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 + - Cloud computing sweeping through Hollywood (hostedftp.com)
An anonymous reader writes: “The King’s Speech” was the big news from Hollywood as they were winning Academy Awards, the most impactful sweeping Hollywood could be Cloud computing as animated films and some of the top visual effects could be powered by the Cloud. John Rath of Data Center Knowledge.com highlights how Cloud assisted in the creation of Toy Story 3 when he writes “One of the primary rendering tools used at Pixar is called Renderman and is available as a stand-alone tool, or for use within Autodesk’s Maya. At Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC) last fall, Pixar’s RenderMan team unveiled a proof of concept demonstration showing RenderMan Pro Server running in the Cloud on Windows Azure.”
Submission + - DOD commissions Terminator-like robot (nydailynews.com)
sourcehunter writes: "The US Department of Defense has contracted with Boston Dynamics to create two new battlefield bots — a cheetah that will eventually be able to run up to 70 mph and a "Terminator-like droid" that would eventually be used for emergency response, firefighting, advanced agriculture and vehicular travel in areas inaccessible to tanks, Humvees and other wheeled vehicles."
Submission + - Major Russian Hacker Forum Hacked (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: One of the premiere forums used by cyber criminals has been breached and a database of over 2,000 members leaked.
Maza.la, a closed forum that is frequented by high profile members of the cyber underground was allegedly attacked on February 18 by members of a rival forum, Direct Connection, and its members list and content was exposed, according to the Lifenew report, dated Feb. 25. The Web site was unreachable on Monday and Whois records suggest that the domain registration was updated on February 22, four days after the alleged hack.
Maza.la, a closed forum that is frequented by high profile members of the cyber underground was allegedly attacked on February 18 by members of a rival forum, Direct Connection, and its members list and content was exposed, according to the Lifenew report, dated Feb. 25. The Web site was unreachable on Monday and Whois records suggest that the domain registration was updated on February 22, four days after the alleged hack.
Submission + - Huawei calls US "bluff"
mvar writes: Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei wants to clear its reputation and has asked the U.S. government to investigate the company for concerns that it poses a national security risk. The call for the formal investigation comes after Huawei saw a U.S. acquisition unravel after a government panel requested the Chinese company reverse the deal. Analysts say that Huawei's struggles in the U.S. have more to do with politics than real worries the company is a national security threat. In the past, Huawei has lost out on bids for contracts and was forced to abandon a $2.2 billion deal to acquire network equipment vendor 3Com due to the national security concerns. However, the security concerns seem to be inconsistently leveled at Huawei, because many U.S. companies also have manufacturing in China
Comment Re:Full Throttle (Score 1) 1120
I didn't say that they shouldn't have killed the sequels as they were designed at the time... I'm just saying they should bring the series back now!
Comment Full Throttle (Score 1) 1120
Ok - it was cheesy... lucas arts killed all the sequels... and the game was linear and short... SO WHAT? It was still a FUN GAME!
Comment Re:Ron Paul... (Score 1) 849
You are correct - Ron Paul has, and I didn't say success was a measure of the quality of the legislation... I merely pointed out that nothing that particular Senator has pushed through recently has made it through, indicating he's not the most effective senator out there.
Comment Re:CALM DOWN (Score 1) 849
Tell me about it... (no - don't really - just an expression). They've been electing him since 1993.
Comment CALM DOWN (Score 5, Informative) 849
Ok folks - I live in SC - So I can say with some certanty - CALM DOWN.
1) This is just a BILL introduced in the Senate. I don't see anything on the House calendar indicating that it was also filed there, and if there was a SERIOUS push to make this happen, you'd see a similar bill in the house.
2) He submitted this SAME BILL the last THREE sessions. Thats the last 6 years. See session 117, 116 and 115. Quite frankly I didn't go back any further but he may have introduced this same bill before that, too. EVERY TIME this bill has been introduced, it has died in committee.
3) This guy has a terrible clearance rate. ZERO general bills on which he's the primary sponsor have passed in the last few sessions .
4) I bet if you look, you'll find this same type of legislation popping up in other state houses or county councils... and dying just as quickly. Someone's always going to try - doesn't mean they'll get anywhere and DOES NOT mean to freak out.
1) This is just a BILL introduced in the Senate. I don't see anything on the House calendar indicating that it was also filed there, and if there was a SERIOUS push to make this happen, you'd see a similar bill in the house.
2) He submitted this SAME BILL the last THREE sessions. Thats the last 6 years. See session 117, 116 and 115. Quite frankly I didn't go back any further but he may have introduced this same bill before that, too. EVERY TIME this bill has been introduced, it has died in committee.
3) This guy has a terrible clearance rate. ZERO general bills on which he's the primary sponsor have passed in the last few sessions
4) I bet if you look, you'll find this same type of legislation popping up in other state houses or county councils... and dying just as quickly. Someone's always going to try - doesn't mean they'll get anywhere and DOES NOT mean to freak out.
