Comment Re:WTF Slashdot Editors ? (Score 1) 77
Why not improve the Firehose system, better UX, meta-moderation, etc?
Submission + - Google awaits approval for Siri replacement 'Voice Search' (appleinsider.com)
sohmc writes: Some time ago, Google admitted that the biggest threat was not other search engines but services like Siri. However, Google just bridged that gap with Google Voice Search, already available in Jelly Bean, but also available via downloadable app. Google also submitted this app to the iOS App Store and is currently waiting approval. However, Slashdotters are no doubt recalling to mind the "Google Voice" fiasco, in which Apple refused to allow it to appear, saying that it replaces a native function. It wasn't until Apple was brought before Congress to answer questions on how it approves or rejects apps that Google Voice was brought in.
Submission + - Solar-Powered 3D Printer Robot Creates Buildings From Sand (stonespray.com) 4
An anonymous reader writes: Stone Spray is a solar-powered robotic 3D printer that can create entire buildings out of sand. The robotic device blends soil sourced on-site with a binder and then sprays the mixture onto a surface. The soil solidifies as the machine works, allow it to create furniture, load-bearing walls and support-free sculptural shapes. The device runs on solar power, and unlike other 3D printers it has the ability to print in multiple directions on both the vertical and horizontal plane.
Comment itsabouttime (Score 2) 235
Oh groan, best use of that tag on
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Terms for community moderation?
miruku writes: I'm creating a social news bookmarking site and looking for examples of good and bad practice on letting users tag or rate items and comments in a fashion similar to Slashdot moderation where comments can be assigned a category, rather than just voted up/down. Insights are welcome! Or, how would you change the Slashdot Moderation system if you could?
Comment Re:More then one? Automated testing? (Score 1) 105
Pretty much! Maybe that could be a bit more explanatory, but the blocker currently is that their Linux test box charts are rather broken.
Comment More then one? Automated testing? (Score 1) 105
Ach, yet another up-to-date yet incomplete picture of what is going on with the latest browser speeds. Great they've done the work, but my head is starting to spin from all the recent related posts on this matter.
Is there not a site/service that compiles speed/etc info from automated tests on browser nightlies/etc? Surely it can't be that hard (for someone, unlike me, who can programme
Comment Pointers to all things Open (Score 4, Interesting) 239
Make a site that is a great resource to all things Open. Not just software or hardware, but open culture, architecture, design, access, etc. Be educational yet very handy so as to better inform and enthuse users as to what communities and resources are out there and how they can participate, either globally or locally. Be a hub site to help join the dots and frame how fantastic the idea of Open is.
Comment Topic for #opwestboro is: (Score 2, Informative) 212
Not DDoS WestBoro Our riposte - http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=494 >>What to actually do: http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=492 >>> READ: http://goo.gl/fwaLG
Comment Obvious note and question (Score 1) 705
"The "my servers been up 3 years" e-pene days are gone folks."
Slashdot Stats
uptime: 1021 days, 23:23
In what kind of instances might a test reboot be advisable after a change? Obviously our overlords have not felt the need to follow this particular advice..
Comment Re:There's an article about that at arstechnica (Score 2) 124
Here's a DailyKos post on the same subject.
Comment Re:Bigger picture? (Score 1) 202
Thanks, although I was after more of a somewhat open project. I mean, I know there is a lot that has been done with more common wifi equipment, but do many folk hack at that kind of level but any of the newer ideas or such?
Comment Bigger picture? (Score 1) 202
Might any of the existing or proposed wireless standards be anywhere close to a potential candidate for a decenteralised wifi internet to be built upon?
Comment A secure internet? (Score 1) 91
If there's a USA wish/murmur to combat bad things on the internet, why not pull another Tor and fund development of things like DNCCurve/CurveCP through this?
Comment Decenteralised internet? (Score 1) 113
Might this kinda thing be hackable? And what kind of price? What kind of protocols could this do? Are there others like it out there that do a similar or better job but almost as small? Software radio? Might this fit in some new kind of communication stack paradigm?
