Comment Re:limits (Score 1) 401
Haha. But wait... why is there a 192GB limit? Shouldn't it be much higher? Wikipedia says that it should be at least 256 TB.
Comment Reminds me of the Mistborn books (Score 1) 238
This sounds somewhat like what Brandon Sanderson described in his Mistborn books. If you were "mistborn", you could (after "burning" certain metals) see blue lines extending from yourself to metal objects around you, which you could then pull or push away from you.
Overall, they were pretty good books. I'd recommended them.
Overall, they were pretty good books. I'd recommended them.
Submission + - Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe? (nationalgeographic.com)
dynamo52 writes:
Like part of a cosmic Russian doll, our universe may be nested inside a black hole that is itself part of a larger universe.
In turn, all the black holes found so far in our universe--from the microscopic to the supermassive--may be doorways into alternate realities.
I had a similar thought one time based on a mathematical model I saw while reading a book on string theory. I also considered that each successive black hole could cause a dimension to "collapse". (i.e. our universe would be derived from a black hole in a universe with 4 spatial dimensions) Of course, I am not a physicist but it is interesting to see that they have similar ideas.
Comment Am I the only one who lol'd at: (Score 2, Funny) 396
"just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good"? I'm gonna guess he wasn't a fan of the merger....
Comment Recursive Morse code FTW (Score 1) 156
This is just awesome and funny.
Comment Underlying problem (Score 1) 490
I think TiVo's underlying problem is that they try to please two very different groups: people who watch TV, and the content producers / cable companies. If they'd just pick one (even if it's not consumers), they'd have a more focused vision and would likely be more successful.
Submission + - Anti-Tax Software Engineer Flies Plane into Office (huffingtonpost.com)
Cruxus writes: A software engineer, Andrew Joseph Stack, age 53, flew an airplane into an office building in Austin, Texas, where some 200 IRS employees worked. He left a long scree railing against taxes, government, and corporate greed. Given how closely his attitude matches those of many right here on Slashdot, where does the community go from here?
Comment List of their artists (Score 1) 278
Here's a list of their artists, since I'm sure not many people know (or care) what label has which artist.
Comment He was on Colbert Report... (Score 1) 494
This guy is just absolutely nuts. Biggest Luddite I've ever seen.
Comment Re:Not my experience... (Score 1) 181
I 2nd this. DirecTV's customer service has been some of the best of any company I've ever dealt with, right up there with Tivo. Comparing their customer service with my local cable co., Charter, is just laughable. My only real complaint is that you need line of site to their satellites (I live in a fairly wooded area), but that's just the nature of their tech.
Comment NOLA (Score 1) 10
LOL. Living in the NOLA area, I thought I must have already opened a tab to WWL... nope, it was just the hot grits link...
Comment How is this "humor"? (Score 1) 721
Maybe it's because I was raised Catholic, but I can't see how the question of what happens to religion if/when we discover intelligent alien life to be that funny... darn interesting maybe... but funny? Surely there's some good scifi out there about this very issue.
Comment Re:Hmmmm (Score 1) 537
If true, then that's awesome. You have a source for that info?
Submission + - Brain grown in jar pilots F-22 sim (pantherhouse.com) 5
NJ Hewitt writes: "Florida scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to pilot an F-22 jet simulator."
The brain, with neurons connected to 60 electrodes, at first had no ability to pilot the fighter jet, but slowly learned and can now reliably navigate through even hurricane-force winds in the simulator.
Submission + - How Blender compares to the Major 3D applications
LetterRip writes: CGWorld and CGTalk recently asked whether OpenSource software set to become the dominant toolset in feature film production? Also TDT 3D did a comparison chart with the Major 3D Digital Content Creation applications such as Maya, 3DS Max, and XSI, and of course Blender in this 3D Application Comparison. Blender came out surprisingly well, although it definitely still has some weaknesses. So what do slashdotters think? Can Blender 'take over' the 3D industry or will it always be just for 'freelancers and hobbyists'?
