Comment Buckle up folks... (Score 1) 296
...this could be interesting.
Comment Re:Disciples (Score 3, Funny) 109
No no, you must be confused, Amazon is making this tablet, not Apple.
Comment My wife and I are in MA... (Score 2) 147
...and we just bought all the essentials: Rice Crispies, strawberries, kitty litter, Gobstoppers, Reese's Pieces, Golden Grahams, and of course Doritos. As a native Floridian I am quite confident that this will be all we need.
That's not to say that the coastal Carolinas aren't totally screwed, just that we're probably fine up here.
That's not to say that the coastal Carolinas aren't totally screwed, just that we're probably fine up here.
Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware 397
MrSeb writes "At Download.com, page designs have been repeatedly tweaked over the years to push its updater software (now called TechTracker), TrialPay offers, and the site's mailing list. Bothersome, perhaps, but certainly not inexcusable. They've got to make money off the site somehow, after all, and banner ads don't always do the job. Now, things have taken a turn for the worse: Cnet has begun wrapping downloads in its own proprietary installer. Not only will this cause the reputation of free, legitimate software to be tarred by Cnet's bloatware toolbars, homepage changes, and new default search engines — but Cnet is even claiming that their installer wrapping is 'for the users.'"
Comment Re:Royalty payments. (Score 1) 578
And fanbois on both sides would each shit two.
Comment Re:Region Locking (Score 2) 425
This is clearly a case of something that doesn't have any effect on 99.9% of people, but is very inconvenient for the .1% of people that are impacted by it.
Lucas Loses Star Wars Stormtrooper Copyright Case 325
An anonymous reader writes "A prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars has won his copyright battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas. The five-year saga, which ended in the highest court in the land, has stakes of galactic proportions."
Comment Re:Robotic Train (Score 1) 312
I would think that any obstacle that a conductor can see is already far too close for the train to be able to stop...
Comment Giant Space Ocean? (Score 5, Funny) 183
So basically, there's a freakin' huge ocean floating around (well, falling into a black hole) out in the middle of space? I submit that space is awesome.
Comment Badges... (Score 4, Funny) 112
...badges badges badges badges badges badges badges mushroom mushroom MUSHROOM!
Comment Re:Timing, timing, timing (Score 1) 462
And are Slashdotters really the type of people that you want to ask?
Comment Also this is not the audience you want. (Score 5, Insightful) 462
Does anybody have any experience living without the internet?
Yes, but those people can't see your post to Slashdot.
PayPal Predicts the End of the Wallet By 2015 391
BogenDorpher writes "As new technology emerges, one can safely assume that the days of carrying a wallet will soon end. In fact, PayPal believes that by the year 2015, no one will be carrying a wallet anymore. Instead, mobile payment methods will be taking over."
Comment Re:Think Twice? (Score 1) 218
I admittedly didn't RTFA but I don't see anything in the summary that suggests that anyone is planning to use this without a warrant. If MS or the police try to, that's still wiretapping and still illegal; but just developing the technology isn't inherently illegal or worrisome. Granted, that's assuming that the technology won't be abused...
Comment Re:Why did they let her on the plane at all? (Score 1) 582
Yes, because they would have searched her, just as they actually did, and found that she wasn't carrying explosives.
True in the case of searching someone and not finding anything, like this one. But in cases where they confiscate "suspicious" items, the GP is absolutely correct.
