Comment Re:Clearly (Score 1) 38
Agreed. Between services like Spotify, Apple iTunes, Amazon, Digitally Imported, and others, music is available on-tap and for pocket change.
Comment Nonsense (Score 1) 32
Johnnie Cochran calls your "Trial of the Century" preposterous and intends to sue. Also, OJ wants to have a word with you.
Comment Disable ad-blocker for a paragraph of twitter crap (Score 5, Informative) 231
I clicked on the link, get a popup asking me to disable my ad-blocker...fine. Done. Turns out the article is about a paragraph and just regurgitates some twitter garbage. Utterly useless site.
Submission + - Soyuz launches successfully from French Guiana (nasaspaceflight.com)
schwit1 writes: A Russian Soyuz rocket, built for Arianespace and launched from French Guiana, successfully placed a commercial satellite in geosynchronous orbit on Friday.
The launch has some significance. First, it was the first time a Soyuz rocket placed a payload into geosynchronous orbit. Second, the payload was the first satellite built by a German company in more than 25 years
Finally, and most important, it demonstrated that at least one configuration of the Soyuz rocket is still operational as Russia investigates the corrupt practices at the company that has been building upper stage engines for both its Soyuz and Proton rockets.
The launch has some significance. First, it was the first time a Soyuz rocket placed a payload into geosynchronous orbit. Second, the payload was the first satellite built by a German company in more than 25 years
Finally, and most important, it demonstrated that at least one configuration of the Soyuz rocket is still operational as Russia investigates the corrupt practices at the company that has been building upper stage engines for both its Soyuz and Proton rockets.
Comment Re:Yahoo brand (Score 1) 401
Wish I had some mod points. You seem to be the only one who actually understands wtf is happening here.
Comment Not your father's NASA anymore (Score 2) 24
What a crying shame. This agency is rapidly working its way towards extinction. Or at best, will become some Washington DC "space committee" that rubber-stamps private ventures into space. They might as well start selling off or spinning off their successful ventures now. Maybe they can sell naming rights to the KSC or MSFC too.
So damn sad.
Comment Steam down ATM (Score 3, Interesting) 68
Related or no? I'm unable to access any Steam functions other than games at the moment. No discussions. No store. No community page. Can access other sites fine though.
Comment OP should get a blog (Score 1) 321
This is slashdot, damnit.
Comment Glitch? GLITCH? (Score 3, Funny) 309
That's a little more than a "glitch" when the unit don't play games, display output, or otherwise do what it's supposed to do.
Comment Re:too little, too late (Score 5, Insightful) 196
Quit being such a drama queen. The company screwed up. He screwed up. Everybody apologized. Life goes on. One mistake does not a Microsoft make.
Comment Re:Yeah, right ... (Score 1) 734
That's no damned excuse. This kind of behavior by children is unacceptable. If the parents neglect their duties then law enforcement has to step in. So now my tax dollars are paying for your neglectful parents.
Comment Re: Not News to Fox (Score 1) 330
Nonsense. Rosen reported that the DPK was going to detonate another nuke. That isn't sensitive material. Rosen didn't go into the means and methods in his reporting. Just that a detonation was coming up. BFD..
Comment Re:The Slashdot Trifecta (Score 1) 140
You've got my vote. Where can I send my slashdot subscription fee?
Comment Did Snapchat write this story? (Score 5, Insightful) 140
This "stories" has all the hallmarks of some marketing dribble written by Snapchat. It has the right buzzwords, is full of itself, and touts some silly app as the future of the Internet.
When did Slashdot sell its soul and start accepting stories from companies?
Why We Should Celebrate Snapchat and Encourage Ephemeral Communication 140
An anonymous reader writes "Within a few months of launching, Snapchat has made an enormous and lasting impact on the culture of communication on the Internet – and we should all be grateful. They have simplified a security process enough to the point that anybody can use it, while validating the market of the next generation of privacy-preserving ephemeral communication. Most importantly, we may finally get a break from the forced permanence of the Facebook and Google world, where everything you do and share is a data point to be monetized and re-sold to the highest bidder."
