toxygen01 - Slashdot User

Comment I am shocked (Score 1) 133

by toxygen01 on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @08:54PM (#43298659) Attached to: Bees Communicate With Electric Fields

If that is true, I guess the mother nature is far more advanced than I could even imagine. Sonar, ok, infrared sensors, ok, antibiotics, ok, aero/hydro dynamics, ok, but electric field communication, wtf? I thought this domain solely belonged to human race.

Comment Some scientific mumbo-jumbo (Score 1) 749

by toxygen01 on Friday March 22, 2013 @01:45PM (#43248735) Attached to: Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio?

This might shine a lot of light into the topic: http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

Comment The rumor has it... (Score 5, Funny) 111

by toxygen01 on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @04:15PM (#42947805) Attached to: NASA Loses Contact With Space Station Over Software Update

that it was Java update... what to say...

Comment There is one which really stands out (Score 3, Informative) 321

by toxygen01 on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @07:56PM (#42399525) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012?

http://www.questionablecontent.net/

the most impressive 1) character development 2) character psychic over time.
and over 2 thousands strips...

Comment Does it bring (Score 1) 530

by toxygen01 on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @03:44AM (#41904763) Attached to: Apple Considering Switch Away From Intel For Macs

thoughts of PWRficient only to me or to others also? Blending the best of ARM and Power architectures would be pretty cool. Yak, makes my mind dance!

Comment Re:mod me down please (Score 1) 88

by toxygen01 on Friday November 02, 2012 @07:03PM (#41859929) Attached to: Thousands of Lab Mice Lost In Sandy Flooding

honestly, please read TFA

Comment mod me down please (Score 0) 88

by toxygen01 on Friday November 02, 2012 @06:45PM (#41859707) Attached to: Thousands of Lab Mice Lost In Sandy Flooding

Really, are we talking scientific mouse deaths on slashdot?

Submission + - The tech behind Felix Baumgartner's stratospheric skydive (extremetech.com)

Submitted by

MrSeb

on Sunday October 14, 2012 @03:16PM

MrSeb writes: "Felix Baumgartner has successfully completed his stratospheric skydive from 128,000 feet (39km), breaking a record that was set 52 years ago by Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger — that much we know. From the balloon, to the capsule, to the gear that Baumgartner wore during his 730 mph (1174 kph) free fall, the technology behind the scenes is impressive, and in some cases bleeding edge. ExtremeTech takes a deep dive into the tech that kept Baumgartner alive during the three-hour ascent and (much shorter) descent — and the tech that allowed us to watch every moment of the Red Bull Stratos mission live, as captured by no less than 15 digital cameras and numerous other scientific instruments."

Submission + - US Navy Cruiser and Submarine Collide (usatoday.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 13, 2012 @11:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: Despite billions of dollars in advanced electronics, radars,and sonar it seems the Navy needs to install backup cameras on their boats. "The Pentagon said late Saturday that it is investigating why a Navy submarine collided with an Aegis cruiser during routine operations at an undisclosed location."

Submission + - Galileo: Europe's version of GPS reaches key phase (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by another random user on Saturday October 13, 2012 @08:31AM

another random user writes: The third and fourth spacecraft in Europe's satellite navigation system have gone into orbit. The pair were launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana.

It is an important milestone for the multi-billion-euro project to create a European version of the US Global Positioning System.

With four satellites now in orbit — the first and second spacecraft were launched in 2011 — it becomes possible to test Galileo end-to-end. That is because a minimum of four satellites are required in the sky for a smartphone or vehicle to use their signals to calculate a positional fix.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What is the sound like on Mars? 2

Submitted by

toxygen01

on Thursday August 16, 2012 @05:55AM

toxygen01 writes: "I've got an interesting question for Slashdot community. To cut a long story short, how would violin and flute sound to human ear on Mars? I've found several relevant sources, but none was conclusive on this. So, can anyone bring some light into this?"

Comment For those wondering... (Score 1) 530

by toxygen01 on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @09:08AM (#40383945) Attached to: Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future

how did the presentation go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zxDa3t0fg

Comment More logic in other article... (Score 1) 314

by toxygen01 on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @06:13PM (#40377437) Attached to: Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access

I believe there is much more logic in following article by Philip Greenspun from 2006 than in TFA.

Submission + - Microsoft's appologises for epic fail presentation in Oslo (news.com.au)

Submitted by kaptink on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:45AM

kaptink writes: Microsoft has gone on the defensive this week after a clip from their latest developers conference started making the rounds featuring classy lyrics such as "The words MICRO and SOFT don't apply to my penis". The audience of programmers were not amused, and naturally turned to Twitter to get their hate on.

"For those not here, we had flashing disco lights, bad lyrics about penis, disco beats and dancing azure girls, so cringeworthy," one programmer tweeted.

"Wow #microsoft this music thing is probably the most embarrassing I've ever seen and heard," tweeted another.

See it all here — http://youtu.be/TROd29XFHY0

Submission + - Neal Stephenson reinventing computer swordfighting (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by

toxygen01

on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:36AM

toxygen01 writes: "Neal Stephenson, sci-fi writer mostly known for Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon books, takes on revolutionizing virtual sword fighting with help of crowdfunding. Inspired by a little known fictional universe "Mongoliad", an interactive book he is participating on, his company is trying to develop hardware (low-latency motion controller) and software for realistic medieval sword fighting. From what is promised, it will try to be open for other developers by having API and SDK available for further modding."

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