Comment Re:More allergenic? (Score 2) 760
Look up battery cages. You have 8-10 chickens in a container about the size of a filing cabinet drawer.
Comment Re:What a pipedream. (Score 1) 152
Also an IBM'er and you're probably right. They've been moving towards FF for years, but there are still some internal sites that have trouble with it. Microsoft Office is also slowly getting the boot in favor of Lotus Symphony.
Comment Re:Not so bad (Score 1) 611
Even assuming 2k barrels a day naturally. They've dumped at minimum of 10 times the daily rate into the ecosystem according to expert estimates, plus dispersants of unknown toxicity, which are making the gusher behave entirely differently than the normal seepage.
Comment Because the booms aren't installed right (Score 1) 359
You see the miles and miles of orange boom laid parallel to the coast? That's wrong. It's all show, and no utility.
Here's an excellent explanation of how it's supposed to be done:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/11/865387/-Fishgrease:-DKos-Booming-School
Comment iMac will drive multiple monitors (Score 1) 519
You can drive two screens with an iMac! Been done, and planning to do it with the latest crop. Slightly disappointing CPU specs, but at least the HD4850 is an upgrade option.
Comment Re:Not impressed with Macs (Score 1) 383
"The Mac is a Linux/Windows variant at heart, with a little polish on top"
More correct would be it's a BSD variant, with polish on top.
If you do give Macs another shot sometime there are multiple ways to do things that aren't so reliant on the Dock. Personally I keep very little in there and turn magnification off.
Why the complaint about MDI? You can make MDI type apps, or are you just missing the ability to tab between individual application windows instead of just applications?
More correct would be it's a BSD variant, with polish on top.
If you do give Macs another shot sometime there are multiple ways to do things that aren't so reliant on the Dock. Personally I keep very little in there and turn magnification off.
Why the complaint about MDI? You can make MDI type apps, or are you just missing the ability to tab between individual application windows instead of just applications?
Journal Journal: Analysts Not Drinking the Vista Kool-Aid: Sales are Poor. 1
While M$ continues to claim "strong demand" for Vista, numbers show that sales are slowing and are a fraction of what XP claimed in a smaller world market:
Submission + - Stores Reps Push Unnecessary Recovery Discs (pcworld.com)
Ed Albro, PC World writes: "At PC World, we've got a story today on salespeople at Best Buy and Circuit City pushing consumers to pay the stores' technicians to create recovery discs for their new laptops. Recovery discs are important to have, of course, but the fact is that they're easy to make yourself. Or you can get them from the manufacturer of your PC, often for half of what Best Buy and Circuit City charge you. The salespeople often tell you that you can buy from the manufacturer — but they claim you'll pay twice as much as the stores charge."
Journal Journal: 802.11n Good Enough to Replace Ethernet for Enterprise
A new report says that the increased speeds and other features of 802.11n should be enough to replace Ethernet on any companies' WANs in the next two to three years. While 802.11n speeds still fall far short of those of gigabit Ethernet, The Burton Group believes that they should be good enough for most uses. In fact, in its list of recommendations on when to deploy
Submission + - Establishing A Beachhead In A Crowded Genre (gamasutra.com)
simoniker writes: How do you make a game that will stand out apart from countless other similar titles? Harmonix designer Chris Canfield (Guitar Hero II) thinks he knows, and is talking about it in a new editorial, 'Establishing A Beachhead In A Crowded Genre'. He comments that one of the key things you can do is to 'Gut key elements of the design': "Examples of this in your genre might include: sniper rifles in an FPS, powerslides in a racing game, minigames in a Wii title, healing crates, bosses, rocket jumps, or any other big or small element. Of course, the really good features shouldn't be the only ones on the chopping block. Not only will this free up time in the schedule that would otherwise be occupied by been-done features, but it creates space for genuinely new solutions and makes producers very, very happy."
Submission + - The 10 "Inconvienient Truths" of File Shar
54mc writes: "The IFPI, an international recording industry organization, has released a list of Ten "Inconvenient Truths" of file sharing. Though the group has a vested interest, it's still an interesting read as it tears apart some of the most common arguments in favor of file sharing. Ars Technica follows up with a more thorough explanation of some of the points."
Text Messaging Device For the Hearing Impaired? 86
spaceball1 asks: "I was in the army and served in Iraq — one of the side effects being some permanent hearing loss. I now wear hearing aids all of the time, in both ears. Talking on a cell phone has become nearly impossible. I have considered moving to a device more geared towards text messaging, but they are all very expensive and have a lot of the features that I will never use. Are there any devices out there that are geared only towards simple text messaging? The No-Frills-Cell-Phone concept has been largely ignored in the US; does a No-Frills-Text-Messaging device exist?"
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