Comment Classic Microsoft (Score 1) 45
Looks like they're following their time-honored strategy of embrace, extend, and eavesdrop
Submission + - Results of the Ubuntu Desktop Applications Survey (dustinkirkland.com)
dustinkirkland writes: A few months ago, Slashdot readers were asked for feedback on the Ubuntu Desktop default applications. This blog post, by the author of that post (hi, it's me again), provides the aggregated and processed results of that survey.
Comment New business model (Score 1) 110
It's surely no accident that Netgear is releasing this "feature" just 2 months after Congress voted to allow ISPs to sell users' browsing history.
Comment Doing nootropics wrong (Score 1) 148
Their “coffee” is only using half the recommended L-theanine to caffeine ratio for increasing focus without causing jitters. At such a low L-theanine dose it seems like it’s just thrown so they can hit the “nootropics” marketing checkbox, and makes me question their other claims of meeting daily values for “all essential vitamins and minerals”.
Comment blackwater started a fad (Score 1) 356
Appears Blackwater started a trend when it rebranded itself Xe. Whatever the RIAA decides to rename itself, I'm sure it'll start with X
Comment hideous (Score 1) 276
and I thought jetpacks were ugly...
Submission + - the LackRack: home colocation made affordable (lackrack.org)
An anonymous reader writes: The LackRack is the ultimate, low-cost, high shinyness solution for your modular datacenter-in-the-living-room. Featuring the LACK side table from Ikea, the LackRack is an easy-to-implement, exact-fit datacenter building block. It provides superior mounting for up to 8 U of 19" hardware, such as switches and other professional gear. Multi-shiny LackRack can also be painted to your specific preferences and the airflow is unprecedented.
Comment Futile (Score 1) 301
This won't work. It's ineffective at best and a privacy invasion at worst. Drunk driving is not a premeditated crime. It's the result of being in a state that prevents you from waying the consequences of ones actions, therefore increasing the penalties is relatively futile.
Comment Really? (Score 1) 205
Really? do I have to be the 1st to make the obligatory "I'm in your base, stealing your coconuts" reference? C'mon guys!
Comment good background info (Score 4, Informative) 160
A good source of background info for this case is provided in epside 1 of the Software Freedom Law Center's podcast http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2008/nov/25/0x01/ It puts the case in perspective as to what software patents would be thrown-out under even the most optimistic Bilski rulings (ie: not ending all software patents, as we'd like to see).
Comment 1.2T = 120B per year (Score 5, Informative) 1698
Let's be clear: 1.2 Billion is the cost for 10 years, not 1 single upfront cost (like bailouts or emergency war funding supplementals)
Submission + - Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes (debian.org)
frenchbedroom writes: The ongoing Debconf 9 conference in Cáceres, Spain has brought a significant change to Debian's project management. The Debian project will now freeze development in December of every odd year, which means we can expect a new Debian release in the spring of every even year, starting with "Squeeze" in 2010. Until now, development freezing was decided by the Debian release team. From the announcement :
The project chose December as a suitable freeze date since spring releases proved successful for the releases of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed "Etch") and Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 ("Lenny").
Time-based freezes will allow the Debian Project to blend the predictability of time based releases with its well established policy of feature based releases. The new freeze policy will provide better predictability of releases for users of the Debian distribution, and also allow Debian developers to do better long-term planning. A two-year release cycle will give more time for disruptive changes, reducing inconveniences caused for users. Having predictable freezes should also reduce overall freeze time.
We previously discussed talks between Canonical and the Debian release team about fixed freeze dates.
Submission + - Virginia Says Slashdot Users May Be Terrorists 6
megamerican writes: A leaked document from a Virginia Fusion Center titled 2009 Virginia Terrorism Threat Assessment lists Slashdot users and other websites alongside Al-Qaeda, HAMAS, "Lone-Wolf Extremists" and many others as potential terrorists. Slashdot and other websites have been labeled under the ominous sounding title of Anonymous:
A "loose coalition of Internet denizens", Anonymous consists largely of users from multiple internet sites such as 4chan, 711chan, 420chan, Something Awful, Fark, Encyclopedia Dramatica, Slashdot, IRC channels, and YouTube. Other social networking sites are also utilized to mobilize physical protests. Anonymous has no leader and is reliant on the collective power of individuals acting in such a way that benefits the movement.
According to the Report, cell phones, digital music players are signs that you may be a terrorist. It lists podcasting as a cause for concern citing a recent ban by Australia. Citizens for a legitimate government, where the document was leaked to has a write-up here.
Comment sorry (Score 0, Troll) 524
sorry Airforce but I'm gay and not willing to hide it
