Comment Failed to mention Employee of the Month? (Score 1) 109

by spcmky on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @07:06AM (#33496790) Attached to: American Business Embraces 'Gamification'

Next gen of horse and carrot.

Comment Re:Question is who wants to buy AOL? (Score 1) 141

by spcmky on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @09:21PM (#27767515) Attached to: Time Warner To Spin Off AOL

Don't forget ICQ and Winamp

Comment no video drivers! (Score 1) 739

by spcmky on Saturday April 25, 2009 @08:23AM (#27711989) Attached to: What Did You Do First With Linux?

I remember installing linux in '98 on my new computer which had 32MB ram and and overclocked MB with a 166mhz cpu! I was introduced to Unix in the CS lab at VT and wanted it on my computer. Found a linux distro, redhat linux colgate, Build date: Tue Oct 22 20:49:59 1996, and installed it. Didn't support my video card, had the matrox mystique with 6mb video ram. It did support the matrox millennium but I couldn't afford that. Switched back to win 95 and kept on playing Mechwarrior. good times. Came back to linux eventually but it was always hardware driver issues in the beginning.

Comment Re:How many libraries of congress? (Score 1) 226

by spcmky on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @08:05AM (#27310527) Attached to: NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever

There are 3 buildings that make up the LOC.

Comment Re:Very Very Dangerous Ground We Tread Upon (Score 1) 352

by spcmky on Thursday January 15, 2009 @09:25AM (#26465125) Attached to: The Unmanned Air Force

Capitalistic principles have no room in our military, if we cut corners we will someday pay for it.

No matter how much money spent, someone will always find a way to defeat it. It's the ability to quickly adapt that ensures survival.

Comment Big deal (Score 1) 479

by spcmky on Friday December 12, 2008 @10:49AM (#26091077) Attached to: Does Obama Have a Problem At NASA?

Let the corporate initiatives lead the way on this endeavor for now. SpaceX is a reality not just a pipe dream. The government must develop realistic budgets to underscore the economic meltdown and focus on rebuilding our economy.

Submission + - Apple Cuts Linux iPod Users Off (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Will Fisher

on Friday September 14, 2007 @12:50PM

Will Fisher writes: "New iPods will no longer be able to work with Linux. iTunes now writes some kind of hash (SHA1, md5?) to the iPod database which new iPods check against. If this check fails then the iPod reports that it contains 0 songs. This appears to be protection against 3rd party applications writing out their own databases. We haven't found out how to generate our own valid hashes (but we do know the hash includes the database itself, and possibly the iPod serial number), and are looking for help."