Comment Re:Go to your room and no video games! (Score 1) 341
I wish I could mod you insightful.
Comment Re:Well, (Score 1) 340
Or you're running Windows. I've set up an internet connection for a family friend where only one computer was connected to the DSL modem but I configured it to use NAT anyway. This wasn't something I particularly liked, but I'm sure he's never experienced any drawbacks from it and no matter what he does with Windows, there's always going to be a little extra layer of protection.
Submission + - AOL, Netflix and the end of open research (cnet.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: In 2006, heads rolled at AOL after the company released anonymized logs of user searches. With last week's announcement that researchers had been able to learn the identities of users in the scrubbed Netflix dataset, could the days of companies sharing data with academic researchers be numbered? Shortly after the AOL incident, Google's Eric Schmidt called the data release "a terrible thing," and assured the public that "this kind of thing could not happen at Google." Will any high tech company ever take this kind of chance again? If not, how will this impact research and and the development of future technologies that could have come from the study of real data.
Computer Network Time Synchronization 240
Ben Rothke writes "For most people, having their clocks accurate to within a few millionths of a second is excessive. Yet there are plenty of reasons to ensure that clocks on networks and production systems are that accurate. In fact, the need for synchronized time is a practical business and technology decision that is an integral part of an effective network and security architecture. The reality is that an organizations network and security infrastructure is highly dependent on accurate, synchronized time." Read the rest of Ben's review.
Motorola Seeks Mobile Unity at JavaOne 87
Mike Barton writes "InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports that Motorola and Eclipse will unveil open source mobile initiatives at the JavaOne conference this week to broaden Java's mobile and software ecosystem. From the article: 'Motorola also will develop under an open process a references implementation and compliance test for Motorola-driven Java Specification Requests, such as the Mobile Information Device Profiles (MIDP) 3.0 specification.' Motorola's goal is "write-once, run everywhere" implementation capabilities."
Comment Re:Topped out a 30GB harddisk? (Score 1) 266
To take this one step further, it would be extremely nice to have the OS and some commonly used files available on the NAND drive and another hard drive available inside the notebook. Most of the time I would be able to run with the hard drive unmounted and powered off, saving a nice amount of power, and when I needed access to those files OS X could spin up the hard drive and mount it with no problem.
