Comment The worlds only Ocelot joke (Score 1) 71
Q: How do you titilate an ocelot?
A: Oscillate it's tits a lot.
I thank you.
Comment Eclipse plugins for collaboration (Score 1) 302
As others have said, you'll need some kind of source control (SVN probably - easier to understand and will let the students concentrate on the tasks rather than the tools). Then you'll need a voice link. Either telephone, Skype or a SIP-compliant VOIP thing. IM would be useful for communication between one pair and other pairs.
Then an IDE with collaborative editing. Netbeans has it built in apparently, but I haven't tried it. Eclipse has a number of plugins to facilitate collaborative coding:
Shareclipse: Does voice and video inside Eclipse, but projects not genuinely shared. Project might be dormant. linky
Saros: Does voice, but not video. Whole project shared. Uses a local IRC server, like XMPP or Jabber. Great demo vid. linky
Xeclip: Dependent on CVS and costs $$s. linky
XPairtise: Shares both code and code/test execution. Shared whiteboard. Needs a server in your intranet. Doesn't highlight users' cursors in different colours. linky
XCDE: Uses a intranet-local server. Shares bookmarks and tasks too in Eclipse. Has integrated voice (but requires JMF). Project might be dormant. linky
Other projects which look very dormant or incomplete: PEP, Sangam. Me, I'm planning to try Saros.
BT Shows First Fiber-Optic Broadband Rollout Plans 119
MJackson writes "BT has revealed new details about the roll-out of its £1.5bn programme to deploy super fast fibre optic broadband to as many as 10 million UK homes (40%) by 2012. Scotland will become one of the first places to benefit from next-generation broadband services, with more than 34,000 homes and businesses in Edinburgh and Glasgow receiving speeds of up to 40Mbps and potentially 60Mbps from early next year (2010). Overall, BT Openreach, which is responsible for ensuring that all rival operators have equality of access to BT's local network, aims to deploy Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) based next generation broadband services next summer (2010) to 500,000 homes and businesses in the UK."
Comment Re:You should have asked this a year before. (Score 1) 540
> Is it possible the development team you're working QA for is hiring?
That's probably the best suggestion in this thread.
On the other hand, if you're really passionate about being a programmer, then you'll already be doing it. Scratching that itch. And, if you're reading Slashdot, chances are you're a geek and an open source fan. So your code, your reputation, will already be out there - just a google-search away.
So capitalize on that reputation!
Example: if you have a burning urge to work in embedded development and are passionate about music, then contribute patches to Rockbox or something similar. Then, when you apply for your ideal job in a similar domain, you can show that (1) you're passionate about that domain and (2) can prove that you can produce quality code.
Actions speak louder than words
NULL Pointer Exploit Excites Researchers 327
Da Massive writes "Mark Dowd's paper "Application-Specific Attacks: Leveraging the ActionScript Virtual Machine" has alarmed researchers. It points out techniques that promise to open up a class of exploits and vulnerability research previously thought to be prohibitively difficult. Already, the small but growing group of Information Security experts who have had the chance to read and digest the contents of the paper are expressing an excited concern depending on how they are interpreting it. While the Flash vulnerability described in the paper[PDF] has been patched by Adobe, the presentation of a reliable exploit for NULL pointer dereferencing has the researchers who have read the paper fascinated. Thomas Ptacek has an explanation of Dowd's work, and Nathan McFeters at ZDNet is 'stunned by the technical details.'"
HBO Exec Proposes DRM Name Change 544
surfingmarmot writes "An HBO executive has figured out the problem with DRM acceptance — it's the name. HBO's chief technology officer Bob Zitter now wants to refer to the technology as Digital Consumer Enablement. Because, you see, DRM actually helps consumers by getting more content into their hands. The company already has HD movies on demand ready to go, but is delaying them because of ownership concerns. Says Zitter, 'Digital Consumer Enablement would more accurately describe technology that allows consumers "to use content in ways they haven't before," such as enjoying TV shows and movies on portable video players like iPods. "I don't want to use the term DRM any longer," said Zitter, who added that content-protection technology could enable various new applications for cable operators.'"
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