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Comment Am I the only one sick of videos? (Score 1) 203

by cixelsyd (#39498359) Attached to: Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to SlashdotTV! (Video)
Seriously, I go to news sites to READ news. I understand some things are best presented as video, but it seems like a lot of news sites are moving to lots of video, which makes it difficult to catch up in quiet environments, plus it forces me to get through a story at the pacing of the presentation, as opposed to an article where I can read at my own pace (be that faster or slower than the video would be).

Enough with the videos!

Comment Re:It's all the customers' fault... (Score 5, Interesting) 406

by cixelsyd (#39048283) Attached to: AT&T On Data Throttling: Blame Yourselves
What I want to know is, why do they throttle down to ridiculously low throughput?

Is there no way to traffic shape over wireless? Why can't I choose between several "unlimited" packages with varying speeds, like I can with a regular wired ISP?

Wouldn't this solve their "problem" users issues? Or is there something about wireless networking that I'm not aware of making this difficult/impossible?
Firefox

Official "Firefox With Bing" Released 274

Posted by samzenpus from the looking-with-new-eyes dept.
MrSeb writes "Mozilla is now distributing a version of Firefox that uses Bing as the default search provider instead of Google. Rest assured that this is a joint project, though: the creatively-named Firefox with Bing website is run by Microsoft, and both Mozilla and MS are clear that this is a joint venture. Now, don't get too excited — the default version of Firefox available from Mozilla.com is still backed by Google, and there's no mention of an alternative, Bingy download anywhere on the site — but it's worth noting that Mozilla has been testing Bing's capabilities using Test Pilot over the last couple of months, and the release of Firefox with Bing indicates that Mozilla is now confident in Bing's ability to provide a top-notch service to Firefox users. Mozilla might be readying a large-scale switch to Bing when its current contract with Google expires in November."

Comment Re:facebookg+ (Score 1) 408

by cixelsyd (#36732176) Attached to: Google+?
I'm not sure about the formatting (it says a "browseable" format), but you CAN download all your user data (posts, photos, etc) from Facebook. There is a link right from your Account Settings page.
NASA

Obama Outlines Bold Space Policy ... But No Moon 455

Posted by timothy from the all-things-to-all-people dept.
The Bad Astronomer writes "In front of a mostly enthusiastic audience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center today, President Obama outlined a bold, new space policy. It's a change from his previous policy; the Constellation rockets are still dead, but a new heavy-lift rocket system is funded. He specifically talked of manned asteroid and Mars missions, but also stated there would be no return to the Moon. This is a major step in the right direction, but still needs some tweaking."
Earth

Breaking the Squid Barrier 126

Posted by timothy from the calimari-for-the-5000 dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Steve O'Shea of Auckland, New Zealand is attempting to break the record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, with the goal of being able to raise a giant squid one day. Right now, he's raising the broad squid, sepioteuthis australis, from egg masses found in seaweed. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the squid he's studying grow rapidly and eat only live prey, making it hard for them to keep the squid from becoming prey themselves. If his research works out, you might one day be able to visit an aquarium and see giant squid."

Comment Re:Dear Nintendo (Score 1) 189

by cixelsyd (#30284626) Attached to: Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video
If you read the info page, it's because the emulator is designed to focus on accuracy, and any optimization techniques that compromise that functionality are not used. They also define accuracy versus compatibility in the FAQ:

Compatibility is the percentage of software output perceptibly reproduced by emulation. Accuracy is the percentage of hardware processes faithfully reproduced by emulation.

I personally had never heard of this emulator before, but I am going to try it now. They recommend a Phenom II or Core 2 Duo as minimum to get acceptable performance, which is reasonable for near-full compatibility with games, IMO.

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