Slashdot Mirror


User: dhart

dhart's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
70
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 70

  1. cloud-to-butt on Red Hat Wants to be a Dominant Force in the Cloud (Video) · · Score: 1

    Slashdot video needs a cloud-to-butt plugin. But seriously, Ubuntu is now the dominant OS in the space (surprise!) largely because Canonical has been focused here since 2009, and they've made some very astute decisions backing the right technologies, e.g. shifting quickly from Eucalyptus to Open Stack.

  2. Re:In place upgrades still unsupported? on Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' Release Candidate Is Out · · Score: 2
  3. Re:NewsBlur 100% open-source (web, iOS apps, Andro on Google Reader Being Retired · · Score: 1

    Host your own if you don't like the fee. How is this model any different from wordpress.org/.com? Relying on "free" services where the provider has no contractual obligations is the very basis of the problem with Google shitcanning Reader without giving users the *choice* to move to a paid model or, heaven forbid, open sourcing the code. Oh right, Google's core platform code is proprietary, my bad for thinking that they could eat their own dogfood and at least provide the *option* for users to re-deploy Google products (or their open-sourced anaogues) on Google's own AppEngine platform.

  4. NewsBlur 100% open-source (web, iOS apps, Android) on Google Reader Being Retired · · Score: 3, Informative

    From Samuel Clay's twitter posts today - https://twitter.com/NewsBlur. Remember, NewsBlur is 100% open-source (web, iOS apps, Android). Follow @samuelclay on GitHub: http://github.com/samuelclay. Today's not such a hot day in terms of speed, but the next three months will be full throttle. I was preparing to launch the re-design in TWO weeks, not today. I'm spinning up more servers to handle the onslaught.

  5. feature or bug? on Skype Bug Sends Messages To Random Contacts · · Score: 1

    A "bug", really? Or was it a "feature" that went slightly wrong? The mere existence of code [in Skype's codebase] that sends messages without the user's input is troublesome (although hardly surprising, considering the source).

  6. Re:but handling uncertainty isn't easy on Strong AI and the Imminent Revolution In Robotics · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Indeed there are no easy solutions, but there's plenty of mathematical work going on to better handle uncertainty. For example, OpenCog's Probabilistic Logic Networks. From http://wiki.opencog.org/w/Probabilistic_Logic_Networks "PLN is a novel conceptual, mathematical and computational approach to uncertain inference. In order to carry out effective reasoning in real-world circumstances, AI software must robustly handle uncertainty."

  7. Obligatory Big Bang Theory reference on Using Non-Newtonian Fluids To Fill Potholes · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Run your own - Try Ubuntu for 1 hour for free on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 1

    ssh -D 8080 -Nf ubuntu@50.12.345.67 (replace with valid IP from your Ubuntu Cloud Guest) Oh, and don't forget to add an SSH tunnel and configure your web browser to use a SOCKS proxy to localhost.

  9. Re:Run your own - Try Ubuntu for 1 hour for free on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Trustworthy VPN Service? · · Score: 1

    https://try.cloud.ubuntu.com/ Try Ubuntu for 1 hour for free on Amazon's EC2 Cloud

  10. Oh, for f*ck's sake! on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 1

    OFFS!

  11. Re:No *official* port. on Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Won't Get Android 4.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have you been paying attention? Google controls Android branding and access to the App Market. If Google wishes to put sensible conditions on Android distributors they can do so. Why they haven't done this is anyone's best guess.

  12. atmosphere processor from LV-426 on Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently · · Score: 1

    "[The team used] ... a custom-built tower to capture CO2 directly from the air..." Is it just me, or did everyone else also receive that instant mental image of the [nuked] atmosphere processor from LV-426?

  13. Re:freedom software removes freedom on FSF-Sponsored gNewSense 2.1 Released · · Score: 1

    You are confused. Copyleft is about freedom for USERS at the expense of checking DEVELOPERS abilities to infringe on the freedoms of users. Developers who use to copyleft licenses are generous in their grant of freedoms to users, while developers who do not use copyleft licenses are less generous to varying degrees (depending on the license chosen). Note that 'generous' is used here in the abstract sense, not in any concrete moralistic sense.

  14. Microwho? on Microsoft Brand In Sharp Decline · · Score: 1

    Microwho?

  15. Re:Follow The Trend on New VIA x86 CPU Takes Aim At Intel Silverthorne · · Score: 1

    Z-RAM - "zero capacitor RAM" uses only a single transistor but performance is similar to the standard six-transistor SRAM cell used in cache memory.

  16. Re:Not so easy on Bill to Require Open Access to Scientific Papers · · Score: 2

    I'd like Google Scholar to offer services for hosting and review of scientific papers. Perhaps then we'd see some truer-to-life cost figures possible with state-of-the-art technology. It would also be interesting if Google disclosed advertising revenue for this tiny fraction of their business.

  17. UNIX copyrights on SCO Fiasco Over For Linux, Starting For Solaris? · · Score: 1

    Better yet, Novell should assign the UNIX copyrights to the Free Software Foundation or the Linux Foundation. Perhaps then they could begin to earn back the trust of the FOSS community.

  18. When I read the title, I thought to myself 'uh-oh' on Five Ideas That Will Reinvent Computing · · Score: 1

    here comes

    1. iPhone
    2. iPhone
    3. iPhone
    4. iPhone
    5. iPhone

  19. Re:Cuplrit? on How iTunes Hurts Weird Al · · Score: 1

    > (MP|RI)AA

    I think you meant MAFIAA. http://www.mafiaa.org/

  20. Re:in related news... on Microsoft Providing Virtual Server Free · · Score: 2, Funny

    When asked for a comment, an anonymous Microsoft developer stated "I know that it's ancient history, but some of us were really sorry for that 'cut off their air supply' comment... long live Netscape!"

  21. BSD-style license on Open-Source Router to Take on Cisco? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    BSD-style license and backed by Intel and Microsoft? You might as well write them a check with a note "here's some help in your crusade against Cisco".

    No thanks, I'd rather contribute to a GPL project, like a router derivation of Embedded Ubuntu.

  22. "not yet viable?" on No 3G for HP Until 2007 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "not yet viable?" hmm... tell that to my Motorola A835 (Three Network Australia) c.2004, which is dated but still working fine, video and all.

  23. Re:Free on Linspire CEO Considers CNR for Ubuntu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This also does not prevent another company like Impi Linux (65% owned by Mark Shuttleworth) from offering optional services on top of Ubuntu.

    Impi has a deal with CodeWeavers (the commercial contributors to WINE) and other commercial Linux players; I'd be surprised if they're not also talking to Linspire.

    It's an interesting dance between the FREE and commercial software worlds!

  24. Re:If you replace enough files... on OSx86 Cracked Again · · Score: 1

    Which would be perfect in my case... A new fast/quiet Mac Mini Core based Linux firewall at home, and the ability to run OS X in VMWare on my laptop, as I would benefit from doing sysadmin and application testing on-the-go, without lugging two laptops!

  25. A hint of things to come? on Google Windows Apps Coming To Linux · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Perhaps Google is quietly gaining experience with desktop Linux (Ubuntu) and WINE for a future assault on the Microsoft-dominated desktop. Microsoft will try very hard to switch people away from win32 apps and onto WinFX apps, where they have much tighter control (patents, DRM, etc.). Also, Microsoft knows that win32 will soon be 99%+ reverse engineered to run on Linux, so they have a huge interest in killing win32. Circa 1999 Intel wanted to kill x86 to increase profit margins and gain a tighter control of the market via IA-64 (Itanium), a highly IP-encumbered ISA. In the process, Intel left an x86-64 gap. If Microsoft leaves a win32 gap, like Intel did with x86-64, perhaps Google will fill that gap with Linux/win32, just as AMD filled Intel's gap with AMD64, leaving Intel scrambling and Itanium stagnating. I would guess that Microsoft will do better with WinFX than Intel is doing with Itanium, but how much better is the interesting question!