mbaciarello - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The new PC vs MAC (Score 1) 259

by mbaciarello on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @10:49AM (#24658621) Attached to: Google Revs Android, FCC Approves First Phone

Just take a look. I have the numbers to at least three more places in a 2 km radius. You know how you get them? By clicking "see more results"--which I can only access from the web interface.

Last night I searched for the same string at home (about 2 km away from that spot) and the second result was a place in Modena.

Don't get me wrong: GMaps on the iPhone is still great, but on the go, it's limited. Many businesses, which is what I'm often looking for on the iPhone, are still sorely missing.

DIY Random Number Generator 227

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 13, 2006 @10:50AM from the now-wait-a-minute dept.

Compu486 writes "The guys over at Inventgeek have come up with a project and how artical on building a random number generator that is less than 100.00 utilizing radioactive decay. Using some Linux based open source apps and with a little ingenuity and some parts you probably have laying around your house you can build your own."

New Caldera Promised 291

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday June 17, 2006 @05:29PM from the people-you-love-to-hate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SCO has announced their plans to release a new version of Caldera Linux by the end of the year. From the announcement: 'To provide extensive reliability and performance features, the Linux Kernel 2.5 codebase has been merged with recently developed additions to SCO's world leading UNIX core operating system. Already contained code owned by SCO is still included benefiting the stability and overall experience opposed to recent Linux kernel releases.' The question is, is anyone listening?"

Britain's 400 Years of Cyber Law 225

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 13, 2006 @12:27PM from the ye-olde-email dept.

corbettw writes "There's a news piece in The Register this morning about a British high court ruling about email signatures, and whether they constitute binding contracts. Apparently, the 1677 Statute of Frauds dictates what constitutes a contract, so an email with a disclaimer in the sig could qualify under the language of the statute. Since the statute predates the Constitution of the U.S., a clever lawyer could argue it applies here equally. Maybe there's some truth to the Internet joke 'take off every sig for great justice!'"

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