Comment Re:That's a really short list. (Score 1) 221
and no Denmark, with their mandatory CP-blocking list (that's privately run) and DNS-blocking of whatever the local version of *AA don't like.
Comment In soviet Russia (Score 2) 257
In soviet Russia, Slashdot microedits/goatse's/karmawhores/grits YOU!
Comment Re:My humble list (Score 1) 264
2x24" monitors
2x13,3" laptops
1x10,4" netbook
1x9" netbook
1x7" tablet
1x4,3" phone
1x10" monitor
1x42" tv that doubles as a monitor for a Mac mini, but I guess that don't count?
Also, broke, alone and living in a basement appartment.
Comment Re: (Score 3, Insightful) 547
Top Gear is for cars, what Slashdot is for tech.
Comment hmm... (Score 1) 389
I guess I wouldn't mind being the progenitor of a new species...
also, it would get me out of my mom's basement, and most likely result in meeting girls?
Sucky part is, I guess they don't have fiber-interweb-tubes on Mars?
Comment Re:What grounds? (Score 1) 973
What PP means is that after 9/11 certain laws were passed, and enacted, so that it became somewhat legal for the US Government to bypass certain laws regarding your rights as a person and treatment of said person.
Comment Re:What grounds? (Score 1) 973
Yeah, it's like efficient cooling of your computer,
putting a baseball cap on the right way is like overclocking your brain.
Comment Re:Also in the news.. USA Might feed him to Bears! (Score 1) 973
...that if he is sent to the USA he will likely be dipped in peanut butter, and dropped in a pen full of grizzly bears
The Peanut butter I can relate to, but does he have to be in an episode of the Palins show? That's just cruel and unusual punishment!
Submission + - Telcos under siege in flooded Queensland (zdnet.com.au)
lukehopewell1 writes: Vodafone has restored service to Queensland customers as it and other telcos work feverishly to protect network assets in the flooded areas. One telco is even covering its telephone exchange buildings in plastic wrap and expanding foam to keep the flood water out.
Telstra told ZDNet Australia that its NextG network was holding strong thanks to battery back-ups in affected areas and well-prepared exchange technicians.
"Some of our techs have been sandbagging and sleeping overnight at exchanges. St George telephone exchange was even wrapped in plastic to defend it from floodwaters," Telstra said.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh addressed the nation this afternoon and told Brisbane to brace for flood waters higher than the 1974 peak of 6.6 metres by Thursday.
Floods have already taken nine lives in the state.
Telstra told ZDNet Australia that its NextG network was holding strong thanks to battery back-ups in affected areas and well-prepared exchange technicians.
"Some of our techs have been sandbagging and sleeping overnight at exchanges. St George telephone exchange was even wrapped in plastic to defend it from floodwaters," Telstra said.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh addressed the nation this afternoon and told Brisbane to brace for flood waters higher than the 1974 peak of 6.6 metres by Thursday.
Floods have already taken nine lives in the state.
Comment yup (Score 1) 235
yup.
Karma's a bitch.
Too bad they didn't go for the same % amount as when the industry sues the other way.
But then again, the industry would just have declared bankruptcy and reformed a little differently again.
Worry not, their spindoctors will make this out to be a positive thing, and something in no way copyrights related.
Also, watch out for "music price regulations" in CN soon.
Submission + - Fermi scope spots antimatter from thunderstorms (bbc.co.uk)
abelian writes: In a beautiful piece of scientific serendipity, the Fermi space telescope has spotted streams of antimatter produced by thunderstorms just over the horizon on Earth. The streams of positrons — and their matter counterpart, electrons — seem to be related to terrestrial gamma-ray bursts, created in thunderstorms.
The BBC's article quotes Steven Cummer, an atmospheric electricity researcher from Duke University in North Carolina, who called the find "truly amazing".
"I think this is one of the most exciting discoveries in the geosciences in quite a long time — the idea that any planet has thunderstorms that can create antimatter and then launch it into space in narrow beams that can be detected by orbiting spacecraft to me sounds like something straight out of science fiction," he said.
"It has some very important implications for our understanding of lightning itself. We don't really understand a lot of the detail about how lightning works. It's a little bit premature to say what the implications of this are going to be going forward, but I'm very confident this is an important piece of the puzzle."
The BBC's article quotes Steven Cummer, an atmospheric electricity researcher from Duke University in North Carolina, who called the find "truly amazing".
"I think this is one of the most exciting discoveries in the geosciences in quite a long time — the idea that any planet has thunderstorms that can create antimatter and then launch it into space in narrow beams that can be detected by orbiting spacecraft to me sounds like something straight out of science fiction," he said.
"It has some very important implications for our understanding of lightning itself. We don't really understand a lot of the detail about how lightning works. It's a little bit premature to say what the implications of this are going to be going forward, but I'm very confident this is an important piece of the puzzle."
Submission + - Qualcomm Demos World's Fastest Smartphone (itproportal.com)
siliconbits writes: Qualcomm showed us its latest version of the Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform at CES 2011, which will be the blueprint of many next generation phones to appear in 2011. Available exclusively through BSQUARE for around $999, it will be available shortly to developers only and will feature a dual core MSM8660.
Submission + - E3 2011 Rego Open And Exhibitor List Revealed (gamepron.com)
UgLyPuNk writes: The first big update is, of course, the Exhibitor list, which is ripe with speculation potential. Who’s on the list? More tellingly, who’s not? What will they be unveiling on the show floor? We’re not into counting our chickens, but it just wouldn’t be E3 without a healthy dose of anticipation.
Submission + - Broadcom Signs on with the Linux Foundation (ostatic.com)
Thinkcloud writes: Light for Linux? Not yet, companies like Intel continue to cold-shoulder Linux.
Submission + - The Evolutionary Imperatives of Google (nytimes.com) 1
aacool writes: "Paul Krugman opines, inspired by reports of Google having fallen into a rut,
"If you follow evolutionary theory, you know that one big question is why sexual reproduction evolved and why it persists, given the substantial costs involved. Why doesn't nature just engage in cloning? And the most persuasive answer, as I understand it, is defense against parasites. If each generation of an organism looks exactly like the last, parasites can steadily evolve to bypass the organism's defenses which is why yes, we'll have no bananas once the fungus spreads to cloned plantations around the world. But scrambling the genes each generation makes the parasites'job harder. So the trouble with Google is that it's a huge target, to which human parasites scammers and spammers are adapting. I'm not quite sure what search-engine sex would involve. But Google apparently needs some.
