Comment Re:Well, in Firefox (Score 1) 731
Shameless plug: I use the QuickJava addon, since it lets you tolerate JS/Java/Flash/SL/Cookies/Images/Ani GIFs/CSS per page. I only use it for a few, but it's easier than hunting down the options menu.
Comment GL GG (Score 1) 54
I'd like to see someone try playing on Vogon's Anarchy server. It's just a blur of movement, pixels, and death on a normal computer... which would be just as pretty on the Retina Display!
Submission + - 10yr old's Mario Kart skills save his family after driver has heart attack (playerattack.com)
UgLyPuNk writes: Initially, 10-year old Gryffin Sanders didn't know what to do what to do when his great-grandmother passed out behind the wheel. But then, years of video game experience kicked in, and his in-game skills turned out to be life-saving.
Submission + - WiFi Pineapple Hacking Device Sells Out at DEF CON (eweek.com)
darthcamaro writes: At the recent DEF CON conference over the weekend, vendor were selling all kinds of gear. But one device stood out from all the others, the WiFi Pineapple — an all in one WiFi hacking device that costs only $80 (a lot cheaper than a PwnPlug) and powered by a very vibrant open source community of users. Pineapple creator Darren Kitchen said that 1.2 Pineapple's per minute were sold on the first day of DEF CON (and then sold out). The Pineapple run it's own Linux, based on OpenWRT, is packed with open source tools including Karma, DNS Spoof, SSL Strip, URL Snarf, Ngrep and more and is powered by g a 400MHz Atheros AR9331 MIPS processor, 32MB of main memory and a complete 802.11 b/g/n stack.
Is this a tool that will be used for good — or for evil?
Is this a tool that will be used for good — or for evil?
Comment Re:Sounds good, But! (Score 1) 341
If both the RT and Pro could run Linux without working around secure UEFI boot, it would be a selling point. A major selling point for the RT, considering its current level of success.
Comment Re:GET READY.... (Score 0) 242
I was also hoping for a female doctor, but this is a good shift from the past two Doctors. (Please note, this is coming from a new-ish fan, so I have no room to judge with merit.)
Comment Obituaries (Side Story) (Score 2, Interesting) 171
I was at a rummage sale looking around, when I spotted a rather spiffy blue briefcase. After purchasing it, I took it home and was loading it with a few things when I noticed a small square of paper. It was the obituary for the person who had owned it before. Talk about creepy.
Comment Re:mcc.com? (Score 1) 104
I wonder if any of those job positions ever got filled...
Comment Sounds Like Lustmord (Score 1) 57
Lustmord's Ambient album "The Place Where The Black Stars Hang" sounds like this, only done without the sound inputs from data samples.
Comment Use Old Hardware (Score 1) 438
Surely you have a few old boomboxes laying around?
Check out this post, should be an... inpromptu solution.
http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2007/07/stupid-wifi-speaker-tricks.html
Comment Re:Monk = Assassin (Score 1) 297
The issue of similarities to the Monk classes between Hellfire and D3 were addressed in the summary on here. In Hellfire, it was a far east style monk, versus the "eastern european" feel they are trying to create this time.
Now, had they gone with that far east feel (which is what I first assumed when I heard about this), then they were borrowing more than just a name from a prior game.
Comment Re:Monk = Assassin (Score 3, Interesting) 297
Blizzard seems to be borrowing a WHOLE LOT from themselves on Diablo II.
Borrowing from one game to the successor is alright, but they've borrowed a good deal from Diablo II for the original WoW. As long as it's all in good taste, I say let it.
Also, when thinking of the monk, I think of the official expansion for Diablo 1 that added the Monk class originally.
Submission + - Skype To Shutdown ? (whurl.me)
tomlins writes: "eBay is faced with the prospect of having to close down the hugely popular VIOP app Skype due to a its reliance on proprietary code still owned by Skypes' original founders who are threatening to pull the plug on the licensing agreement they have with eBay, http://whurl.me/skypeshutdown , reported by The Age"
Submission + - Kazaa to return as a legal subscription service (cnet.com)
suraj.sun writes: One of the most recognizable brands in the history of illegal downloading is due to officially resurface, perhaps as early as next week, sources close to the company told CNET News. Only this time the name Kazaa will be part of a legal music service.
Altnet and parent company Brilliant Digital Entertainment attached the Kazaa brand to a subscription service that will offer songs and ringtones from all four of the major recording companies. For the past few months, a beta version has been available.
The company tried recently to ratchet up expectations with a series of vague, and what some considered misguided, press releases.
The site will open with over 1 million tracks. According to the blog TorrentFreak, the new Kazaa will offer unlimited downloads for $20 a month.
CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10289985-93.html
Altnet and parent company Brilliant Digital Entertainment attached the Kazaa brand to a subscription service that will offer songs and ringtones from all four of the major recording companies. For the past few months, a beta version has been available.
The company tried recently to ratchet up expectations with a series of vague, and what some considered misguided, press releases.
The site will open with over 1 million tracks. According to the blog TorrentFreak, the new Kazaa will offer unlimited downloads for $20 a month.
CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10289985-93.html
Submission + - YouTube Dropping Support For IE6 (techcrunch.com)
Oracle Goddess writes: "YouTube is using alert banners to announce that the company will be phasing out support for the IE6 browser shortly. The online video behemoth is pointing to 'modern' browsers like Google Chrome (twice on the same page even, unsurprisingly), Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.5 as alternatives. YouTube follows in the footsteps of another Web 2.0 poster child, Digg, which recently hinted at wanting to cut support for the browser too. YouTube hasn't officially reported their desire to drop support for IE6, but it's conceivable that like Digg it would rather have its developers spend time optimizing the service for newer, better browsers than wasting man hours on the oft-despised Microsoft browser."
