Comment Oracle Logo ? (Score 3, Funny) 510
Your problem is the Oracle Logo... go to gnome-look.org and find a new splash screen that suit you.
Comment 10.nothing Hardware support (Score 1) 185
I downgrade my 10.04 to 9.10 because in 10.04 my touch screen and printers that was supported in 9.10 wasn't. I hope for more hw support in new version not less. We all forget about goodies when basic hardware doesn't works.
Comment April first already (Score 1) 66
What I hate about april first is that this odd new will be on the site tomorrow also, and tomorrow it's not april fool day!
Submission + - McDonald's accused of piracy by chair firm
denisbergeron writes: "McDonald have a strategy to give its fast-food restaurants a facelift and revamp dull decor with upmarket designer fittings like the Arne Jacobsen chairs. But the UK Telegraph report that the fast food chain may have to change its plans after being accused of "piracy" by the Scandinavian furniture supplier."
Submission + - guilty of standards abuse
denisbergeron writes: "Since Qualcomm have been find guilty of standards abuse and they can't use they patents about H.264 anymore.
What about Microsoft that push OOXML ?
Does it sound the end of the Microsoft monopoly on the desktop office suite ?
Did Microsoft shoot in itself in the feet ?
Did Microsoft is in a Catch-22 situation now that ODF is an ISO standard ?
What Slashdot community think about that ?"
What about Microsoft that push OOXML ?
Does it sound the end of the Microsoft monopoly on the desktop office suite ?
Did Microsoft shoot in itself in the feet ?
Did Microsoft is in a Catch-22 situation now that ODF is an ISO standard ?
What Slashdot community think about that ?"
Submission + - Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2.0
denisbergeron writes: "Information Architects of Japan have do it again : "The 200 most successful websites on the web".
From the article : "First of all, the new trend map features much more websites than the previous one. While the focus is still on English language websites (because that is where it's at), we have added some Japanese sites (a mystery to most of you gaijin), some German sites (yeah, there are some popular ones) and a Chinese line (the second Internet)." "
From the article : "First of all, the new trend map features much more websites than the previous one. While the focus is still on English language websites (because that is where it's at), we have added some Japanese sites (a mystery to most of you gaijin), some German sites (yeah, there are some popular ones) and a Chinese line (the second Internet)." "
Submission + - Samsung's 30in DisplayPort TV (reghardware.co.uk)
denisbergeron writes: "Forget about 1080p Tv Set with 2560 x 1600 is at the corner. Samsung unveil a new tv with 2560 x 1600 and the next-generation DisplayPort video interface . From the article :
To provide such high resolution, the screen's DisplayPort interface, transmits graphics data at 10.8Gbps — more than double that of current transmission speeds. The screen incorporates a single DisplayPort interface, instead of two DVI ports, and has been referred to as a potential replacement for DVI and LVDS, which have data transmission speeds of 1.65Gbps/lane and 0.945Gbps/lane respectivly, and VGA.
Everyone need this to play WOW now !"
To provide such high resolution, the screen's DisplayPort interface, transmits graphics data at 10.8Gbps — more than double that of current transmission speeds. The screen incorporates a single DisplayPort interface, instead of two DVI ports, and has been referred to as a potential replacement for DVI and LVDS, which have data transmission speeds of 1.65Gbps/lane and 0.945Gbps/lane respectivly, and VGA.
Everyone need this to play WOW now !"
Submission + - Skull implies humans-neanderthal interbreeding
Homr Zodyssey writes: The AP is reporting about a fossil skull that exhibits Neanderthal features as well as human ones. Science Daily ran a similar story back in November.
From TFA:
Some scientists argue Neanderthals were slaughtered or out-competed by ancestors of modern humans, but NGN said the new research, suggests a more intimate relationship, with Neanderthals becoming absorbed into the human race through interbreeding.
Submission + - IP attorney: Bankrupt or not, SCO case is 'boring'
Jane Walker writes: "SCO could file for Chapter 11 this week, but attorney Tom Carey says it may be a moot point. The world may be bored with SCO, but that doesn't mean it should forget the lessons learned."
Submission + - Nanobatteries - Away with Exploding Batteries
Iddo Genuth writes: "A new, safer type of Li-Ion nanobattery that might help prevent future fires and explosions related to conventional Li-Ion battery use has been developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University. These nanobatteries should also prove useful for various micro devices used for medical, military and a range of other applications."
Submission + - Save time with text editing one-liners
BlueVoodoo writes: "Text-editing operations are normally done interactively, inside a text editor application. Some tasks, however, can be accomplished quickly and easily, right from the UNIX command line. What's more, these one-liners can be used in scripts to automate various editing procedures."
Submission + - Stars just a click away
An anonymous reader writes: THE wonders of the skies are now available on the web after the launch of an online astronomy service in Manchester.
Italian academic Dr Gianluca Masi's new website called Virtual Telescope allows subscribers to log on and view the sun, moon and stars for around £7 an hour.
After users have pinpointed details of what they wish to look at on an online map, four high-powered telescopes located at the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory in Ceccano, central Italy, automatically focus on the subject.
Submission + - Creating a Culture of Security
An anonymous reader writes: An ever-growing growing percentage of computer crimes are being committed by professional "criminals" who steal market-valued sensitive data — e.g. credit card data and customer identities. Sometimes the criminals are inside an enterprise; sometimes insiders and outsiders work together to steal and resell valuable company data. So, what can be done?
Submission + - PDAs: The Death of Marital Sex
zyl0x writes: Forbes.com has an article online detailing the PDA industry's detrimental effect on married couple's sex lives. The article quotes a clinical psychologist who has coined the term "DINS couples" (double income, no sex), and explains how constant office connectivity can destroy what little chance us IT-types have with our wives. From the aritcle:
"...employees in contact with work outside of normal work hours are more often highly overworked than those with little or no contact. What does this mean for constantly connected couples? According to therapists and psychologists, around-the-clock access to the office often results in fatigue, a lack of intimacy, resentment, increased conflict and even premature career burnout."
Not that many of us have a sex life to lose, but maybe these Black- and Blueberries are the ultimate cause?
"...employees in contact with work outside of normal work hours are more often highly overworked than those with little or no contact. What does this mean for constantly connected couples? According to therapists and psychologists, around-the-clock access to the office often results in fatigue, a lack of intimacy, resentment, increased conflict and even premature career burnout."
Not that many of us have a sex life to lose, but maybe these Black- and Blueberries are the ultimate cause?
Submission + - Top breakthroughs in Science for 2006
GrumpySimon writes: "The journal Science has published a list of the top breakthroughs in science for 2006. First on the list is the proof of Poincaré Conjecture (Wiki explanation). The rest of the list includes the rise of "Palaeo-genomics" allowing the large-scale comparison of human and Neanderthal genes, proof that the great ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting, and the discovery of a amphibian-like fish fossil Tiktaalik roseae ."
