Comment 1st post (Score -1, Redundant) 132
1st post
IBM Hides the Bodies, Eyes US Government Billions 410
theodp writes "As his company was striving to hide the bodies of its laid-off North American workers, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano stood beside President Barack Obama and waxed patriotic: 'We need to reignite growth in our country,' Palmisano said. 'We need to undertake projects that actually will create jobs.' While Sam positions IBM to get a slice of the $825 billion stimulus pie, Big Blue is quietly cutting thousands of jobs and refusing to release the numbers or locations, arguing that SEC disclosure rules don't apply since the US job cuts are immaterial in its big global picture. The layoffs included hundreds in East Fishkill, coming early in the year after NY taxpayers paid IBM $45 million not to cut additional jobs in East Fishkill in 2008. Some are questioning whether IBM incentives are worth the cost."
Comment That will be solved once peer-matching improves (Score 4, Insightful) 267
BitTorrent and eMule could prioritize downloading from people on their ISP's subnet or from people with a low ping/traceroute or the same city.
Live TV could solve its problem with multicasting.
Google/YouTube, I don't know how they can solve problems their model creates.
Live TV could solve its problem with multicasting.
Google/YouTube, I don't know how they can solve problems their model creates.
Comment Wouldn't want to risk it (Score 2, Informative) 199
Every product that I've ever bought from SonicBlue has been malformed and returned to sender.
The technology sounds cool, but I'll probably wait until it's available from another vendor.
The technology sounds cool, but I'll probably wait until it's available from another vendor.
Journal Journal: The Most Beloved Slashdot Members 22
Rank | Real name | Occupation |
1) Rob Malda - Slashdot founder - "CmdrTaco" - 975
2) Wil Wheaton - Actor/Activist - "CleverNickName" - 784
3) John Carmack - Programmer, id
