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Comment Live by the sword, die by the sword (Score 2, Insightful) 88

by axiom02139 on Saturday August 22, 2009 @08:57AM (#29154911) Attached to: Federal Court Grants Microsoft Expedited Appeal

Live by the sword, die by the sword. M$ has been working towards world domination using patents and monopoly power. Google is usurping the monopoly position, and others are swarming like insects around a dying carcass with respect to software patents. What goes around, comes around.....

AOL Picking Up Journalists Shed By Conventional Media 94

Posted by timothy on Friday August 07, 2009 @08:09AM from the save-us-aol-kenobi-you're-our-only-hope dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "David Weir writes on Bnet that the thousands of journalists being let go from newspapers, magazines, and television networks have increasingly been showing up on AOL's payroll — over 1,500 in the last eighteen months — a number AOL expects to double or even triple over the coming year. 'Over time, talent is a fixed cost,' says Marty Moe, Senior Vice-President of AOL Media. 'You can syndicate it, distribute it as you scale. Furthermore, we are already the largest branded content company in the US, with an audience of 75 million domestic uniques. At our size, we can leverage the cost of our publishing and content management systems along with the talent and make the whole thing do-able on an advertising model.' Weir writes that AOL's turnaround started three years ago via the acquisition of Weblogs, Inc., and its set of branded verticals, including Engadget in technology, Autoblog covering the auto industry, and Joystiq covering gaming."

UK National ID Card Cloned In 12 Minutes 454

Posted by timothy on Friday August 07, 2009 @04:50AM from the but-it's-secure-says-so-right-on-the-label dept.

Death Metal writes with this excerpt from Computer Weekly, which casts some doubt on the security of the UK's proposed personal identification credential: "The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the information embedded in the chip on the card. Using a Nokia mobile phone and a laptop computer, Laurie was able to copy the data on a card that is being issued to foreign nationals in minutes."

Comment But if you have ADHD, like many geeks, then.... (Score 1) 1146

by axiom02139 on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @12:44PM (#28959449) Attached to: Navigating a Geek Marriage?

Having been a SlashDot addict for many years, I expect that many of us here have various forms of ADHD or ADD. You may find that ADHD has interesting impacts on the dynamics of a marriage, most of which are not good. One of the prime challenges arises when the ADHD partner "hyperfocuses" on the non-ADHD spouse during courtship. This is similar to the "hyperfocus" we all have for the "new" game we just bought. In ADHD relationships, that "hyperfocus" usually disappears, right at the start of the actual marriage. The non-ADHD spouse then feels abandoned and betrayed, while the ADHD spouse remains clueless to the challenges faced by his/her partner, and the communications breakdown is exacerbated by some of the other ADHD symptoms. If you want examples of some of the horror stories (and the surprising similarities in many of these challenging relationships), and some great tips for avoiding or recovering from a disastrous relationship, go see the forum section of the adhdmarriage.com http://www.adhdmarriage.com/ website. This affect is so significant and real, that it made it to the Dr. Phil show not too long ago http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1292/?preview=&versionID=).

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