Comment Apple vs. Samsung (Score 0) 612
What is your opinion on the Apple vs. Samsung verdict?
Comment Because (Score 1) 666
Red Hat is a cooler name, duh.
Comment Not code for a program but.... (Score 1) 391
I did text the following to my GF this morning:
#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int x = 500;
while(x > 0)
{
cout"I love you";
x--;
}
return 0;
}
Submission + - Paul Haggis Vs The Church of Scientology (newyorker.com)
eldavojohn writes: It's a lengthy read but Lawrence Wright at The New Yorker has released a 26 page expose on Scientology. In a world where such innocuous sounding words as "squirrels," "security-checked," "disconnection," "contra-survival," "suppressive persons," "clear" and "open season" carry very serious and heavy baggage, director Paul Haggis has exited after thirty four years of membership and massive funding. And now he speaks out at length of Scientology's controversies. From how celebrities were recruited with a 10% commission by a worker at Beverly Hills Playhouse to the current investigation by the FBI of physical abuse and human trafficking, Wright draws surrounding histories and accounts of the Church including Anonymous' crusade. The length of this article reflects the unusually large number (12 cases of physical abuse) of individuals cited as testimony of Scientology Leader David Miscavige's inurement and physical violence. The case remains open as the FBI collects data and testimony — especially in relation to Sea Org. Most disturbing are the disappearances of people that The New Yorker piece enumerates. The piece concludes with the author's interaction with the Church that results in several conflicting foundational statements from its stance on homosexuality (Haggis' original reason for publicly leaving it) to almost all details of L. Ron Hubbard's naval service and discharge. The article ends with Haggis' quote: 'I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don't know why I couldn't.' You can find summaries of the lengthy article and its suspected results along with corresponding reports listing politicians involved with the Church. Copyrighted work, leaked government documents, PS3 encryption keys and everything else has been posted on Slashdot but only the Church of Scientology has forced comments out of existence.
Submission + - Oxford University tests universal flu vaccine (dbune.com)
dbune writes: A universal flu vaccine has been tested by scientists at Oxford University. The immunization could provide protection against all known strains of the flu, which will protect billions more against the flu virus. The vaccine hits a different part of the flu virus and does away with costly yearly re...
Comment The Onion (Score 2, Funny) 109
This is similar to another recent discovery:
http://www.theonion.com/video/paleontologists-discover-skeleton-of-natures-first,14320/
Paleontologists Discover World's Horniest Dinosaur 109
Ponca City, We love you writes "The Guardian reports that paleontologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient beast called Kosmoceratops richardsoni that stood 16 feet tall with a 6-foot skull equipped with 15 horns and lived 76 million years ago in the warm, wet swamps of what is now southern Utah. 'These animals are basically over-sized rhinos with a whole lot more horns on their heads. They had huge heads relative to their body size,' says Scott Sampson, a researcher at the Utah Museum of Natural History."
Submission + - Open source VLC media player coming to iPad (thinq.co.uk)
Stoobalou writes: The people behind VLC, quite probably the most useful media player available right now, have submitted an iPod version to the Apple software police.
VLC — which is rightfully famous for having a go at playing just about any kind of audio or video file you care to throw at it — should appear some time next week, if it makes it through the often unfathomable approval process implemented by Apple.
The Open Source Video Lan Client has been tweaked to run on the iPod by software developer Applidium.
VLC — which is rightfully famous for having a go at playing just about any kind of audio or video file you care to throw at it — should appear some time next week, if it makes it through the often unfathomable approval process implemented by Apple.
The Open Source Video Lan Client has been tweaked to run on the iPod by software developer Applidium.
Submission + - Halo Reach Code Leaked to Filesharing Sites (thinq.co.uk)
Stoobalou writes: What appears to be the entire code for Bungie's Halo Reach game has turned up on a number of file sharing sites.
The hotly-anticipated multi-player shooter had been hosted on a private area of the Microsoft Live site in order for journalists to preview the release, but Microsoft has admitted that a security breach has meant that pirates have been able to bypass personal download codes given to writers.
Disk images of the game are now appearing on a number of public torrent and P2P sites as well as on popular NZB aggregators and Usenet binaries newsgroups.
The hotly-anticipated multi-player shooter had been hosted on a private area of the Microsoft Live site in order for journalists to preview the release, but Microsoft has admitted that a security breach has meant that pirates have been able to bypass personal download codes given to writers.
Disk images of the game are now appearing on a number of public torrent and P2P sites as well as on popular NZB aggregators and Usenet binaries newsgroups.
Submission + - More issues with the iPhone 4, Proximity Sensor (tekgoblin.com)
tekgoblin writes: First we had issues with the iPhone 4 and its reception related to they way it was held. Now there are many users reporting a problem with the proximity sensor on the phone during a call. I have actually had the same issues with my new iPhone 4 as well. The problem occurs during a call when the phone is up against your ear, the sensor is supposed to turn off the screen. But users are reporting that the screen is staying lit thus causing accidental input.
Submission + - Compiz 0.9.0 is Released! (freedesktop.org)
werfu writes: Compiz 0.9.0, the first release of Compiz rewritten in C++, has been annouced on the Compiz mailling list. See the announcement for more info http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2010-July/003429.html
Firefox Mobile 1.1 Released 57
An anonymous reader writes "Firefox Mobile 1.1 has been released for Maemo devices such as the Nokia N900. Madhava Enros has put together a field guide for Firefox Mobile 1.1 which highlights what's new and notable in this release."
Submission + - Apple quietly goes after Mac Trojan with update (thinq.co.uk)
Th'Inquisitor writes: Apple's latest update to Snow Leopard included software to protect Mac computers from a Trojan. Strangely, Apple didn't mention this fact in its release notes.
The malware opens a back door to a Mac that can allow hackers gain control of the machine and snoop about on it or turn it into a zombie.
"You have to wonder," said Graham Cluley, spokesman for web security Sophos, "whether their keeping quiet about an anti-malware security update like this was for marketing reasons."
The malware opens a back door to a Mac that can allow hackers gain control of the machine and snoop about on it or turn it into a zombie.
"You have to wonder," said Graham Cluley, spokesman for web security Sophos, "whether their keeping quiet about an anti-malware security update like this was for marketing reasons."
Submission + - SCOTUS: Govt Employee Text Messages Not Private (businessweek.com) 1
e9th writes: The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, has decided that government employers are entitled to examine all text messages sent with government provided devices, even if the employee has agreed to pay for any excess message charges out of his own pocket. While the ruling only applies to government employees (at all levels), it may give private sector employees something to think about when using employer-provided devices.
Submission + - WordPress 3.0 Released (net-security.org)
An anonymous reader writes: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download and comes with 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements. Major new features in this release include a new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies.
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