Comment Re:Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail's Worst Misfeature (Score 1) 355
Banks don't send email, the phishers aren't copying HTML from anybody. What makes phishing possible, isn't HTML, and it isn't crooks. It's the people who fall for it.
Really?
Solar Cycle 24 Has Started 258
radioweather writes "Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next solar cycle. As of Friday, that wait is over. A magnetically reversed, high-latitude sunspot emerged on the surface of the sun. Just a few months ago, an 'All Quiet Alert' had been issued for the sun. This reversed-polarity sunspot marks the beginning of the sun's return back to Solar Maximum.
Solar Cycle 24 has been the subject of much speculation due to competing forecasts on whether it will be a highly active or a quiet low cycle. If it is a low cycle, it may very well be a test of validity for some CO2 based global warming theories. Only time will tell."
Bloggers Propose Code of Conduct 199
akintayo writes "The New York Times reports that in response to the recent brouhaha, some technology bloggers have suggested raising the level of civility on tech blogs by implementing a code of conduct. Kathy Sierra, a technology blogger and friend of O'Reilly was subjected to threats and insults from readers and other bloggers. In partial response, O'Reilly and others have proposed a code of conduct which could include restrictions like the outlawing of anonymous accounts."
Revolution, Flashmobs and Brain Implants in 2035 327
siddesu writes "Marxist revolution, WMDs, flashmobs and other sci-fi items are coming soon in a country near you, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. 'Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx's proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe's drops as fertility falls. "Flashmobs" — groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups.
This is the world in 30 years' time envisaged by a Ministry of Defence team responsible for painting a picture of the "future strategic context" likely to face Britain's armed forces.'"
An iPod For Every Kid In Michigan 333
mikesd81 writes "Over at C|Net there is an article about Michigan spending $38 million to distribute an iPod to every kid, for learning purposes. From the article: 'On Thursday, House Democrats delivered a spending bill that includes the idea of putting $38 million worth of public funds toward outfitting every student with a digital music player.' The plan included measures to tax soda and satellite TV services to pay for it, among other things, to raise funds. If you recall, Duke University tried something like this with mixed results. How financially strained will Michigan residents feel about paying higher taxes to buy someone else's kid an iPod?"
Comment Somewhat pointless... (Score 0, Redundant) 1074
But what about the automatic light switches which only work with incandescent bulbs? In any case, incandescent bulbs are not really inefficient if you think about it.
Comment Already possible (Score 1) 59
The very latest NV drivers let you do full OpenGL across multiple heads/cards with X+Xinerama. I'm using this now across three separate cards and it seems to work great (at least for funky screensavers). So you might want to give that a go.
Comment Re:WUSB - How? And more importantly, WHY? (Score 1) 237
OK but imagine if you have a lot of USB devices, maybe 10 or 20. It's not realistic to have them all going into a USB hub. This system would allow lots of devices to be used as and when without annoying cables cluttering the place up.
I do admit that there seem to be potential issues with regards hardware conflicts and security; but it's stil something which should be looked into.
