Comment Free Pass? (Score 3, Interesting) 469
(European companies will get a free pass, of course).
Like EDF, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, or Telekomunikacja Polska and Slovak Telekom are then?
Comment Intel Appealing? (Score -1, Redundant) 469
I can't see the appeal doing much except perhaps reducing the fine somewhat...
Submission + - Intel recieves record fine by the EU (bbc.co.uk) 2
Firefalcon writes: "Intel has been fined a record 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion / £948 million) by the European Competition Commission after being found guilty of anti-competitive practices. This makes Microsoft's 497 million euro fine in 2004 (which was a record at the time) seem like a slap on the hand. Reports had previously suggested that the fine would be similar to Microsoft's. Intel was charged (among other things) with encouraging manufacturers and retailers to purchase fewer (or even not stock) AMD processors. More details of the ruling are on the European Commission's Competition website."
Submission + - Illusion Cloak Makes One Object Look Like Another (technologyreview.com)
KentuckyFC writes: "Metamaterials are synthetic substances that can steer light in any way imaginable. Their most famous incarnation is in invisibility cloaks which work by steering light around a region of space making any object inside that region invisible. But invisibility is just the start. A team of physicists in Hong Kong (the same guys who recently worked out how to cloak objects at a distance) have worked out how create a cloak that makes one object look like another. Instead of steering light to make a region of space look empty, the illusion cloak manipulates light in a way that makes a region of space look as if it contains a specific object, such as an elephant. So any object within that region of space, a mouse say, takes on the appearance of an elephant."
Submission + - Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital (yahoo.com)
bokske writes: "An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday, after the flagrant fumes prompted someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in.
Just another day at the office"
Submission + - free or cheap network measuring tools
lyberth writes: I want to make some measurements of networks. Currently i know of the excelent but very expensive tools from Ixia or Codima.
It should be able to measure things like throughput, jitter, packetloss so that it will be easy to agree with a customer that there is or is not a problem with the network before implementing VoIP.
If the tools can find causes of network flaws its fine, but main issue is to document a networks readines for VoIP.
What tools do you recommend?
Submission + - What Star Trek episodes do I show GF before Movie? 4
Paul server guy writes: "OK, My Girlfriend wants to go see the new Star Trek movie with me. Here is the problem, She has never seen any Star Trek before! I've done a good job on getting her started w/ SF. She is a huge Firefly/Serenity fan, and is ripping through my Farscape DVDs, is an avid Dollhouse fan, and is really looking forward to Stargate, loved Iron Man, and the original three Star Wars movies, and hated the Anakin Trilogy, has read (and loved) a bunch of Heinlein and other books, and is very open to any SF I can feed her. (And she really does exist, and is actually hot, not some beer/caffeine poisoning induced fantasy.)
So, Here is my question — Should I show her any Star Trek before we see the movie, and if so, what show/episodes/movies?
My initial thought was to show her a few select/classic episodes from all of the TV shows and movies, just to give her a feel for the story, but now that I think about it, I am thinking that I should let her see it unfold in the movie for the first time.
Could anyone who has seen the movie shed any light?"
So, Here is my question — Should I show her any Star Trek before we see the movie, and if so, what show/episodes/movies?
My initial thought was to show her a few select/classic episodes from all of the TV shows and movies, just to give her a feel for the story, but now that I think about it, I am thinking that I should let her see it unfold in the movie for the first time.
Could anyone who has seen the movie shed any light?"
Submission + - Swine Flu May Be Human Error.
Tom DBA writes: The swine flu could have been accidentally made in a lab, says the World Health Organization in Bloomberg.com News.
Swine Flu May Be Human Error, Scientist Says; WHO Probes Claim. "The World Health Organization is investigating an Australian researcher's claim that the swine flu virus circling the globe may have been created as a result of human error.
Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu drug, said in an interview today that he intends to publish a report suggesting the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines. Gibbs said that he came to his conclusion as part of an effort to trace the virus's origins by analyzing its genetic blueprint."
Time to drag out the conspiracy theories about how HIV/AIDS came into the world?
Time to drag out the conspiracy theories about how HIV/AIDS came into the world?
Comment School Website (Score 1) 452
http://www.santarosa.edu/
Not that I'm suggesting that several thousand geeks all pay it a visit at once and "stress test" their webserver... Not at all, this is Slashdot after all... :-)
Not that I'm suggesting that several thousand geeks all pay it a visit at once and "stress test" their webserver... Not at all, this is Slashdot after all...
Comment What if their initials _are_ SJRC? (Score 1) 452
...would they sue the parents?!? :-p
I mean, if there was a student called Simon James Richard Clarke who used his initials for his private email address, what case would the school have against him?
I mean, if there was a student called Simon James Richard Clarke who used his initials for his private email address, what case would the school have against him?
Comment Problem Solved (Score 1) 408
...well not the "doing something without telling the users" problem with NoScript, but unticking one box to stop AdBlock using the NoScript rules...
Comment Re:adblockers suck (Score 1) 408
I just see "Your ad here" which will appear when JavaScript is disabled, either via NoScript or just generally.
One quick rule and those boxes are gone too (the "Element Hider Help" add-in is Adblock's friend...).
Comment Re:How much is your time worth (Score 1) 837
~ a low user id is no indication I have a clue what I'm talking about.
LOL! I should steal^H^H^H^H^H^H borrow that sig.
Submission + - Ecommerce with Catalyst - a post-project analysis
Denny writes: "Perl is Alive has published a 'six months later' analysis of a Perl ecommerce project which used the popular Catalyst framework at its core. It's a well-written look at how, by choosing various components from CPAN, you can build up a complex custom-tailored system without having to write everything end-to-end yourself. The author concludes that they would "undoubtedly" make the same technology decisions again, given the success of this project, and the quality of 'modern' Perl libraries and frameworks which are now available from CPAN."
Submission + - The tech of Star Trek: here today, or on its way (technologizer.com)
Harry writes: "J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie is only a month away, and while it may be a promising reimagining of the the Trek universe, there are plenty of ways in which the old Trek universe is reminiscent of our own 21st century. Abrams' film is the eleventh Star Trek movie, so we've compiled a look at eleven technologies from Star Trek that foreshadowed stuff that's actually happening today."
