Comment prefix or postfix? (Score 3, Informative) 135
The % sign does not appear before the number. Please do not make me angry.
Submission + - Graphene film to shed water (sciguru.com)
RogerRoast writes: How about wiper free windshield for the car? A Vanderbilt researcher figured out how to create a freestanding film of graphene oxide and alter itls surface roughness so that it either causes water to bead up and run off or causes it to spread out in a thin layer. Potential applications range from self-cleaning glasses and clothes to antifogging surfaces to corrosion protection and snow-load protection on buildings.
Comment Re:Then why not C? (Score 5, Interesting) 663
I agree and disagree.
My first programming language was Motorola MC68000 on the Amiga 500. I must admit, programming languages are easy once you know what the code compiles into.
However, object oriented programming was very, very alien to me. There are some programming topics that can't be taught by learning assembly alone.
Comment Star Trek (Score 4, Funny) 159
Did anyone else think "how is Kirk going get out of this one"?
Comment Re:So... (Score 2, Interesting) 380
And afterward, "Safety so good, it was verified by NASA
Comment Roswell (Score 1) 107
Anything like the metal they pulled from that ship that crashed in Roswell?
Comment Re:also (Score 1) 148
A police car could see the status of cars as they drive past (speeding / stolen).
or a radar like in Grand Theft Auto?
Comment Well (Score 4, Insightful) 167
Didn't the Kama Sutra come out of India?
Comment First Person Shooters (Score 5, Interesting) 245
This will be awesome for 3d games (first person shooters).
One image per eye, producing a 3d scene.
I imagine generation 1 will look weird with all the images being in focus, even though the Z distance varies.
With a little more work, generation 2 could detect what you are trying to focus on - like those eye test machines do - and produce a more realistic scene - blurry in the background, sharp foreground.
It would be cool to hit a key and have the scene zoom on what you're looking at.
Comment Ideas (Score 2, Interesting) 366
I wish that TV Shows were available on Rapidshare legit. The download speeds are great, and I would definitely pay $1 per episode.
Comment Julius Genachowski (Score 1) 270
+5 Insightful
Comment Re:Why is OS/2 mentioned twice in the article? (Score 1) 875
At 1920 screen resolution, the word appears as the the last word on the first line, and the first word on the following line. I guess it was the kind of typo like when you write "the" twice, and noone notices.
Comment Mouse? (Score 3, Interesting) 303
If this technology is as good as it sounds, this spells the end of the mouse.
Seriously, my mousepad could be a touchpad.
Would probably need a thimble to avoid friction burn though.
Comment How do I get a reasonable level of respect? (Score 4, Funny) 902
finish complex projects immediately upon them requesting.
Comment He's mostly right (Score 4, Insightful) 562
He's mostly right, except for the bit about free.
Honestly, I'd pay somewhere between $1.00 and $2.50 for a movie, if it were HQ-5.1 and instant play, like youtube.
Because it's more convenient to download a movie, and play it on my media player than aquire and load a DVD, so I choose that medium.
The movie producers leave me little option than to download illegally.
Yes, I've seen the stores, their selection sucks.
