Comment [Shell joke here- (Score 1) 82
After reading report, Taco Bell officials claim to be "unimpressed" with this discovery.
Comment 8 times the surface area of the Earth? (Score 1) 51
Oh, so roughly the same size as a Minecraft world then.
Comment Shoot! (Score 2, Funny) 102
I was hoping that Google Takeout would let me easily eat Chinese food for lunch today =\
Comment Re:Wasting time (Score 2, Informative) 258
I'm sorry, but that's just not how it works. The Bible isn't just a single body of work, it's a collection of history and laws spread out across thousands of years, detailing God's word, etc. Things change over time. Prophecies are fulfilled, promises are met.
Look at it this way: when the God of the Universe himself comes down and says "Hey, all that stuff I told you before has been taken care of. now all I want you to do is to love Me and each other, and to spread the word." that tends to change one's outlook. The Old Testament, as it stands, is now a history book that we can learn from, not a body of law that we are to strictly follow. It still reflects the Word of God, and is thus still applicable for teaching and insight, but it's not like Christians are being told not to eat pork, or not leave their houses on the Sabbath, or go to war with the Canadians because that land was promised as an inheritance at some point in the past.
Love God, love everyone else too. That's what it boils down to.
Now let's go back to being mutually happy that we're allowed to play and buy video games where we shoot up aliens, okay?
Submission + - Hardware Vendor Offers Backdoor with Every Product (threatpost.com)
Nameisyoung007 writes: A support page, titled "Backdoor Password for Allied Telesis Devices" recently turned up on Google. The page, labeled ***INTERNAL ONLY*** was written to answer customer questions like "'How do I obtain a backdoor password for my Allied Telesis device?'" and includes instructions on accessing a "built in Backdoor function" on any Allied Telesis device.
Probably a good time to double check your devices, just to make sure you're not affected.
Probably a good time to double check your devices, just to make sure you're not affected.
Comment Misread: (Score 1) 92
I misread the article title as "Human Atrocities Developed From Stem Cells".
Comment Re:Phew! (Score 1) 99
Reply: of course we should trust Amazon. Why would we organic lifeforms have reason to doubt the perfect logic of such an infallible organization such as Amazon dot com?
Comment Phew! (Score 1) 99
I am glad that we have gotten that straightened out, fellow human slashdot users!
Submission + - Play games now, get Portal 2 early (aperturescience.com)
HaZardman27 writes: After Portal 2's countdown clock ended, a new countdown began to its release. By playing any of the games available in the Potato Pack (on sale previously), you can help the countdown proceed faster. Let's get some games in and get a chance to play Portal 2 this weekend!
Submission + - Help get Portal 2 released early (aperturescience.com) 3
myself22889 writes: Help out with the GLaDOS@home distributed computing project and get Portal 2 released early by playing some of the games listed in the Potato Sack on Steam.
Comment Re:"Bulletproof glass" mistake? (Score 1) 308
Sort of. It was pretty bulletproof, but only for lower calibers. When they literally brought out the big guns they made holes left and right. I'll always remember that episode if only for the awkward looks they were all giving each other as they were looking at their hole-ridden safety shields!
Submission + - Is The iPhone's Growth Over? (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "The iPhone maintains a healthy chunk of the smartphone market, more than the Mac ever had in the computer world. But as Android phones grow in popularity at Symbian and Windows Mobile's expense, the iPhone's market share remains basically flat. The overall smartphone market is growing, and absolute iPhone sales numbers are going up with it — but not enough to capture a bigger piece of the buy, something that may ultimately worry Apple investors."
Comment Curious (Score 1) 308
So, is it going to be made out of 18 layers of pizza, or 6 layers of phone books?
Submission + - Big Content is strangling American innovation (hbr.org)
hype7 writes: "Harvard Business Review is running an article close to many slashdotter's hearts: the problems with "Big Content". They make the argument that all the measures that the movie and music industry are putting in place to protect their business models actually threatens to undermine the innovation engine that the US has built up in the tech space. Very interesting reading."
Submission + - MS Delivers WP7 Numbers - Kind Of (theinquirer.net)
WrongSizeGlass writes: The Inquirer has an article entitled Microsoft delivers the numbers on Windows Phone 7. Opening with "Anyone who was under a rock when Microsoft launched and then fluffed the first update to its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system will be pleased to see that the firm has compiled some statistics about the software" it appears that we would finally have some Windows Phone 7 sales numbers, but instead it only included numbers related to developers: downloads of VS Express & Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone (1.5 mil), paid members of the development community (36,000), new developers per week (1,200), applications in their App Store (11,500), apps downloaded by customers (around 12 per month) and applications generating ad revenue (1,100).
Is it just me or does the lack of Windows Phone 7 sales numbers tell the true tale of MS's latest mobile OS? Does IDC know something the rest of us don't?
Is it just me or does the lack of Windows Phone 7 sales numbers tell the true tale of MS's latest mobile OS? Does IDC know something the rest of us don't?
