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I enjoyed the heck out of this site long ago. I'm sad that it has come to this.
Comment Re: MS Security Essentials (Score 1) 408
I don't agree. My parents PC got repeatedly infected by spyware/malware with MS Security Essentials over the last few years. I switched them back to avast, we'll see.
Comment Adventure games (Score 1) 550
My SO wasn't into gaming at all until I intrigued her with adventure games where the context is realistic, a world, story and characters she can relate to (ie. no over-the-top fantasy/futuristic worlds), and an easy learning curve. Games where raw gamer skills aren't important, but where human soft-skills play a bigger role. We're both of us behind the same laptop, solving puzzles together, discussing what to do, about the characters, and so on.
A few games that fit the bill: Secret Files, LA Noire, Broken Sword 1/2, Phantasmagoria. I know it's a far cry from co-op FPS games, but it's a common digital playground we found and both enjoy.
A few games that fit the bill: Secret Files, LA Noire, Broken Sword 1/2, Phantasmagoria. I know it's a far cry from co-op FPS games, but it's a common digital playground we found and both enjoy.
Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? 454
andy5555 writes "I am hardcore Unix (and recently storage) fan responsible for our server department. Most of the servers run (you guessed it) different types of Unix. For quite a long time, Windows servers played very little role, but sometimes we get applications from our business departments which run only under Windows. So it seems that we have to take it seriously and hire a few Windows fans who would be able to take care of the (still small but growing) number of Windows servers. Since I am Unix fan, I have very little knowledge of Windows (some of my teammates may have more, but we are not experts). If I have to hire such a person I would like to find someone who is passionate about Windows. It is easy for me to recognize a Windows fan, but I don't know how to test his/her knowledge. There are some sites with typical Windows interview questions, but everybody can read them and prepare. How would you recommend the hiring process to proceed? What should I ask?"
Comment Reason (Score 1) 244
It is likely that he tried to call 911 to carrier-unlock his iPhone 4. This is apparently necessary with the Gevey Sim Unlock technique.
Comment Thanks Rob! (Score 1) 1521
I drifted away from Slashdot site long ago, but I had to come back to comment on this. For a certain period of my life, Slashdot was a major chunk of my day, every day. The stories and community here never failed to make me happy, angry, informed, distracted, thoughtful, content, and LOL many times a day, and some of the friendships I made here have held fast since I left.
All the best of luck to you, Taco. I look forward to whatever you do next, I predict it will be awesome.
Comment Sounds like a MacBook Pro refresh is coming (Score 1) 203
Intel is resuming shipments of the Intel 6-series chipset for use only in PC system configurations that are not impacted by the design issue. (...) [those systems] will only use the two (unaffected) 6Gbps SATA ports provided by the chipset
Just like Apple's MacBook Pro's, that use one channel for the HDD/SDD and the other for the SuperDrive.
Comment Re:We should applaud Microsoft for security (Score 1) 258
Microsoft's answer to security issues with Windows Phone 7:
1) impose OS license fees to phone manufacturers
2) less manufacturers => less phones
3) less phones => less users
4) less users => less developers
5) less developers => less apps
6) less apps => less users
...
6) no users => no security issues!
7) profit !
1) impose OS license fees to phone manufacturers
2) less manufacturers => less phones
3) less phones => less users
4) less users => less developers
5) less developers => less apps
6) less apps => less users
6) no users => no security issues!
7) profit !
Breathing New Life Into Old DirectDraw Games 274
An anonymous reader writes "I bought a bunch of old Wing Commander games for Windows, but they use DirectDraw, which Microsoft has deprecated. They don't work too well under Windows 7, so I ended up reimplementing ddraw.dll using OpenGL to output the games' graphics. I wrote an article describing the process and all the fun workarounds I had to come up with, and released all related source code for others to hack on."
Comment Visual wireless network scanner (Score 1) 499
inSSIDer lets you visualize the strength of all the surrounding wifi networks, and if they overlap or not. It's free.
Comment Steve Jobs email saga (Score 1) 436
There's no indication of something like that happening anytime soon. Not sure? Then ask Steve Jobs:
He actually said there won't be any Mac App Store, and that the rumors about the Mac dying are "completely wrong". Furthermore, rumors about the iPhone 4 cutting into Mac OS X development are false.
He actually said there won't be any Mac App Store, and that the rumors about the Mac dying are "completely wrong". Furthermore, rumors about the iPhone 4 cutting into Mac OS X development are false.
Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone 544
Andrew Smith writes "My search for an alternative to the iPhone has been long and frustrating. On paper, the HTC Desire is the first serious challenger to the iPhone's reign as king of phones. But how does it compare in use? There is much good and much bad. (This review is primarily for UK readers as HTC's new handset, the Incredible, will not be available [in the UK].)"
Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction 507
WrongSizeGlass writes "A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. The rats that gorged themselves on the human food quickly became obese."
YouTube Was Evil, and Google Knew It 419
pcause writes "Silicon Alley Insider has the most damning evidence released in the Viacom/YouTube suit. It seems clear from these snippets that YouTube knew it was pirating content, and did it to grow fast and sell for a lot of money. It also seems clear that Google knew the site contained pirated content and bought it and continued the pirating."
Comment Re:Emi (Score 1) 601
We don't need no DRM control!
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