Comment Re:Discworld (Score 1) 211
Your goals are a bit loftier than mine. I'm currently working my way through 50 Shades of Grey...
Comment Re:Finally explains it (Score 2) 293
I'm sure that has nothing at all to do with the fact that little girls are generally given what amounts to replica babies to play with while boys are given action-oriented toys instead.
Comment Re:Working at 14 (Score 3, Insightful) 124
You can work in most states in the USA as well at age 15 or 16 (and often younger for family businesses). Why is it such a big deal that there are 14 year olds at Foxconn?
Comment Re:Reason? GNOME3 (Score 1) 535
I'm in the same boat. I've been using Gnome3 full time for about a year now as well and I'm very happy with it. Want to open something? Press the Win key, type a name, press enter. Viola - I now have (Insert application here) looking at me. Alt-Tab and Alt-~ are mainstays. Switching between virtual desktops is just a Ctrl-Alt-Up or Ctrl-Alt-Down away.
I understand the complaints about the lack of customizabilty, as it's sorely lacking; the few extensions I've used have tended to be somewhat buggy as well.But if you're a keyboard user you should feel right at home with Gnome3.
Submission + - Ridley Scott Loves Hugh Howey's Wool (deadline.com)
Sasayaki writes: "Hugh Howey's Wool, the self-published sci-fi story that's made him the best selling Indie sci-fi author of 2012 and currently the best selling sci-fi author on Amazon.com, has found its way into the hands of Ridley Scott (director of Alien, Prometheus and others)... who loved it. Rumour is the Hollywool movie will be coming to cinemas in 2013 or 2014. With Fifty Shades of Grey and now Wool getting the attention of Hollywood, it's clear the self-publishing revolution is here to stay."
Submission + - Researchers generate electricity from viruses (phys.org)
toomuchtogrok writes: Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The scientists tested their approach by creating a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. It works by tapping a finger on a postage stamp-sized electrode coated with specially engineered viruses. The viruses convert the force of the tap into an electric charge.
Comment Re:Track ride (Score 1) 313
Track rides can be amazing, however. One of my favorite games (well, series) of all time is the Longest Journey / Dreamfall. It's completely on rails, but the stories are amazing it feels more like watching an interactive movie than playing a game.
In comparison, I don't think the game would have felt so tightly engaging if it was presented with the same level of freedom you have in games like GTA and Skyrim.
In comparison, I don't think the game would have felt so tightly engaging if it was presented with the same level of freedom you have in games like GTA and Skyrim.
Comment Funding (Score 5, Funny) 86
I drop F-bombs all the time, at a considerably cheaper cost.
Comment Re:LALALALALA (Score 2) 165
The hate isn't completely unfounded. I really enjoy the look of 4.x, but every single version I've tried (4.1-4.7) has had stability problems. On three different machines, all of which have didn't have nearly as many issues with KDE 3.x, Gnome 2.x/3.x, XFCE, etc.
I'll gladly make it my preferred DE once it's safe to use on a primary machine, but until then, I'll stick with the feature-lacking Gnome 3.x.
I'll gladly make it my preferred DE once it's safe to use on a primary machine, but until then, I'll stick with the feature-lacking Gnome 3.x.
Comment Re:Returns (Score 1) 265
Might fly....
Only if you throw them hard enough.
Only if you throw them hard enough.
Comment Re:KDE. (Score 1) 357
I won't say that it's bloated or broken or incomplete. However, I will say that every single time I've tried KDE 4.x, I've had roughly 4-5x as many application crashes compared to KDE 3.x or Gnome 2/3.x. That's the primary reason why I'm currently using Gnome 3.
Comment How? (Score 2, Insightful) 629
How is it that these people saw no jail time for this nonsense? I'm as jaded as the next person when it comes to our country, but this is obscene.
Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger 536
sanzibar writes "The Zetas killed and beheaded an Internet blogger Wednesday in Nuevo Laredo, the fourth slaying in the city involving people associated with social media sites since early September. '"This happened to me for not understanding that I shouldn't report on the social networks," advised a note left before dawn with the man's body at a key intersection in the city's wealthier neighborhood. The victim, identified on social networking sites only by his nickname — Rascatripas or Belly Scratcher — reportedly helped moderate a site called En Vivo that posted news of shootouts and other activities of the Zetas, the narcotics and extortion gang that all but controls the city.'"
Comment Power Word (Score 1) 33
I know a few voice activated commands that are probably missing.
Comment Re:Would switch if it weren't stupid-expensive... (Score 1) 425
You should have just run the Vista install that came with the machine. Vista gets much more flack than it deserves, a large portion of it from people trying to run it on excessively old hardware. It runs just fine on every system I've installed it on that is less than 5-6 years old.
