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Comment Re:Market share (Score 2, Informative) 481

by sexyrexy on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @09:14PM (#28698771) Attached to: YouTube Phasing Out Support For IE6

Do you even know what '.aspx' means? If you are trying to refer to sites built on ASP.NET, you are quite mistaken - ASP.NET is 100% cross-browser compatible. If a site you visit only works in IE7, that is the developer's incompetence; whether they used Joomla! or Ruby on Rails to suck has nothing to do with the platform.

Comment Simple solution... (Score 1) 685

by sexyrexy on Thursday March 26, 2009 @10:47PM (#27352329) Attached to: California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars

...buy your black car in another state. Even if this ridiculous law passes, there is *always* a huge pile of loopholes and clauses for grandfathered vehicles, transferring registration for out-of-state cars, etc.

Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 4, Informative) 605

by sexyrexy on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @01:23PM (#26213189) Attached to: Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs

You weren't at PDC then. One of the keynote demos of W7 showed off the fact that it is blisteringly fast on a 1ghz, 1gb RAM netbook; UAC is fixed/gone, and hardware compatibility is top priority early-game, instead of after the fact.

Comment It's pretty simple really (Score 1) 203

by sexyrexy on Saturday March 15, 2008 @02:06PM (#22760336) Attached to: Breakdowns of Website Defacement by Platform

Windows costs money. So in general, you can be pretty sure that a business is behind a Windows server, which means vested interest in keeping it alive, which means at least some level of investment in a somewhat competent administrator to manage them. Linux is free, so every server set up by some random kid, hobbyist, or idiot is not going to drop a grand on Server 2008. They're going to install what they find for free that has easy documentation on setup.

The Soldier of the Future 289

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 26, 2007 @08:51PM from the phased-plasma-rifle-in-40-watt-range dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Land Warrior, the Army's wearable electronics package, was panned earlier this year by the troops who were testing it out. They were forced to take the collection of digital maps and next-gen radios to war, anyway. Now, Wired's Noah Shachtman reports from Iraq, those same soldiers are starting to warm up to their soldier suits of the future."

Boeing Dreamliner Safety Concerns Are Specious 402

Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 20, 2007 @10:06AM from the composite-journalism dept.

SoyChemist writes in to note his article at Wired Science on the uproar Dan Rather has stirred up with his claim that Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner aircraft may be unsafe. "Dozens of news agencies have jumped on the bandwagon. Most of them are reporting that the carbon fiber frame may not be as sturdy as aluminum. Few have bothered to question Rather's claims that the composite materials are brittle, more likely to shatter on impact, and prone to emit poisonous chemicals when ignited. While there is a lot of weight behind the argument that composite materials are not as well-studied as aircraft aluminum, the reasoning behind the flurry of recent articles may be faulty. The very title of Rather's story, Plastic Planes, indicates a lack of grounding in science. Perhaps the greatest concern should be how well the plane will hold up to water. Because they are vulnerable to slow and steady degradation by moisture, the new materials may not last as long as aluminum. Testing them for wear and tear will be more difficult too."

US Falls to 24th Place For Broadband Penetration 273

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 14, 2007 @04:33PM from the that-is-not-so-good dept.

amigoro writes "According to research done by the consultancy firm Point Topic, the US has fallen to 24th place in terms of broadband penetration, with only 53% of households connected. South Korea led the pack, with 90% of households having highspeed connections. The US remains the largest broadband country in the world with more than 60.4 million subscribers in the quarter with 2.9 million new broadband additions, but China is fast catching up and has cut the gap to the US from 5.8 million at the end of 2006 to 4.1 million at end of March 2007. The firm's research also pointed out the disparity between the connectivity of first world nations and other places throughout the world. 'Many Sub-Saharan African states do not register in the figures at all: only South Africa, Sudan, Senegal and Gabon make it onto the list, with household broadband penetration running from 1.79% in South Africa - with 215,000 users at the end of March - to just 0.05% in Sudan - with a mere 3,000. North African states fare slightly better with Morocco scoring 6.78% penetration with 418,000 users and Egypt at 1.55% or 240,000.'"

Could Global Warming Make Life on Earth Better? 923

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 11, 2007 @12:43PM from the makes-for-lots-of-swimming-opportunities dept.

mikee805 writes "A lengthy article in Spiegel explores the possibility that global warming might make life on Earth better, not just for humans, but all species. The article argues that 'worst-case scenarios' are often the result of inaccurate simulations made in the 1980s. While climate change is a reality, as far as the article is concerned, some planning and forethought may mean that more benefits than drawbacks will result from higher temperatures. From the article:'The medical benefits of higher average temperatures have also been ignored. According to Richard Tol, an environmental economist, "warming temperatures will mean that in 2050 there will be about 40,000 fewer deaths in Germany attributable to cold-related illnesses like the flu." Another widespread fear about global warming -- that it will cause super-storms that could devastate towns and villages with unprecedented fury -- also appears to be unfounded. Current long-term simulations, at any rate, do not suggest that such a trend will in fact materialize.'"

Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft 295

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 07, 2007 @10:32AM from the foil-hats-also-required dept.

Jay Singala noted a story which points out "It's time for all the people who have entertained this fantasy to stop deluding themselves. How would life without Microsoft be different? It wouldn't be in any meaningful way for those in charge of network security; there would just be a different vendor peddling the dominant operating system."

The Elevator Effect In Second Life 167

Posted by kdawson on Sunday May 06, 2007 @08:12AM from the going-up dept.

There is an good video on NPR about how real human reactions translate to the virtual world. It's interesting in view of the question posted here about rape in Second Life. The video covers a little experiment in SL where a reporter gets together with a psychologist to see if some unspoken human rules apply in the virtual world — such as staring or standing too close to someone. Perhaps surprisingly, in this world where you can be or do just about anything, you can't break these unspoken rules with impunity.

U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy 429

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @08:39AM from the colbert-angry-wants-board-back dept.

ColinPL writes with a link to an AP article about a public scolding the US has given China, Russia, and several other nations. Failure to 'sufficiently protect' American copyrights is the cause of the Bush administration's ire, and has resulted in these countries showing up on a 'priority watch list' that could eventually lead to economic sanctions. "In addition to Russia and China, the 10 countries placed on the priority watch list were Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela. In elevating Thailand to the priority watch list, the administration said it was concerned by a range of issues including a 'deteriorating protection for patents and copyrights.' Thailand is currently in a dispute with international drug companies including Abbott Laboratories of the United States over the cost of drugs to fight AIDS and other diseases. The Thai government in January issued compulsory licenses allowing the use of much cheaper generic versions of two leading drugs in Thailand."

HP Stops Selling Printers, Starts Selling Prints 346

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 19, 2007 @01:01PM from the does-this-mean-i-get-a-free-printer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HP has launched a new line of business printers but there's a big catch — you won't be able to buy one. For the first time in history, the company will make customers purchase printing services, rather than the product itself. At its biggest printer launch since the LaserJet in 1984, HP's new business-class Edgeline printers will only be available through a managed services contract. Pricing will be per page, depending on the quality of the printout. Edgeline technology is said to be so ink-efficient that if HP were to sell these printers, they would never match the money they make from consumables (cartridges etc) now."

Amazon Goes Web 2.0 Wild to Defend 1-Click Patent 77

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 16, 2007 @10:36AM from the no-really-it's-cool-when-we-do-it dept.

theodp writes "Six years ago, Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly urged the masses to give-patent-reform-a-chance as Richard Stallman called for an Amazon boycott. On Monday, the pair will reunite to kick off O'Reilly's new Amazon-sponsored Web 2.0 Expo with A Conversation with Jeff Bezos. Be interesting if the conversation turned to Amazon's ongoing battle against an actor's effort to topple Bezos' 1-Click patent, which The Register notes included dumping 58 lbs. of paperwork on the patent examiner, including dozens of articles from the oh-so-Web-2.0 Wikipedia, which the USPTO had already deemed an un acceptable source of information ('From a legal point of view, a Wiki citation is toilet paper,' quipped patent expert Greg Aharonian)."

Time Magazine Person of the Year — It's You 244

Posted by kdawson on Sunday December 17, 2006 @03:13PM from the who-me? dept.

Thib writes to point out that Time Magazine has picked you — or us, or the Internet — as Person of the Year because you control the Information Age. From the article: "But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes."

DARPA Funds Remote Control Sharks 137

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday December 17, 2006 @10:37AM from the sunday-morning-new-baby dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From Undersea Spies: Turning Sharks into Robotic Sentries "It seems like science fiction, but the U.S. military would like to use sharks as underwater spies. The folks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who dream up the future of weapons and military systems, envision squads of sharks prowling the oceans with sensors that could transmit evidence of explosives or other threats.""

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