Vitdom - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Chalk another up to Microsoft [lack of] QA (Score 1) 139

by Vitdom on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:49PM (#57441796) Attached to: Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October Update

I have tried searching for statistics and analytical publications from Microsoft based on the gathered Telemetry from Windows 10 users.
But I can't find any. Is this data not public?

Comment Free copying (Score 3, Informative) 265

by Vitdom on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:27PM (#57441718) Attached to: Canadian Music Group Proposes 'Copyright Tax' On Internet Use

Taxes on internet data to punish internet users or as an action to permit free copying of content on the internet? Here in Sweden we have to pay taxes on storage medium to compensate creators for "missed revenue" due to piracy, but piracy is not allowed even though you pay this fee.

Comment AMD is awful (Score 1) 152

by Vitdom on Monday July 02, 2018 @08:51AM (#56878742) Attached to: Is AMD finally giving Intel a run for its money?

I bought a laptop a couple of years back with an AMD Radeon HD 6490M integrated mobile graphics processor, and AMD refused to release working drivers for it. ONE driver version was released upon launch. Downloading and installing any updated drivers from AMD always failed. When contacting them about this, their customer support totally ignored it. I will never ever buy any AMD product again and recommend everyone else to stay away from AMD. AMD release broken garbage and refuses to support their paying customers.

Comment From the source (Score 1) 29

by Vitdom on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:47AM (#56618792) Attached to: Hackers Steal Millions From Mexican Banks In Transfer Heist

"He said that the central bank’s SPEI interbank transfer system was not compromised but that the problem had to do with software developed by institutions or third-party providers to connect to the payment system. "

Submission + - Wood nanobattery could be green option for large-scale energy storage (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover on Monday July 08, 2013 @04:47AM

cylonlover writes: Li-ion batteries may be ok for your smartphone, but when it comes to large-scale energy storage, the priorities suddenly shift from compactness and cycling performance (at which Li-ion batteries excel) to low cost and environmental feasibility (in which Li-ion batteries still have much room for improvement). A new "wood battery" could allow the emerging sodium-ion battery technology to fit the bill as a long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly battery for large-scale energy storage.

Submission + - Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens writes

on Saturday May 26, 2012 @06:16PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Defense Tech reports that continuing it’s tradition of reverse engineering and fabricating its stockpile of 40-year old American weaponry, Iran announced that it is about to unveil its first ever domestically produced Cobra attack choppers. Nearly 50-years after the US introduced the legendary Bell AH-1 Cobra, once the the backbone of the United States Army's attack helicopter fleet, Iran’s locally-grown Cobras will be armed with “different types of home-made caliber guns, rockets and missiles,” according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. “All the phases of designing and manufacturing of the chopper have been done inside the country and the helicopter enjoys some capabilities which make it preferable to Apache Choppers,” says Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari. Iranian officials stress that the Iran's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country reports the FARS news release. More photos available here."

Submission + - BitTorrent Traffic Falls In The U.S. (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by CAKAS on Thursday May 24, 2012 @11:08PM

CAKAS writes: After legal actions taken by several industry outfits, BitTorrent traffic has fallen in the United States to the all time low of 12.7 percent of internet traffic. However, this trend seems to be unique to the U.S. — In other parts of the world, like Europe and Asia, BitTorrent traffic continues to rise. "According to Sandvine, the absence of legal alternatives is one of the reasons for these high P2P traffic shares". In the U.S. legal content delivery has flourished and provided customers easy access to content. This seems to suggest that due to these alternatives, people are less willing to pirate and pay the publishers for entertainment.

Submission + - Mercedes Can Now Update Car Software Remotely (txchnologist.com)

Submitted by

MatthewVD

on Friday April 06, 2012 @10:50AM

MatthewVD writes: "Our cars run millions of lines of code that need constant and, often, critical updates. Jim Motavalli writes that Mercedes-Benz's new mbrace2 "cloud infotainment system" has a secret capability: it can update software automatically and wirelessly. In a process called "reflashing,’" the Mercedes system turns on the car operating system (CU), downloads the new application, then cuts itself off. With companies like Fisker paying dearly for constant recalls for software problems, automakers will likely rush to embrace this technology. No more USBs in the dashboard!"

Submission + - 30-year-old global temperature predictions close to spot-on (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Layzej on Friday April 06, 2012 @10:44AM

Layzej writes: The Register reports on a 30 year old paper published in Science in 1981 that projected global mean temperatures up to the year 2100. "When the 1981 paper was written, temperatures in the northern hemispheres were declining, and global mean temperatures were below their 1940 levels. Despite those facts, the paper's authors confidently predicted a rise in temperature due to increasing CO2 emissions." The prediction turns out to be remarkably accurate — even a bit optimistic. The article concludes that the 1981 paper is "a nice example of a statement based on theory that could be falsified and up to now has withstood the test."

Submission + - European Parliament blocks copyright reform with 113% voter turnout (falkvinge.net) 1

Submitted by mcmadman on Thursday March 15, 2012 @12:36PM

mcmadman writes: In a bizarre turn of events. The Legal Affairs committee (JURI), which has the responsibility of safeguarding the integrity and trustworthiness of the legal framework as a whole in Europe voted recently to weaken a reform of the copyright monopoly for allowing re-publication and access to orphan works. Pieces of our cultural heritage where no copyright monopoly holder can be located. What is surprising that the voter turnout happened to be 113%. This rather embarrassing issue was pointed out to the committee, the fact that there were three votes too many, and that these three votes determined the outcome. When this was done, along with formally requesting a re-vote, that re-vote on the points in question was denied.

Comment Deceptive source (Score 1) 1

by Vitdom on Saturday April 30, 2011 @05:42AM (#35983346) Attached to: Sweden to regulate opt-in for cookie transfer

After validating the original source with more authentic sources, I noticed the original source was very deceptive. The cookies are can be transferred to the user, but can't be stored without consent. Cookies originating from a function explicitly requested by the user are not bound by this law.

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