Comment Re: But does Netcraft confirm it? (Score 1) 863
Can I get to Geocities from the Well?
Comment who cares... (Score 1) 1
unless of course it can be used in a beowulf cluster.
Comment Re:this thread... (Score 1) 2044
I was referring to reading the entire /. thread. Congress people should read the bills they vote on.
Comment this thread... (Score 1) 2044
is bigger than the Health care bill. Who has time to read it?
Comment Re:So why don't we try something else... (Score 1) 2044
The only flaw I can see in your argument is that it assumes a low rate of catastrophe. 30% of all people will get cancer. Each will need 6 figure treatment (that is super conservative). 10^8 x 10^5 = 10^13 (that is like 10 trillion dollars -- and it would be working its way toward 100 trillion).
Comment What did they expect .... (Score 0, Flamebait) 543
It is a first person shooter .... of course you're going to go "Dylan Klebold" on everyone. Duh!!!!
Comment Come on, it is Dune ... (Score 2, Insightful) 487
Who really wants to look like Baron von Harkonen floating about the town?
Comment Re:10 years? (Score 1) 539
My current phone is better than my desktop computer of ten years ago. I think the 16 GB hard drive would have cost $8,000 and taken up a lot of desk space. So yeah, I would have been blown away by my phone in 1999 -- I'm kinda blown by it today.
What Data Recovery Tools Do the Pros Use? 399
Life2Death writes "I've been working with computers for a long time, and every once and a while someone close to me has a drive go belly up on them. I know there are big, expensive recovery houses that specialize in mission-critical data recovery, like if your house blew up and you have millions of files you need or something, but for the local IT group, what do you guys use? Given that most people are on NTFS (Windows XP) by the numbers, what would you use? I found a ton of tools when I googled, and everyone and their brother suggests something else, so I want to know what software 'just works' on most recoveries of bad, but partially working hard drives. Free software always has a warm spot in my heart."
Internet Explorer 6 Will Not Die 531
caffeinejolt writes "Despite all the hype surrounding new browsers being released pushing the limits of what can be done on the Web, Firefox 3 has only this past month overtaken IE6. Furthermore, if you take the previous report and snap on the Corporate America filter, IE6 rules the roost and shows no signs of leaving anytime soon. Sorry web developers, for those of you who thought the ugly hacks would soon be over, it appears they will linger on for quite a bit — especially if you develop for business sites."
Comment Too Short (Score 5, Insightful) 191
If it can't reach the beer in the fridge, then who really cares.
Submission + - Biology Goes Open Source
cford writes: According to This article in Forbes: "Some of the world's biggest drug companies are finding that their genetic research is worth more to them if they give it away."
Google Accused of Benefitting From Piracy 162
Clant writes "Google has been accused of benefiting from certain piracy websites because of the Adsense program, according to reports. Several major media companies have called on Google to properly screen their AdSense partners and stop supporting sites that are benefiting from piracy. 'Legal filings show that Google worked with EasyDownloadCenter.com and TheDownloadPlace.com from 2003 to 2005, generating more than $1.1 million in revenue for the sites through the AdSense program. Google reportedly noticed the amount of traffic and advertising served by the two websites and assigned them an account representative to help optimize their efforts.'"
