Comment Re:Not Tonight (Score 1) 67
Goddammit. I blame Feedly for putting this article in my "Today" feed.
Comment Not Tonight (Score 1) 67
Better get in your time machine, 'cause the AccuWeather article talking about "tonight" is from April 13.
Comment Gene Hackman tought me... (Score 1) 259
All you need is an empty potato chip bag.
Comment It's a Lens Flare (Score 2) 472
It's a lens flare. Your photo was ruined by you pointing your camera at a very bright light source. Any other camera would've also ruined your picture with a lens flare, just not a purple one. Ruined with purple or ruined without purple, your photo is still ruined because you suck at photography.
Comment Where will soda get its kick? (Score 2) 312
I've heard/read that most caffeine that ends up in soda and energy drinks is the caffeine that's pulled out of coffee during the decaffeination process. If all coffee growers switch to naturally caffeine-free coffee, won't that drastically reduce the supply of caffeine as an ingredient, causing its price and therefore Mt. Dew's price to spike? Uh....
... gone to stock up on Mt. Dew ...
Comment Off the Shelf Not Good Enough? (Score 1) 215
Was there no off-the-shelf software good enough? Not for $60M? Really?
Comment Re:If left up the crowd (Score 1) 143
Try drying them first?
I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread, but I just had to say thank you for making me laugh out loud. Mod parent up!
Opera Sees "Dramatic" Rise From Microsoft's Ballot 378
TheReal_sabret00the notes a TechRadar piece reporting that Opera Software has seen a doubling from normal download numbers on average since Microsoft's browser-choice screen lit up in Europe. The UK saw an 85% increase and for other countries it was larger still: Poland 328%, Spain 215%, and Italy 202%. Hakon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera Software, said "A multitude of browsers will make the web more standardised and easier to browse."
Coming Soon, Smartphone-Based Banking 187
An anonymous reader writes "Banks will be offering a new service at the end of the year that will let customers take a photo of a paper check and have it be deposited in their bank accounts, making the smartphone one step closer to an ATM."
Comment Re:What's in it? (Score 1) 1698
Isn't that what U.S citizen do to Canada now?
Yes, as
and wasn't America built on immigrant labor?
Yes,
Comment Re:Prehistoric Gene FTW! (Score 2) 360
My kingdom for mod points! Cursed booty... ha! I'm a sucker for pirate speak.
Comment Re:TCP? (Score 1) 536
Mod parent up. My first thoughts were JMS, MQ Series, or Tibco Rendezvous. In my experience, MQ Series is freakin' bullet proof, and Tibco Rendezvous is a poser in comparison.
Comment Not to be confused with this... (Score 1) 153
I think this was a competitor to the Star Wars program. It appears to be a space-based weapon of some sort.
Submission + - Historic shuttle spacesuits to meet fiery end
collectSPACE writes: "While some museums bid for retired space shuttle orbiters, the real prize may be the spacewalking spacesuits, at least if NASA's plans for them hold true. The now-reusable extravehicular mobility units (EMUs) are soon to become disposable, allowed to disintegrate as they reenter the Earth's atmosphere inside spent cargo ships."
Submission + - Apple Patents Cell Phone Software to Reduce Drops
MikeyTheK writes: Over at CNN, they announced that Apple was awarded a patent to reduce dropped cell phone calls. One of the reasons why cell calls drop is that the interference from other radios in the phone (e.g. GPS) and the impact of devices attached to the phone. Apple's software purportedly will reduce or eliminate that problem.
