Comment Re:X through SSH... (Score 0) 359
Yup that was the white elephant in the missing logic of that spec. I think if i -absolutely needed to get something done I would not fire up X on an handheld. smh
Comment Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Score 0) 112
I wonder if I can get a grant to research an acausal link between gullibility and pseudostatistics
Comment Beautiful Effort (Score 0) 141
as I understand it the sidewinder missile uses a very primitive analog seeker head. I would imagine that it's evolution is a little more than 'closed' so let's see what this different/open parallel effort leads to
Comment Saa-Wheet! (Score 0) 288
For real, even tho I do not use windows (except for virtualized) I am glad to see real benefits of solid research and quick implementation.
I for one am glad to see that not all of the hard work is being done by the attack squad.
Hug a programmer. Hug one today.
Comment Re:Right Question.... Wrong Answer. (Score -1) 392
Agreed this article was as light as a popcorn fart.
If you only count the current and possibly the previous iteration of so called 'iPhone killers' then maybe in asia their local home brew version will rock, but when you factor in the BBs and other models with a physical screen than the article might be considered just regular flame bait.
In a country that prides itself on style versus function (U.S.A.) It should come as no surprise that Apple succeeds. If the devices are measured on customer satisfaction or human interface design then again apple seems to have it all over other so called 'smart phones'
But if you count it by market share and factored it by fanboy pride - how else can you explain BB not being included (as being the owner of a physical 'qwerty' layout) In the 8 or nine years that I have been anchored to a BB I have _never_ considered getting one for personal use. Now that I have my iPhone the work BB is 'retired'
Summing it up like this... My boss wants to show me all of these other phones that he bought. Me I have nothing to prove.
The World's Biggest Botnets 243
ancientribe writes "There's a new peer-to-peer based botnet emerging that could blow the notorious Storm away in size and sophistication, according to researchers, and it's a direct result of how Storm has changed the botnet game, with more powerful and wily botnets on the horizon. This article provides a peek at the 'new Storm' and reveals the three biggest botnets in the world (including Storm) — and what makes them tick and what they are after."
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Active galactic nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit Earth. Astronomers found that the sources of the highest-energy particles are not distributed uniformly across the sky. Instead, the results link the origins of these mysterious particles to the locations of nearby galaxies that have active nuclei in their centers.
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