Comment Re:Handwriting (Score 1) 154
Gestures are a form of hand-writing too.
Comment Downloading = reviewing book in book store (Score 2) 156
I have downloaded a lot of pdf and other files, only to delete them after 5 minutes because it was not what I was looking for or I did not like the style. Think of a download like someone picking up a book in a book store and looking through it. Sometimes it results in a sale, but usually not (at least in my case).
One thing missing from comments is how good is the book that the author gave away for free. Can someone who has read it comment on this ? Just because a book has been written does not mean it automatically has to make money.
Comment Re:Cry me a river.. (Score 1) 165
He lives in the city that RIM is based in. The economy of this entire city is very closed tied to RIM at this point.
Comment Title is confusing or incorrect (Score 0, Redundant) 111
If the planet is extragalactic, how was it discovered in the Milky Way galaxy ?
Comment Re:Zapp Brannigan's Reporting Strategy (Score 1) 588
If I invite people to write on my car freely, and then selectively erase some of the stuff written to leave only the stuff I agree with, that's censorship.
It should be pointed out that according to that definition, deleting spam and obscene posts would also be considered censorship.
Comment Re:Windows only (Score 1) 160
mod_isapi is a core
module of the Apache package that implements the Internet Server
extension API. The extension allows Apache to serve Internet
Server extensions (ISAPI
So are you only vulnerable if you use ISAPI ? It does look like that module is enabled by default though. I wonder why ?
Submission + - Help requested:finding a sunlight-readable display
max3000 writes: "I'm currently building an embedded device that will be used outdoors. The technology is pretty much nailed down at this point, except the display. Quite honestly, I'm confused and lost in all the display technologies out there: LCD (TFT, passive/active, etc.), ChLCD, OLED, FED, AMLCD, EL, electrophoretic, ePaper like eInk, etc. (some of these may overlap.) Can you help a fellow (and confused) slashdotter?
What I need is (apparently) fairly complicated:
. outdoor-, sunlight-readable (i.e. "at-a-glance readable", not "squint-your-eyes readable)
. diagonal size: 4"-6"
. vga/svga (or a fraction, e.g. 1/8 vga or 1/4 vga)
. at least 16-levels of grayscale (4-bit). More grayscale or color is even better. However, it should be a technology with a roadmap to color in 2-3 years time.
. If not driveable directly from a PC, the display should come with a development kit that is.
I thought it would be a joke finding a display with these characteristics but it's turning in a very long process...
Thanks!"
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