deadlock911 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:not much better (Score 1) 394

by deadlock911 on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @09:51AM (#43460967) Attached to: Netflix Wants To Go HTML5, But Not Without DRM

When I first heard about DRM music, way back in the 90's, I just looked at my male to male audio cable and thought "Press play on one end and record on the other. If you can view it, you can capture it" Still true today. The whole idea is an exercise in futility.

Are Commercial Games Finally Going To Make It To Linux? 242

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 15, 2012 @06:58PM from the yes-no-maybe dept.

colinneagle writes "Those of us who actively promote Linux as a viable desktop alternative to Windows are often greeted with the following refrain: 'Nobody will use Linux because there are no good games.' The prevailing wisdom is that the abundance of high-quality, commercial video gaming is a key factor in the market-share dominance that Microsoft Windows enjoys. And, in all reality, this is somewhat true. So, then, the obvious course of action is to convince the video game publishers and developers of the world that Linux is a viable (if, perhaps, a bit niche) market. And by 'viable' I mean one thing and one thing only – 'profitable.'Luckily, there have been three high-profile recent examples of Linux users going absolutely nuts over video games, forking over their hard-earned cash in the process: the Humble Indie Bundle (drawing in huge numbers of sales — for a DRM-free product, no less — with sales numbers by Linux users consistently beating out sales to MacOS X users); Canonical's Ubuntu Software Center (where video games make up the top 10 paid software packages); Valve's announcement that it is bringing the Steam store, and community portal, to Linux desktop (specifically Ubuntu). Will the indie game developers (along with Valve) reap the bulk of the rewards that releasing games on Linux is offering...or will some of the big publishers realize what they're missing out on and join in the fun?"

IBM Wins Most Patents In a Single Year For 2008 99

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 15, 2009 @06:44PM from the that's-a-lot-of-paperwork- dept.

eldavojohn writes "You might have heard or felt that there is little left to patent these days but IBM begs to differ. They came in at over four thousand for the year of 2008. Now, this isn't a good metric to measure success or progress but for those of you who like to keep track: 'IBM said it earned 4,186 U.S. patents in 2008, more than triple the number of patents earned by rival Hewlett-Packard. Microsoft Corp earned 2,030 patents, while Intel Corp had 1,776 and Hewlett-Packard 1,424, according to the report, which compiled data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics had the second-highest number of patents at 3,515.' You can find the original source of this study here as well as 2007's data and even 2006's data."

Comment Re:Oh the irony (Score 2, Funny) 15

by deadlock911 on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @10:14PM (#26460023) Attached to: Obese Woman Told To Get MRI At the Zoo

I'd take it as a sign i should loose some weight...or shave more....depending on the context

DC Power Poised To Bring Savings To Datacenters 287

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:41PM from the anthropomorphism-loves-you dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Logan Harbaugh follows up his '10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked' to argue in favor of using DC power in the datacenter. The practice — viewed as a somewhat crackpot means for reducing wasteful conversions in the datacenter just a few short years ago — has gained traction to the point where server vendors such as HP, IBM, and Sun are making DC power supplies available in their server wares. Meanwhile, Panduit and other companies are working to bring down another barrier for DC to the datacenter: a standardized 400-VDC connector and cabling solution. And with GE working to list 600-VDC circuit breakers with the Underwriters Labs, DC's promise of reduced conversion waste could soon be commonly realized."

Comment Re:Yes the Vatican Is So Pure & Holy (Score 1) 675

by deadlock911 on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @08:22PM (#24489399) Attached to: Knights Templar Sue the Pope

I believe the stone was referring to the line in the gospel of Thomas "Split a log and i am there, lift a stone and you shall find me."
Jesus was AGAINST hierarchal leadership in religion. In the modern bible he is called "Jesus of Nazareth" but it says he is from Jerusalem and/or Bethlehem. Why? Because Nazareth didn't even EXIST till 400-500 AD. Nazareth is a bad translation. He was "Jesus the Nazarete". The Nazaretes being a religious/political movement against the power structure of the Jewish church at the time.

Comment not a new idea (Score 1) 276

by invariant on Sunday February 04, 2007 @11:44PM (#17885748) Attached to: Want to Take On An Open/Unsolved Problem?

The Internet is already used by scientists and others to post ideas about how to solve important problems. Just look at slashdot.

Seriously, there is a lot of interesting stuff out there if you are willing to sift through the trash.

The arxiv.org site is another example of a non-institutional forum in which people (scientists, mostly) post their ideas without the constraints of peer review. It actually works pretty well.

Last but not least, yes, I have almost finished solving an important problem, but I am not planning to publish the solution. Maybe give a hint or two. See if anybody gives a damn.

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