Titanium Angel - Slashdot User

Comment Re:will they update the rc? (Score 1) 671

by Titanium Angel on Monday July 13, 2009 @04:14AM (#28673735) Attached to: Windows 7 Hits Build 7600 (Possible RTM)

This is utterly and completely wrong. The installer won't allow you upgrade from pre-RTM versions unless you manually bypass the check, which is not supported. Just read the linked blog post.

Comment Re:Windows XP Mode (Score 5, Interesting) 386

by Titanium Angel on Friday April 24, 2009 @05:35PM (#27707669) Attached to: Microsoft Suffers Leaks, Lagging Sales Numbers As They Look Forward To Windows 8

This is one of the most important developments in Windows history and will shape the future of Microsoft's operating systems. XP Mode will finally allow Microsoft to remove all of the legacy crap that's been holding Windows back for at least a decade.

Chrome EULA Reserves the Right To Filter Your Web 171

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 04, 2009 @06:43PM from the here's-some-birdseed-for-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, I decided to try out Google Chrome. With my usual mistrust of Google, I decided to carefully read the EULA before installing the software. I paused when I stumbled upon this section: '7.3 Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Google may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content. These tools include the SafeSearch preference settings (see google.com/help/customize.html#safe). In addition, there are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that you may find objectionable.' Does this mean that Google reserves the right to filter my web browsing experience in Chrome (without my consent to boot)? Is this a carry-over from the EULAs of Google's other services (gmail, blogger etc), or is this something more significant? One would think that after the previous EULA affair with Chrome, Google would try to sound a little less draconian." Update: 04/05 21:14 GMT by T : Google's Gabriel Stricker alerted me to an informative followup: "We saw your Slashdot post and published the following clarification on the Google Chrome blog."

Is That "Sexting" Pic Illegal? A Scientific Test 711

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 30, 2009 @09:17AM from the i-like-the-testing-part dept.

Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes " Amid the latest 'sexting' controversy, here is a proposal for a scientifically objective method to determine whether a picture constitutes child pornography. This is a harder problem than it seems, but not for the reasons you'd think. And it raises questions about how the same scientific principles could be applied to other matters of law." Hit the link below to read the sextiest story on Slashdot today.

Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? 236

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 30, 2009 @08:36AM from the cuz-i-sure-can't dept.

Keith found a New Scientist story about fractals and quantum theory. The article says "Take the mathematics of fractals into account, says Palmer, and the long-standing puzzles of quantum theory may be much easier to understand. They might even dissolve away."

Attempting To Reframe "KDE Vs. GNOME" 455

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 30, 2009 @04:00AM from the evolution-revolution dept.

jammag writes "Setting aside the now tired debate about whether KDE or GNOME is the 'better' Linux desktop, Bruce Byfield compares their disparate development approaches and asks, not which desktop is subjectively better, but which developmental approach is likely to be most successful in the next few years. 'In the short term, GNOME's gradualism seems sensible. But, in the long-term, it could very well mean continuing to be dragged down by support for legacy sub-systems. It means being reduced to an imitator rather than innovator.' In contrast, 'you could say that KDE has done what's necessary and ripped the bandage off the scab. In the short term, the result has been a lot of screaming, but, in the long term, it has done what was necessary to thrive.'"

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