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  1. Python - Destroying the planet? on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1

    Clearly you care more about getting free internet access than saving the planet.

    Why didnt you write it in c++? do you not care about:
    - Energy usage of your program
    - The impact it will have on world energy supply usage
    - The extra heat generated to process python on your CPU, impacting the worlds environmental temperature.

    But hey, we can all be aholes like you when we use your mentality of thinking.
    I'am off to make a program written in Java that keeps my CPU usage at 100%, because noone will let me share their radiator for free..........

  2. /fp:strict on Where Intel Processors Fail At Math (Again) · · Score: 1

    /fp:strict
    Failing that, use a pen and paper.

  3. Re:Specialization != Intelligence on Is an Octopus Too Smart For Us To Eat? · · Score: 1

    Excellent post.
    Someone needs to mod parent this up.

  4. Tron Uprising was awesome on The Era of Saturday Morning Cartoons Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Only cartoon i've actually enjoyed as an adult (eg: since i was 10 years old):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

    And, they cancelled it....
    But in 4 years time, i'll be able to rewatch it with my son, whooo!

  5. Re:Let me guess... on HP Is Planning To Split Into Two Separate Businesses, Sources Say · · Score: 1

    I'd go with:
    Company 1 = Hewlett
    Company 2 = Packard

    But, i'am sure the marketing muppets will come up with something "cloud" related.

  6. More to a point we care about on Marriott Fined $600,000 For Jamming Guest Hotspots · · Score: 2

    How did he do it?
    News for nerds, come on!

  7. Re:RealPlayer? Sigh... on Apple To Face $350 Million Trial Over iPod DRM · · Score: 1

    degraded into a process-hogging bloatware-laden pig that people began uninstalling in disgust.

    Strange, it does seem like the realplayer devs are still active in the majority of todays software.

  8. Desperate Times? on WSJ: Google X Display Team Works Toward Bezel-Free Modular Displays · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Posting for a paywall article? Budget must be low at Slashdot to advertise for wallstreet journal.
    You getting 20% of the signup costs?

    Great article i bet, shame i'am too fucking tight to give you 20p to read it.

  9. So why am i still alive? on Lost Sense of Smell Is a Strong Predictor of Death Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I lost my sense of smell over 15 years ago.
    +1 to smoking, and for making this report complete bullcrap!

  10. Opensource remake on Artificial General Intelligence That Plays Video Games: How Did DeepMind Do It? · · Score: 0

    https://github.com/kristjankor...
    In Python of all languages. Clearly not concerned about the Ai's performance.

  11. Re:So... on Euclideon Teases Photorealistic Voxel-Based Game Engine · · Score: 1

    They're just showing a cloud of points with some color.

    Array of dots.

    As we are wise and ignoring the bullshit marketing words.

    struct Voxel{
    unsigned long Id;
    vector4 Colour; //r,g,b,alpha
    vector3 vLocation;
    float fScale;
    };

  12. Higher Profit Margin on Now That It's Private, Dell Targets High-End PCs, Tablets · · Score: 1

    Dell targets people with more money than sense.
    Makes sense.

  13. Why make debian run slower than Windows Vista? on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 1

    Resolution:
    - apt-get purge gnome*
    - apt-get install lxde

    Say hello to a perfectly functioning desktop that doesnt need a supercomputer.

  14. Thermosat + wifi? on Popular Wi-Fi Thermostat Full of Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Clearly, a heated issue that will always drop in the end.

  15. C++ = Clear Language Choice. on Rosetta Code Study Weighs In On the Programming Language Debate · · Score: 1

    It always comes down to personal preference.
    All i care about is performance. If i want performance, i will learn how to use C++, regardless of what new writing methods i need to learn.
    People who cant/dont want to learn a "better language" will always try to brickwall every other language with an excuse that suits their "locked in" writing ability.

    Funny how C++ is missing from this "lets try and justify programming languages using a graph made by a 2 year old with crayons", tests

  16. Honestly? on Ask Slashdot: Alternate Software For Use On Smartboards? · · Score: 1

    Without naming this particular piece of software, and highlighting its shortfalls, has anyone got any suggestions on alternatives

    What does the smartboard run, windows/linux/amiga os?
    Is it a locked down custom embedded OS?
    Whats the CPU/RAM/HDD specs of the smartboard?

    Without any of this information, we (or i) cant assist you.

  17. Find another external service, dont be cheap? on Ask Slashdot: Remote Support For Disconnected, Computer-Illiterate Relatives · · Score: 1

    there is no option of changing ISP. messages no larger than 1MB nor hold more than 15MB (no hope of changing that either)

    Why? For whatever service they provide overseas, find someone else and pay them more for a "professional service".
    Clearly there is no "proper" solution for your listed issues, its an internal problem that your trying to fix on the cheap. It wont happen.

    Some kind of linux distro, or maybe even mac. Most viruses over there are windows only and propagate via Autorun.inf or by email attachments, not having Windows could prevent both.

    Debian

    Some desktop environment that hides anything unrelated to connecting to the net and accessing their account

    LXDE, and, you'll need to create user accounts to your own specs.

    some kind of extension to the email client that executes commands on specially formatted emails (e.g., signed with my private key), so that I can do some basic diagnostics or install extra software if I have to.

    Teach them how to copy and paste into the terminal

    Another very useful extension would be something to automatically re-assemble attachments split into several emails, to overcome the 1MB message limit.

    Winrar, 7Zip.

    If you want to play it cheap and to your own specs, you'll need to research, plan and implement everything yourself. If not, pay for better staff or get a professional to do it.

  18. For the other 70+% of us on Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build · · Score: 1

    Windows 64Bit: Stable version 37 is currently available as an opt-in:
    https://www.google.com/chrome/...

  19. Had this similar system in 1996 on School Installs Biometric Fingerprint System For Cafeteria · · Score: 1

    Back then, Biometric was replaced with a "Smart Card", basically todays credit card with a "smart chip" inside and photo ID of its owner.

    Our parents would add money to the account which is linked to the user. Then the user just inserts their "smart card" when paying for food at the cafeteria. The operator would check the photo ID on the card, job done.

    Biometric is just an upgrade to that system, which worked really well nearly 20 years ago lol. Good times, and years ahead.

  20. Re:Kickstarter's Problem on Kickstarter's Problem: You Have To Make the Game Before You Ask For Money · · Score: 1

    Thanks for writing in. Unfortunately I'm unable to comment further on our terms, as it is a standalone documentation of our policies.
    Regards,
    Alfie

    I don't even know what that means.

    Basically,
    Alfie doesnt want to go into the details of the companies terms and conditions, as they are already disclosed in their online documentation for the public.
    https://www.kickstarter.com/te...

    Theres also a hint of him suggesting he hates his job and cant be bothered to assist your original query. Typical brickwall response "heres a macro response, i cant be bothered to deal with you today"

  21. Cash for Gold. on SanDisk Releases 512GB SD Card · · Score: 0

    At $800 a pop. Services like "Cash for SD" will soon become popular.

    "Someone stole my £30 camera"
    "Thats a shame"
    "But it had a £600+ SD card in it"
    "......giggle........"

  22. Most useful app on Ask Slashdot: What Smartwatch Apps Could You See Yourself Using? · · Score: 1

    The Time?

    Ideally:
    - coded in Java by a 14 year old.
    - Uses over 80mb of memory to display 4 digits.
    - 20% cpu usage when idle.

    Wouldnt be a "true app" otherwise.

  23. 3 pieces of turd = Benchmark? on First Intel 14nm Broadwell Core M Benchmarks Unveiled · · Score: 1

    In the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, the Broadwell-based tablet we saw in action put up a score of 142.8 (with Internet Explorer running under Windows 8.1)

    Quite possibly the 3 most inefficient and slowest performing items ever created in the era of computing.
    Lets fling em together and benchmark everything based on multiple turds!

  24. Re:Does the original magnetic tape have those prop on Ask Slashdot: Best Service To Digitize VHS Home Movies? · · Score: 1

    - The video capture card is also key here, find one that has high end DAC's and high digital sample/bit rates to match.

    Mistype without morning coffee:
    The video capture card is also key here, find one that has high end ADC (analogue to digital converter) and high digital sample/bit rates to match.

    Sometimes i wish slashdot had a 3 minute edit window and delay before updating after posting, really do.

  25. Re:Does the original magnetic tape have those prop on Ask Slashdot: Best Service To Digitize VHS Home Movies? · · Score: 1

    You have to think mathematically - significant digits. If the original only have 3 significant digits, there's absolutely NO POINT in worrying about anything with 3 or more significant digits handling it. All you're preserving is error anyway.

    Incorrect and bad advice for analogue sources with a digital conversion.
    Analogue doesnt use digits, its not digital.
    The beauty of analogue is that it doesnt comply to 1's and 0's. Its a wild beast of waves. When you convert those analogue waves to digital, you will always loose quality in the conversion.
    So using the highest possible digital sample and bit depth ensures we have the best digital conversion possible. Anyone who tells you otherwise isn't a perfectionist.

    Example:
    If recording analogue audio at 44,000 digital samples per second, we can get 4.3 times the sample rate (and accuracy/quality) when using 192,000 samples per second. Sticking to 44khz means you lose alot of possible data from analogue sources. We essentially could be missing areas of the analogue sample after conversion.

    If your VHS videos mean alot to you, and you want the best digital conversion:
    - Do it yourself
    - Buy the best hardware available for your budget. By ensuring the source input (eg: tape player) is the highest quality possible will make most of the difference.
    - The video capture card is also key here, find one that has high end DAC's and high digital sample/bit rates to match.
    - use the highest possible bit and sample rates you can for digital conversion (ideally match the capture cards max specs, anything higher than those will just result in resampling digital, which you dont want).
    - Save the video+audio as "RAW, no compression", then when you get time, research a lossless codec to suit your needs.