Comment riveting tale, chap. (Score 1) 619
Man, I dug up my Slashdot account just so I could one-up the "coolstorybro" tag.
Ted Dziuba Says, "I Don't Code In My Free Time" 619
theodp writes "When he gets some free time away from his gigs at startup Milo and The Register, you won't catch Ted Dziuba doing any recreational programming. And he wouldn't want to work for a company that doesn't hire those who don't code in their spare time. 'You know what's more awesome than spending my Saturday afternoon learning Haskell by hacking away at a few Project Euler problems?' asks Dziuba. 'F***, ANYTHING.'"
No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista 554
snafu109 writes "Pity the Vista user with a 32-bit CPU. Senior Program Manager Steve Riley announced today at Tech.Ed Australia that full HD content shall only be played at the full resolution where only signed drivers are used — only in the 64-bit version of Vista. From the article: '"Any next-generation high definition content will not play in x32 at all," said Riley. "This is a decision that the Media Player folks made because there are just too many ways right now for unsigned kernel mode code [to compromise content protection]. The media companies asked us to do this and said they don't want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this."'"
Comment Is this Good or Bad (Score 0, Flamebait) 224
So...they're using Linux, but it's from SCO. Is this good or bad?
FCC Backs a Tiered Internet 455
Going to be extorted writes ""FCC Chief Kevin Martin yesterday gave his support to AT&T and other telcos who want to be able to limit bandwidth to sites like Google, unless those sites pay extortion fees. Martin made it clear in a speech yesterday that he supports such a a "tiered" Internet." Could this be the end of internet innovation?"
Comment Re:Egads (Score 1) 325
I've been to all the levels OTS, total customization, and COTS and they all work and fail depending on if they tool fits. Most tools do not fit the requiremnts and usually create hurdles for the poor peopel that have to use them. Very often the managers and developers dont; even consult the end-user. TThen when you deploy an honestly well doen better system lots of users dont; want to change they way they've been doing things forever, they dont; want to change even if you show them that the new way is faster and easier for them and the reason is either lazyness, ignorance, or wanting to save their own jobs.
Comment Honestly, what do you think? (Score 5, Interesting) 1097
What do you think of that T-Shirt on Wil Wheaton 's site, with the name tag, "Hello, my name is William Fucking Shatner".
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