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Journal Journal: Rumsfeld 17

Journal by GMontag on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @10:49PM

I am getting a little fed up with people whining about Secretary Rumsfeld.

The guy took the job when things were generally calm and had a vision for making the ground forces lean and mean. He did that. On a purly biased level I agree with his idea on the big bumbly field artillery piece, that he and others were able to get the Congress to get rid of. I disagree on the Striker, but that is just me. Recent users I have spoken with love it, so I am trying to warm up to it.

Bookmark Don't upgrade to Vista just yet (daniweb.com)

by joetheprogrammer on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @08:51PM

Journal Journal: Okay, I look like a dork. 10

Journal by SiliconJesus on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @08:50PM

I went and grabbed my glasses today. I'm now officially part of the vision-enabled. The frames I decided upon are actually very nice, Oakley Jackknife. The lenses however... Let me start by saying I'm light sensitive. Blue eyes, worked nights for years, yeah - me and Mr. Sun aren't exactly best friends. So the doctor talks me into getting a 10% tint in the lenses (along with a few other goodies like anti-reflective and scratch resistance). I loo

Submission + - Piracy Outstripping Legal Video Sales 4 to 1

Submitted by b.burl on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @08:28PM

b.burl writes: The NDP group (no relation to Canada's socialist party), has released a report stating: "Even though right now the majority of downloaded video content is adult-film content, the amount of intellectual property stolen from mainstream movie studios, networks, and record labels will continue to rise, unless strong and sustained action is taken to prevent piracy." In Q3 2006 2 percent of U.S. households (1.2 million) with Internet access paid for a video download from an online download store while 8% downloaded from a peer to peer network. Apple's iTunes led the market for paid digital video downloads, with nine in 10 downloads occurring on that site, followed by Vongo (5 percent), Movielink (3 percent) and less than one percent for CinemaNow. Sixty-two percent was TV program content, 24 percent was music video content and 6 percent was mainstream movie content. http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_061220.htm l

Neuros OSD Review 55

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @07:51PM from the onvergenation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Neuros OSD promises a lot — it claims to be the first open source Linux-based embedded media center and it "records video and links your PC, portables and entertainment center". Bold claims, but can it live up to them? Linuxlookup.com has a two page review of the Neuros OSD."

Ideal Linux System for Newbies? 486

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @06:57PM from the gotta-start-somewhere dept.

spiffyman asks: "In the next year, I'll begin advanced work in mathematics, and I'll also be upgrading my desktop box. In light of the advantages of Linux and FOSS in the area of science and mathematics, I want to convert from a Windows system to a dual-boot one with Linux. Primary tasks aside from math/logic activities will include learning intermediate programming, web maintenance, some computational linguistics (in Python), and LOTS of LaTeX work for my publishing activities. What do Slashdot readers recommend in terms of hardware, OS, software, and perhaps reading for a quasi-power Windows user (with no previous Linux experience) to convert to an all-Linux system?"

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