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Comment Couldn't they use a pair of robots? (Score 3, Funny) 53

by Snospar (#39596005) Attached to: Humanoid Robots For the Next DARPA Grand Challenge?

Say one, perhaps gold in colour with a slightly annoying, camp voice, that's humanoid and another that's really the brains of the operation in a tri-wheeled body that communicates with a series of clicks & beeps (it's also got a useful rotary arm for shutting off that valve).

It would make for a more entertaining video at the end of the competition.

Comment Creepy (Score 1) 106

by Snospar (#39531139) Attached to: Hackers Can Easily Lift Credit Card Info From a Used Xbox

Woah! I was getting a bit creeped out by some of the more paranoid comments from our brethren and just at the right/wrong moment a junior spider abseils off my ceiling light across the room and onto my keyboard. The slightest movement of my hand makes it scurry in and under the ] (right angle bracket) key. It shall feast well tonight!

And my comment... don't use Xbox it's Microsoft shit. Easy.

Submission + - Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? (scotsman.com)

Submitted by Snospar
Snospar writes: I have a partially written document (somewhere)
Hard copies of my zombie attack plan are in the fire safe
I already live in a fortified bunker with food and weapons
I am completely unprepared for this fictional event
I am a zombie, you insensitive clod!
I want to eat CowboyNeal
The Internet

Submission + - Ask Slashdot - Video Hosting 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I need some help, we are a group that investigates 'cold cases'. We are a group that is not in it for money, we do it because we can.

We have a two hour DVD documentary, it has been professionally made.Obviously it is way bigger than anything that YouTube would host. I am looking for ideas on how we might stream this for little or no cost.

Submission + - New Oil Slick in Gulf Waters Linked to BP Well (al.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A new oil sheen appeared in the Gulf of Mexico last week, and now scientists have confirmed that the oil bubbling up to the surface matches the type released by BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil well last summer. Ed Overton, a chemist at Louisiana State University, examined samples of the oil and said, “After examining the data, I think it’s a dead ringer for the MC252 oil, as good a match as I’ve seen. My guess is that it is probably coming from the broken riser pipe or sunken platform."
First Person Shooters (Games)

Submission + - Filmaker make Hollywood Apocolypse film for $250 (twitchfilm.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Film makers David and Ian Purchase shook the internet 2 years ago, with Escape from City 17 Part One. Now Part Two is out and it is even more ground breaking. Coming in at 14 mins, you feel like you are in a Hollywood apocalypse film with visuals that put big budget Hollywood films to shame.
Cloud

Submission + - Grab Students' Attention with Laptops & Cellph (umich.edu)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: At the University of Michigan, over 4,000 students will be using new software that replaces traditional student response systems ("clickers") and enables interaction in large lecture halls by allowing students to participate with their laptops or cellphones. Research has shown the application, LectureTools, improves student engagement and attentiveness. The start-up company behind the software is a U-M spinoff, and instructors from any institution can use the tool.

Submission + - A CNC machine that even I can afford... (ponoko.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Check out this open source CNC machine that FurnLab has designed. This looks like it could be a deal maker for custom furniture and model makers.
Power

Submission + - Countdown to $100 Oil - Deja Vu? (theoildrum.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The general and simplified theory to be tested in this series of posts is that OECD economies cannot grow with average annual oil price over $100 / barrel. As of 16 August 2011, the annual average for Brent stood at $100.04 per barrel! Are there any signs that the global economy is buckling under this strain?

http://www.theoildrum.com/files/brent_ftse100.png

Disclaimer: the author does not currently hold any energy related investments that may be affected by the content of this post. Any forward-looking observations and comments should not be viewed as forecasts. I will return to this subject with updated charts as the story unfolds.
Businesses

Submission + - Tesla CEO Lying About Model S? $1,000,000 Says Yes (greencarreports.com) 1

Submitted by thecarchik
thecarchik writes: Elon Musk, CEO of electric-car startup Tesla Motors, sometimes says things that later prove not to be quite true. In that, he's like many entrepreneurs, who spend a portion of their time persuading the unconvinced and painting pictures of the rosy future, despite inconvenient facts that may contradict that vision of the future.

And in the case of the 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sports sedan, which Tesla says it will launch before the end of next year, skeptics abound. Pulitzer Prize wining Journalist Dan Neil said the schedule promised by Musk was "an audacious timeline that makes many in the car industry roll their eyes." And, he added, "Even people inside Tesla are leery." The implication was clear: Neil didn't believe Tesla would be able to deliver on Musk's promises.

A week later, Musk e-mailed Neil and told him--in no uncertain terms--that he was wrong. After several lively rounds of e-mail he challenged Musk to a $1 million bet on the outcome based on the Tesla Model S hitting 4 targets. If the Tesla Model S misses any of the targets, Neil wins the bet.
Security

Submission + - Apache Plans Fix for DoS Bug in Next Day (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: The Apache Software Foundation plans to have a fix available in the next day or so for the denial-of-service problem in Apache that was publicized late last week. The bug, which in some forms has been under discussion for more than four years, involves the way that the Web server handles certain overlapping range headers.

The vulnerability is a denial-of-service bug, but it is considered serious because a remote attacker can essentially take a targeted server offline with little effort and resources. The Apache Software Foundation, which maintains the popular open-source Web server, updated its advisory on the vulnerability, saying that it expects to have a full fix available for the vulnerability within the next 24 hours.

Submission + - CERN study on cosmic ray/climate change connection (nature.com)

Submitted by Layzej
Layzej writes: "For a century, scientists have known that charged particles from space constantly bombard Earth. Known as cosmic rays, the particles are mostly protons blasted out of supernovae. As the protons crash through the planet's atmosphere, they can ionize volatile compounds, causing them to condense into airborne droplets, or aerosols."

It is hypothesized that clouds might then build up around the droplets — possibly affecting the Earth's climate. "To find out, Kirkby and his team are bringing the atmosphere down to Earth in an experiment called Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD)."

"Early results seem to indicate that cosmic rays do cause a change. The high-energy protons seemed to enhance the production of nanometre-sized particles from the gaseous atmosphere by more than a factor of ten. But, Kirkby adds, those particles are far too small to serve as seeds for clouds."

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