Comment Re:forget popcorn (Score 1) 865
here in Malaysia we actually have "gold class" cinemas that serve beer, and you get to sit in a couch. for about 4-5x the price of normal tickets tho, and yes you have to pay extra for the beer.
Comment in Malaysia (Score 1) 444
over here in Malaysia we have paper money for all denominations except the RM 5 bill, which is "plastic money", my colleague use it to floss his teeth
Submission + - Japan finds radiation traces in whales (globalsaskatoon.com)
mdsolar writes: "
Japanese whale hunters have found traces of radioactive caesium in two of the ocean giants recently harpooned off its shores in the Pacific Ocean, a fisheries agency official said Wednesday. Two minke whales culled off the northern island of Hokkaido showed readings of 31 becquerels and 24.3 becquerels of caesium per kilogram, he said, adding that the cause may be the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
That is 650 km away from the nuclear disaster."
Submission + - Is this the golden age of hacking? (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: "With a seemingly continuous wave of attacks hitting the public and commercial sectors, there has never been a more prodigious period for hackers, argues PC Pro. What has led to the sudden hacking boom? Ease of access to tools has also led to an explosion in the numbers of people actively looking for companies with weakened defences, according to security experts. Meanwhile, the recession has left thousands of highly skilled IT staff out of work and desperate for money, while simultaneously crimping companies' IT security budgets. The pressure to get systems up and running as quickly as possible also means that networks aren't locked down as tightly as they should be, which can leave back doors open for hackers."
Submission + - Reason Seen More as Weapon Than Path to Truth (nytimes.com)
mdsolar writes: "For centuries thinkers have assumed that the uniquely human capacity for reasoning has existed to let people reach beyond mere perception and reflex in the search for truth. Rationality allowed a solitary thinker to blaze a path to philosophical, moral and scientific enlightenment.
Now some researchers are suggesting that reason evolved for a completely different purpose: to win arguments. Rationality, by this yardstick (and irrationality too, but we’ll get to that) is nothing more or less than a servant of the hard-wired compulsion to triumph in the debating arena."
Now some researchers are suggesting that reason evolved for a completely different purpose: to win arguments. Rationality, by this yardstick (and irrationality too, but we’ll get to that) is nothing more or less than a servant of the hard-wired compulsion to triumph in the debating arena."
Comment actually quite useful! (Score 1) 200
I frequently find myself switching between my PC & Blackberry, replying messages on one hand and doing some other work on the PC with the other. I for one would be happy to have the BB OS on the PC just so that I can use only one keyboard instead.
So yah, I can definitely see the appeal of this approach.
Comment Re:GPS? (Score 1) 1118
Strangely GPS "seems" to work on the Wifi model, judging from the iPad wifi that we have at home. However, it does you no real good since google map won't be able to load the new locations when you're on the road, unlike the 3g model
Comment Re:I've got this one... (Score 1) 760
hey hoooo it was only surprised sex instead okayyy!
Split Screen Co-op Is Dying 362
kube00 writes "Split-screen co-op and local multiplayer are becoming things of the past. What happened to cramming a bunch of gamers into a room with two TVs and doing a system link match in Halo? Where have the all-night GoldenEye matches gone? Like the arcades of gamers' youth, the local multiplayer and co-op bonding experience has been replaced with individual gamers and a network."
Comment Re:Is it just me? (Score 1) 437
a device with e-Ink screen is the way to go, I can't stand reading on PC/other handheld devices either but absolutely love the experience on Nook.
There are of course Kindle/iRiver/Sony Reader etc etc, but they essentially all use the same e-Ink screen from the same supplier.
Comment Re:eBook pricing (Score 1) 437
not to mention that there's an initial investment on the hardware and the trade off of untrade-ability of ebooks
Comment Re:price (Score 1) 437
and that's a real shame, haven't they learn anything from the evolution of digital music?
Comment Re:Ha! (Score 3, Informative) 141
except that his captors weren't Taliban but a group of corrupt local warlords trying to stir the taliban government.
this is from his tweet - http://twitter.com/shamilsh/status/23085559558
Aussie Gamer Loses PS3 Court Case Over 'Other OS' 206
dotarray writes "An Australian man who took Sony to court over the company's decision to remove Linux functionality from the PS3 console has now lost his claim, with the court clearing the manufacturer of any wrongdoing regarding the upgrade."
Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex 397
An anonymous reader writes "According to OK Cupid's survey of 552,000 user pictures iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android owners. By age 30, the average male iPhone user has had about 10 partners while female iPhone users have had 12. By contrast, BlackBerry users hover around 8 partners and Android users have a mere 6. As the blog's author's wryly observe: 'Finally, statistical proof that iPhone users aren't just getting f*@ked by Apple.'"
