Comment Re:Since when does Qt "work" with OS X? (Score 1) 636
Parallels Desktop (virtualization software).
Comment Re:Not a market back then (Score 1) 272
They weren't ordering completely blind. With three models each of the iPhone and iPod Touch released before the iPad, I would say purchasers had a pretty good idea what they were getting into.
Comment Re:Answer is totally obvious - content providers (Score 1) 490
It varies - I just streamed Dr. Strangelove (1964) via Netflix a couple days ago.
Comment Re:Maybe yes, maybe no? (Score 1) 716
If you get paid hourly then perhaps. If it is irrefutable that its your fault/bug then you should feel obligated to fix for no extra charge/hours to them.
Currently illegal in most if not all US states. When an hourly employee does work, they must be paid for all of their time.
I certainly wouldn't want to see this change. Way too much room for abuse on the employer side. I think the current remedy is sufficient (if any employer thinks someone is screwing up too much, they can fire them).
Comment Re: 64-bit BS (Score 1) 512
The iPhone 5c is 32-bit ARM (same internals as the original iPhone 5) and it's not even on sale yet. It'll be a while before Apple can stop letting developers target it.
Comment Re:GREAT! (Score 1) 428
Two steps: Colombia to Mexico, Mexico to US.
Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3's 212
The Air Force's Research Lab in Rome, NY. has one of the cheapest supercomputers ever made, and best of all over 3,000 of your friends can play Tekken on it. The computer is made from 1,716 PlayStation 3s linked together, and is used to process images from spy planes. From the article: "The Air Force calls the souped-up PlayStations the Condor Supercomputer and says it is among the 40 fastest computers in the world. The Condor went online late last year, and it will likely change the way the Air Force and the Air National Guard watch things on the ground." We covered this story back in December when the Condor first went online.
Comment Re:It's still a GPL violation (Score 1) 374
It doesn't sound like that applies. The OP mentions being unable to get the compiler and firmware loader utilities (which I expect would be "general purpose tools ... used unmodified") - not build scripts referred to in the quoted section.
Comment Re:Doomed (Score 1) 271
The driver situation has gotten much worse over the years. It used to be the case the HP Printer == PCL. Now they sell lots of "WinPrinters" that follow no particular standard.
Comment Re:Par for the course? (Score 1) 510
Apple does not force iPhone and iPod updates.
Comment Re:With piercings...? (Score 1) 667
You say that as if it's a bad message to send. Some people like getting things done, not pushing paper in management.
Comment Re:I'll say.. (Score 3, Informative) 617
Have you used Outlook 2007? The message composing window definitely uses a ribbon.
Comment Don't (Score 1, Insightful) 121
If you're concerned enough to consider encrypting your home directory, you ought to go all the way and use full disk encryption. There are too many artifacts that can escape your home directory (RAM contents saved to swap file or hibernation file) or are never in your home directory to begin with (system logs, print spool, etc).
Comment Re:Why remove it alltogether? (Score 1) 474
Yeah, triple the cost of application development! That'll give users what they want!
Comment Re:DOD Guidlines. Re:"The only fireproof (Score 4, Informative) 527
There's no original because that's not the spec.
The real spec is DoD 5220.22-M, available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/522022m.htm.
The real spec is DoD 5220.22-M, available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/522022m.htm.
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