Comment Eggs (Score 1) 190
Name and picture ! in some palmsOS apps. i use to work for a cool company that did that in every release
Comment Its all about the risk (Score 1) 550
The activities that the developers make who introduce a real and considerable risk to the society should be done by certified professionals and using the standarts for that activity.
Developing software its a common name for a diverse group of activities in diferent kind of industries.
Comment Solution (Score 1) 601
1. Attractive woman doing the pat-down to the males
2. give a gift card for the woman
3. dont touch the children
4 ???
5 PROFIT
Inventor Creates Flotation Device Bazooka 144
Australian inventor Sam Adeloju has won the £20,000 ($32,000) James Dyson Award for inventing the coolest piece of life-saving equipment ever. The Longreach is a modified bazooka which can fire an expanding flotation device up to 150m to a person in distress. From the article: "Mr Adeloju told NEWS.com.au that the Longreach was inspired by a grenade-launch training session with the Army Reserves. Weighing just 3.5kg, it shoots the rescue device 150m in a manner similar to the way the army uses a grenade launcher to deliver flares and aerial observation devices. Hitting the water activates an expanding foam unit in the Longreach rescue unit, which also incorporates LED illumination and a vortex air whistle."
Submission + - Anti-piracy lawyers caught pirating each other (myce.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: We would like to think that the lawyers that are prosecuting alleged copyright infringers are practicing what they preach, but it looks like one of the most high profile firms involved in such cases are just as guilty of stealing other’s work as those who are downloading illegal media.
Comment Re:Call me dense, but... (Score 1) 77
Well tactically you sholud allways use the right tool for the problem. but strategically you should be aligned with long term goals and the vision of the CTO/CIO and other nonTechnical factors. Vendor independence may be one of the neccesaries key items to achieve the vision.
Comment Re:Call me dense, but... (Score 5, Insightful) 77
The purpose of server farms with comodity hardware is just to avoid vendor lock-in, if you have a good business but you are tied to a vendor the Vendor has a better business than you. they can charge you whatever they want.
One Quarter of Germans Happy To Have Chip Implants 170
justice4all writes "If it means shorter lines at the supermarket, a quarter of Germans would be happy to have a chip implanted under their skin. The head of Germany's main IT trade body told the audience at the opening ceremony of the CeBIT technology exhibition that one in four of his countrymen are happy to have a microchip inserted for ID purposes."
xkcd, Devotion To Duty 167
xkcd really hit the nail on the head today.
Comment Re:Follow the Marketing (money) (Score 1) 168
The best technology won't necessarily win. The best marketed one will. (BetaMax, Superdisk, etc...)
Best technology is very subjetive. easy to sell may be a quality aspect of the techonology, a sticky name.
Comment Re:I want... (Score 1) 596
I want the following from a digital camera...
1. Small phyiscal size (I wanna slip it in my pocket).
2. Good image quality
3. Good telephoto lens.
4. ???
5. Profit (sorry, couldn't resist)
Currently I use a Canon G9, but I'm sure they can do better!
Pick 2...and small physical size isn't an option yet
i pick ??? and profit
Comment twins (Score 1) 570
im so busted my identical twin is a punk
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