Comment Re:Missing option: (Score 1) 913
I think as long as it was everyone, rich and poor alike Americans wouldn't care.
Comment Re:only works with (Score 2, Informative) 240
i use torrent flux, and it destroys everything else. LAMP based, so I can access it from any computer in my house. I strongly recommend it. http://www.torrentflux.com/
Programming .NET 3.5 224
lamaditx writes "The world of the .NET framework is taken to the next level by the release of .NET 3.5. The intended audience of this book are experienced .NET programmers. There are no sections that tell you details about C#, SQL servers or anything like that. I don't recommend this book if you never worked on a .NET project and don't know how to set up a SQL database. You should be aware that the code is written in C#. You might use one of the software code converters if you prefer Visual Basic instead. I think the code is still readable even if you do not know C#. I appreciate the fact that the authors decided to use one language only because it keeps the book smaller. The authors assume you are using Visual Studio 2008. You don't necessarily need to update to 2008 if you are working with an older edition because you can use the free Express Edition to get started." Keep reading for the rest of Adrian's review.
Comment i had no idea (Score 0, Troll) 131
I didnt realize there was people who didnt use vlc
Halloween Pumpkin Carving With CNC Robotics 73
An anonymous reader writes "A guy at Lumenlab has created a way to carve his face on a pumpkin using his DIY CNC gantry robot. I think this demonstration says a lot about the future ubiquity of the technology. I'm really looking forward to the day that I have one of these machines in my garage."
Storing Qubits In Nuclei 90
bednarz writes "Scientists have demonstrated what is being called the 'ultimate miniaturization of computer memory,' storing data for nearly two seconds in the nucleus of an atom of phosphorus. The hybrid quantum memory technique is a key step in the development of quantum computers, according to the National Science Foundation. An international team of scientists demonstrated that quantum information stored in a nucleus has a lifetime of about 1¾ seconds. 'This is significant because before this technique was developed, the longest researchers could preserve quantum information in silicon was a few tens of milliseconds. Other researchers studying quantum computing recently calculated that if a quantum system could store information for at least one second, error correction techniques could then protect that data for an indefinite period of time.'" Here's the NSF press release with pictures of the apparatus. They claim that this technique is promising because it "uses silicon technology" seems a bit of a stretch — the silicon the researchers employed was a painstakingly grown crystal of extremely high purity.
Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch For File-Sharing Hole 348
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft said late Wednesday that it plans to release a critical security update today to plug a security hole present in all supported versions of Windows. The company hasn't released any details about the patch yet, which is expected to be pushed out at 1 p.m. PT. Normally, Redmond issues security updates on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of each month. The Washington Post's Security Fix blog notes that each of the three times in the past that Microsoft has departed from its patch cycle, it was to fix some really nasty vulnerability that criminals already were exploiting to break into Windows PCs."
Reader filenavigator points out an article which describes the hole as an SMB vulnerability, and says it "allows anyone to access a Windows machine remotely without any user name or password. Any machine that exposes Windows file sharing is vulnerable." Update: 10/23 17:42 GMT by T : Reader AngryDad adds a link to Microsoft's more detailed memo.
LucasArts, Bioware Announce Star Wars MMO 346
LucasArts and Bioware held a press conference today to confirm what has been suspected for a long time: they're working on a Star Wars MMO. It will be called Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it will be a continuation of the Knights of the Old Republic franchise. Further coverage is available at Gamespot, and IGN has some of the concept art. An official website for the game was launched as well.
"According to the game's official announcement, Star Wars: The Old Republic is set thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader, with the galaxy divided by war between the Empire and the Sith. That's about 300 years after the events of KotOR, a time frame that, according to Zeschuk, 'is completely unexplored in the lore.' Players can take the role of either a Jedi, a Sith or other classic Star Wars characters -- and, as perhaps can be expected from BioWare, Muzyka says story will be a major component, underlying and driving all of the player's actions."
Microsoft COO Warns Google Away From Corp Search 315
Forbes is reporting on comments made by Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, concerning the corporate search business. At a company conference in Boston, Turner referred to the enterprise search business as 'our house', and warned Google to stay out. From the article: "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate, because that is what they are intending to do ... Enterprise search is our business, it's our house and Google is not going to take that business"
Tom's Hardware Reviews ATI and Nvidia on Linux 201
Beuno writes "I stumbled upon a GeForce vs Radeon review on Tom's Hardware, which seems normal enough. The big surprise is that it was actually a comparison of those two video cards on Linux (Fedora Core 5).
The review isn't as thorough as I would like, but it does review all aspects ranging from tools available, complexity of getting them to work and benchmarks on performance.
To me, this is a clear signs of Linux finally making a long expected breakthrough into common desktops."
Fully Open Source NTFS Support Under Linux 310
lord_rob the only on writes "The Linux NTFS project has released a beta version of its fully open source userspace (using FUSE) 3G-Linux NTFS support driver. According to the developer, this driver beats hands down other NTFS support solutions performance-wise (including commercial Paragon NTFS driver and also Captive NTFS, which is using windows ntfs.sys driver under WINE)." That's right, writing to NTFS even works. Soon it'll mean one less recovery disk to keep around, I hope.
New Patent on TV Forces You to Watch Ads 470
WebHostingGuy writes "A patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn't be able to avoid it. Philips acknowledged that this technology might not sit well with consumers and suggested in its patent filing that consumers be allowed to avoid the feature if they paid broadcasters a fee."
Comment Profit - Asset vs Burden (Score 1) 1525
It all comes down to economics. When you first graduate and get a job, you are a burden on your employer. Your exeperience will mean that development time will likely be longer, and the likelyhood of errors and bugs will be much higher. Therefore, you will actually cost the company money.
As a software engineer, we develope a product which is in many cases, the only sourece of income. Executives, accountants, secretaries and all the other support staff still need to get paid, and the longer we take to make a product that can start getting money coming in, more money that will need to be spent to maintain all this support staff.
When I went out on site for support, I discovered that the company was chargine over $500/h for my time. I was seeing less than $25/h of that. But this can give you an indication of the overhead a company has.
But rest assured, as your experience grows, so will your salary. Mine doubled in the first 2 years and has continued to rise since. Your first few years, you are working for experience, not pay. In my first year as a software engineer, I learn't way more than I ever did at uni, so just because you work hard at uni and good marks, it means relatively little in the scheme of things.
I hope I've made it clear that the reason you you're paid little is because you make relatively little, but this should motivate you to work hard and refine your skills so you can start being an asset instead of a burden.
As a software engineer, we develope a product which is in many cases, the only sourece of income. Executives, accountants, secretaries and all the other support staff still need to get paid, and the longer we take to make a product that can start getting money coming in, more money that will need to be spent to maintain all this support staff.
When I went out on site for support, I discovered that the company was chargine over $500/h for my time. I was seeing less than $25/h of that. But this can give you an indication of the overhead a company has.
But rest assured, as your experience grows, so will your salary. Mine doubled in the first 2 years and has continued to rise since. Your first few years, you are working for experience, not pay. In my first year as a software engineer, I learn't way more than I ever did at uni, so just because you work hard at uni and good marks, it means relatively little in the scheme of things.
I hope I've made it clear that the reason you you're paid little is because you make relatively little, but this should motivate you to work hard and refine your skills so you can start being an asset instead of a burden.
Journal Journal: Today I am a Geek
well this is my first time posting in here, but I just wanted to remember the day I GOT MOD POINTS!!
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