Comment Re:This is unfortunate. (Score 1) 188
Five to ten minutes a week that isn't a sound-byte, but is someone talking about an issue, would be a massive increase to the information most Americans receive.
We have that, it's called NPR.
Comment Re:Still no Apps for Domains (Score 1) 188
Agreed. And what's more, even if I don't mind using a second Google account for Google+, it would require me to *logout* of all the other services I'm actively using with my Google Apps account - my email, my calendar, my RSS feed - just so I can login to the Google+ specific account. I'm not going to logout of all that stuff just to access G+, and I'm not going to run an instance of a separate browser just to access G+.
Comment Re:Want to see a real rip-off for Australians? (Score 1) 81
Lonely Planet is an Australia-based company. Maybe this somehow influences prices, perhaps due to tax laws?
Comment Re:Violated Wheaton's Law, chose to be a dick (Score 1) 469
Did you read the link? It would be a stretch to say he was being a dick. According to the link he was banned for writing "Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?"
I'd say that the response was very heavy handed.
Comment Re:Hmmm that'll do... (Score 1) 293
"The area" is the Chernobyl 30km exclusion zone. It's not like you're imagining. The risk here is with consuming or inhaling particles of irradiated dirt or material.
Comment Re:Bad Hacking (Score 1) 251
No, it's a win-win situation. If they cannot solve reCAPTCHA then we get website security. If they do solve it, it means that we can digitize all of that content without any human interaction. This is great news.
Comment Re:Moderate yourself (Score 1) 256
Right now, there's no way for the consumer to tell the market what you are looking for. Back when we came up with all this Internet thing, wasn't the fact that it makes bi-directional communication possible one of its best features?
Ah yes, if only we still had that Internet thing. But you're right, this will be better, because it's going to be mobile! Yeah...
Comment Re:Two reasons for SSL (Score 1) 269
If you cannot verify the other party, then you cannot verify your transmission wasn't intercepted. The verification is designed to prevent a MitM attack.
Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Below the Gulf's Surface 483
An anonymous reader sends in a NY Times article about the spread of oil from the BP gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. Quoting:
"Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide, and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given. ... The plumes are depleting the oxygen dissolved in the gulf, worrying scientists, who fear that the oxygen level could eventually fall so low as to kill off much of the sea life near the plumes. Dr. Joye said the oxygen had already dropped 30 percent near some of the plumes in the month that the broken oil well had been flowing. ... [Scientists on the Pelican mission] suspect the heavy use of chemical dispersants, which BP has injected into the stream of oil emerging from the well, may have broken the oil up into droplets too small to rise rapidly. ... Dr. Joye said the findings about declining oxygen levels were especially worrisome, since oxygen is so slow to move from the surface of the ocean to the bottom. She suspects that oil-eating bacteria are consuming the oxygen at a feverish clip as they work to break down the plumes."
Facebook Now Supports Jabber/XMPP 174
supersloshy writes "Facebook Chat has so far only been meant to be used in a web browser, and instant messaging applications have had a hard time implementing its undocumented protocol. Today, Facebook is making this job much easier by enabling support for XMPP to access its chat service. AOL's AIM and the Empathy Instant Messenger are also including pre-set Facebook options, due to already supporting XMPP."
Here are instructions for setting up XMPP Facebook chat with popular instant messaging clients, including Pidgin and Adium.
Comment sudo (Score 1) 502
How does something like this differ practically from using sudo, which in many distros grants the user root privileges without any further authentication necessary?
New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests 278
The Installer writes with this excerpt from an Associated Press report:
"A couple of genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on DNA testing, touting the benefits of biological compatibility. The companies claim that a better biological match will mean better sex, less cheating, longer-lasting love and perhaps even healthier children. 'How many dating services can you think of where they can suggest you might have better children?' said Eric Holzle, founder of ScientificMatch.com, one of the first online dating sites to use DNA. ... The idea is that people tend to be attracted to those who have immune system genes that are dissimilar from their own. Biologists say the HLA genes of the immune system — which are responsible for recognizing and marking foreign cells such as viruses so other parts of the immune system can attack them — also determine body odor 'fingerprints.' And people tend to be attracted to the natural body odors of those who have different HLA genes from their own."
Comment Re:Eclipse and Netbeans (Score 4, Insightful) 1055
I am surprised to see you describe Netbeans as bloated when compared to Eclipse. I fought with Eclipse for years before trying out Netbeans, and have been nothing but pleased with it. More than anything, it is the bloat of Eclipse that drove me away! Plugins upon plugins upon plugins, all heaped together in some massive directory. Configuration panels that need a search box!
My Netbeans experience has been a breath of fresh air.
A History of Storage, From Punch Cards To Blu-ray 160
notthatwillsmith writes "Maximum PC just posted a comprehensive visual retrospective about data storage, starting with the once state of the art punch card and moving through the popular formats of yesteryear, including everything from magtape to Blu-ray discs. It's amazing how much data you could pack on a few hundred feet of half-inch magnetic tape!"
World of Goo Ported To Linux 223
christian.einfeldt writes "Lovers of both games and Free Open Source Software will be pleased to see that the popular indie puzzle game World of Goo has been released for Linux. It was designed by a small team of two ex-Electronic Arts developers, Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, who used their entire combined savings of $10,000.00 USD to create the gooey game aimed at guiding goo balls to salvation. The developers built their gooey world with open-source technologies such as Simple DirectMedia Layer, Open Dynamics Engine for physics simulation, and TinyXML for configuration and animation files. Subversion and Mantis Bug Tracker were used for work coordination. Blogger Ken Starks points out that the release of this popular game for Linux could be a big step toward ending the chicken-and-egg problem of a dearth of good games that run natively under Linux."
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