Comment Wing Commander remake (Score 1) 142
I'm all for it. Because if Wing Commander gets remade, and then sells well, possibly LucasArts will be inspired to do the same with the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series.
Comment Re:This Will End Badly (Score 4, Insightful) 296
And of those criminals, a significant percentage will be precisely the kind of criminals that take an interest in kids. Pedophiles naturally gravitate toward jobs and extracurricular activities where they know that they will have a lot to do with kids. How many of them are now given access to all the info they need to seek out the most vulnerable kids in their neighborhood?
Comment Re:Call a tow truck (Score 1) 160
Ah, but surely this is a great opportunity to show some rover spirit.
Um.
[crickets]
Um.
[crickets]
Comment And now, (Score 1) 222
the penguin on top of your YouTube will explode.
Comment Isn't it kind of sad (Score 5, Insightful) 199
when a company's main goal is to be acquired as soon as possible?
Physically-Challenged Gamer Hacks Together Custom PS3 Controller 50
Destructoid has a neat post about a gamer whose condition prevents him from using a standard video game controller. With the help of a company called GimpGear, which markets devices for people with limited mobility, he designed and built a custom input device that makes use of fingers, toes, and even sips or puffs of air to control his favorite games. Pictures and a video of the setup are both available in the post.
Submission + - How do I get my blog back from Blogger?
Sameer Deans writes: "I've been using the blogging service provided by Blogger, which is owned by Google, since 2004. No trouble at all, with great features. My blog has accounts of my travels to various places and a few observations about work and life. All content I have ever uploaded to it is owned by me (pictures and videos) so there is no question of me violating any terms of service.
http://share-khan.blogspot.com/
Last week , my blog was removed without any reason being provided. Blogger does not respond to help request. I do not know what else to do...I've lost 4 years worth of blog posts !
If anyone knows what else I can do... please let me know."
Submission + - Bank withdraws lawsuit against Wikileaks
Idefix97 writes: It seems that Bank Julius Bear has taken notice of the massive backlash the lawsuit against Wikileaks has caused and has decided to withdraw its lawsuit. Another one bites the dust!
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/bank-asks-judge-to-dismiss-its-suit-against-wikileaks-site/index.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/bank-asks-judge-to-dismiss-its-suit-against-wikileaks-site/index.html
Submission + - "Death star" aimed at Earth (cosmosmagazine.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A spectacular, rotating binary star system is a ticking time bomb, ready to throw out a searing beam of high-energy gamma rays thta could lead to a major extinction event — and Earth may be right in the line of fire, Australian science magazine Cosmos Magazine is reporting.
Submission + - Akamai wins lawsuit to protect obvious patent 1
brandaman writes: Akamai, the largest CDN with about 70% market share, won it's lawsuit against Limelight Networks, second largest CDN, that asserted Limelight was infringing on Akamai's patent.
This is not the first lawsuit Akamai has won regarding its patents [1] [2].... . In accordance with the invention, however, a base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider's site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider's site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.
Journal Journal: Texas almost blacks out due to lack of wind
Rolling blackouts in Texas were almost necessary due to a sudden lack of wind. But the Texas primaries haven't taken place yet, there should be plenty of wind!
Submission + - IBM Measure Force Required To Move Atoms (ibm.com)
Tjeerd writes: "IBM scientists, in collaboration with the University of Regensburg in Germany, are the first ever to measure the force it takes to move individual atoms on a surface. This fundamental measurement provides important information for designing future atomic-scale devices: computer chips, miniaturized storage devices, and more. An animation of their research can be viewed on Youtube."
Submission + - Scientists capture first 3D image of a streamer (arxivblog.com)
KentuckyFC writes: "Streamers are the whispy electronic filaments that feel their way towards the ground in the fraction of a second before a lightning strike. They are also seen in nature as sprites, giant electronic discharges that sit 100 kilometres or so above active thunderstorms.
Various scientists have captured ordinary 2D pictures of streamers. But now a group in the Netherlands have created the first 3D image of a streamer allowing its structure to be fully analysed for the first time.That could be handy because streamers may be useful in various upcoming applications such as ozone generation, bio fuel processing and plasma assisted combustion (abstract on the physics arXiv)."
Feed news.com: Mercedes to offer "eco variants" on its model line-up (cnet.com)
Mercedes to offer "eco variants" on its model line-up
Submission + - Pakistan blocks YouTube for 'blasphemous' content
An anonymous reader writes: Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers to block the YouTube website for containing "blasphemous" content and material considered offensive to Islam, officials said Sunday. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080224/world/denmark_media_islam_pakistan_internet_youtube
An inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube because it contained "blasphemous content, videos and documents," a government official told AFP
An inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube because it contained "blasphemous content, videos and documents," a government official told AFP
