Comment Antitrust? (Score 2) 73
How is this not considered a trust, cartel or collusion? I mean, there was specifically a "United States v. Motion Picture Patents Co" Supreme Court case.
Comment Yes. Github. (Score 2) 522
Github also has a flat organization structure.
Read: http://www.elezea.com/2012/06/user-centered-organizations/
Comment I can only assume gnome3 (Score 1) 157
That's still a no-go for me.
Nothing has hit me as better than Gnome2 with DivergenceIV Empire Strikes Back.
I'm real hopeful for Mate/Cinnamon again with DivergenceIV....
I'll probably install Mint on my next Laptop next year and just go through the grind of learning how to customize it.
Though, I may decide to become an adult and simply use Arch.
Comment SIMD for the Win! (Score 1) 408
SIMD chips will always show computational gains to any class of problem that makes significant use of matrix multiplication or linear algebra. So graphics, crypto, etc..
Submission + - Lost Hour Long Jobs Interview Found (cringely.com)
adharma writes: According to Robert Cringely, in 1995 he was granted an hour long interview with Steve Jobs at NeXT headquarters for Triumph of the Nerds and promptly lost. Two weeks ago, a 'PAL-VHS, dubbed on professional equipment from a D1 master' copy of the interview was found and is in the process of being restored.
Comment Kidsruby loves RaspberryPi !!! (Score 1) 144
We at http://kidsruby.com/ have gotten Ruby running on one of these. We showcased our work at this past http://gogaruco.com/
vid here:
http://confreaks.net/videos/637-gogaruco2011-kidsruby-think-of-the-children
These are extremely lightweight in terms of processing, but we got both debian and archlinux up and running after just a bit of work. We have further optimizations planned and are very excited to be working with the RaspberryPi team.
Comment Lee Circle in New Orleans (Score 1) 1173
Lee Circle in New Orleans has been around for a LONG time as far as things in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Circle
It was previously named Tivoli circle, which a quick bit of research says it was there at the very latest since the early 1850's.
Comment EyeDriver Lets Drivers Steer Car With Their Eyes (Score 1) 166
right into their cellphone...
Comment Numbers and Symmetry: An Introduction to Algebra (Score 1) 630
Numbers and Symmetry: An Introduction to Algebra
by Bernard L. Johnston, Fred Richman
http://www.amazon.com/Numbers-Symmetry-Introduction-Bernard-Johnston/dp/084930301X
Easy to read, very handy. I wish I had this book when I was a kid.
Internet Radio In Danger of Extinction in United States 229
An anonymous reader passed us a link to a Forbes article discussing dire news for fans of Internet radio. Yesterday afternoon saw online broadcasters, everyone from giants like Clear Channel and National Public Radio to small-fry internet concerns, arguing their case before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). The CRB's March 2nd decision to increase the fees associated with online music broadcasting will have harsh repercussions for those who engage in the activity, the panel was told. "Under a previous arrangement, which expired at the end of 2005, broadcasters and online companies such as Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit could pay royalties based on estimates of how many songs were played over a given period of time, or a 'tuning hour,' as opposed to counting every single song ... [They] also asked the judges to clarify a $500 annual fee per broadcasting channel, saying that with some online companies offering many thousands of listening options, counting each one as a separate channel could lead to huge fees for online broadcasters." There was also a previous provision for smaller companies that allowed them to pay less, something the March 2 decision did away with; in the view of the royalty holders, advertising more than pays for these fees, and they're ready for higher payments.
Submission + - GM Mosquito "Could Fight Malaria"
qw0ntum writes: The BBC is reporting that a genetically modified (GM) variety of mosquitoes could be effective in combating the spread of malaria to humans. These GM insects carry a gene that prevents them from being infected by the malaria parasite and that has the added benefit (?) of providing a "fitness advantage" to the mosquitoes. From the article:
"In the laboratory, equal numbers of genetically modified and ordinary "wild-type" mosquitoes were allowed to feed on malaria-infected mice. As they reproduced, more of the GM, or transgenic, mosquitoes survived. According to the researchers, whose results appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, after nine generations, 70% of the insects belonged to the malaria-resistant strain. [...] The modified mosquitoes had a higher survival rate and laid more eggs."
This has major implications for the billions of people living in areas with endemic malaria. The question in my mind, though, is what effects on the ecosystems of these areas will replacing an organism low on the food chain with a GM version? Between the news we saw last week and biomagnification, could this wind up substituting one problem for another?
"In the laboratory, equal numbers of genetically modified and ordinary "wild-type" mosquitoes were allowed to feed on malaria-infected mice. As they reproduced, more of the GM, or transgenic, mosquitoes survived. According to the researchers, whose results appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, after nine generations, 70% of the insects belonged to the malaria-resistant strain. [...] The modified mosquitoes had a higher survival rate and laid more eggs."
This has major implications for the billions of people living in areas with endemic malaria. The question in my mind, though, is what effects on the ecosystems of these areas will replacing an organism low on the food chain with a GM version? Between the news we saw last week and biomagnification, could this wind up substituting one problem for another?
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