Comment Re:Outdated reference (Score 1) 299
And, strangely enough, almost everything produced by Pixar is an instant hit, loved by children, adults, and critics.
Comment Re:Neanderthal Hybrid? (Score 1) 151
KNOME
Woah, so the two big desktop environments in Linux put aside their differences and merged together?
Comment Re:Oh dear... (Score 1) 297
Don't post stuff you don't want other people to share.
Except they plan to share your search results on a seemingly unrelated search website with your friends.
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 283
Sorry, I was unclear. /Find Bar/ is an extension for Firefox that allows me to perform regular expression searches on the page I'm viewing. It's quite wonderful.
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 283
Same here. I used to use Opera, but I switched to Firefox for a couple extensions that Opera was lacking (primarily /Find Bar/). I still miss some of the Opera shortcuts and would love to switch back.
Comment Re:Wow, do any of you people have jobs? (Score 1) 309
Wow, do any of you people have jobs?
Hi, welcome to Slashdot! You must be new here!
Epic Games Predicts Console, Mobile Convergence 104
An anonymous reader writes "After taking the stage at the Apple iPhone event in September, game developer Epic Games has finally revealed more about its plan to release Unreal Engine for the iOS devices. UE3 is incredibly popular on consoles, and its free UDK has been really great for us modders. In this new interview, engine boss Mark Rein says the developer envisions a future where all game devices are handhelds, with high-end processors inside: 'It feels like there's a great opportunity for game consoles to cease to be something you plug into the wall and rather become something you take with you. Of course it will be more than just your game console; you can have your productivity apps, your documents, and your media collections on it as well.'"
Comment Re:Write your own damn summaries... (Score 3, Funny) 70
Have you ever read the Slashdot summaries? I'm pretty sure most of them are just excerpts from the articles put through a few online translators.
Govt To Bomb Guam With Frozen Mice To Kill Snakes
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rhettb writes "In a spectacularly creative effort to rid Guam of the brown tree snake, an invasive species which has ravaged local wildlife and angered local residents, the US Department of Agriculture is planning to 'bomb' the island's rainforests with dead frozen mice laced with acetaminophen. While it might not seem difficult to purge an island of snakes, the snake's habit of dwelling high in the rainforest canopy has so far thwarted efforts to rid the island of the pest. Eradicating the snake is a priority because it triggers more than 100 power outages a year at a cost of $1-4 million and has driven at least 6 local bird species to extinction."
Comment Re:Accelerometers in phones? (Score 1) 709
What happens if for some reason they don't have cell phone service anyway? What would have happened a decade or two ago? Same thing!
Comment Re:Accelerometers in phones? (Score 1) 709
Buses, trains, no problem. Cinemas? Absolutely. If I ran a cinema, I'd encase the theaters in some sort of faraday cage that blocks all cell phone signals.
Comment Re:I always feel odd when I hear things like this (Score 1) 775
It's generally not worth pissing off their regular customers (although they did triple charge one of my friends for a $900 purchase and it took her a month to get the extra $1800 back), but when they stand to steal 600 thousand Euros, of course they'll take this opportunity!
Comment Re:People want to pirate Bollywood films? (Score 1) 457
This is interesting but I am surprised that there is even a demand online for people to download bollywood films.
That's because you obviously have not seen this!
Comment Re:An interesting point (Score 1) 425
It's time to teach kids what they're eating affects their health.
So basically, tell them not to eat the "food" elementary schools supply at all?
Comment Re:nah (Score 1) 280
Wow, you own Yahoo!?
