Comment Clairification- VirtualBox is being continued (Score 5, Informative) 145
As I had to RTFA to figure this out, thought I'd pass on that VirtualBox is still going to be actively developed.
Comment More likely to influence companies outside of US (Score 3, Interesting) 393
I think the whole fiasco is going to convince a lot more companies located outside of the U.S. to stay away from U.S. based cloud-providers and SaS. As a Canadian, I'm looking for a Canadian cloud provider that guarantees data is located in Canadian data centres, is Canadian-owned (U.S. law treats subsidiaries of U.S. companies as U.S. companies), and is only subject to Canadian laws.
I suspect many non-U.S. companies are going to do the same- I'd rather be subject to laws I have some influence over.
Comment My workflow (Score 1) 187
I've been doing this for a while now. Like others here, I have a Fujitsu Scansnap 1500- it's one of the best investments I've made for cleaning up my office/workflow.
When something comes in, I immediately scan it to the filesystem. My structure is:
2013/Banking/BankName/2013-01-31-14h32.pdf (or something like that- it's the default Scansnap filename.)
I then place the original in a filebox- keeping one filebox for each year. No sorting, organizing, just keeping originals.
At the end of each year, the filebox goes to the crawlspace, and I start a new one. After 7 years, intention is get the box securely shredded (costs about $10/box around here.)
I back the filesystem up nightly to two separate local NASs, and upload the whole filesystem (as a series of encrypted files) to Amazon Glacier (this is a recent addition to my workflow- has stopped me worrying about a fire etc. wiping out both NASs).
All of my documents go in there- it's really easy to find stuff (depending on how good your folder organization is- you can add depth for those kinds of documents that need it, while other ones that aren't likely to be needed can be put in a less descriptive folder hierarchy.)
Whatever Happened To Second Life? 209
Barence writes "It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. In this article, PC Pro's Barry Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it's raking in more cash than ever before. It's a follow-up to a feature written three years ago, in which Collins spent a week living inside Second Life to see what the huge fuss at the time was all about. The difference three years can make is eye-opening."
Doctor Performs Amputation By Text Message 242
Peace Corps Online writes "Vascular surgeon David Nott performed a life-saving amputation on a boy in DR Congo following instructions sent by text message from a colleague in London. The boy's left arm had been ripped off and was badly infected and gangrenous; there were just 6in (15cm) of the boy's arm remaining, much of the surrounding muscle had died and there was little skin to fold over the wound. 'He had about two or three days to live when I saw him,' Nott said. Nott, volunteering with the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, knew he needed to perform a forequarter amputation requiring removal of the collar bone and shoulder blade and contacted Professor Meirion Thomas at London's Royal Marsden Hospital, who had performed the operation before. 'I texted him and he texted back step by step instructions on how to do it,' Nott said."
Comment Re:Benefits to a cheaper dollar (Score 2, Informative) 702
Someday, countries like Canada with lots of wheat will want something besides debt instruments in exchange for their goods. So too will countries like Saudi Arabia want something of tangible value in exchange for their oil.
Actually, Canada exports more oil and gas products to the U.S. than Saudi Arabia. We're your number one source for oil imports, which is one reason our dollar is so strong.
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