Comment Re:Let's get real (Score 1) 17
If I recall correctly, turkeys are omnivorous. They eat grain and bugs from the ground.
Probably the "vegetarian turkey" label makes sense, meaning "this turkey has not been fed with any bugs/worms".
Submission + - Developed RC vehicle propelled with pop can rings (ara.cat)
Tirs writes: Don't know what to do with these annoying rings which come out of the cans of your favorite pop beverage? Well, your problem is over: A group of students and teachers of The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya have developed a toy RC car which uses the rings from pop cans as a propeller. The car, named 'dAlh2Orean', can reach 30 km/h (18.6mph) and a range of 40Km (24.8miles). The engine works with the hydrogen generated by putting the aluminium in contact with sodium hydroxide (AKA caustic soda). They claim it's a totally clean system and it closes the aluminium lifecycle. The system has enhancements like treating the hydrogen with Silicagel to extract humidity and thus improve effiency, or cleaning the residual hydroxide with a filter based on vinegar and water.
(NOTE: Link to the article in Catalan, but the picture is cool anyway).
(NOTE: Link to the article in Catalan, but the picture is cool anyway).
Comment You cannot kill the good stuff... (Score 1) 272
Despite the CBS moronic policy on Star Trek, Roddenberry's legacy will prevail!
The suits there think we still live in 20th. Century! (no Fox intended)
KA'PLAH!
Submission + - Penthouse Bringing Porn To European 3-D TV (ibtimes.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: Technology has always driven innovation in the porn industry. 3D TV is no exception. This time it's Penthouse, and they want to bring you porn on a 3D satellite TV channel.
The channel will launch on March 1. It will include full 3-D, native HD and will refresh every 30 hours. Programming that includes soft core and hard core feeds. It will be available on a daily basis from 11:00 pm until 5:00 am Greenwich Mean Time on ASTRA 3B, 23, 5 Degrees East.
The channel will launch on March 1. It will include full 3-D, native HD and will refresh every 30 hours. Programming that includes soft core and hard core feeds. It will be available on a daily basis from 11:00 pm until 5:00 am Greenwich Mean Time on ASTRA 3B, 23, 5 Degrees East.
Submission + - Intel Unveils SSDs with 6Gbit/sec Through (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: "Intel announced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) on Monday that are based on the serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 specification, which doubles I/O throughput compared to previous generation SSDs. Using the SATA 3.0 specs, Intel's new 510 Series gets 6Gbit/sec. performance and thus can take full advantage of the company's transition to higher speed 'Thunderbolt' SATA bus interfaces on the recently introduced second generation Intel Core processor platforms. Supporting data transfers of up to 500MB/sec, the Intel SSD 510 doubles the sequential read speeds and more than triples the sequential write speeds of Intel's SATA 2.0 SSDs. The drives offer sequential write speeds of up to 315MB/sec."
Submission + - FBI activates electronic posse to go after rapist (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: The FBI today said it helped activate a website and pinged its network of digital billboards with new wanted signs in an effort to nab a nasty criminal it calls the east coast rapist.
The FBI posted a new wanted poster across electronic billboards in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, where the attacks and attempts have occurred, as well as in New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. A website, eastcoastrapist.com, went live to publicize the case and collect tips on the case.
The FBI posted a new wanted poster across electronic billboards in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, where the attacks and attempts have occurred, as well as in New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. A website, eastcoastrapist.com, went live to publicize the case and collect tips on the case.
Submission + - Cyanobacterium Produces Diesel Directly (dailytech.com) 1
olsmeister writes: A Massachusetts based company has developed a form of cyanobacteria that can take water, sunlight, and CO2, and turn it into diesel fuel. Not only that, but they claim they can do it efficiently and at $30 per barrel. They say they can be operating commercially in 2 years.
Submission + - Fan made Ghostbusters 3 (toplessrobot.com)
Anonymous Coward writes: "Some guys spent $15,000 making their own Ghostbusters movie. Looks better than what a real Ghostbusters 3 would be... in my opinion."
Submission + - Jono Bacon Defends Ubuntu's Honor (earthweb.com)
inkscapee writes: Jono Bacon takes exception to Bruce Byfield's Ubuntu: Where Did the Love Go?, and in classic Jono fashion using hundreds of words where a few would suffice, asserts that Canonical has good relations with important upstreams such as Debian and Gnome, that any perceived frictions are exaggerated by the tech press, and that Canonical "operating in an environment that is rarely driven by corporate requirements. The vast majority of decisions about what goes into a new Ubuntu release is driven by the community..."
Comment Re:Reason (Score 2) 258
[...] a human, I'm not ashamed to be one.
NO? Not even a little bit?
Dude, where's your dignity?
Comment I am a COBOL programmer... (Score 1) 968
...you insensitive Google clods!
(Yes, I am THAT old).
Comment Too smart? (Score 1) 519
This reminds me a complaint my mom gave me about her birthday gift (precisely a cellphone):
"Next time don't buy me a gadget which is smarter than me".
Comment Re:Reusing is beter than recycling (Score 5, Interesting) 308
Finally I managed to move his lazy butt:
Don't expect anything awesome, though.
Comment Re:Reusing is beter than recycling (Score 2, Informative) 308
Oookay guys, I asked for pics to him. As soon as he sends them, I'll put them somewhere and post the address here.
Rary: Thanks for your offer, but probably transportation would be way too expensive, unless you happen to live in Catalonia (then we could ever go to pick them up personally and pay for them in beer).
Comment Reusing is beter than recycling (Score 5, Interesting) 308
I have a friend who builds telescopes (and even domes for them!). He uses the dead hard disks I bring him to build filter holders (for the ones who are not into astronomy: it's quite common to take the pics of the three colour channels separately and then mix, to reduce EM interference. Don't ask me about the details). Well, he removes all the plates but one, then makes 3 big holes in the plate, separated 120 degrees, to accomodate the filters, and uses the step-by-step disk engine to control the rotation of the filters very quickly, so he can take the three channels pics in a very fast sequence to avoid misalignment because of movement.
(It's a pity I don't have any pics around; the results are really impressive)
