Comment Re:It's FFmpeg (Score 3, Funny) 245
Wow, a capital letter...
Comment Re:So? (Score 5, Insightful) 182
If you work in IT, it's difficult not to care about Windows when it's 90% of the market.
Comment Re:The Open Fist? (Score 1) 152
Or perhaps about the Android's ability to display porn.
Comment From TFA (Score 1) 370
Acute airport-urinal observer and SnapStream CEO Rakesh Agrawal catches this unlikely warning posted in a menâ(TM)s restroom at the newish Southwest Airlines terminal at Hobby.
Somewhere in there there's a joke about "SnapStream" and taking pictures at urinals...
Comment In other news (Score 2, Funny) 1188
In other news, Chrysler calls Google and offers them a great deal on some less recognizable cars.
Comment Re:Lynx? (Score 5, Funny) 363
Pussy. Real men telnet to port 80.
Comment Re:Zoidberg! (Score 2, Funny) 265
Zoidberg is a pretty good character but I don't know how you can pick a favorite whe...ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
Comment The French response: (Score 5, Funny) 622
"Now go away or I shall bump you a second time!"
Submission + - Navy's Sound Weapon
An anonymous reader writes: Wired News reports that the Navy has patented a new "sound weapon" that would use acoustic beams to blast things out of the water:
Imagine a day when a submarine could blast a target to smithereens using nothing more than acoustic energy. That's the idea behind a recently granted U.S. Navy patent for a cavitation weapon. The powerful weapon would use sonar to generate "acoustic remote cavitation," i.e. a big pressure bubble, that would destroy everything from torpedoes to mines. As the patent describes:
Imagine a day when a submarine could blast a target to smithereens using nothing more than acoustic energy. That's the idea behind a recently granted U.S. Navy patent for a cavitation weapon. The powerful weapon would use sonar to generate "acoustic remote cavitation," i.e. a big pressure bubble, that would destroy everything from torpedoes to mines. As the patent describes:
A method is disclosed of generating a predetermined field of cavitation around a remote target in an underwater environment. The method includes the steps of identifying a remote target location, generating at least two acoustic beams, each at a high power output, from an underwater acoustic source, and controlling the generated acoustic beams to intersect with each other at the remote target location and thereby create a destructive cavitation field at the intersection of the beams. The acoustic source and target can be located in unconfined underwater space and at a distance of at least 100 m apart.
Submission + - 8 Intel Cores tested - thanks to "Woodcrest
Spudredneck writes: Bootdaily.com has posted the first review of dual Quad-Core "Woodcrest" Xeons from Intel. This article shows that you can get 8 cores from Intel in a single system, however, the only OEM offering these CPUs right now is Apple with its Mac Pro line. This review points out that Intel will have retail variants of these CPUs out soon, however.
Feed DIY solar heater constructed with aluminum cans (engadget.com)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
A solar-powered air conditioner doesn't do one much good during a Vermont winter, but rather than cranking on the heater (or huddling under the heated Hello Kitty mat) just to heat things up in a relatively small garage, a clever DIYer set out to concoct his own solar heater using scrap parts and a bit of free time. The solar wall was primarily built with black-painted soda cans, a wooden wall, plexiglass cover, and an inlet and outlet to channel the air around. The homegrown "solar furnace" captured the sunlight beaming onto the south side of the building, and as cool air found its way into the toasty cans and rose through drilled out portals, it managed to heat up a respectable 15-degrees Fahrenheit before escaping into the garage. The creator did note that his next attempt would sport a relocated inlet and be much larger in size, but if you're interested in putting a few in-the-way parts to good use next winter, be sure to hit the read link for a pictorial how-to.[Via HackNMod, thanks Joe]
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Submission + - Microsoft wins AT&T patent battle
Hanners1979 writes: "BBC News reports on the verdict of a long-running case in the US Supreme Court about the reach of US patent law, where Microsoft admitted to breaching an AT&T-held patent in the US, while refusing to accept liability for any breaches occuring outside of the country. The court upheld Microsoft's take on the case, which could well have intriguing ramifications both for patent law and any future cases against Microsoft themselves."
Submission + - A Truly Inconvenient Truth
mattatwork writes: "I received an interesting email from my mother-in-law, and then had it forwarded again by my wife. According to WorldNetDaily, Compact Flourescent lamps (or CFL's) contain a significant amount of Mercury. While you're saving the world from global warming, you're also putting yourself and other carbon based life forms at risk to mercury poisoning. One of the victims of a CFL's mercury found out the hard and high priced way that removing the mercury couldn't be done with a simple vacuum, but by a specialized enviremental cleanup firm for around $2000. You would think someone like Al Gore, father of the Internet, would think twice before pushing a technology like CFL, still in its infancy, on consumers who don't or didn't know the risks. I know that when I get home tonight, I'm taking out my CFL's and replacing them with good ol' incandescents."
Submission + - Future Zunes: Going Where Apple Hasn't Gone Before
narramissic writes: "To hit on a winning product or service, Microsoft is going to have to 'find ways of being where Apple isn't and find ways of growing the overall market,' says Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Jupiter Research. But what Microsoft really has planned for future Zunes may be something much less remarkable. In the next month or so, as Microsoft reveals more about its vision, we'll likely see offerings in the three main categories in the sector: higher-end video players, mid-range music-centric devices such as the iPod Nano, and low-end USB devices such as the iPod Shuffle."
Submission + - Sony PR as in touch with the world as ever
JunkmanUK writes: So Sony have caused media outrage again, not by inflicting more DRM on the unsuspecting public, but this time by parading topless women around in front of a goat carcass and inviting partygoers to eat offal from inside the dead creatures stomach. Bet you didn't see that one coming...
Of course it's all a shock tactic and God of War II, which they're promoting, will be a best selling game.
