Comment Re:Frog Brothers (Score 1) 336
I was wondering how many of the readers actually know who the Frog Brothers are?
Comment Re:Um, I'm doubtful (Score 1) 362
As an employee who has worked in environments that have those little perks, like soft drinks, entertainment activities, and other such things, I can say that the number one perk that can be added to make employees more productive and happy is flex hours. Allow your employees to choose their own starting time, with core hours that they must be at work, and it instantly becomes a much better place to work. When the employee feels like they have some control over small things like that, it makes them much happier and more productive. The free soft drinks are nice, but that only seems to work at small companies.
How the LSB Keeps Linux One Big Happy Family 171
blackbearnh writes "The Linux Standard Base is the grand attempt to create a binary-level interface that application developers can use to create software which will run on any distribution of Linux. Theodore Tso, who helps maintain the LSB, talked recently with O'Reilly News about what the LSB does behind the scenes, how it benefits ISVs and end users, and what the greatest challenges left on the plate are. 'One of the most vexing problems has been on the desktop where the Open Source community has been developing new desktop libraries faster than we can standardize them. And also ISVs want to use those latest desktop libraries even though they may not be stable yet and in some ways that's sort of us being a victim of our own success. The LSB desktop has been getting better and better and despite all the jokes that for every year since I don't know probably five years ago, every year has been promoted as the year of the Linux desktop. The fact of the matter is the Linux desktop has been making gains very, very quickly but sometimes as a result of that some of the bleeding edge interfaces for the Linux desktop haven't been as stable as say the C library. And so it's been challenging for ISVs because they want to actually ship products that will work across a wide range of Linux distributions and this is one of the places where the Linux upstream sources haven't stabilized themselves.'"
Playstation 3 Video DRM Only Allows One Download 316
Nom du Keyboard points out an Ars Technica report that the Sony Video Store on the Playstation Network is running some rather restrictive DRM. When purchasing movies, users are allowed just one download — even if they delete the movie to make space and want to download it again on the same machine. A Sony representative told Ars that users could be issued an extra download as a "one-time courtesy" with help from customer support. Quoting:
"When we're discussing a system that seems to release new hardware configurations every few months and a company that actively encourages you to swap hard drives yourself, it appears users are going to run into problems if they ever decide they want to switch out their hard drive or even upgrade into a larger system; the information on the back-up utility makes it clear that video content can't be moved over to new system, although new hard drives should be safe. Sony claims that the PS3 is operating on a 10-year timeline: is one extra download, which you need to contact customer service to apply for, good enough for the next decade?"
The Ninja Handbook 111
Aeonite writes "Equal parts ninja geekery and pop-cultural satire, The Ninja Handbook falls into that odd category of book that presents fiction as reality. Numerous Guides to Piracy have been published, and more than a few authors have taken a crack at Zombie Survival Guides, the most popular spin-off being the zombie novel World War Z, which is now on its way towards Hollywood. Of course, the creators of the Ask a Ninja website have taken the opposite tack here, having first staked their claim as an Internet video sensation before moving on to "old media."" Keep reading below to find out what secret moves Michael learned from this book.
Comment Re:Not a thief (Score 1) 849
I was on jury duty in Michigan and the case I had to sit in on was a "home invasion" case. We were instructed that there was no such thing as breaking and entering any more, it is now called home invasion. It can be either second degree or first degree depending on if anyone is home when you break in. It also does not matter if the door is wide open, if you enter someones home without permission it is home invasion. But to get on topic, it really doesn't make sense to try to create an analogy for theft of WiFi, and theft of property. They are completely different. I will agree with previous posters that say if the network is unsecured and open, then it should be implied that the operator of the device wants to let his neighbors use it. But if they take the time to secure it, then they don't want to share it with everyone else.
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