Comment Really? (Score 1) 87
In flash, really ? Flash is so much ressource hungry, no? Hope you Web gamers have gamer machines...
Comment Adversarial Intent, really? (Score 1) 98
....and even spot 'adversarial intent....
Two Iraqi farmers minding their own business
- - Abdul, Abdul, look there's a f*ing drone up there again, watching us.
- - Damm drones... they have no right to be here.
KABBOOOOM! Flying crops, cows, and Iraqi farmers' body parts.
Comment one question comes to mind... (Score 1) 280
... and only one :
Would their stupid plane not get irradiated?
Submission + - Canadian Government : contempt of Parliament (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: In an historic motion, the Canadian Government has been kicked out for contempt of Parliament.
Submission + - NASA's Comet Hunter, Stardust, Retires (ibtimes.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: A few weeks after NASA officially sent the space shuttle Discovery into retirement, it is saying goodbye to another spacecraft: Stardust.
The Stardust spacecraft was NASA's foremost comet hunter during its 12-year career. On Thursday of this week, it sent its last transmission to Earth, immediately after one final rocket burn. The team behind Stardust said the spacecraft was running on fumes and wanted to see how much it had left. It was 312 million kilometers (194 million miles) away in space when it sent that final transmission.
The Stardust spacecraft was NASA's foremost comet hunter during its 12-year career. On Thursday of this week, it sent its last transmission to Earth, immediately after one final rocket burn. The team behind Stardust said the spacecraft was running on fumes and wanted to see how much it had left. It was 312 million kilometers (194 million miles) away in space when it sent that final transmission.
Comment Re:self-rescue (Score 1) 33
oh yeah... i know exactly what u mean...
"i'm stranded, but i know enough to live... oh, wait, that wasn't supposed to happen... shit now i'm fucked.... help me !"
Comment Re:self-rescue (Score 2, Interesting) 33
(...) people are far too quick to call for search and rescue.(...)
I could not disagree more.
It takes a long time for SAR ressources to get to your location when you are stranded somewhere, sometimes up to several hours. It's not like when you're in the city and you just dial 911, and you have an ambulance, cops or firefighters at your doorstep in minutes. So when you decide that you've been stranded long enough, that your boat fire is out of control just now, that your plane is going to dive nose first, or that you've been lost so long that you can't remember... well, guess what: you'll have to wait a bit longer, buddy !
I have had many cases at my SAR-related job of people calling in, not wanting to disturb, a bit shy, and hesitant, reluctant to being rescued.... where it'd be SO f* much easier for us to go save your ass, and done - and done. We get a thrill when we get this chopper - or boat - or volunteer searchers call list - going anyway.
I plead for anyone who ever needs SAR service not to hesitate a minute. Because when you decide that you REALLY REALLY need NOW a rescue... it might be too late.
Unless, you think your life, or the safety of whoever is on a trip with you - family & friend - is not worth a phone call, or that your ego is more important.
Comment Re:Without realizing ? (Score 1) 99
My point exactly. You seem to know what you're talking about. So did Google. So it is reasonable to assume that they knew that
A sniffer dump contains a lot of raw packet data.
and that
[it] captures all the traffic it finds
Comment Without realizing ? (Score 1) 99
without even realizing it
Google sniffing out all this stuff by accident? ! **sneeze** bullshit !
Would it be an accident, it'd even be scarier. It'd mean that the search giant don't know what they're doing.
Comment might i say (Score 1) 233
about f* time
Comment I am gonna sue Slashdot (Score 1) 173
I don't like my /. Karma. Brace for impact.
Comment Re:ISS (Score 1) 55
You are wrong. All of those ridiculous units you use in the states haven't been used anywhere else for years. The metric system is the only one, therefore nm is nanometers. You are a stupid person for suggest otherwise.
I don't know why I'm replying to this as you seem a bit reluctant in other's opinion, but I'll try anyway.
The Nautical Mile is recognized internationally and used primarily in navigation, ie. marine & air (ISS is air, right?) The International Civil Aviation Association uses nm as its symbol ( Wikipedia page or the initial reference )
And should it matter - which I don't think it does - I am not a US citizen. I am working in the marine field, and the nm is the de-facto unit here.
Comment Just one question. (Score 1) 220
Up here, in Canada we have Eskimos, igloos, and whatever else you cliché of the moment is. We also got NIPs on our freaking bank cards, so if a bozo gets one in the mail they can't do zit with it if they aren't the trueful owner. Didn't read TFA though, maybe I missed somethin'
Comment Re:It's not a 0-day anymore.... (Score 5, Funny) 82
Details in the PDF file attached to this e-mail.
Comment Re:Those two guys in the background have halos. (Score 1) 10
Nothing wrong with giving the kids some 'cool factor' as an incentive to exercise and learn some useful martial arts as collateral learning.
Geeky != Cool
my friend
