Comment It's Called . . . (Score 5, Funny) 219
Make up !
Comment Re:Dear Bruce... (Score 1) 607
And the 1918 pandemic flu was called the Spanish Flu, so I think it's fair to call this one the Mexican Flu.
Just for the record, I'm Mexican.
Comment Re:Yes. (Score 1) 287
Yea, it might be illegal, but after that RAID arrangements, who is going to prosecute you !?
Comment Re:Does it matter??? (Score 2, Insightful) 243
In fact I don't care if the game has been played before IF they tell me that. Otherwise if they say that the game is brand new, then it should be Brand New !
Comment Re:Slashdot achievements (Score 1) 1582
Evidently !!
Comment R U Sure ? (Score 5, Funny) 211
And are they going to post the news in the Lolcat language ??
Comment Green Plastic (Score 1) 133
The body of the phone is made out of recycled water bottles and has no brominated flame retardants, beryllium and phthalates - all incredibly toxic substances.
This could be a real improvement, at the rate that people change cellphones now, the amount of the old tech trash is outrageous, so this could help to minimize the impact if it become a standard
Comment Re:Cube World Anyone? (Score 1) 109
Cube World can't Add !!
Comment Re:no good (Score 1) 182
You can repeat the same joke every 3 posts . . .
Comment Re:Death march (Score 1) 580
Ooohh Come On !!!
Microsoft Research: Songsmith is gem !!
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/index.html
Comment Great for earth exploration or rescue missions (Score 1) 65
That should be great for the explorations of earth volcanoes, and imagine for rescue missions in the most popular climbing locations.
How To Verify CD-R Data Retention Over Time? 303
Peter (Professor) Fo writes "I've recently had two CD-Rs reported to me as faulty which are just 3 years old. This is worrying — I suspect the failure rate for this batch could be 10%. When researching CD longevity there is old and unreliable information; pious 'how to cosset your discs so they last 100 years' blurb; and endless discussions of what sort of dye to use, don't use cheap media, burn slower (or don't), but not much by way of hard facts besides there's a lot of data loss going on.
Does anyone know of a generic utility (win or *nix would suit me) that can map sector readability/error rates of CDs? I'd like to measure decay over time in my environment with my media and my other variables; and I expect others would too."
Games To Outsell Music, Video In UK 47
The BBC reports that for the first time, spending on games and game hardware will outstrip sales in the music and video industries. Quoting:
"In the last five years the video games market has more than doubled in value, while music sales have stagnated. The good news for game makers in the report was balanced by grim tidings for high street retailers. 'The music and video market is not just suffering from a slowing of growth but a massive transfer of spend to online,' says Malcolm Pinkerton of Verdict Research. It is online sales of CDs and DVDs that have grown rapidly, rather than digital downloads, which still only account for around 4% of music and video sales."
BBC Brings DRM-Free Content To Linux Users 131
eldavojohn writes "The BBC is planning to release some of its programmes to users of GNU & Linux. You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabora on getting this out there for Totem users. The developer blog mentions that the sheer number of options in the open source world actually makes this difficult to accomplish."
Comment Re:Ok (Score 1) 419
But come on !! Google is doing the same for years and nobody scream that loud !!
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