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Comment Having attention for (Score 1) 73

by Anneco (#62799363) Attached to: San Francisco Restaurant Claims To Be First To Run Entirely By Robots
Maybe I am old-fashioned. But why should you avoid human contact with a waiter in a restaurant. He is not the enemy. He is there for you. He does recommendations. He tells your wishes to the cook. Who will make something special for you. Without waiters and cooks it is just prefab fast-food from a vending machine. I would not call that a restaurant.

Comment Production versus reflection/relaxation/pausing (Score 1) 405

by Anneco (#40165091) Attached to: Do Headphones Help Or Hurt Productivity?
There is a big difference between production and relaxation/pausing/reflection.

Music makes you more relaxed. So you have a mindset to think. I assume that in the study production does exclude creativity.

So if you want to be creative: listen to music. If you have to do real dumb/dull production work: do not listen to music !
Red Hat Software

Submission + - How can I justify using Red Hat when CentOS exists (centos.org) 7

Submitted by Bocaj
Bocaj writes: I recently spec'd out a large project for our company that included software from Red Hat. It came back from the CIO with everything approved except I have to use CentOS. Why? Because "it's free Red Hat." Personally I really like the CentOS project because it puts enterprise class software in the hands of people who might not otherwise afford it. We are not those people. We have money. In fact I questioned the decision by asking why the CIO was willing to spend money on another very similar project and not this one. The answer was "because there is no free alternative." I know this has come up before and I don't want to beat a dead horse, but this is still a very persistent issue. Our CIO is convinced that technical support for any product is worthless. He's will to spend money on "one-time" software purchases, but nothing that is an annual subscription. There is data to support that the Red Hat subscription is cheaper that many other up-front paid software products but not CentOS. The only thing it lacks is support, which the CIO doesn't want. Help?
Firefox

Submission + - Official "Firefox with Bing" released (extremetech.com)

Submitted by
MrSeb
MrSeb writes: "Mozilla is now distributing a version of Firefox that uses Bing as the default search provider instead of Google. Rest assured that this is a joint project, though: the creatively-named Firefox with Bing website is run by Microsoft, and both Mozilla and MS are clear that this is a joint venture. Now, don’t get too excited — the default version of Firefox available from Mozilla.com is still backed by Google, and there’s no mention of an alternative, Bingy download anywhere on the site — but it’s worth noting that Mozilla has been testing Bing’s capabilities using Test Pilot over the last couple of months, and the release of Firefox with Bing indicates that Mozilla is now confident in Bing’s ability to provide a top-notch service to Firefox users. Mozilla might be readying a large-scale switch to Bing when its current contract with Google expires in November."

Submission + - UK judge orders BT to block access to Newzbin2 (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by
eyeoftheidol
eyeoftheidol writes: "A judge in the UK has ordered the ISP BT to block access to filesharing site Newzbin2 within 14 days. From the article: "Wednesday's court order also allows for the blocking of any other IP or internet address that the operators of the Newzbin2 site might look to use to continue to offer copyrighted content to users. In addition the court said BT must foot the bill for the cost of implementing the web block on Newzbin2.""
Japan

Submission + - Fukushima's fallout worse than thought (nature.com)

Submitted by
gbrumfiel
gbrumfiel writes: "A new study posted for open peer-review suggests that the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi released far more radiation than the Japanese government initially estimated. The study uses global radioisotope and meteorological data to calculate the size of the release from the plant. Nature News reports that, contrary to official claims, the model shows that fuel being stored in a pool at unit 4 released a significant amount of cesium-137, a long-lived contaminate that has spread across the countryside. It also says that some Xenon-133 may have early on in the accident, suggesting that the plant was already damaged before it was hit by a tsunami. Overall, it estimates that Fukushima released about twice as much cesium-137 as the government claims and half as much as Chernobyl."

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