Comment Re:why can't he use GMail? (Score 1) 360

by smartbei on Thursday October 08, 2009 @08:53AM (#29679845) Attached to: Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online

10% does not seem like something to brag about.
:-)

Comment Re:containment theory... (Score 1) 1032

by smartbei on Monday September 28, 2009 @02:47PM (#29569727) Attached to: Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

Maybe because they did not sign the treaty in the first place and thus cannot be held responsible for not following it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#India.2C_Israel_and_Pakistan

Comment Re:From the license... (Score 1) 419

by smartbei on Saturday August 22, 2009 @08:57AM (#29154909) Attached to: Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly

...Nothing a find and replace wouldn't solve.

Comment Re:But I have a real allergy (Score 1) 174

by smartbei on Saturday August 01, 2009 @09:58AM (#28908383) Attached to: Wi-Fi Allergy a PR Stunt

Informative? More like Too Much Information...

Comment Re:Adblock for Chrome -- Use SwWare Iron "Chrome" (Score 1) 109

by smartbei on Saturday April 18, 2009 @09:18AM (#27625979) Attached to: A Closer Look At Chromium and Browser Security

This actually happens to me using FireFox - though perhaps due to the computer having a decent processor (Core 2 Duo) it is fast enough that it isn't a bother.

Comment Re:IMAX? (Score 1) 131

by smartbei on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @06:56PM (#27592285) Attached to: Visualizing Data Inside the 30-ft Allosphere

Not IMAX - OMNIMAX or IMAX Dome.
See IMAX Dome.

Comment Re:IANAPhysicist, but... (Score 1) 292

by smartbei on Thursday October 09, 2008 @09:43AM (#25312845) Attached to: Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon?

One standard, starched, American flag... Oh. Shit.

Church Threatens Legal Action Over Sony Game 244

Posted by Zonk on Saturday June 09, 2007 @07:37PM from the hot-under-the-collar dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Church of England is threatening legal action against Sony over the game Resistance: Fall of Man. The game features a shootout in Manchester Cathedral, and the Church claims that Sony did not ask permission to use the interior of the Cathedral in the game. The Bishop of Manchester called the game 'highly irresponsible' due to the history of gun crime in the city. Sony denies the charge — a spokesman said 'We believe we have sought and received all permissions necessary for the creation of the game.'"

Submission + - Attorney sues website over his online rating (nwsource.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09, 2007 @05:11AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local attorney is suing legal startup Avvo.com over a rating that was algorithmically assigned. The story touches over the controversy of computers grading humans. Such practices are not new: the New York Times earlier this year reported on Google using algorithms to determine applicant suitability. But what happens when you don't like the result? Can a computer program be considered defamatory?

Feed E-Mail Senders Can Pay to Bypass Filters (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @02:53PM

Four more ISPs will start charging banks, e-commerce sites and other large e-mail senders for guaranteed delivery. Individuals, businesses and organizations can still send messages for free, but spam filters might gobble them up.

Feed Macworld Lab tests: Eight-core Mac Pro (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @02:32PM

You might think an eight-core Mac Pro would blow away its quad-core counterpart. And it does, at least on tasks involving apps optimized to take advantage of multiple cores. But on routine tasks the performance boost is mild, which leads Macworld Lab director James Galbraith to conclude that this eight-core machine is aimed at a very specific audience.