Comment Erroneous claims by the inventor of the net? (Score 5, Funny) 195
I'm surprised that the inventor of The Internet would make such erroneous claims.
Comment WP8 Isn't all bad (Score -1, Offtopic) 309
I actually use a Nokia Lumia 920 (gasp) and I actually like Windows Phone 8. It doesn't have a massive "app store" like the Play store or iOS but it does seem to have everything I use. The OS itself is great, very fluid and smooth. I also like that it's not a carbon copy of "icons on desktop" like android or iOS. If Microsoft had pushed out the OS a couple of years earlier the mobile phone market would likely be a very different place.
Submission + - Weirdest DLC Sponsorship Ever: SimCity, Brought To You By Crest Toothpaste (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: When it comes to creative advertising potential, it's hard to beat a game like SimCity. In most titles, the idea of in-game advertising makes little sense. Sarah Kerrigan doesn't shop at Victoria's Secret, Booker DeWitt is an unlikely fan of Coca-Cola, and the post-apocalyptic setting of Metro 2033 isn't exactly prime McDonald's turf. But SimCity? SimCity is a game where it makes perfect sense to integrate real-world brands. A city filled with familiar logos and advertising is a city that more closely resembles the real world. That's undoubtedly why EA decided to partner with Crest Toothpaste. Yes, toothpaste. And not for in-game advertising, either. The Nissan Leaf DLC that the company launched a few weeks back at least made sense in some context; EV charging stations are going to be an increasingly common site in cities in the future, and the Nissan partnership was a nice touch. But the five new SimCity Attractions that the company added in the Crest partnership boggle the mind.
Submission + - Windows 8.1 to boot to desktop (theverge.com) 3
geekoid writes: According to the Verge, Windows 8.1 will have an option to boot directly to the desktop. In light of recent reporting about the general distaste and design flaws of windows 8 user interface, will MS's updates be dynamic enough to stop the current MS Exodus?
Comment Google Voice (Score 5, Insightful) 619
I have found the the "beta" spam feature of google voice does a good job of filtering out crap calls. Also, every cell phone that I have used for the past 10 years has had caller ID. I just don't answer calls that I don't recognize. If it's important, they'll leave a voicemail.
Comment Re:Ouch man, just ouch (Score 2) 384
Squid setup as a transparent proxy is the way to go (squid-cache.org). It also has lots of good log parsing addons like SARG (sarg.sourceforge.net/sarg.php) that can give you detailed usage statistics. For non-http usage information you can add SNORT (snort.org) to the mix with a log parsing addon like ACID (www.andrew.cmu.edu/~rdanyliw/snort/snortacid.html).
Submission + - First Dynamically Balancing Biped Robot
damg writes: Anybots has developed the first robot which walks like we do, by dynamically balancing itself rather than being pre-programmed for walking like Asimo. The video shows the robot walking and being pushed by another "bully" robot to demonstrate that he can't easily be pushed over.
Submission + - Create a systems admin job at my school?
Old_Mountain_Man writes: "I have been working at a K-8 school for the last two school years as a volunteer through an Americorps program called the Montana Technology Corps. In theory, I am here to teach teachers and students how to use technology, but because of the need and my ability to do so, I have become an unofficial Systems Administrator. We also have a contracted Systems Admin that comes in once a week, and works 30 hours or so a month. After this year, the Tech Corps position will no longer be available to the school, so something needs to be done to keep the IT systems of the school functioning. I am going to propose to the school board that they create an official, full time systems administrator position, and, of course, to hire me for that job. We have about 375 students, and probably 40 or so staff that use the computers. We have a lab of 25 machines, workstations in each classroom, a laptop cart, four smartboards and six networked printers and six servers hosting files, applications, Exchange and an Isaserver. In all, about 170 machines that need taken care of. (All Windows) There's no way the contracted systems admin could keep up working only 30 hours a month, so I feel the school needs somebody here full time.
What I am looking for is specific information regarding how many IT support people are needed for this kind of setup. I wonder if there are papers/reports that break down how much support time is needed for different systems that I could take to the school board.
In addition any advice on how to shape my presentation to the board would be useful. Are there others out there that got their jobs similarly? How do you convince a board that they need to start budgeting for this? They have obviously taken the plunge to getting this technology in the school, how do I convince them that they need somebody here to maintain it?"
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Submission + - eBay hacker keeps busting through site's back door
pacopico writes: A hacker specializing in eBay cracks has once again managed to masquerade as a company official on the site's message boards, according to this story on The Register. A company spokesman denies that "Vladuz's" repeated assaults on eBay point to a larger problem with the site's security. Of course, eBay two days ago claimed to have found a way to block Vladuz altogether, only to see him pop up again. Is eBay Vladuz the online version of the Exxon Valdez?
Feed Ethanol Prez Stumps Alt Fuel (wired.com)
Bookmark Java 2007: The year in preview (ibm.com)
Journal Journal: Brie and KBR 2
I busted a gut this AM when I saw this post with a picture of a wedge of Brie and a label warning all who can read that it contains milk.
Seems the Brie people and the KBR folks are having to put up with the same or similar idiots.
What are the chances that KBR is getting a lot of applications from folks in Marina Del Rey?
Journal Journal: Skoach: Web 2.0 time-management app to combat ADD
This looks like a really neat tool in the works. It's a browser-based time and task management package aimed at people with ADD but useful for anybody with time management issues, i.e. everyone. It has been designed by both ADD professional and software professionals. Now accepting Beta testers. I'm in!!
http://skoach.com/betaTesting.html
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