Comment Suicide or Accident? (Score 1) 220
TFS called the death a suicide and, in the next sentence, an accident. If it was a suicide then it was deliberate, intentional, and not an accident.
Comment Gives Microsoft Access to All Your Mail (Score 3, Informative) 47
I've never used the Mac version but I know that the iOS version doesn't read mail directly. It passes your login credentials to Microsoft and they read the mail on your behalf and supply it to the Outlook client.
In other words, if you use Outlook then Microsoft has all your email.
Comment Model M (Score 1) 363
IBM Model M; The One True keyboard. Though I don't know why you don't already know this.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/...
If you prefer USB, the design was bought by Unicomp and they make new USB keyboards based on the same design: https://www.pckeyboard.com/
Comment Slashdot? (Score 0) 39
Hm. Your
Submission + - Prenda Allums are Suing People Again (startribune.com)
Hokan writes: Paul Hansmeier and John Steele, formerly of Prenda, are suing again. Each have started nonprofits, in Minnesota and Illinois, claiming to defend disabled people and are suing small businesses for ADA violations.
Comment U of MN did this in the '70s (Score 1) 259
When I started at the University of Minnesota in the late '70s I was permitted to choose between a "natural language" or an "artificial language", that is, a programming language. That's not currently an option at the University and I don't know when it changed.
Comment Re:Call me crazy (Score 1) 874
> Cats are property. Property cannot be "authorized", cannot "act", and cannot make decisions. The cat is merely a tool she uses to push the button.
Here, let me fix that sentence for you:
HUMANS are property. Property cannot be "authorized", cannot "act", and cannot make decisions. The HUMAN is merely a tool A CAT uses to GET CANS OF FOOD OPENED.
You've never "owned" a cat, have you?
Comment Re:Obviously Wrong (Score 1) 386
I think you didn't check the username...
There can be no question but that this site is mine!
There can be no question but that this site is mine!
Building an Energy Efficient, Always-On PC? 155
An anonymous reader asks: "Like many readers, I find it necessary to leave my home PC running 24/7, for things like web or FTP servers, BitTorrent, or simply to make sure I don't miss any messages on IRC or my instant messaging client. It has been about 3 years since I built my current PC, and keeping it running all the time uses a lot of juice. With my next PC, I would like to do what I can to keep the power-consumption to a minimum, without sacrificing processing power or other features. What should I look for when choosing components for my PC, and what other ways are there to keep the power consumption down?"
Journal Journal: Mozilla Foundation sues Microsoft over tabbed browsing 149
According to the german tech-site heise.de, the Mozilla Foundation is suing Microsoft over the use of tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer 7.
The Mozilla Foundation owns the patent 5,160,296 through one of their developers (Solomon Katz, a former Opera dev) and has begun suing Microsoft in Mountainview, California.
The Foundation wants that MS imediately
The Mozilla Foundation owns the patent 5,160,296 through one of their developers (Solomon Katz, a former Opera dev) and has begun suing Microsoft in Mountainview, California.
The Foundation wants that MS imediately
FreeBSD 6.2 Released To Mirrors 168
AlanS2002 writes "FreeBSD 6.2 has been released to mirrors. The release notes for your specific platform are also available. FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon64, and EM64T), ARM, IA-64, PC-98, and UltraSPARC architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development."
DieHard, the Software 230
Roland Piquepaille writes "No, it's not another movie sequel. DieHard is a piece of software which helps programs to run correctly and protects them from a range of security vulnerabilities. It has been developed by computer scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst — and Microsoft. DieHard prevents crashes and hacker attacks by focusing on memory. Our computers have thousands times more memory than 20 years ago. Still, programmers are privileging speed and efficiency over security, which leads to the famous "buffer overflows" which are exploited by hackers."
Comment One for the Rucker fans (Score 1) 393
Mophone.
Nokia just has to figure out the whole 4th dimension antenna thing.
Comment GPGShell (Score 1) 119
I use GPGShell:
http://www.jumaros.de/rsoft/index.html
It requires GnuPG to be installed as well so it's effectively a two part installer, but it works fine and does most of what you ask (it's still not the easiest GUI when it comes to paths but better than WinPT).
HTH
http://www.jumaros.de/rsoft/index.html
It requires GnuPG to be installed as well so it's effectively a two part installer, but it works fine and does most of what you ask (it's still not the easiest GUI when it comes to paths but better than WinPT).
HTH
Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death 1003
indraneil writes "Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death along with his half brother. Three Baath party officials charged with Hussein in the killings of 148 Shiite civilians have been sentenced to 15 years in prison, while a fourth has been cleared.
He is to be hanged inside 30 days from now. Saddam Hussein has been given 10 days to appeal against the decision.
His lawyer has warned to a bloodbath if the sentence is carried out."
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