Comment Because...gamedevlopers, (Score 2) 465
Do not want you to know there's this much better game in town
Comment Lot of energy (Score 1) 317
Looks like lots of energy to me, burning wood that fast how many watts will that take? glass is cheap, dishes are cheap, metal container to boil water is cheap. What's the usability of such energy producing machinery?
Comment Re:when (Score 1) 184
Only decendants of the church of scientology can live in planets.. until they get shit out by vulcanos
Comment Re:Yes... (Score 0) 184
Light years measures distance not time.. It's slashdot I'm allowed to bitch about this..
Comment This would actually be awesome. (Score 1) 225
Here in europe the roads are cluttered with trucks, to get such lift infrastructure along paths which already deal with tonnes of cargo and therefore maybe kill of half of the trucks would be great. Sure a bad thing for the truckdrivers but the alternative is to eventually broaden the road twice or so making every Major highway 8 lanes. This would however cause a lot more pollution and whatnot. Just imagine a lift system on which you could load the standard sea container.
Comment Where did you hide my Mantra! (Score 1) 2254
Where is the "News for nerds stuff that matters"? Where is it. Why did you take it away?! I always read it to myself when I went on slashdot to have a happy reading, now It's gone and slashdot will never be the same again..
Comment Re:Quick, the Ink Will Dry While He's Sick! (Score 1) 223
Why did I need to read 3 times "Lord Jobs: Where is the porn on my iPad, Captain Cook?!" Before I got it right.. Damn. I hate being male.
Submission + - Steve Jobs to take medical leave of absence (networkworld.com)
Kitkoan writes: Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take a leave of absence from the company for medical reasons, but will remain involved in major strategic decisions, the company said Monday. He will leave day-to-day operations to COO Tim Cook. Jobs made the announcement in an e-mail message to Apple employees, and Apple has provided a copy of the message.
"Team, At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011. I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy."
"Team, At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011. I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy."
Journal Journal: "Terrorist", By John Updike
Self-reference, page 28: "He could go downstairs and look for one of the books he has read the first thiry pages of" (the reader might stop reading this book after 28 or 30 pages...)
Core of Islam, page 39:
"Did the Imam ever suggest," he asks, letting the chair's recoil lean him confidentially across the desk, "that a bright boy like you, in a diverse and tolerant society like this one, needs to confront a variety of viewpoints?"
Submission + - Nanolasers Finally Available For Practical Use (codingfuture.com)
future.nerd writes: You never thought of this one did you: A laser that cannot be seen by naked eye. Well there is a practical use for it, and it is finally available for such use. In the optical communications and computing...
Submission + - UK To Offer PCs For £98, Internet For £
Sam writes: The UK government wants to offer low-cost computers as part of a 12-month trial during Race Online 2012. The scheme, which aims to reach out to the 9.2 million adults that are not yet online, 4 million of whom are considered socially and economically disadvantaged, aims to "make the UK the first nation in the world where everyone can use the web." Prices will start at £98 ($156.01) for a refurbished PC, with subsidized Internet connections available for as little as £9 ($14.33) a month or £18 ($28.65) for three months. The cheap computers will run open-source software (think Linux) and will include a flat-screen monitor, keyboard, mouse, dedicated telephone helpline, delivery, and even a warranty. The cheap Internet packages will use a mobile dongle to help people access the web.
Submission + - Bill Gates is more admired than the Pope (techflash.com)
walterbyrd writes: Americans admire Bill Gates more than the Pope, the Dalai Lama and even Glenn Beck. The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist was named the fifth most admired man of 2010, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll.
Submission + - How Europe Will Lower Emissions: Self Driving Cars (greencarreports.com)
thecarchik writes: Scientists in Europe are working closely with major industry and government as part of a new initiative called SARTRE (SAfe Road TRains for the Environment), which hopes to develop self-driving technology that will allow vehicles to drive autonomously in long road trains on the highway. The team behind SARTRE has now conducted its first real world test, using a sole Volvo S60 sedan that followed a lead truck around the automaker’s test facility near Gothenburg, Sweden. In the video, the driver is free to take his eyes off the road and his hands off the wheel. In fact, he neither uses his hands nor feet during the test. Subsequent phases of the work to be carried out in 2011 and early 2012 will see the concept demonstrated on a five-vehicle road train with strategies handling interaction with other road users.
Submission + - "Friendly Networking" site for disaster victims (nyud.net)
Twisted64 writes: Due to the ongoing saga of Australia's amazing floods, several pages have sprung up on facebook and other social networking sites to help volunteers assisting in flood cleanup. However, there are thousands of people more willing to lend a hand than donate money, and figuring out where to send them is a massive effort in coordination.
One new community-driven website, My Disaster Buddy, has done away with the donation element entirely with the aim of bringing the needy and the helpful together. Although it is still very basic, the intention is clear. The site allows users to check off their areas of possible assistance and then matches them with a user affected by the disaster. They can then interact on a one-to-one basis.
It figures that this more altruistic type of networking site would emerge in Australia, where the people are known for being both helpful and early adopters of technology, borne out by the torrent of youtube videos of cars being washed away and stories of men wading through chest deep water to rescue wallabies.
Obviously this kind of connectivity will only be effective in areas where most people have access to the internet, but can such a solution work?
One new community-driven website, My Disaster Buddy, has done away with the donation element entirely with the aim of bringing the needy and the helpful together. Although it is still very basic, the intention is clear. The site allows users to check off their areas of possible assistance and then matches them with a user affected by the disaster. They can then interact on a one-to-one basis.
It figures that this more altruistic type of networking site would emerge in Australia, where the people are known for being both helpful and early adopters of technology, borne out by the torrent of youtube videos of cars being washed away and stories of men wading through chest deep water to rescue wallabies.
Obviously this kind of connectivity will only be effective in areas where most people have access to the internet, but can such a solution work?
Submission + - The secrets behind cheap sci-fi TV & movies (shadowlocked.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Sci-fi in its purest form is a marginal genre, but paradoxically takes enormous investment to render on screen, either in movies or on TV. It's hard to make a living out of pure sci-fi on the big or small screen. But there are some tried-and-tested ways of making the unaffordable possible...
