Comment Re:Solr is a search server (Score 1) 43
Can't agree more. Its really a very useful tool.
Comment Re:Irrelevant .... (Score 1) 536
God is outside the big-bang. Didn't you see it on Family Guy?
"It all started with a Big Bang. God and his roommate Chugs were arm wrestling when...."
Comment Re:John Hagelin is right, the unified field is you (Score 1) 347
A few billion people can probably be dragged, but they will be dead eventually. You'll have to keep dragging a few billion people all the time.
Like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar or Nithyananda, I'd rather prefer selling snake oil and mysticism.
Comment Re:Access password with no ACLs ? (Score 1) 136
ACL's? group based authorization? Lets stick to the point... we are talking about Vodafone here.
Comment Shows Gartners abilities... (Score 1) 550
I loved the last part that said "...but it happened significantly earlier than Gartner's prediction: Q4 2012". They are off by 2 yrs. Our company has hired them to do some "predictions" for them. Of course, for a ridiculously hefty price.
Comment True! Not many in the 17th century had a head. (Score 1) 64
After nine months of tests, researchers in France have lost their head and they went
And it gets published in a medical journal!
Comment old news (Score 1) 96
This news is 2 weeks old. I saw this very same video on youtube while I was searching for 3d cameras some two weeks ago. Was just curious as to what format the 3d cameras, if there are any, were storing their images in...
I have been waiting for 3d cameras to arrive for a long time now. Was imagining something that will probably shoot some kind of lasers may be, into the scene and capture the depth of the objects that I point to and reconstruct the scene in 3d. I don't think the camera in this video is portable enough. Meaning, it won't go far. It will most likely be like fusion in the tea cup.
Comment Re:Best quote ever. (Score 1) 266
Perl/Ruby? I don't think so. They might gain some tiny market share but that will be it. Python? May be a little more. Java may live on for a few more decades just like the other older programming languages from my fathers era still live on. But, I think the
Comment Re:Best quote ever. (Score 1) 266
Yeah! IBM signed a deal with Oracle. But, still, Oracle will f**k IBM just for laughs and lashings.
Comment Re:Best quote ever. (Score 1) 266
No. They won't. I bet.
Comment They were checking for his pistol... (Score 1) 609
I think TSA is more worried about the pistol in your pocket than razors blades or box cutters.
Can Employer Usurp Copyright On GPL-Derived Work? 504
An anonymous reader writes "I am a recent graduate, and I've been working on my own on a project that uses GPL-licensed libraries. Later a university department hired me, on a part-time basis, to develop this project into a solution that they needed. The project's size increased over time and soliciting help from the open source community seemed like the obvious thing to do. However, when I suggested this, my boss was not interested, and it was made clear to me that the department's position was that copyright of the whole thing belonged to them. Indeed, by default work created for an employer belongs to the employer, so I may have gotten myself in the same trap discussed here years ago. Even though I want to release my code to the public I don't know whether I have the legal right to do so. I did start the project on my own. And, since no written or verbal agreement was ever made to transfer copyright over to my employer, I question whether they can claim that they now own the extended version of the project. Also, the whole project relies on GPL libraries, and without those libraries it would be useless. Can they still claim copyright and prevent me from publishing the source code even though it is derived from GPL software?" Some early commenters on the submission pointed out that it matters whether the libraries were licensed under the LGPL vs. the GPL.
Extremists Warn South Park Creators Over Muhammad In a Bear Suit 1131
An anonymous reader writes "A radical Islamic website is warning the creators of South Park that they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit during an episode broadcast on Comedy Central last week. RevolutionMuslim.com posted the warning following the 200th episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's South Park."
Demo of Laptop/Tabletop Hybrid UI 66
TheGrapeApe writes "The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACMUIST) has an interesting proof-of-concept video up demonstrating the use of cameras and laser pico-projectors to 'extend' a laptop's user interface to adjacent surfaces. The video demonstrates some simple gestures like tapping and dragging being captured on the 'extended' surface. While the prototype appears to be somewhat cumbersome, it's easy to see how it might be more elegantly integrated into the hardware with more R&D."
How To Exploit NULL Pointers 139
An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered what was so bad about NULL pointer exceptions? An MIT Linux kernel programmer explains how to turn any NULL pointer into a root exploit on Linux. (There was also a previous installment about virtual memory and how to make NULL pointers benign.)"
