Comment Re:Not needed any more (Score 1) 215
As long as you had fuel in the tanks and jets.....
Comment Re:Not needed any more (Score 1) 215
I recall something about the War of 1812....
Comment Not done yet (Score 2) 290
Do they back up to tape or external USB drive?
Comment I'm not part of your system! (Score 0) 521
I'm in the hospital with my so-called doctor,
and takes his syringe and says
"This is a cure for cancer!"
And I said "Maaaaan this isn't a cancer cure, it's HIV!"
So I took it and I threw it on the ground!
and takes his syringe and says
"This is a cure for cancer!"
And I said "Maaaaan this isn't a cancer cure, it's HIV!"
So I took it and I threw it on the ground!
Comment Jeez (Score 5, Insightful) 210
Note that the link is thin, and the sources are behind logins and subscription links, so please post better URLs if you can find them.
Isn't that your job?
Isn't that your job?
Comment I saw this on SNL (Score 1) 52
Oooooo eeeeee! WhatApp with that? WhatApp with that?
Submission + - Today's best CPUs compared... to Pentium 4 3.8GHz (techreport.com)
Dr. Damage writes: How do current $74 CPUs compare to the $133 ones? To exclusive $1K Extreme Editions? Interesting questions, but what if you took a five-year-old Pentium 4 3.8GHz and pitted it against today's CPUs in a slew of games and other applications? The results are eye-opening.
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144
bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."
Submission + - Would You Accept Google's Free Netbook? (linuxjournal.com) 2
Glyn Moody writes: The response to Google's Chromium OS has been rather lukewarm. But supposing it's just part of something much bigger: a netbook computer from Google that would cost absolutely nothing. Because all the apps and data are stored in the cloud, storage requirements would be minimal; screens are getting cheaper, and the emphasis on lean code means that a low-cost processor could be used. Those relatively small hardware costs could then be covered by advertising *in the apps* — after all, they are just Web pages. Interestingly, Google has not only rolled out advertising to more of its services recently, it has also started running AdSense ads in the desktop application Google Earth. Would you accept a free Google netbook — or is the price you would pay in terms of the company knowing even more about what you do on an hour-by-hour basis just too high?
Comment Nice move Sony (Score 1) 570
Nice that Sony took out the ability to install Linux on the slim PS3. How hard could it have been to have a left the feature in that is useful in a number of ways? Of course, they have recently announced the ability to post trophy acquisitions to Facebook.... but they take 'Other OS' support out?!
Comment Re:Priorities (Score 1) 69
Yah, at least make the laptop edible!
Comment Re:They crippled it (Score 1) 364
I know... but it's only one box, instead of two. It's capable of more!
Comment Re:It didn't bring people to the platform (Score 1) 364
You could not develop for the PS3 by using on-board Linux. There's a Cell SDK available, but that's about it.
Comment They crippled it (Score 1) 364
I run Yellow Dog 6.2 on my PS3, and it isn't too bad for web browsing (superior to the PS3 browser) and checking email, among other computing tasks. They crippled access to the full graphics capability of the machine, however, which created a much slower experience that you would expect. Perhaps Sony should put more effort into putting common computing tasks into their XMB... add an email client and improve the browser, at least.
Comment Re:Ok, (Score 1) 655
Hehe... never a more opportune time to use that! If I had some points...
