Comment Re:Pointless hype (Score 1) 275
Nowadays should be a lot easier to switch ISP's than to switch away from Google..
Mass Arrests of Journalists Follow Iran Elections 333
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the fact that no less than 23 journalists have been arrested in Iran in the week following the elections, making Iran one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Online activists are trying to counter this trend by giving advice for helping Iranian protesters. One problem is that Iranian leaders are trying to delegitimize the reform movement by pretending that the reformers are puppets of foreign powers, so special discretion is required for anyone wanting to help the Iranian people."
Comment Ranking right after (Score 2, Insightful) 247
*freaking* Power Supplies!!
It's amazing how many recently built terminals lack power supplies near the gates.
TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property 655
The plane moves me or I move the plane? writes "After years of people complaining about their luggage locks being broken in the name of the Transportation Security Administration, and after countless properly-stowed utilities and tools had been scrutinized from a paranoid point of view, an employee of the TSA (which is part of the Department of Homeland Security) has been captured with evidence of over $200,000 worth of stolen property he was selling on eBay. With the help of local police and the USPS, a search of his house found a great deal of property pilfered from the un-witnessed searches that occurred after luggage had been checked, where the rightful owner was not allowed. 'Among the items seized were 66 cameras, 31 laptop computers, 20 cell phones, 17 sets of electronic games, 13 pieces of jewelry, 12 GPS devices, 11 MP3 players, eight camera lenses, six video cameras and two DVD players, the affidavit said.'"
Only 244 Genuine Windows Vista's Sold in China 457
morpheus83 writes "Whilst Microsoft was bragging about the sales number of their latest OS Windows Vista, few would actually know that they have only managed to sell 244 copies in the whole of China in the first 2 weeks. You heard that right, and that's the number quoted from the headquarters of the Windows Vista chief (90% national volume) distributor in Beijing."
Behavioral Search & Advertising On Its Way? 186
cyberianpan writes "Imagine a world where advertisers would be able to predict your detailed behavior online. They would know when you are about to buy a song, a car, a present for your spouse — they would know virtually everything you are thinking.
With the acquisition of DoubleClick, Google now has access to the cookies and subsequently browsing history of vast numbers of web users. It would be fair to say that greater than 85% of Internet users frequently come into contact with ads served by DoubleClick.
Google could potentially have access to not only the majority of the world's search history but its browsing and e-commerce history as well. The company could know more about web surfers than they know about themselves."
Comment Re:The Screens? (Score 1) 781
You can always calculate it yourself:
You have the dots (pixels) for the horizontal
and vertical, and the diagonal in inches, so:
If a^2+b^2 = c^2
then:
sqrt(x^2 + y^2 ) / inches equals the DPI for that resolution and size.
In your case:
sqrt(1280^2 + 1024^2 ) / 17
aprox. 96 DPI.
Hope this helps!
You have the dots (pixels) for the horizontal
and vertical, and the diagonal in inches, so:
If a^2+b^2 = c^2
then:
sqrt(x^2 + y^2 ) / inches equals the DPI for that resolution and size.
In your case:
sqrt(1280^2 + 1024^2 ) / 17
aprox. 96 DPI.
Hope this helps!
