad romance" (Lady Gaga's Bad Romance) and translate it back and forth 54 times, the final result we get is “I love you?” It’s really interesting to see what gets lost in translation; in this case it seems like the translator isn't even sure! Seemingly random words get added or removed, and the final result is often completely different than the original.
Bad Translator! has already become a hit through Twitter. Even Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame loves it! Try it out for yourself at http://www.conveythis.com/translation.php.
Machine Translators
Most people agree that machine translators such as Google Translate are useful for getting a general idea about what foreign language text means. However, this isn't exactly accurate; the translator literally translates(word for word) the text which often results in grammatically incorrect, if not completely incoherent, text. Since it is so literal, repeated translations back and fourth between languages generally results in very bad translations. We've developed Bad Translator! to show just how funny things can get.
About ConveyThis
ConveyThis is a free website translation tool that was created in order to combine the functionality of all the major online translators into a single button. It has everything: most major languages (such as Spanish, French, English, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and others), the power of almost every internet translator (including Google, Babel-Fish, Microsoft Live, Kwintessential, SDL, Promt, and InterTran), and it even displays statistics on how your translation button is used and how often your website gets translated (and into which languages).
Our approach to free website translation was inspired by AddThis, the leader in social book marking. With them in mind, we brought this concept to an entirely new level of sophistication and tailored it for translation industry. ConveyThis is a pioneer in this field and has successfully merged functional design with the technology of every major online translator.
Visit ConveyThis at http://www.conveythis.com/
Simpler "Hello World" Demonstrated In C 582
An anonymous reader writes "Wondering where all that bloat comes from, causing even the classic 'Hello world' to weigh in at 11 KB? An MIT programmer decided to make a Linux C program so simple, she could explain every byte of the assembly. She found that gcc was including libc even when you don't ask for it. The blog shows how to compile a much simpler 'Hello world,' using no libraries at all. This takes me back to the days of programming bare-metal on DOS!"
Comment Deafing roar (Score 1) 596
Um, I think we're just witnessing Apple's marketing campaign, and boy they must be spending a bundle on it. They have to cut through the clutter somehow....
Comment Re:Do power users abuse their IT knowledge? (Score 1) 460
Agreed. Where I work, the second you do this, an automated job sends your termination notice to HR and you are on your way out the door. We have a policy we sign when we get employed and you are expected to be mature and follow some basic rules.
Comment Re:Well "Works With Linux" is a feature to me (Score 1) 497
You are missing the point. He wanted to use the computer for SOMETHING, not to endlessly configure it. I hear him. I am an ex-linux systems administrator. I supported Linux for over 10 years professionally, and Solaris for many years before that. What do I use at home? Windows. Why? It works great, and when something does break, I'm not on my own, though admittedly, this is less and less of an issue. I have struggled with all of the GP's issues and more - at home. For years my friends laughed at me, but then I wised up and saw the light. Life is too short to waste 10 hours trying to get your VPN working with the one at work, and they won't help you because what you're doing is against policy.... Or I spent many, many hours trying to get my laptop running Mandrake 8.2 to work with my wireless PCMCIA card - good luck getting support for that, especially when the sole developer for the chipset I accidentally bought works on it part time when he moonlights from HP. But in Windows, it all just works right out of the box. Go figure.
Actually, having supported Linux for so long, I hesitate to say it's more powerful. I've seen many, many bugs, both in the kernel and outside. Especially in the early years, but I stumbled across another one just a few days back in AS4. The sort utility silently crashes when reading files with certain characters in just the right places. Some things never change.
Actually, having supported Linux for so long, I hesitate to say it's more powerful. I've seen many, many bugs, both in the kernel and outside. Especially in the early years, but I stumbled across another one just a few days back in AS4. The sort utility silently crashes when reading files with certain characters in just the right places. Some things never change.
