Comment Re: In other words... (Score 4, Funny) 359
Just tell them to do the needful!
Submission + - Gabe Newell Confirms That Valve is Prepping Source 2 Game Engine for Virtual Rea (roadtovr.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In a Q&A session on Reddit last night (http://bit.ly/1drsQB1) with Valve's Gabe Newell, the founder confirmed (http://bit.ly/1cuD4md) that the company is in the process of getting the highly anticipated Source 2 game engine "working well with VR," with Valve's Alex Vlachos, Senior Graphics Programmer, apparently leading the charge. Still no word on when the engine may ship.
Valve, who is openly collaborating with Oculus VR, demonstrated a VR headset prototype in January at Steam Dev Days (http://bit.ly/1c9Dgqk). The company also launched a beta version of SteamVR which offers Steam's 'Big Picture' mode in a format compatible with the Oculus Rift VR headset (http://bit.ly/1dlWXcL).
Valve, who is openly collaborating with Oculus VR, demonstrated a VR headset prototype in January at Steam Dev Days (http://bit.ly/1c9Dgqk). The company also launched a beta version of SteamVR which offers Steam's 'Big Picture' mode in a format compatible with the Oculus Rift VR headset (http://bit.ly/1dlWXcL).
Submission + - Gabe Newell responds to claims Valve Anti Cheat is scanning your DNS cache (playerattack.com)
dotarray writes: Valve has stepped up to answer allegations that the company's anti-cheat system was scanning users' internet history. Rather than a simple, sanitised press release or a refusal to comment on "rumours and innuendo", Valve CEO and gaming hero Gabe Newell has personally responded.
Submission + - Debian technical committee votes for systemd over Upstart (muktware.com)
sfcrazy writes: Bdale Garbee,chairman of the Debian Technical Committee, called for a ballot from the TC to chose the default init system. The votes are in systemd is the clear winner here. Bdale himself voted for systemd.
Comment Re:History.... learn from it! (Score 3, Insightful) 582
The Northeast US is notoriously cheap and short-sighted (and I say that having spent most of my life in this region). If power/phone/etc. were installed underground instead of strung up on toothpicks, surrounded by trees that are never trimmed, the infrastructure would be far more reliable.
Comment Re:Language? (Score 5, Informative) 162
The Dutch normally speak Dutch, because, well, it's their native tongue. Dutch itself is pretty close to German, but neither are world-popular language. As such, most people in the Netherlands speak English as well, because they're a hub of business. Publishing this in English ensures it's widely readable to the rest of the world.
Submission + - Google Drops 20% Time
Comment Re:yay! (Score 5, Insightful) 184
Don't you think it was DOA anyways? The system depended upon honest advertisers, which is an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 317
Elementary, my dear Watson:
Rob Malda = R.M. = Rupert Murdoch
For years, News Corp has been propping up the Google, Linux, and HURD conspiracy through the awesome power of the Slashdot media empire. Verizon's use of red in their marketing is a signal to all the socialist bourgeois to take up arms!
Buy Windows 7 today, and join the resistance!
Comment Re:stop conflating LGBT with NAMBLA (Score 1) 450
I think you mean to say they don't support or condone child abuse and child pornography.
Just trying to make sure the trolls don't use your comment to try to portray the LGBT as child abuse deniers.
Submission + - Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations (linuxplanet.com)
inkscapee writes: Android developers are paying little attention to Free/Open Source software licenses and have a 71% violation rate. Come on folks, FOSS licenses are easy to comply with, certainly easier than proprietary software licenses, and less punitive. But it seems even the tiny hoops that FOSS requires are too much for devs eager to cash in.
BBC To Dispose of Douglas Adams Website 189
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has announced their intention to dispose of the H2G2 website, originally founded by Douglas Adams. This comes as part of an initiative by the BBC to cut their online spending by 25%. 'BBC Online will be reorganised into five portfolios of "products." All parts of BBC Online have to fit with these. Over the past year all areas of the site have been reviewed to see where, and if, they fit. Sadly ... H2G2 does not fit in the new shape of BBC Online. However, H2G2 is unusual. It is a pre-existing community that the BBC brought into its fold, not a community that the BBC set up from scratch. So rather than closing it, we've decided to explore another option. This process has been referred to elsewhere as the "disposal" of H2G2. I'll admit this is not a great choice of words, but what is means is that we'll be looking for proposals from others to take on the running of H2G2.' One option under discussion is a community buyout."
Open Source More Expensive Says MS Report 465
doperative writes "Much conventional wisdom about programs written by volunteers is wrong. The authors took money for research from Microsoft, long the archenemy of the open-source movement — although they assure readers that the funds came with no strings attached. Free programs are not always cheaper. To be sure, the upfront cost of proprietary software is higher (although open-source programs are not always free). But companies that use such programs spend more on such things as learning to use them and making them work with other software"
Firefox 4, A Huge Pile of Bugs 481
surveyork writes "Firefox 4.0 beta 9 (AKA 'a huge pile of awesome') was released on January 14, 2011. Firefox 4's release schedule includes a beta 10 and a release candidate before the final launch in late February. However, one wonders if this schedule won't slip again, since there are still more than 100 'hardblocker' bugs, more than 60 bugs affecting Panorama alone and 10 bugs affecting the just-introduced Tabs-on-Titlebar. Some long-standing bugs won't be fixed in time for Firefox 4 final either (example, example). Many startup bugs are currently pending, although Firefox 4 starts much faster than Firefox 3.6. As a side note, it's unlikely that Firefox 4 final will pass the Acid3 test, despite this being a very popular demand amongst Firefox enthusiasts. Perhaps we'll have to wait until Firefox 4.1 to have this 'huge pile of bugs' (mostly) fixed."
Australia Mandates Microsoft's Office Open XML 317
littlekorea writes "The Australian Government has released a common operating environment desktop policy that — among security controls aimed at reducing the potential for leaks of Government data — mandates the ECMA-376 version of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard and productivity suites that can 'read and write' the .docx format, effectively locking the country's public servants into using Microsoft Office. The policy [PDF] also appears to limit desktop operating systems to large, off-the-shelf commercial offerings at the expense of smaller distributions."
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