nynexman4464 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Doesn't matter in the end (Score 1) 472

by nynexman4464 on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:27AM (#41260573) Attached to: Comments On Code Comments?

I'm not sure it's always arrogance why developers think code is clear. I think it's more that you are knee deep in the code you just wrote, and know it so well that it *seems* very clear. It's only when you come back to it much later, or have to explain it to someone else that you realize "oh, I guess that wasn't so clear at all".

Comment Re:Symphony is not free software (Score 1) 417

by nynexman4464 on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @03:54PM (#24501841) Attached to: IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops

I believe it's being added to the Canonical repository rather than the Ubuntu repository. This is where other commercial software is available, such as RealPlayer and VMWare Server. It's not enabled by default, however.

Submission + - A Law to Spy Back on Govt. Surveillance Cameras (popularmechanics.com)

Submitted by mattnyc99 on Monday December 17, 2007 @12:33PM

mattnyc99 writes: As the Senate begins debate today on wider new surveillance legislation, Instapundit blogger and University of Tennesee law professor Glenn Reynolds has an interesting op-ed as part of Popular Mechanics' cover story on the looming power of spy cameras in America. He cites numerous court cases to argue that our privacy concerns may be backwards, and that there should be a new law for citizen rights — that if Big Brother can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. From the accompanying podcast: "Realistically I don't think we're going to get much in the way of limits on government and business surveillance. So I think we should be focusing more on making it safe, on making it a double-edged sword. And I'd actually like to see a law..."

Submission + - Canada may tax legal music downloads 3

Submitted by FuriousBalancing on Friday October 19, 2007 @01:20PM

FuriousBalancing writes: MacNN reports:

Canadians may soon pay a small tax on every legal music store download, says a new measure (PDF) sanctioned by the Copyright Board of Canada. Requested by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the tax would apply at least 2.1 cents to every individual song download and 1.5 cents per track for complete albums. Subscription download and streaming services would themselves be charged between 5.7 and 6.8 percent of a user's monthly fees. Minimum fees would also apply for every larger download or subscription. The new tax would be retroactive to January 1st, 1996.

Submission + - A New Map of the Internet. 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05, 2007 @01:58PM

An anonymous reader writes: A series of maps have been created that show the geographical structure and distribution of the Internet. This is the first time a global, geo-spatial map of this nature has been produced. The visualizations were put together using data from the Dimes project. One visualization shows the density of Internet connections worldwide while the other displays how international cities are connected. Detailed Maps of Europe and North America are included as well. It's amazing how skewed the distribution is — beyond Australia, New Zealand, and parts of South-East Asia, the southern hemisphere has only a peppering of connectivity.

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