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  1. any nvidia MDT device on Ask Slashdot: Hardware Accelerated Multi-Monitor Support In Linux? · · Score: 2

    http://www.amazon.com/computers-accessories/dp/B0089WM7XE
    with the nvidia drivers version 304 or newer.
    Have 2 machines each with one of these cards. drives 3 monitors one of which is even in portrait mode.

  2. for me its the summer of PI. raspberry and arduino projects and general amusement.

  3. or better yet... on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    the passenger was using my phone...

  4. electricity on NSA Building $860 Million Data Center In Maryland · · Score: 2

    where the @#^( are they getting this much electricity? are there secret nuclear power plants on the east coast?

  5. where to begin... on Ask Slashdot: Job Search Or More Education? · · Score: 0

    at this point you are well trained to work in the repair section of best buy. if that is the kind of career path you would like by all means go for it.
    but basically with your education and the economy/job market the way it is you will be in low paying menial jobs for a long time.
    If however you have some concept of another field you would like to do that you can 'use' computers in go back for some more education
    in that field. the tech school wouldnt be too bad of a choice but you might also find something useful at a state school.
    holding out hope for the perfect job that pays well and you love will just fall into your lap is a lot like winning the lottery.

    if you have the ability and desire a good applied sciences degree is always useful.

  6. Re:education yes but CS? maybe not on Ask Slashdot: CS Degree While Working Full Time? · · Score: 2

    so if you are planning to a) stay at this place long enough to get a degree, and b) stay longer at this place they will make you sign up for for them
    to pay your education bills (which is a good thing) you can see right there you will be at this place/job for quite a while more.
    So at that point will you be wanting to go into a computer science position or something different?
    but honestly after 10 years of real education nobody cares so much about education unless you are going to teach or do research for the govt.
    get an education but think carefully about in what area.

    sorry, meant 10 years of experience not education

  7. education yes but CS? maybe not on Ask Slashdot: CS Degree While Working Full Time? · · Score: 1

    so if you are planning to a) stay at this place long enough to get a degree, and b) stay longer at this place they will make you sign up for for them
    to pay your education bills (which is a good thing) you can see right there you will be at this place/job for quite a while more.
    So at that point will you be wanting to go into a computer science position or something different?
    but honestly after 10 years of real education nobody cares so much about education unless you are going to teach or do research for the govt.
    get an education but think carefully about in what area.

  8. how does it "look" different on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 2

    not having seen the movie or old enough to remember it if it happened in the golden age of movies..
    how does it look different in the theater at 48fps vs normal 24fps movies?

  9. so a digital movie worth $5 now on Details of Initial "Disc to Digital" Program Emerge · · Score: 1

    can I just give walmart $5 with no dvd and have them add a movie to my ultraviolet account?
    not that I have one but it seems that the industry just claimed a digital copy of a movie can be bought for $5 in HD.

  10. Re:Is konsole affected? on Data Breach Flaw Found In Gnome-terminal, Xfce Terminal and Terminator · · Score: 2

    It looks like only if the scrollback size is unlimited or at least really huge.
    I have 1000 line scroll back and konsole creates no such files in /tmp.

  11. can you write GPU code? on Ask Slashdot: Parallel Cluster In a Box? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    do you or them know how to program on a GPU?
    if its really embarrassingly parallel EC2 spot instances and the gnu program 'parallel' will work quite nicely.
    But if coding changes are required then the hardware is the least of your expenses.
     

  12. hardly the biggest on Ask Slashdot: Best Use For a New Supercomputing Cluster? · · Score: 2

    Amazon's HPC cluster there in Virginia I suspect is way bigger then your little toy..
    plus all the agencies.

  13. still looking.. on Ask Slashdot: Ebook Reader for Scientific Papers? · · Score: 1

    I was so looking forward to the KNO device for this very reason.
    but it didnt quite make it to usefulness :(

    The ipad and goodreader is my current default but the screen is really just a little to small for
    tech/scientific docs.

    the asus eee pad transformer has promise but battery life sucks.

    there are some flip screen laptops that are nice but again short battery life and quite spendy.

    Ive been looking for years for such a beast but technology and demand arent there yet.

    s

  14. the change is good for me on Netflix Deflects Rage Over Price Increase · · Score: 1

    Their changes means my plan drops by $1.01 a month. Im all for it.

  15. Re:liberal BS on Piracy Is a Market Failure — Not a Legal One · · Score: 1

    this country is increasingly ruled by corporations. Its only natural that the
    people start adopting the ethics of corporations. This is to maximize profits
    at the cost of everything else.
    and by not spending money when they dont have to people are doing exactly
    what ethics tells them to do...

  16. Re:actual purpose on Latest Top 500 Supercomputer List Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    pleaides isnt nukes, its nasa. airplanes and weather.
    the others some are nukes some are open unclassified uses.
    noaa/nsf/etc

  17. its not their device anymore on In Defense of Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    once you buy it its no longer their device, its your device
    and should be able to do with it as you please.
    however there are non consumer friendly laws that
    got bought that prohibit this concept...

  18. Re:Why go to community college? on New Plan Lets Top HS Students Graduate 2 Years Early · · Score: 1

    It actually can.
    I did this very thing some 25+ years ago now.
    though my highschool was paying for my community college
    at the time. The was pre-AP classes and this was their version.

    It was a very useful thing to do community college before
    I went on to a real university. not for everyone but
    it was like a halfway program for higher education.

  19. it can be if in your job you also program on Is Programming a Lucrative Profession? · · Score: 1

    strictly "programming" is becoming a blue collar job these days.
    but if you find a profession that you like that needs programming
    skills in addition to its normal requirements you can do great.
    myself I went to school to engineering (aerospace), that needs
    a lot of programming as all we do is write code.
    So its applied programming if you will which tends to be
    a lot more useful in the real world then just a programming
    degree.

  20. yes on Are You Using SPF Records? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    it has cut down tremendously on the spam claiming to be from my domains.
    any other benefit I am unaware of.

  21. Re:Is NASA suffering from mission creep? on NASA Nebula, Cloud Computing In a Container · · Score: 1

    This is not so much a "data center" as it is going to be a generic compute resource.
    Given the computer modeling and simulations that NASA needs to do to support its
    "space" missions this kind of thing is very much related to its core mission statements.

  22. Re:Terminology on RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever" · · Score: 1

    They are allowed to view any future sale of a DRM infested product as a rental/lease.
    Im all for this. However my price point of renting vs buying something is 1/10th
    the current asking price. I will always go for the unencumbered cd route
    if I want to buy music. though if the band themselves offers .wav files I would
    buy those as well.

  23. Re:Hats of for MIT on MIT To Make All Faculty Publications Open Access · · Score: 3, Insightful

    for computer science I would say yes rice is a better option.
    do undergrad there, save the money, then go on to master and postdoc
    at either stanford or MIT.

  24. Re:I was sent simply on The Art of The Farewell Email · · Score: 1

    it wasnt an email but I did leave this saying on my whiteboard when I left one job. it was however in klingon.

  25. some yes some no on Broadband Access Without the Pork? · · Score: 2, Informative

    some broadband places may give you a cheaper rate with such pork but not
    all of them require it. Also some dsl providers do offer dry pair (or naked)
    dsl, but only if you ask. Some digging may be required on your part.