Comment comment from the article (Score 0, Flamebait) 206
"It's more like a Fisher-Price toy than a serious choice for secure computer access,"
Nuff said.
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Comment Re:This line in TFA confused me (Score 1) 218
So does this mean you take the vaccine once (or twice) and never get the flu again ever?
Comment Maybe the odors acted to reduce anxiety (Score 1) 173
"Maybe"?
Maybe the pie was "accidentally" baked with a very special ingredient?
Comment Re:American Football is not Football (Score 0) 176
So... really we're talking about Handegg, not Football.
Comment Re:An apt reminder... (Score 1) 215
But doesn't acupuncture "mean": to stick with a needle?
Soooo... yeah.
Comment is it.... (Score 5, Insightful) 651
Is it because yachts are expensive?
Comment Re:New unit of size.... (Score 1) 193
Since when is 'dust' a unit of size?
Since they made chopsticks out of monochromatic light.
Don't you mean....
*EXPLOSIONS*
Laser Chopsticks!! ?
Comment Re:How can maintaining the status quo cause job lo (Score 1) 187
They don't want it, so they find any old reason they can tie to it (however remotely) to say it shouldn't be implemented. I bet if they could say net neutrality causes paedophiles, they would.
Submission + - Can you hear me now? (newscientist.com)
grimwell writes: An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
Comment Re:Obligatory Simpsons (Score 1) 271
"Puffs"? Don't you mean "pus"?
Submission + - New Square Coca-Cola Bottle Concept (blogspot.com)
srinul writes: "Coca-Cola bottle concept by Andrew Kim takes up less space than traditional round bottles and comes with a cool collapsible design for easy recycling."
Comment Re:More deaths (Score 1) 555
...and if we repeat it a few more times, it will become gospel and will be preached in churches and quoted in political speeches and global warming documents.
Submission + - The First Bedtime Computer
theodp writes: In 1992, kids too young to read were dazzled and inspired by Living Books, whose CD-ROM offierings included titles like Just Grandma and Me. So, what will the kiddies make of the iPad? Jackson Fish Market's Hillel Cooperman calls the iPad the first real bedtime computer, and his company is locked-and-loaded with an iPad version of A Story Before Bed for Saturday's launch.
Comment Re:iPod-sized is just a reflex reaction (Score 1) 93
Yeah... why not 'pocket sized' or 'cellphone sized'? Maybe this is an attempt to appeal to today's younger market.
Submission + - Why IT Product Roadmaps Go Bad, and Warning Signs (enterprisestorageforum.com)
storagedude writes: How to spot signs that an IT vendor might not execute on its product strategy, including financial health, past history, and technological complexity. One thing to watch for — a timely testing plan for the product.
From the article:
"One of the first questions I always ask to get a feel if the vendor is up to the task is to ask about all of the new regression tests that must be developed. Who cares about the technology if it is not well tested? What I find is that vendors that have a realistic plan have already developed or are developing the new testing framework with new testers that know some of the issues in testing new technologies. A good percentage of projects that are late are late because of poor testing, poor test methodologies or, worst of all, lack of developed tests. I always laugh my hardest when a vendor says to me, 'We did not develop the complete testing suite in time.' Not the kind of thing I'd want to hear if I were a stock holder in the company. So for me, one of the most important questions if I do not understand the technology is what is the test plan and where are the tests? Complex technology can come out on time if the plan takes into account important details, and testing is a good benchmark for telling if those important details have been considered.
From the article:
"One of the first questions I always ask to get a feel if the vendor is up to the task is to ask about all of the new regression tests that must be developed. Who cares about the technology if it is not well tested? What I find is that vendors that have a realistic plan have already developed or are developing the new testing framework with new testers that know some of the issues in testing new technologies. A good percentage of projects that are late are late because of poor testing, poor test methodologies or, worst of all, lack of developed tests. I always laugh my hardest when a vendor says to me, 'We did not develop the complete testing suite in time.' Not the kind of thing I'd want to hear if I were a stock holder in the company. So for me, one of the most important questions if I do not understand the technology is what is the test plan and where are the tests? Complex technology can come out on time if the plan takes into account important details, and testing is a good benchmark for telling if those important details have been considered.
