Usually Unlucky - Slashdot User

Comment Re:A places to live (Score 1) 515

by Usually Unlucky on Monday July 27, 2009 @03:55PM (#28842601) Attached to: English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy

I can assure you that WiFi is banned. A guy drives around in am old pickup with a hand held EMF detector and gives people stations for using stuff like

-cell phones
-wireless speakers
-FM transmitters (which is what I got busted for)
-and WiFi routers

I have been there for school a few times and once forgot to turn off my Ipod FM transmitter.

Comment A places to live (Score 1) 515

by Usually Unlucky on Monday July 27, 2009 @01:35PM (#28840323) Attached to: English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy

He should move to Green Banks West Virgina, WiFi is illegal there. Its part of the US Radio Quiet Zone.

Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year? 158

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 23, 2009 @12:07PM from the dental-nightmare dept.

Scientists from the University of East Anglia are studying the potential health benefits of dark chocolate, and need 40 female volunteers who would like to eat chocolate every day for a year. The chocolate loving 40 must be post-menopausal and have type 2 diabetes so it can be determined if the flavonoid compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease. Dr Peter Curtis, of the UEA's School of Medicine, said, "Our first volunteers are about to return for their final visit to see if the markers of heart health - such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels — have changed. A successful outcome could be the first step in developing new ways to improve the lives of people at increased risk of heart disease."

Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled 299

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 23, 2009 @03:28AM from the nerds-roll-out dept.

roelbj writes "Automotive stories are few and far between on Slashdot, but today's news from Chevrolet might just make a few readers' mouths water at the chance to own their own Bumblebee. Today at Comic-Con, General Motors officially announced the 2010 Chevy Camaro Transformers Special Edition. The $995 appearance package can be applied to LT (V6) and SS-trim Camaros in Rally Yellow with or without the optional RS package."

Comment Progress (Score 1) 151

by Usually Unlucky on Thursday July 23, 2009 @12:24AM (#28791501) Attached to: Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing

I have been keeping track of this team for at least a year now. It is a local team and a favorite in the Google lunar x prize. But honestly they have had almost no major advances since last summer. Also in the economic downturn they have not found any real sponsors. AND they still do not have any launch provider willing to take their rover. I think they are waiting for a Space X charity launch. It most likely wont happen before the 2014 deadline

Comment Re:who makes these friggin things (Score 4, Informative) 219

by Usually Unlucky on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:16AM (#28753361) Attached to: Main Toilet On ISS Craps Out

"The main toilet, a multi-million-dollar Russian-built unit, was flown up and installed on the US side of the space station last year." -BBC

Comment Re:Just dump it outside (Score 1) 219

by Usually Unlucky on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:14AM (#28753355) Attached to: Main Toilet On ISS Craps Out

It might catch back up to you in a few orbits and hit you from behind.

Comment Crew Fix. (Score 2, Informative) 219

by Usually Unlucky on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:01AM (#28753293) Attached to: Main Toilet On ISS Craps Out

They have 13 people up there with strong engineering and scientific backgrounds, shouldn't one of them be able to fix it. Toilet repair should be mandatory for the Russian crew members from now on, at least as they are still using the faulty Soviet MIR surplus toilets.

Comment Comentary (Score 2, Informative) 260

by Usually Unlucky on Friday July 17, 2009 @08:18PM (#28736815) Attached to: Futurama Voices Could Be Recast

During the commentary's for the both the movies and the season DVDs all the voice actors always said that it was their favorite show to work on. It was hard to tell if this was simply pandering but they sounded genuinely sincere. Especially Billy West and John DiMaggio who seemed to be to big fans of the show. And I don't think Katty Segal is being flooded with job offers. The only ones I see moving on are the greatly talented Maurice Lamarche and Tres McNeil who do a lot of work other than Futurama and only play secondary characters on the show. Read More... 3 comments top tags

Comment Comentary (Score 1) 3

by Usually Unlucky on Friday July 17, 2009 @06:19PM (#28735705) Attached to: Futurama cast to be... recast?

During the commentary's for the both the movies and the season DVD all the voice actors always said that it was their favorite show to work on. It was hard to tell if this was simply pandering but they sounded genuinely sincere. Especially Billy West and John Dimaggio who seemed to be to big fans of the show. And I don't think Katty Segal is being flooded with job offers. The only ones I see moving on are the greatly talented Maurice Lamarche and Tres Mcneil who do a lot of work other than Futurama and only play secondary characters on the show.

Comment They should have just called me. (Score 1) 11

by Usually Unlucky on Friday July 17, 2009 @10:02AM (#28729205) Attached to: NYPD Spends $1 Million On Typewriters

I recently inherited a barn full of typewriters from a late uncle who thought he would clean up on them after Y2k.

Comment 3-12 years? (Score 1) 274

by Usually Unlucky on Friday July 17, 2009 @09:48AM (#28729019) Attached to: New DVDs For 1,000-Year Digital Storage

That seems a little low to me. I have some DVDs which are at least 10 years old and some CDs which are older than I am,(25 years), and they all still play fine.

Comment Re:Bad news (Score 1) 389

by Usually Unlucky on Thursday July 16, 2009 @02:11PM (#28720127) Attached to: What If the Apollo Program Had Continued?

Well the cold war was ended by a military "pissing contest" in the mid 80s. The USSR could not continue to spend the amount of money it was to keep up with the Americans. This, with a few more things, effectively brought an end to the Soviet Union. Perhaps the space race could have been the back breaker 20 years earlier and the world would not have had to ten thousand nukes the soviets stockpiled in the 70s.

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