Comment Called in the calvary? (Score 3, Funny) 404
Alright, who is getting crucified over this one?
Comment Re:2009? (Score 0) 318
Yeah, I'm thinking it is quite a bit higher than that. I rarely encounter free wifi in my room when I travel, although most hotels still have it for free in the lobby, so if you're lucky you can connect to the lobby wifi. I need to get around to configuring my phone to work as a hotspot, which brings me to another ridiculous fee, the fee to use my phone as a hotspot. If you're charging me for data accessed through my phone, I shouldn't have to pay extra because the data ends up being passed along by my phone.
Comment Re:Well, hm... (Score 1) 383
..., and if you have enough minorities they start to outnumber the "majority".
By "majority" in that last sense, you mean plurality. Either way, though, I'm much more a fan of that system.
Comment Re:Open for WHO? (Score 1) 413
"It will be SIM locked."
The T-Mobile CEO has said that you can buy an unlocked device, though it's more expensive ($400, IIRC).
The T-Mobile CEO has said that you can buy an unlocked device, though it's more expensive ($400, IIRC).
MySQL Quietly Drops Support For Debian Linux [UPDATED] 339
volts writes "MySQL quietly deprecated support for most Linux distributions on October 16, when its 'MySQL Network' support plan was replaced by 'MySQL Enterprise.' MySQL now supports only two Linux distributions — Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. We learned of this when MySQL declined to sell us support for some new Debian-based servers. Our sales rep 'found out from engineering that the current Enterprise offering is no longer supported on Debian OS.' We were told that 'Generic Linux' in MySQL's list of supported platforms means 'generic versions of the implementations listed above'; not support for Linux in general." Update: 12/13 20:52 GMT by J : MySQL AB's Director of Architecture (and former Slash programmer) Brian Aker corrects an apparent miscommunication in a blog post: "we are just starting to roll out [Enterprise] binaries... We don't build binaries for Debian in part because the Debian community does a good job themselves... If you call MySQL and you have support we support you if you are running Debian (the same with Suse, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu and others)... someone in Sales was left with the wrong information"
How to Hack the Vote and Steal the Election 587
divisionbyzero writes "Many people have asked for it so that the government will have to deal with it. So here it is: a guide to stealing an election that uses electronic voting machines written by Jon Stokes over at Arstechnica.
From the article:
"In all this time, I've yet to find a good way to convey to the non-technical public how well and truly screwed up we presently are, six years after the Florida recount. So now it's time to hit the panic button: In this article, I'm going to show you how to steal an election.""
IBM to Oracle - You Can't Buy Open Source 102
mrops writes "CNET has up a short article about IBM's reaction to Oracle's recent acquisitions. From the article: 'Handy was responding to comments made by Oracle CEO Ellison to the Financial Times, where he said that he wanted Oracle to control a 'full stack' of software, including the Linux operating system. If Oracle did try to buy a Linux distributor, such as Red Hat or Novell, Handy said 'we'd stick to our strategy of having two or more independent distributors and have to wait and see what happens.'" It should be pointed out, as noted in yesterday's Slashback, that Ellison has no intentions of purchasing Red Hat.
GDC - The Importance of Self-Publishing 34
Eric Zimmerman, head of the Gamelab development project, has announced on the eve of the Game Developer's Conference that they're moving to a self-published format. From the article: "I think we have something else to offer ... and we've decided that it's hard finding partners that share this kind of vision and that want to take the risks that we're talking about to really create new sorts of games. And additionally we're working in a field right now of online games with a downloadable distribution model, which means that we can self-publish. It's relatively straightforward for a small company to publish."
Journal Journal: Al Gore, 2006 MLK Jr. Day Address, Full Text
Congressman Barr and I have disagreed many times over the years, but we have joined together today with thousands of our fellow citizens-Democrats and Republicans alike-to express our shared concern that America's Constitution is in grave danger.
Comment voice operated? (Score 2, Insightful) 352
I have tried a lot of voice operated software, but have never had any luck getting it to work. Has anybody else had better luck with voice activated software? What do you think the chances of this actually working for most people are? Until Ive seen a product that works well I unfortunately have to remain skeptical.
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