Comment Re:Too Bad (Score 1) 337
Perhaps he should try reading this book... http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2GHTSB9P55XPQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
Comment Re:Amazing (Score 1) 794
Yeah, we had a big problem when we went over to the states and started getting crap service in a bar as we weren't tipping. It took a kind waitress' to explain that tips aren't optional as the waitress wouldn't get paid properly otherwise. What a crock of shit, if your working you get paid. We all felt that the bar owners are shafting both the customer AND the employee! If the price of the drink is $2 it should be $2, not $2.20 because the owner can't be assed to pay their staff properly.
Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware 441
unassimilatible writes "As new features of Windows 7 continue to trickle out, ZDNet is now reporting that it will scale to 256 processors. While one has to wonder, like with Vista, how many of the teased features will actually make it into the final OS, I think we can all agree, 256 cores is enough for anybody." This Mark Russinovich interview has some technical details (Silverlight required).
Feed New York Times: Physics of Hard Drives Wins Nobel (nytimes.com)
Two physicists who discovered how to manipulate the magnetic and electrical properties of thin layers of atoms to store vast amounts of data on tiny disks were named winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
