daradib - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Router level solution (Score 1) 228

by daradib on Friday May 15, 2009 @06:48PM (#27973683) Attached to: US Military Looks For Massive Spam Solution

Spammers could relatively easily make each spam email unique by changing small bits (like characters or words) of the message. Accounting for these would probably generate a lot of false positives.

Comment Re:Layoffs (Score 1) 640

by daradib on Friday January 02, 2009 @02:24PM (#26302249) Attached to: IE Market Share Drops Below 70%

I had a Microsoft keyboard. Trust me, I will not be getting another one.

But I'm sure the next keyboard you get will have a Windows key as proof of Microsoft's lasting legacy.

Comment Re:Layoffs (Score 1) 640

by daradib on Thursday January 01, 2009 @09:47PM (#26295627) Attached to: IE Market Share Drops Below 70%

You also forgot to mention Microsoft mice and keyboards.

Surgeons Weld Wounds Shut With Surgical Laser 151

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 27, 2008 @04:36AM from the amazing-laser dept.

Ruach writes "The promise of medical lasers goes beyond clean incisions and eye surgery: Many believe that lasers should be used not just to create wounds but to mend them too. Abraham Katzir, a physicist at Tel Aviv University, has a system that may just do the trick and is proving successful in its first human trials."

Comment Re:Listen instead (Score 1) 396

by daradib on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @05:13PM (#25561183) Attached to: Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV?

WBUR (Boston's NPR station) streams Ogg Vorbis. NPR's coverage is good as the parent commenter said; now you can get it with freedom.

Quebec Govt Sued For Ignoring Free Software 388

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 28, 2008 @02:58AM from the what-about-the-cheap-stuff dept.

Mathieu Lutfy writes "The CBC is reporting that 'Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives. ... Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused and goes against other legal requirements to buy locally.' The group also has a press release in English."

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