Comment Purism (Score 1) 287
... I mean, only assuming you want to own your hardware instead of the other way around.
https://puri.sm/products/
Submission + - Gateway Computer Co-Founder Mike Hammond Dead at 53 (siouxlandnews.com)
damn_registrars writes: One of the three men who co-founded Gateway Computer (sometimes called "Gateway 2000") died over the weekend.
Comment Cloud (Score 2) 283
Amazon created and dominated the cloud as we know it before Microsoft even knew it existed. To this day, Microsoft's prices on Azure are about twice that of AWS, and Microsoft doesn't have a prayer in taking that market. All Microsoft has ever done is a half-assed attempt to buy their way into yet-another-market. If Amazon wasn't so laser focused on defining what the cloud means and pouring in R&D dollars, sure they could make a little more money. If Amazon wasn't pushing boundaries like same-day delivery, sure they could make a little more money. Put another way, if Ballmer wasn't so focused on making a little more money, and could be laser focused on R&D and pushing boundaries, maybe he could dominate a market like Amazon - but he left that post years ago.
Comment Re:In other news... (Score 1) 284
Read the articles you linked to.
"Keeping up with their promise to make smartphones more root-friendly,"
"They didn't specify which handsets will receive the capability or when we can expect to see it, but the company promises to keep us updated "every few weeks.""
"Motorola said it plans to enable the unlockable/relockable bootloader currently found on Motorola XOOM across its portfolio of devices starting in late 2011, "where carriers and operators will allow it.""
What's funny is you lot sure like to drag out the 'reality distortion field' a lot.
Why was this modded down instead of up?
Comment Re:Just hilarious (Score 1) 339
Actually he's got a point. Nobody arguse about it is using the right numbers for the right purpose. It has been going on for ages on this site.
Comment Re:chiropractor (Score 1) 195
fwiw, a licensed occupational therapist would be a better option for workspace setup and body mechanics in this instance.
Belkin's President Apologizes For Faked Reviews 137
remove office writes "After I wrote about how Belkin's Amazon.com sales rep Mike Bayard had been paying for fake reviews of his company's products using Mechanical Turk, hundreds of readers across the Web expressed their outrage. As a result of the online outcry, Belkin's president Mark Reynoso has issued a statement apologizing and saying that 'this is an isolated incident' and that 'Belkin does not participate in, nor does it endorse, unethical practices like this.' Amazon moved swiftly to remove several reviews on Belkin products it believed were fraudulent. But now fresh evidence of astroturfing has surfaced, by the same Belkin executive."
First Flight of Jet Powered By Algae-Fuel 255
s31523 writes "Today a US airline carrier conducted a 90 minute test flight with one of its engines powered by a 50/50 blend of biofuel and normal aircraft fuel. This was the first flight by a US carrier after other airlines have reported trying similar flights. In February 2008, a Virgin 747 flew from London to Amsterdam partly using a fuel derived from a blend of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts. At the end of December, one engine of an Air New Zealand 747 was powered by a 50/50 blend of jatropha plant oil and standard A1 jet fuel."
Comment Re:Dirty little business secret (Score 1) 165
White wine vinegar is a nice natural cleaner, and it's cheap.
OT, but you may be referring to distilled vinegar (commonly known as "White" vinegar). White wine vinegar may clean well, but it certainly isn't cheap compared to distilled.
Comment Use Sharepoint (Score 1, Informative) 237
Sharepoint is your best bet here.
The only alternative I can think of is checking your docs into your source control.
(Useful) Stupid Vim Tricks? 702
haroldag writes "I thoroughly enjoyed the recent post about Unix tricks, so I ask Slashdot vim users, what's out there? :Sex, :b#, marks, ctags. Any tricks worth sharing?"
Comment Threading (Score 1) 90
I have avoided threading for the same reason I have avoided C++. It's a broken platform. It doesn't make your smarter after you learn about it - it makes you realize how broken the system is. It's more of a patchwork than a real solution. There needs to be a paradigm shift (ala Actor Oriented Programming).
Until that happens, I'll confine myself to threadpools and a worker thread.
Until that happens, I'll confine myself to threadpools and a worker thread.
Demo PS3 Units freeze on Purpose 363
AbsoluteZero writes "A Sony rep has claimed to Destructoid that demo PS3 units in kiosks across the country were built to freeze up on purpose. From the article: "We do that so that people won't play it all day long," he explained. "Specifically during Motorstorm, we made it freeze up a lot.""
Comment Re:Not good enough (Score 1) 275
I never met that guy, but I do have a strong memory of being held captive aboard an alien ship with funky mirrors. When I returned, I told everybody a bout my ordeal. Now I'm living out my days in this damn hospital. Oh well, at least my sister won the swim meet.
Comment Re:Beakman vs. Nye (Score 1) 347
Nye was the jerk. He was a "guest judge" at my university's engineering open house my senior year. Total ass.
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