Comment Re:The Web Experience? (Score 1) 31
There are no ads; this is about Exchange server, not Hotmail.
Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 2) 121
The decision, which you can read in detail at the link goes through ALL the detail of this vs borrowing books at the library.
The court's decision is about whether the internet archive scanning and making digital copies of the physical books it has bought was fair use. They decided it was competing with the book publisher's own business of making and licensing digital copy of these books.
Comment Re: 400 charge cycles? (Score 2) 40
No it's one week battery life
Comment Re:True of all stock pickers (Score 1) 82
the S&P 500 index only pays 1.5% of dividend a year. Meanwhile, some of us who were invested between 2000-2009 lived through "the lost decade" where our the stock portfolio returned to the same value it was at the beginning. It's only over much longer periods than a decade that you "can't lose money" .
Comment Re:Anti-vaxxers (Score 1) 110
I don't see anything about the vaccine that is likely to be harmful in comparison to the virus itself. The vaccine's RNA causes one of the virus's proteins to be created and displayed such that the immune system can create immune cells that can produce antibodies to it. Those immune cells stick around so they can react faster if it encounters that same protein again due to virus infection. It's a credible and well-understood process. I don't get why it is scary.
You mean the mRNA vaccine gets your system to produce a protein that is part of the virus, so your immune system can fight it by producing antibodies. This process is actually not identical to your body's natural reaction to the virus, and the role of antibodies vs t-cells is not well-understood yet, and it's never been developed at this large scale. If everything was as simple as you say, all the vaccines, since they all cause antibodies to be produced for the same virus, would also have the same side-effects and no worse than Covid-19, but the J&J one and AstraZeneca are associated with much higher risks of blot cloths than a covid-19 infection and mRNA vaccines, and they've eventually been banned here in Canada after a few publicized deaths. So let's be humble and not say that we know everything and shouldn't worry about anything.
btw, I did check the RNA sequence myself using RNA sequencing.
yeah right buddy, insert "you know, I'm something of a scientist myself!" gif
Comment Re:It's been a while (Score 1) 45
Zoom integrates with the Outlook calendar, with a corporate account.
I've attended zoom meetings with over 1000 attendees, btw, at Autodesk. WebEx, for some reason at every corporate job I've had, it was an A&T conference call that was handling the audio, and it was always a lot of trouble having to dial in. I don't know if it was a cost issue or something. Companies were trying to move to GoToMeeting later to avoid all the trouble.
Everyone just uses the Zoom built-in audio, eveything just works, across the world.
Comment Re:People use outlook? (Score 1) 292
I'm always baffled when people complain that Outlook is slow. The corporate exchange server I am connected to is not even in the same country as I am. And outlook starts in about 7 seconds in a cool boot (ho often do you that, once a week?). That's still too long, but it's not 2 minutes. My mail is all on the server, no local .ost file. (probably the same for you too, since you switched to an (no longer developed afaik) imap client)
But there are some crazy corporate spyware/management stuff that corporation install on our PCs that slow things down, and for sure "going rogue" and using another mail client that is not IT-managed works around that.
Comment One year old news (Score 1) 401
this trailler was made in 2012!
gawd the acting in it is TERRIBLE
Comment Re:Cinepaint (Score 2) 89
None of these has used cinepaint exclusivly. these productions used a hundred time more photoshop and roto tools than cinepaint. they also used Notepad, it doesn't mean that notepad is an awesome production tool. any crap gets used on production where there are hundreds of people and a dozen vfx companies involved. it's meaningless but the cinepaint people do love to hang on to the illusion. All of this only occured because of one programmer at Rhythm & Hues. Cinepaint was dump HARD quickly after.
Comment Re:Did you even RTFA? (Score 1) 923
it's because the title of the article has changed during the day, it used to the be "the feds", look at the footnote in the article
Comment Re:The free way? (Score 1) 313
there are tons of free dating sites. I met my wife and mother of two children online for free, on" plenty of fish", a very popular site in Canada
Microsoft Unveils Xbox One 782
Today at a press conference leading up to E3, Microsoft unveiled its next-gen games/entertainment console, the Xbox One. Their stated goal for the Xbox One is to have a single device provide "all of your entertainment." One of the big changes is increased support for voice and and gesture input. You can turn the console on by voice, and it will recognize you and automatically login. Swiping to the side with your hand will browse through menu pages, and saying "Watch TV" will bring up the TV app very quickly. The same with music, internet, and movies. The new console also supports multitasking — for example, while watching a movie, you can bring up your web browser in a side panel and surf the web at the same time. There is also a built-in TV listings app that responds to channel names — saying "Watch CBS" will switch to CBS without giving it an actual channel number. By this point, you're probably asking: does it play games? Yes. Hardware specs: 8-core CPU/GPU, 8GB RAM, a Blu-ray drive, a 500GB HDD, USB 3.0, and Wi-fi Direct. (They didn't provide the CPU frequency, instead saying it had 5 billion transistors.) The Kinect sensor got an upgrade: 2Gbps of data capture has finer skeletal visibility, can detect minor orientation changes in hands and fingers, and can even calculate your balance and weight distribution. The new controller looks slightly bigger, and is designed to play well with Kinect. They've also updated Smartglass, the remote control software that runs on mobile devices, but they didn't explain much about it. The new Xbox Live will have 300,000 servers powering it, up from 15,000 this year — though, of course, no details were provided about server specs. The console will have native game capture and editing tools — essentially, a game DVR. Saved games will be stored in the cloud, and they have new matchmaking capabilities that operate in the background. Update: 05/21 17:50 GMT by S : Halo is getting its own live-action TV show, for some reason. They'll be collaborating with Steven Spielberg. Microsoft is also partnering with the NFL for live broadcasts and interactive experiences, such as split-screen Skype chats and fantasy league updates. Xbox One will be out "later this year." No price information. it will not be backward-compatible with Xbox 360 games.
Windows Blue Is Officially Windows 8.1, Free For Existing Users 491
Several readers sent word that Microsoft has officially dubbed the upcoming revision to its flagship operating system "Windows 8.1," retiring the code-name "Windows Blue." They also said the update would be freely available to anybody with Windows 8. It will be available through the Windows Store. "Reller declined to provide an exact release date for Windows 8.1, but said that Microsoft is 'very sensitive to the timing of the holidays.' Ideally, Microsoft will be able to provide devices with Windows 8.1 pre-loaded in time for the holiday 2013 season, Reller said, but those who purchase a Windows 8 device later this year will be able to easily upgrade to 8.1."
Comment dude, it was only 10 seconds of the interview (Score 1) 294
dude, it was only 10 seconds of the interview, at about 10 min in here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50146679n
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Can Older Software Developers Still Learn New Tricks? 365
An anonymous reader writes "There's a persistent bias against older programmers in the software development industry, but do the claims against older developers' hold up? A new paper looks at reputation on StackOverflow, and finds that reputation grows as developers get older. Older developers know about a wider variety of technologies. All ages seem to be equally knowledgeable about most recent programming technologies. Two exceptions: older developers have the edge when it comes to iOS and Windows Phone."
