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  1. It is widely discussed that oil price is rather stable measured in gold. So by this line of though it is not oil price that fluctuates but rather dollar value. Recently revealed conspiracy of banks to manipulate dollar gold price adds yet another dimension to this speculation

  2. Are there translators to COBOL? on Department of Homeland Security Still Uses COBOL (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Can code from other languages be converted to COBOL automatically? Can someone write in C, Java or Basic, for that matters, and have it translated to a valid COBOL code via some translator? The younger languages should certainly have the power to cover the concepts available in COBOL?
    Is this approach sensible? Does anyone use it nowadays?

  3. There is a similar solution for Blackberry z10 on USB "Condom" Allows You To Practice Safe Charging · · Score: 1

    BLACKBERRY Battery Charger Bundle fuer Z10
    The charger allows daisy-chain connection for the phone (or any other micro USB device). I have learned that it effectively works like the "usb condom". Additional feature is that it shields the phone from the charging device, not only a computer. This allows for the use of dumb chargers. Otherwise the phone (BB Z10) gets too smart and only draws 500mA where the charger is actually capable of 2A.
    Blackberry is not doing too well now as a company, but I still like them for the hardware and those small niceties like cheap but durable accessories. The headset for BB9700 costed 3 Euro and was of great quality. But I digress.

  4. MP3 is more than enough for Hifi on $50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio · · Score: 1

    Provided you do some sensible bitrate. Hifi is specified as 40Hz-16kHz on -6dB for amplifiers, for loudpeakers it is even worse. http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=121725&page=33

  5. If you have a receiver and Linux on $50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio · · Score: 2

    this will give you the highest return on investment if your receiver is capable of 24/96 and 5.1. No hardware changes necessary.

    sudo vi /etc/pulse/daemon.conf (this is Ubuntu)
    and change following entries this way:

    default-sample-format = s24le
    default-sample-rate = 96000
    default-sample-channels = 6

  6. Re:does this need to be so complicated? on Ask Slashdot: Temporary Backup Pouch? · · Score: 1

    OK, I got it, so the diff is the problem.
    I see two solutions
    1. write the date of the latest mirror-sync to a file in laptop and copy all newer or modified files to flash with a "find".
    2. have a second copy (mirror) on a separate partition the laptop HDD and diff against it. Actually helpful in case you really need to restore a (deleted) file while on the road.

    I believe having a complicated script and set up is more "expensive" at the end of the day as just to have a second (or a third copy).

  7. does this need to be so complicated? on Ask Slashdot: Temporary Backup Pouch? · · Score: 2

    From what I have parsed the OP wants to have a full back-up on a USB-HDD and the diffs on the USB-Flash, because the Flash is limited in size.
    Just write two rsync (or grsync) scenarios: one for HDD and the other for the Flash. On the HDD you will have a directory that is a mirror copy of your laptop. On the Flash you will keep the diffs for the time between syncs to the HDD.

    When at home
    1. rsync your laptop to the HDD (mirror).
    2. copy the incremental stuff from the Flash to a separate directory (e.g. diff-2012-May-21) on the HDD, and wipe the Flash.

    At the road:
    just rsync diffs to that Flash.

    I guess the recovery plan is quite obvious too. Should any _one_ of those three devices die, you are still good to go.

  8. Re:national security on Australian Gov't Bans Huawei From National Network Bids · · Score: 1

    The one that produces Marsupial Lion OS?
    (the "marsupial while" operator is so cute!)

  9. Re:Those Hospitals May Be Killing You on Those Sleeping Pills May Be Killing You · · Score: 1

    About the author
    Andreas Moritz is a medical intuitive; a practitioner of
    Ayurveda, iridology, shiatsu, and vibrational medicine; a
    writer; and an artist.

  10. Yes, but does it run Linux? on Ask Slashdot: How To Go Paperless At Home? · · Score: 1

    I have a ScanSnap, but it requires Windows. Google Desktop for Linux was helpul to index the searcheable PDFs. And now Google has dropped it. Has anybody have a good solution with ScanSnap for Linux?

  11. Re:Marketing on CEOs of RIM Step Down · · Score: 1

    What you did not get is that the email is not "missing" from the tablet. The model is the separation of sensitive information (corporate email etc.), which stays on Blackberry and all the other stuff including your private data on the multimedia platform Playbook. But obviously due to the lack of marketing this was not really clear to a bunch of people.

  12. The Art of Unix Programming on What Is the Most Influential Programming Book? · · Score: 3, Insightful
  13. Re:dr;nca on Canadian Judge Rules Domain Names Are Property · · Score: 1

    Traffic=moving cars
    There, preprocessed that for you. Now pls. start reading!

  14. Re:Once you have discovered on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    Check out the Altec Lansing inMotion series or Creative d200 for new amplification technology. While this is no hi-end stereo, it sounds better than some 30 years old hi-fi even as mp3 over bluetooth.

  15. Re:The digital parts have gotten much better thoug on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    one more thing to try is to change your card into 24bit/96-192kHz (depending on what your receiver supports) For instance it is possible with M-Audio USB card.
    The result was eyes(ears)opening even for usual mp3 files.

  16. Re:Yes. And they're chick magnets. on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    No wonder for they use the rare-earth superstrong magnets in there. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet#Common_applications

  17. Medvedev talks to Russian WWW experts on Russian President: Time To Reform Copyright · · Score: 1

    Here an example of a constructive lobbing (google translation) that certainly had influence on the process http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kremlin.ru%2Fnews%2F11115&act=url
    I must admit Medvedev has a talent of staying on topic and making insightful comments from a country governance perspective. The discussion gives a nice insight into the problems law makers have in contemporary Russia.

  18. I believe Ubuntu may experiment on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 1

    They have reached a level where they should start experimenting. The 9.10 does work just fine for me on the desktop since its release. If I am honest to myself - it has everything I need for now. Just out of enthusiasm upgrading would be a natural thing to do. But because I have once compiled the Amarok 1.x for 9.10 I am too lazy to upgrade and recompile.
    My wife uses 10.10 on her laptop and when she at the desktop she does not notice the difference with 9.10. Not to say that there is no difference, but 9.10 was already good enough.
    So if Ubuntu does not get noticeably (like "Wow!") better incrementally, they should start experimenting.

  19. Re:One right here! on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 1

    Take Amarok, then.

  20. Re:Damn ... on Ask Slashdot: Becoming a Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    ask a credible question in the first place?

  21. Re:Welp on Sony Running Unpatched Servers With No Firewall · · Score: 1

    Can it actually be big enough not to care about PCI at all, because with 70 mln accounts they could economically implement their own fraud detection system.

  22. Buy Novell, yes, the whole Novell company on Ask Slashdot: Becoming a Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    You say you have unlimited budget - just buy Novell back from Attachmate. There will certainly be one or two knowledgeable guy who could run your network for you.
    For giving you such an amazing advice for free, may I suggest you keep Novell suing SCO out of their pants?

  23. So those who are outside are the spies themselves on Assange: Facebook 'the Most Appalling Spy Machine' Ever · · Score: 1

    When everybody and their dog are on Facebook, those who are not, have certainly something to hide. :-)
    Like the house where bin Laden was reportedly hiding - had no phone and internet connection - evil!

  24. digitize searcheable PDF, originals shoebox on Ask Slashdot: How Do You File Paper Documents At Home? · · Score: 1

    Fujitsu ScanSnap500 is the device that does the batch scans. This is actually the only thing I still use Windows for.

  25. Re:LOL - Facebook credits on Facebook To Be 'Biggest Bank' By 2015 · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin has just reached the parity with USD yesterday, if what reported is correct.