Comment Re:Better headline.... (Score 1) 323
"Sensationalist Headlines are Killing Slashdot"
Amen to that.
Submission + - Intel launches Wi-Di (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: Intel has launched a new display technology called Wi-Di at CES. Intel Wireless Display (Wi-Di for short) uses Wi-Fi to wirelessly transmit video from PCs running Intel's latest generation of Core processors to HD television sets. Televisions will require a special adapter made by companies such as Netgear — which will cost around $100 — to receive the wireless video signals. Intel also revealed its optical interconnect technology, Light Peak, will be in PCs "in about a year".
Submission + - Novelist Blames Piracy on Open Source Culture (cnn.com) 3
joeflies writes: CNN.com published an article entitled "Digital Piracy Hits the e-Book Industry". The article quotes the following statement by novelist Sherman Alexie made: "With the open-source culture on the Internet, the idea of ownership — of artistic ownership — goes away," Alexie added. "It terrifies me."
Comment Re:Code format (Score 1) 580
How you edit is not important, how the team you are part of all edit is. By making lines 160 characters long you force everyone to have to code the same way you do.
Well, no developers on my team have windows that narrow that they require 80 chars per line to fit. In fact, all of them have a 24" monitor, and normally code full screen. Now what?
Comment Re:Atheists Unite... as a religion (Score 1) 845
I think Dawkins' concept of the selfish gene is a more accurate portrayal - an organism's goal is to propagate it's own DNA.
If it is beneficial to kill off the competitors, then that is the nature of the beast. If it is of benefit to have some level of cooperation with the tribe to eventually help propagate ones' own DNA, then the beast has become a little bit more civilized..
It is not a given of evolution that an individual organism looks to benefit the species. It can work out that way, but it's not a rule/law of evolution.
Submission + - China Arrests Thousands in Internet Porn Crackdown (reuters.com)
Clandestine_Blaze writes: Chinese police have arrested 5,394 people — with another 4,186 criminal cases in the works — in one of the largest crackdowns on Internet porn in the country. Even more arrests were expected in 2010, according to the Ministry of Public Security's website (In Chinese or Google translated into English). According to the Reuters article on the crackdown, one of the justifications was that the pornography was 'threatening the emotional health of children.'
From the English translation of the Ministry of Public Security's website linked above, it appears that certain provinces are also offering 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan awards, per person, for reporting illegal websites to the Government.
From the English translation of the Ministry of Public Security's website linked above, it appears that certain provinces are also offering 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan awards, per person, for reporting illegal websites to the Government.
TSA Withdraws Subpoenas Against Bloggers 125
wwphx writes "In the wake of public outcry against the Transportation Security Administration for serving civil subpoenas on two bloggers, the government agency has canceled the legal action and apologized for the strong-arm tactics agents used."
Comment Re:OOG LIKE ARTICLE (Score 1) 73
yeah that made me laugh
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