Comment Re:Polygraph (Score 2, Informative) 452
Which was based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, although anecdotally, so it has some credibility to it.
Comment Re:Obviously! (Score 1) 823
No, most of Canada is also nineteen. Only Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec have a drinking age of 18 if I remember correctly off the top of my head.
Journal Journal: We Are Not a Democracy So Stop It 10
Overheard on a Sunday show today: the notion that Bush should consider pulling out, because, well, we just had a national election where people clearly expressed their preference for that.
I disagree with the fact presented in that question, but more importantly, the premise based upon that fact is utterly flawed. We do not have a democracy, we have a republic, and the reason we have an electoral college is first and foremost to insulate the President from the will of the people.
Feed Drilling Down: Boys and Girls Use Social Sites Differently (nytimes.com)
Older teenage girls are far more likely to use social-networking sites like MySpace or Facebook, according to a recent study
Submission + - Submitting Federal Proposals Requires Windows
Petronius Arbiter writes: The US federal government is requiring that proposals for grants etc be submitted using a common system at http://grants.gov/ . That's would be a good idea, except that, effectively, you must use Windows and Explorer. See http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software. jsp :
They do have a Citrix substitute for non-Windows users. However:
Finally, if your organization has more than 10 non-Windows users, they want you to add a dedicated Windows box to handle the traffic.
Why is it legal for the federal government to require applicants to use an expensive, proprietary system with terrible security? This is particularly surprising because many technical people, from program officers to computer administrators, in the government personally like open source and detest MS.
As a crazy guess, over 100,000 different people each year submit proposals. That's 100,000 people who must have MS Windows licenses whether they want to or not.
Anyone who was concerned about the open format fight in Massachusetts last year should be concerned about grants.gov.
Finally, for National Science Foundation clients, this is a big step backwards. NSF has had an excellent online system, http://fastlane.nsf.gov/ for years. Fastlane has no bias towards MS. However, by federal edict, NSF people must also use grants.gov.
To operate PureEdge Viewer, your computer must meet the following system requirements: Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP... PureEdge on Grants.gov will not run within the Firefox browser.
They do have a Citrix substitute for non-Windows users. However:
Note that a limited amount of users can access the Citrix Server at any one time... Finally, you will find the best time to work and submit an application via Citrix is during off-peak hours, usually between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., EST.
Finally, if your organization has more than 10 non-Windows users, they want you to add a dedicated Windows box to handle the traffic.
Why is it legal for the federal government to require applicants to use an expensive, proprietary system with terrible security? This is particularly surprising because many technical people, from program officers to computer administrators, in the government personally like open source and detest MS.
As a crazy guess, over 100,000 different people each year submit proposals. That's 100,000 people who must have MS Windows licenses whether they want to or not.
Anyone who was concerned about the open format fight in Massachusetts last year should be concerned about grants.gov.
Finally, for National Science Foundation clients, this is a big step backwards. NSF has had an excellent online system, http://fastlane.nsf.gov/ for years. Fastlane has no bias towards MS. However, by federal edict, NSF people must also use grants.gov.
Submission + - Why "upgrade" to Office-2007
walterbyrd writes: "IMO: Office-2007 is a contender for the least useful upgrade in the history of computing. It's expensive, has a steep learning curve, and it's default format is even less compatible with anything else. Stan Beer discusses the "upgrade" in his article: Question: why do I need to upgrade to Office 2007?."
Sun Is Giving Away Solaris 10 DVDs 248
Tarmas writes "For a limited time only, just like Ubuntu's ShipIt service, Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD supporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11."
Inside the iPhone — 3G, ARM, OS X, 3rd Partyware 318
DECS writes "After heading off the top ten myths of the iPhone, Daniel Eran of RoughlyDrafted has written a series of articles looking 'Inside the iPhone,' exploring (1) why Apple didn't target faster 3G networks, (2) a substantiated look at how the iPhone is indeed running OS X (contrary to reports that it isn't), and (3) what it means to users and developers, and how ARM is involved, in Mac OS X, ARM, and iPod OS X, and why the supposedly 'closed' system Apple describes for the iPhone won't preclude third party development."
Submission + - Password management memory tools
New Media Blogger writes: "A co-worker of mine recently got burned hard because they used the same password for all of their online accounts. This experience led me to compile a list of easy-to-use password management memory tools (all free, of course), which make it infinitely easier for me to keep track of my dozens of passwords. I am sure many of the Slashdot crowd have memory tools of their own — what are you favourite password memorization tools?"
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