Comment Authentic? (Score 0, Redundant) 165
Repeat after me: "Star Trek is NOT a documentary!"
Comment Re:Suckaz (Score 3, Insightful) 641
the right, especially the religious right, that excels at propogating misinformation.
Perhaps because religion left or right excels at propagating misinformation?
Comment Re:That's Great But... (Score 1) 688
I guess capitalism is a great idea until you run out of other people's labour and resources, huh?
Anti-Speed Camera Activist Buys Police Department's Web Domain 680
Brian McCrary just bought a website to complain about a $90 speeding ticket he received from the Bluff City PD — the Bluff City Police Department site. The department let its domain expire and McCrary was quick to pick it up. From the article: "Brian McCrary found the perfect venue to gripe about a $90 speeding ticket when he went to the Bluff City Police Department's website, saw that its domain name was about to expire, and bought it right out from under the city's nose. Now that McCrary is the proud owner of the site, bluffcitypd.com, the Gray, Tenn., computer network designer has been using it to post links about speed cameras — like the one on US Highway 11E that caught him — and how people don't like them."
Jordanian Mayor Angry Over "Alien Invasion" Prank 217
krou writes "Jordanian mayor Mohammed Mleihan has taken a dim view of local newspaper Al-Ghad's April Fools prank, which saw a front page story claiming that 'flying saucers flown by 3m (10ft) creatures had landed in the desert town of Jafr.' The paper claimed that communication networks had gone down, and people were fleeing the area. The mayor called the local security authorities, who combed the area, but they were unable to find any evidence of the aliens. Mr Mleihan is now considering suing because of the distress it caused to residents: 'Students didn't go to school, their parents were frightened and I almost evacuated the town's 13,000 residents. People were scared that aliens would attack them.'" I guess they've never heard of Orson Welles in Jordan.
Comment Simple Question: (Score 1) 375
If the greasemonkey script is illegal, wouldn't popup blockers also be a no-no under the same line of thinking?
Indian Military Hopes to Weaponize the Searing "Ghost Pepper" 267
coondoggie writes "The military in India is looking to weaponize the world's hottest chili, the bhut jolokia or 'ghost pepper,' according to a number of news outlets. The Bhut Jolokia chili pepper from Assam, India is no ordinary pepper. In tests first conducted by the New Mexico State University in 2008 and subsequently confirmed by Guinness World records and others, the Bhut Jolokia reached over one million Scoville heat units, while the next hottest, the Red Savina Habenero, clocks in at a mere 577,000. Scoville units are a universally accepted measure of chili hotness."
Comment Re:wrong language (Score 1) 499
The above was not intended to be representative of any particular computer language; it's pseudocode.
I would imagine that any code for an embedded system like a car computer would be in some flavour of machine code.
Regardless of the language the idea is the same: if you have ANY brake input, throttle input should be ignored.
Comment One Line of Code (Score 1) 499
Is it just me or could this be corrected with one line of code?
if brake_input > 0 then accelerator_output=0
Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters 203
Faithbleed writes "IW's Robert Bowling reports on his twitter account that Infinity Ward is giving 2,500 Modern Warfare 2 cheaters the boot. The news comes as the war between IW and MW2's fans rages over the decision to go with IWnet hosting instead of dedicated servers. Unhappy players were quick to come up with hacks that would allow their own servers and various other changes."
Despite the dedicated-server complaints, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ridiculously well.
Comment Re:Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves Here (Score 1) 705
no psychologically sound person would do that.
I think you're missing the point; no psychologically sound person would do that, but we're talking about an alien here.
you'd pull a "I can't go on without you" moment?
Um... did we see the same movie? Ol' Chris bugged out with the mother ship and may or may not be back... we don't know. (Sequel anyone?)
Comment Join the Army! (Score 4, Funny) 433
It's just like XBox -- only you die.
Comment Re:just great (Score 0, Offtopic) 221
Seriously, it's capitalism, let the companies stand/fall on their own merits, if you help them, then they should pay you, and if you don't, then all you are promoting is communism, except with corporations in charge, instead of government.
If the corporations are in charge, the word you're looking for is "fascism."
--MAB
Star Trek Game To Launch Alongside New Movie 82
Paramount announced yesterday that Star Trek D-A-C will be available for download for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC when the movie is released on May 8th. The acronym in the title stands for different types of gameplay: Deathmatch, Assault, and Conquest. It's an arcade-style game, with a solo mode as well as multiplayer modes that handle up to 12 players. According to Joystiq, "It's a top-down 3D space shooter that doesn't require a lot of hardcore gameplay experience to jump into, but it features a large amount of strategic gameplay that'll please hardcore gamers." Several screenshots have been released.
Comment Re:Precious Snowflakes (Score 1) 1316
Nah, the real sadness is anonymous cowards sitting in their mother's basements continuing to write diatribes against the folks trying to clean up a mess three decades in the making while defending the Gordon Gekko types who got us into it.
Rush/O'Reilly/Beck/Savage et al. are well paid liars somewhat akin to a circus clown hired by an amusement park owner after a roller coaster crash to distract the public from noticing that ride inspection wasn't all it should be.
--MAB
