Comment Re:High pressure? (Score 1) 347
steel container, i don't think so, we're beyond that farce!
Comment Re:Boom! (Score 1) 347
i make that hydrogen tank too(burst in the upper 20,000s), forgot to mention that all the ladies driving them are going to be scared poopless when they hear the tank snap crackle and popping as it expands....it still gets me and i've heard it a lot
Comment Re:Boom! (Score 2) 347
i'm pretty sure I build these accumlator tanks at my job, they are wreck proof, bulletproof, and fireproof they are tested well above their rated pressures, we even blow one up out of every batch just to see what it would take (i'm guessing these are 15,000 psi + to explode, but it could only be 10-12 I'm not sure what configuration we used to build these) and there is a bladder installed after it leaves the factory
Submission + - pin pad difficulties
manofherb writes: anyone ever notice how your computer keypad is oriented different than an ATM pinpad or telephone? was this a result of patent issues or was it just an overlooked mistake? anyone ever type their pin in wrong? How annoying is it to you when the cashier instructs you to "enter your pin and push the green button" as your hand is resting on the keypad...
Comment Re:not fair (Score 1) 717
except a snowdrift after it lifts your tires off the ground
Submission + - Times reports US & Israel behind Stuxnet
Oxford_Comma_Lover writes: Confirming heavy speculation in the Slashdot community, the New York Times reports that joint US-Israeli efforts were almost certainly behind the recent Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear program.
Comment Re:Ban guns (Score 1) 2166
I nebraska there are 3 guns per person on average, I have friends and family that have many more guns than that(assault, hunting, handguns, etc.) yet not a one of us has ever committed a gun crime and the state is a safe place to be
the logic of banning guns doesn't work because the shooting at a high school in omaha would have still happened because it was a cop's weapon used(which we would not ban I bet)
Submission + - Facebook Censors Birth Photos
Hugh Pickens writes: "The Chicago Tribune reports that Laura Eckert, a photographer who specializes in pictures of pregnant women and the first moments of a baby's life had her account disabled for posting pictures Facebook initially deemed inappropriate, including shots of a friend and her newborn moments after birth that partially showed her friend's breasts, but not her nipples. Eckert says she sent more than 30 e-mails to Facebook to inquire and didn't get a response until the day after KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids reported on her plight. "It's funny it happened after the media got involved. I sent many polite e-mails asking for information over the course of the last few weeks and got no response. None," says Eckhert. For their part Facebook has now re-enabled the account and spokesman Simon Axten apologized explaining that Facebook reviews thousands of pieces of content every day to ensure Facebook remains a safe and trusted environment for everyone. "Of course, we make an occasional mistake. This is an example," says Axten. "When this happens, and it's brought to our attention, we work quickly to resolve the issue." Eckert says she is relieved to be able to log on to Facebook again, but that she's still unclear which birth photos the company allows. "No one has picked up on the angle that interests me most...that Facebook has apparently changed their Terms of Use since I originally agreed to them, yet I can't remember them ever asking me to "re-agree" to them.""
Submission + - Amazon Cloud Not Big Enough for Feds and WikiLeaks 1
theodp writes: Dave Winer was already upset that Amazon Web Services (AWS) pulled the plug on WikiLeaks for posting classified U.S. government documents. So, he wasn't exactly thrilled to receive email three weeks later from an AWS PR flack boasting that 'the U.S. federal government continues to be one of our fastest growing customer segments'. Writes Winer: 'It makes perfect sense that the US government is a big customer of Amazon's web services. It also makes perfect sense that Amazon wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize that business. There might not have even been a phone call, it might not have been necessary.' Amazon, which wowed the White House with its ability to scale video slideshow site Animoto, was able to get its foot in the Federal door as a Recovery.gov redesign subcontractor.
Comment pocket DJ (Score 1) 174
at first glance it looks like an updated Pocket DJ that Dell made around '05
Comment I wanted to mod this as spam but I can't do it (Score 1) 1
FIRST COMMENT! I can't stop laughing at this text it's like a mind virus......
Submission + - Protesters arrested on White House, CNN ignores it (thiscantbehappening.net)
An anonymous reader writes: There was a black-out and a white-out Thursday and Friday as over a hundred US veterans opposed to US wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world, and their civilian supporters, chained and tied themselves to the White House fence during an early snowstorm to say enough is enough.
Washington Police arrested 135 of the protesters, in what is being called the largest mass detention in recent years. Among those arrested were Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst who used to provide the president’s daily briefings, Daniel Ellsberg, who released the government’s Pentagon Papers during the Nixon administration, and Chris Hedges, former war correspondent for the New York Times.
No major US news media reported on the demonstration or the arrests. It was blacked out of the New York Times, blacked out of the Philadelphia Inquirer, blacked out in the Los Angeles Times, blacked out of the Wall Street Journal, and even blacked out of the capital’s local daily, the Washington Post, which apparently didn't even think it was a local story worth publishing an article about (they simply ran a photo of Ellsberg with a short caption).
Washington Police arrested 135 of the protesters, in what is being called the largest mass detention in recent years. Among those arrested were Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst who used to provide the president’s daily briefings, Daniel Ellsberg, who released the government’s Pentagon Papers during the Nixon administration, and Chris Hedges, former war correspondent for the New York Times.
No major US news media reported on the demonstration or the arrests. It was blacked out of the New York Times, blacked out of the Philadelphia Inquirer, blacked out in the Los Angeles Times, blacked out of the Wall Street Journal, and even blacked out of the capital’s local daily, the Washington Post, which apparently didn't even think it was a local story worth publishing an article about (they simply ran a photo of Ellsberg with a short caption).
Submission + - OMG why can't facebook make it stop?
manofherb writes: anyone ever see this on facebook, "OMG this girl killed herself after her DAD posted THIS on her wall! What if YOUR dad did this? How could her DAD do this?" and there's another one that escapes my mind at the moment I know if this was coming in my e-mail my spam filters would pick it up, why can't facebook do the same and just shut these groups down? I know I had one called movies or something like that a few months ago where I would rejoin this group even after leaving it and during conversations on how to make it stop they basically told me they couldn't just can the group, I ask why not?
Comment In the same boat here (Score 1) 418
I'm 31 and still play the original mario brothers games although lately I play more lost levels w/mario(too easy w/luigi) than anything, on the computer it's bejeweled blitz, reminds me of my tetris days and i'm number 1 every week amongst my friends, without spending a dime! you could also invest in an older system(game cube, dreamcast) and you can try out tons of games for $10 and under, although the really great ones are a bit more
Submission + - Online Behavior Could Influence Insurance Rates (wsj.com)
storagedude writes: There seems to be no end to the ways your personal data and online behavior can be used against you. According to the Wall Street Journal, insurance companies are considering using online behavioral and social networking data to try to weed out insurance risks. What you read, what you buy, how much TV you watch, your credit, your fan pages ... it could all be used to predict your longevity and insurance risk. The practice, which appears to be in the early stages, could raise concerns with the FTC and insurance regulators, but insurance and data mining companies say they just plan to use it to speed up the applications of people who appear to be good risks; others would have to go through more rigorous traditional screening.
