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Comment On the contrary (Score 1) 168

by bkgood (#28790881) Attached to: Touchpad Patent Holder Tsera Sues Just About Everyone
Microsoft's Zune is nearly impossible to control without looking at it. About all the touchpad is good for is games and library searching, and those both require looking.

Even then, clicking often works better. It's lazy, but if you've got a long way to go, you don't want to have to keep flicking your thumb.
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Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption 293

Posted by kdawson from the anchorage-is-downwind dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of Alaska. The once quiet volcano has begun to roar once again. Its last eruption was in 1989 and geologists suggest that the next one is upon us. Alaskans who lived through the earlier eruption are stocking up on breathing masks and goggles. Starting on Friday, January 23 2009, the level of seismic activity increased markedly, and on Sunday AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. On the basis of all available monitoring data AVO regards that an eruption similar to or smaller than the one that occurred in 1989-90 is the most probable outcome. We expect such an eruption to occur within days to weeks." From the AP article: "Alaska's volcanoes are not like Hawaii's. 'Most of them don't put out the red river of lava,' said the observatory's John Power. Instead, they typically explode and shoot ash 30,000 to 50,000 feet high — more than nine miles — into the jet stream. 'It's a very abrasive kind of rock fragment,' Power said. The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,' he said." The server for the Alaska Volcano Observatory appears to be overloaded and is unresponsive.

Comment From the horse's mouth (Score 1) 752

by bkgood (#23923951) Attached to: New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring"

As an undergrad working in IT as a student job, I can confirm that it is, in fact, boring. Infinitely more boring and less enjoyable than the other part-time jobs I've worked including apartment cleaning, table waiting, bussing and food delivery. At least I didn't have to deal with 5 30 ton A/C units constantly whirring in the background at the restaurant. Oh, and my coworkers had more depth in both jobs than comic book movies and WoW.

5 Predictions for Apple in 2007 257

Posted by CowboyNeal from the gross-conjecture-and-speculation dept.
Michael writes "2006 is coming to a close, and all anyone can think about (in regards to Apple, at least) is the upcoming Apple phone, but what happens next? What are we going to be salivating over and speculating about after Macworld? What changes are in store for Apple in 2007? No one knows for sure, but it sure is fun to take a guess."

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