A Name Similar to Di - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Well.. (Score 4, Insightful) 189

by A Name Similar to Di on Thursday April 08, 2010 @10:34AM (#31776992) Attached to: Foursquare Turns Down $100M

I logged in for the first time in a year just to agree with you. There was a survey a few years back (sorry I couldn't find the link) suggesting that many business owners regret going public and losing control of their company, despite the cash they made.

I realize Four Square's case isn't the same as going public, but it's similar. If you love what you do and already make good money, why ruin it? And for the record, you can pay everyone's salary and still make zero profit, so "unprofitable" doesn't mean that the people working there aren't making good money.

Comment Only 100,000 a year? (Score 1, Insightful) 323

by A Name Similar to Di on Monday October 20, 2008 @09:36AM (#25440673) Attached to: Many Universities Spending $100K/Year Enforcing P2P Rules

So they hired one guy to watch the network. I'm guessing most universities spend 10x that on gardening alone... why is the writer up in arms?

Submission + - Programs cannot be uninstalled in Vista

Submitted by

Corson

on Saturday July 14, 2007 @11:44PM

Corson writes: "I am surprised nobody seems to have reported this on /. yet. Possibly after one of the latest updates in Windows Vista, two strange things happened: first, the Uninstall option is no longer available in the Control Panel when you right-click on older programs (most likely, those installed prior to the update in question, because uninstall works fine for recently installed programs; the Uninstall button is also missing on the toolbar at the top); second, some programs are no longer shown on the applications list in Control panel (e.g., Yahoo Messenger). A Google search returns quite a few hits on this issue (e.g., here, here, here, and here) but everybody seems to be waiting patiently for a sign from Microsoft. But M$ seem to have no clue or they would have fixed it already. I am just curious how many of you are experiencing this nuisance."

Submission + - AT&T slams Google over open-access wireless

Submitted by Robert on Friday July 13, 2007 @09:22AM

Robert writes: AT&T has asked Capitol Hill now to enable an open nationwide wireless spectrum, claiming that Google's lobbying of such a network is a bid by the search giant to obtain broadband airwaves at bargain-basement prices. Some companies, notably Google, have asked the FCC impose open-access requirements on the spectrum, which means any device could be used over the airwaves. Skype and satellite companies DirecTV and EchoStar are among the various proponents of an open-access network.

Submission + - Linux creator calls GPLv3 authors 'hypocrites' (informationweek.com)

Submitted by

AlexGr

on Wednesday July 11, 2007 @01:40PM

AlexGr writes: "We hear conflicting tales regarding Linus Torvalds acceptance of GPLv3. For example, this one by Paul McDougall (InformationWeek): Linux creator Linus Torvalds said the authors of a new software license expected to be used by thousands of open source programmers are a bunch of hypocrites and likened them to religious fanatics — the latest sign of a growing schism in the open source community between business-minded developers like Torvalds and free software purists. In an online post, Torvalds slammed executives at the Free Software Foundation, likening their mind-set to that of "religious fanatics and totalitarian states." Harsh! http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/ 2007/07/linux_creator_c.html"

Feed Engadget: RIAA demanding XM-Sirius pay higher royalty rates (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Tuesday July 10, 2007 @10:53AM

Filed under: Portable Audio

In the unceasing feud between the RIAA and satellite radio, the agency has rekindled the fire by encouraging the FCC to "require the merged companies to pay higher royalty rates to the record industry." Reportedly, the RIAA argued that the firms were "no longer new, struggling companies that could get away with paying below-market rates," and further salted the wound by insisting that the FCC "make clear that its approval of a merger was conditioned upon the continued protection of sound recordings from unlawful infringement." Of course, a number of senators have already voiced their concern for more limitations on satellite radio streams, but unsurprisingly, it seems like the RIAA wants these lofty wishes to become reality (and in a hurry).

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Submission + - Groklaw Explains Microsoft & The GPLv3 (groklaw.net)

Submitted by

A Groklaw Reader

on Monday July 09, 2007 @02:40PM

A Groklaw Reader writes: "After all the questions about how the GPLv3 will or won't apply to Microsoft following Microsoft's declaration that they weren't bound by it, PJ of Groklaw wrote this story about how and why the GPLv3 will apply to Microsoft. Specifically, it covers in what ways Microsoft would convey GPLv3 software under the Novell agreement, and how Microsoft's refusal to allow previously sold vouchers to be redeemed for GPLv3 software would impact that agreement. Given that Novell said that they will distribute GPLv3 software, Microsoft may have had the tables turned on them already."

Submission + - Thompson Says Florida Bar Requested Psych Test (joystiq.com)

Submitted by

MBCook

on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @11:32AM

MBCook writes: "The referee for Jack Thompson's Florida Bar issues, Sheila M. Tuma, has allegedly requested that Thompson seek psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license. The e-mail explaining the situation was sent to GamePolitics by Thompson himself. The claim could not be verified as the Florida Bar did not respond to requests for comment. The recommendation comes following issues stemming from Thompson's Bully case last year where there were issues regarding his professional conduct."

Submission + - Credit industry opposes anti-ID theft method (yahoo.com)

Submitted by

athloi

on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @10:30AM

athloi writes: "Lawmakers across the country — pushed by consumer advocacy groups — are mounting a counterattack. They have passed laws that allow consumers to freeze their credit, a surefire way to prevent thieves from opening new accounts or obtaining a mortgage in a consumer's name. Under a freeze, a consumer cuts off all access to his credit report and score, even his own. All lenders require that information, so no one can borrow money in the consumer's name until he or she lifts the freeze. It's simple, and it works. So, of course, it's under threat from the Consumer Data Industry Association, which represents the Big Three credit bureaus. They make millions gathering and selling consumer data. Freezes cut into that business.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070703/cm_usato day/aweaponagainstidentitytheft"

Submission + - Is RIAA's Linares Affidavit Technically Valid? 1

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Monday July 02, 2007 @03:44PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In support of its ex parte, "John Doe", discovery applications against college students, the RIAA has been using a declaration by its "Anti-Piracy" Vice President Carlos Linares" (pdf) to show the Judge that it has a good copyright infringement case against the "John Does". A Boston University student has challenged the validity of Mr. Linares's declaration, and the RIAA is fighting back. Would appreciate the Slashdot community's take on the validity of Mr. Linares's "science"."

Submission + - CallerID spoofing to be made illegal (loc.gov) 1

Submitted by MadJo on Thursday June 28, 2007 @06:36PM

MadJo writes: US Congress has just approved a bill that will make it illegal to spoof CallerID.
If someone is found guilty of spoofing his CallerID, he could face fines up to $10,000 per violation.

From the bill:

The amount of the forfeiture penalty (...) shall not exceed $10,000 for each violation, or 3 times that amount for each day of a continuing violation, except that the amount assessed for any continuing violation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000 for any single act or failure to act.

Submission + - The History and Future of Zork (gamasutra.com)

Submitted by

Matt Barton

on Thursday June 28, 2007 @01:38PM

Matt Barton writes: "I thought Slashdotters might be interested in my History of Zork feature on Gamasutra. I interviewed three of the original "imps" for the piece (you can see the full interviews here) as well as Nick Montfort (author of Twisty Little Passages) and Howard Sherman (president of Malinche Entertainment). The article covers the original trilogy, as well as Enchanter and the later Activision games such as Zork: Grand Inquisitor. Enjoy!"

Feed The Register: Music biz agrees: stop shooting self in foot (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @03:52PM

Users are not our enemy

At the Norwegian summer resort of Kristiansand in Norway last week, representatives of all corners of the British (and global) music business came together to think the unthinkable.

Feed Science Daily: No More Choking And Burning Eyes? New Approach To Eliminating Allergies, Asthma (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @11:34AM

Allergies, like the common cold and asthma, have basically defied the best efforts of modern medicine to cure them. Now, a doctoral candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy has come up with a new approach that offers hope for getting rid of them.

Feed Science Daily: Wildlife Habitat Protected In First Test Of Ecological Investment Markets (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @11:13AM

Farmers in Jamestown, R.I., are being paid by local residents to delay haying their fields until after birds have completed nesting in a unique test to establish investment markets for ecological services. The project to protect habitat for bobolinks, a grassland-nesting bird whose population is declining in New England, was designed by a team of University of Rhode Island economists in collaboration with a URI biologist and Providence-based EcoAsset Markets, Inc.

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