Comment Re:A 10kg dumbbell in the face sure feels forceful (Score 2) 54
Weight is force due to gravity. You are thinking of mass.
Submission + - Google Fibre Begins (gigaom.com)
FBeans writes: From Gigaom.com: "Google launched its fiber to the home network today and the biggest surprise is probably that the gigabit speeds are aimed at consumers only. The search giant’s fiber network, which will cost $70 for Internet only and $120 for fiber plus TV, is a killer wrapper for Google’s cloud, consumer and tablet products, some of which will be included in the fiber and TV package."
"So consumers of Kansas City will get Internet access with products and services that could tremendously undercut the Internet access businesses of Time Warner Cable and AT&T, which are the dominant ISPs in the area. But businesses will have to wait."
I guess it's not only businesses that will have to wait, but all of us too. Can Google Fiber really take on the dominant ISPs? Would you drop your provider and move to Google?
"So consumers of Kansas City will get Internet access with products and services that could tremendously undercut the Internet access businesses of Time Warner Cable and AT&T, which are the dominant ISPs in the area. But businesses will have to wait."
I guess it's not only businesses that will have to wait, but all of us too. Can Google Fiber really take on the dominant ISPs? Would you drop your provider and move to Google?
Comment Re:Gah (Score 1) 378
$ file thunderbird-bin
thunderbird-bin: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped
I've been running 64-bit Thunderbird for years!
Submission + - Scientists store information in quantum bits for nearly two seconds. (thebunsenburner.com)
FBeans writes: "Using a pair of impurities in ultra-pure, laboratory-grown diamonds, the researchers announced earlier this week that preliminary results show the ability to create quantum bits and store information in them for nearly two seconds — an increase of nearly six magnitudes, say the scientists. The work, described in the June 8 issue of Science, is a critical first step in the eventual construction of a functional quantum computer that could one day allow for advanced computations."
"One challenge facing quantum computing is creating computers that can remain in a solid-state at room temperature. Most systems rely on complex and expensive equipment designed to trap an atom or electron in a vacuum, and then cool the entire system to nearly absolute zero, or 459.67 Fahrenheit. Researchers say the experiment is an essential finding for the evolution of the quantum computer, saying it will likely serve as cornerstone in the coming years."
"The practical purposes of a quantum computer are nearly endless, say scientists. Quantum computers are expected to play an important role in future information processing since they can outperform classical computers at many tasks."
"One challenge facing quantum computing is creating computers that can remain in a solid-state at room temperature. Most systems rely on complex and expensive equipment designed to trap an atom or electron in a vacuum, and then cool the entire system to nearly absolute zero, or 459.67 Fahrenheit. Researchers say the experiment is an essential finding for the evolution of the quantum computer, saying it will likely serve as cornerstone in the coming years."
"The practical purposes of a quantum computer are nearly endless, say scientists. Quantum computers are expected to play an important role in future information processing since they can outperform classical computers at many tasks."
Comment Re:Hole196 (Score 1) 277
Thanks for the information, that is very interesting. At least it appears to be as secure as a normal wired network, though.
Comment What is secured? (Score 2) 277
My wireless network is WPA2 protected but the key is in the SSID. That was anybody can use it, but wireless clients can't sniff each other's traffic. Is that secured or not?
Submission + - Facebook's Revenue Forcasts cut in the middle of IPO Roadsow (yahoo.com)
FBeans writes: "Reuters' Alistair Barr is reporting that Facebook's lead underwriters, Morgan Stanley (MS), JP Morgan (JPM), and Goldman Sachs (GS) all cut their earnings forecasts for the company in the middle of the IPO roadshow."
"If there was any communication at all between Facebook and its underwriters regarding the analysts' estimates, Facebook will likely be on the hook for this, too."
"If there was any communication at all between Facebook and its underwriters regarding the analysts' estimates, Facebook will likely be on the hook for this, too."
Comment Re:Why not warn them? (Score 1) 193
Sure, it's bad if the ISP does it on their own DNS servers, but these are some criminal's servers that have been seized. Are those things really equivalent?
Of course HTTP isn't the only DNS user, but you can't pretend that this won't inform the overwhelming majority of users. They obviously use HTTP a lot.
Every single ISP doing traffic inspection or redirection seems like a lot more work than just doing this at the source.
I'm not advocating false DNS results from ISP's servers or treating other protocols as lesser than HTTP, I'm just suggesting a way to fix this for the majority of affected users.
Comment Re:Why bother warning them? (Score 1) 193
I see your argument, but they could do it purely to reduce the burden for all these clueless user's tech support people. Whether you like it or not, they are going to want their "internet" fixed...
Comment Why not warn them? (Score 4, Insightful) 193
Why don't they just start redirecting web users to a warning page explaining the situation to them at some point before the cut off date?
Submission + - Mozilla: Microsoft blocking rival browsers in Windows RT (pcpro.co.uk) 1
nk497 writes: "Mozilla has accused Microsoft of trying to go back to the "digital dark ages" by limiting rival browsers in the ARM version of Windows 8. Third-party browsers won't work in the desktop mode, and Metro style browsers will be limited in what APIs they can use, Mozilla said, forcing users to move to IE instead. Mozilla said it was the first step toward a new platform lock-in that "restricts user choice, reduces competition and chills innovation", and pointed out that such browser control was exactly what upset EU and US regulators about IE in the first place. The Firefox-developer called on Microsoft to "reject the temptation to pursue a closed path," adding "the world doesn't need another closed proprietary environment"."
Submission + - Everything Everywhere begin campaign to speed up the UK 4G roll-out (bbc.co.uk)
FBeans writes: "The firm is urging business leaders and consumer champions to join 4GBritain — a campaign calling on the government "to do whatever is necessary to move forward" with the roll-out."
Olaf Swantee, chief executive of EE since September, told the BBC that he was surprised how far behind the UK was.
"The UK had struck me as a place where mobile technology is deployed first and yet the infrastructure is behind Germany, Scandinavia and the US. I want to do something about this issue," he told the BBC.
Should the UK be keeping up with other countries around the world — probably. Unfortunately, with so many companies wanting to get in on the new tech first, and many lawyers being called into action for various reasons, it seems this campaign won't speed thing up too much...
Olaf Swantee, chief executive of EE since September, told the BBC that he was surprised how far behind the UK was.
"The UK had struck me as a place where mobile technology is deployed first and yet the infrastructure is behind Germany, Scandinavia and the US. I want to do something about this issue," he told the BBC.
Should the UK be keeping up with other countries around the world — probably. Unfortunately, with so many companies wanting to get in on the new tech first, and many lawyers being called into action for various reasons, it seems this campaign won't speed thing up too much...
Submission + - Sci-Fi publisher Tor ditches DRM. A positive step towards the removal of DRM? (bbc.co.uk)
FBeans writes: "Science fiction publisher Tor UK is dropping digital rights management from its e-books alongside a similar move by its US partners."
"Tor UK, Tor Books and Forge are divisions of Pan Macmillan, which said it viewed the move as an "experiment"." s
With experiments, come results. Now users can finally read their books across multiple devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and Apple's iBooks. Perhaps we will see the *increase* of sales, because of the new unrestricted format, outweighs the decrease caused by piracy!? Time will tell...
"Tor UK, Tor Books and Forge are divisions of Pan Macmillan, which said it viewed the move as an "experiment"." s
With experiments, come results. Now users can finally read their books across multiple devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and Apple's iBooks. Perhaps we will see the *increase* of sales, because of the new unrestricted format, outweighs the decrease caused by piracy!? Time will tell...
Submission + - Steam for Linux (and Gabe Newell dislikes Windows 8) (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "Just a tidbit from the end of Phoronix's write-up on Steam/Source for Linux — Gabe apparently expressed "stunning negativity" for Windows 8. Is the timing of Steam/Source for Linux a little bit suspicious? Perhaps Valve is hedging its bets, in case the tablet-oriented Windows 8 causes desktop gamers to migrate en masse to Linux."
Submission + - Steam for linux! (phoronix.com)
doohan writes: Exciting news for those of us that use linux for our desktops, Valve's Steam and assorted game seems to be coming to Linux sooner rather than later. According to Phoronix and an interview with Gabe Newell they have Left 4 Dead 2 running natively under Ubuntu 11.10 already.
