Comment Not a real problem! (Score 1) 486
Darnold Trumpet will build a wall all the way aroung the USA and make Al-Qaeda and ISIS and the Canadians and Mexicans pay for it. We will all be safe then :P
Comment Re:Linux Foundation job interview question (Score 1) 460
Close his eyes and think of Windoze...
Submission + - Canonical Finally Lets Users Move the Unity Launcher to Bottom in Ubuntu 16.04 1
prisoninmate writes: It is official, the packages needed to move the Unity Launcher of Ubuntu Linux to the bottom of the screen have finally landed in the main repositories of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, due for release on April 21, 2016. Softpedia reported that Ubuntu users might be able to move the Unity7 Launcher at the bottom edge as a rumor in February, but now they confirm it finally landed for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It is not known if Canonical will implement a visual setting in the Apperance -> Behaviour panel for users to easily switch between having the Unity Launcher on the left of at the bottom of the screen for the final release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but you can do it by running a simple command.
Submission + - Broadcasting Color Television by Abusing a WiFi Chip (hackaday.com)
szczys writes: The NTSC standard has effectively been replaced by newer digital standards (such as NTSC), but most televisions still work with these signals. This can be done through a composite video connection, but more fun is to broadcast video directly to your television's analog tuner. This is what cnlohr has been working on, using a lowly ESP8266 module to generate and transmit the color TV signal.
This board is a $3 WiFi module. But the chip itself has a number of other powerful peripheral features, including I2S and DMA. This hardware makes it possible to push the TV broadcast out using hardware, taking up only about 10% of processor time. Even more impressive, cnlohr didn't want to recompile and flash (which is a relatively slow process) during prototyping so he used a web worker to implement browser-based development through the chip's WiFi connection.
This board is a $3 WiFi module. But the chip itself has a number of other powerful peripheral features, including I2S and DMA. This hardware makes it possible to push the TV broadcast out using hardware, taking up only about 10% of processor time. Even more impressive, cnlohr didn't want to recompile and flash (which is a relatively slow process) during prototyping so he used a web worker to implement browser-based development through the chip's WiFi connection.
Submission + - Raspberry Pi 3 rolls out with faster CPU, on-board Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 1
An anonymous reader writes: The original Raspberry Pi went on sale four years ago, and more than 8,000,000 units have shipped since then. Raspberry Pi computers are used in schools and universities, in factories and other industrial applications, in home automation and hobby projects, and much more.
Today the Raspberry Pi 3 was announced, featuring a 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, making it roughly 10x the speed of the original Pi 1. Many people will be pleased to hear that the Raspberry Pi 3 also features on-board Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, greatly improving the device's connectivity. The new device goes on sale today at the usual price of US $35.
Today the Raspberry Pi 3 was announced, featuring a 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, making it roughly 10x the speed of the original Pi 1. Many people will be pleased to hear that the Raspberry Pi 3 also features on-board Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, greatly improving the device's connectivity. The new device goes on sale today at the usual price of US $35.
Submission + - Telstra to roll out 1000Mbps 4G (lifehacker.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: After beginning support for LTE Category 9 last year on their 4Gx network (with it's theoretical max download speed of 450Mbps), Telstra has now announced that they will upgrade their network to support LTE category 16.
In theory, this means that if a customer has the correct equipment in the correct location, they will be able to have a maximum theoretical download speed of 1000Mbps, and a maximum theoretical upload speed of 150Mbps.
Of course, it's unlikely that customers will be able to sustain these speeds, but "Telstra lists on their website that 4GX devices currently have a typical download speed of 2 to 75Mbps on 4GX."
In theory, this means that if a customer has the correct equipment in the correct location, they will be able to have a maximum theoretical download speed of 1000Mbps, and a maximum theoretical upload speed of 150Mbps.
Of course, it's unlikely that customers will be able to sustain these speeds, but "Telstra lists on their website that 4GX devices currently have a typical download speed of 2 to 75Mbps on 4GX."
Comment Bah this is easy (Score 1) 158
OK here is how you do it.
1. Get a napkin.
2. Scribble your design idea on napkin.
3. Fly to SV.
4. Meet with VC
5. Raise $300M in startup capital.
6. Employee folks from ./ community.
7. Blow through $300M in short order.
8. Fold company.
No problem.....
I really do not understand some of the stupid questions that get asked on here. Almost as dumb as the polls...
Comment DRS/NX (Score 1) 484
Had it all in the 80's. Multitasking, networked.. Just made by a company that couldn't market water in a desert.
Submission + - Celebrating Workarounds, Kludges, and Hacks (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: We all have some favorite workarounds that right a perceived wrong (like getting around the Wall Street Journal paywall) or make something work the way we think it ought to. From turning off annoying features in your Prius to getting around sanctions in Crimea and convincing your Android phone you're somewhere you're not, workarounds are a point of pride, showing off our ingenuity and resourcefulness. And sometimes artful workarounds can even keep businesses operating in times of crisis. Take, for example, the Sony employees, who, in the wake of the Great Hack of 2014 when the company's servers went down, dug out old company BlackBerrys that, while they had been abandoned, had never had their plans deactivated. Because BlackBerrys used RIM's email servers instead of Sony's, they could still communicate with one another, and employees with BlackBerrys became the company's lifeline as it slowly put itself back together.
Submission + - Stanford Starts the 'Secure Internet of Things Project'
An anonymous reader writes: The internet-of-things is here to stay. Lots of people now have smart lights, smart thermostats, smart appliances, smart fire detectors, and other internet-connect gadgets installed in their houses. The security of those devices has been an obvious and predictable problem since day one. Manufacturers can't be bothered to provide updates to $500 smartphones more than a couple years after they're released, how long do you think they'll be worried about security updates for a $50 thermostat? Security researchers have been vocal about this, and they've found lots of vulnerabilities and exploits before hackers have had a chance to. But the manufacturers have responded in the wrong way.
Instead of developing a more robust approach to device security, they've simply thrown encryption at everything. This makes it temporarily harder for malicious hackers to have their way with the devices, but also shuts out consumers and white-hat researchers from knowing what the devices are doing. Thus, Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Michigan have started the Secure Internet of Things Project, which aims to promote security and transparency for IoT devices. They hope to unite regulators, researchers, and manufacturers to ensure nascent internet-connected tech is developed in a way that respects customer privacy and choice.
Instead of developing a more robust approach to device security, they've simply thrown encryption at everything. This makes it temporarily harder for malicious hackers to have their way with the devices, but also shuts out consumers and white-hat researchers from knowing what the devices are doing. Thus, Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Michigan have started the Secure Internet of Things Project, which aims to promote security and transparency for IoT devices. They hope to unite regulators, researchers, and manufacturers to ensure nascent internet-connected tech is developed in a way that respects customer privacy and choice.
Comment GUNS (Score 1) 266
Why would you want to print anything else? Assault rifles and handguns.. Maybe a sports car down the track....
Comment Stupid is as stupid does... (Score 1) 269
Another stupid slasdot piece of drivel.. Go ask your 10 year old how to get rid of spam. or load up your own linux server, become your own isp and can your own spam.... FFS is this the most interesting thing we can post on here?
