Comment Remember kids! (Score 1) 297
When launching a multi-billion dollar satellite, don't panic, and uh, don't forget your towel.
Comment Renew your domains 1st if they expire soon. (Score 1) 279
I just got through transferring my domains from GoDaddy (about 12 of them), and I was told by GoDaddy customer service that I should renew any domains that expire soon. I have 6 expiring tomorrow and the transfer takes up to 5 days. Unfortunately, I had to pay GoDaddy more money to do this, of course, but it is the last money they will see from me.
Comment Re:Yea, well... (Score 2) 279
I think I know where GoDaddy would stand with regards to a hypothetical extraterrestrial invasion. They'd be first in line to make a deal for themselves, while selling out the rest of Humanity.
Comment Prior Art? (Score 4, Funny) 455
Meaning, of course, that guy with the "Will Work For Food" sign.
Comment Re:Still boycotting (Score 1) 330
I'm not boycotting. Boycott implies I may do business with them again. Not going to happen. They are done.
Comment Demotivational Poster (Score 1) 330
Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
Comment Obligatory (Score 5, Funny) 448
Hogan!!!
Comment Re:Fallacious (Score 2) 295
Then post the whole contents of his reply email, with his name. A reply at all was more than I would have expected.
Comment Oh The Humanity! (Score 1) 130
As God as my witness, I thought laptops could fly!
Why Fingernails On a Chalkboard Sound Painful 176
sciencehabit writes "Some sounds are excruciating. Take fingernails squeaking on a chalkboard. The noise makes many people shudder, but researchers never knew exactly why. A new study finds that there are two factors at work: the knowledge of where the sound is coming from and the unfortunate design of our ear canals. 'The offending frequencies were in the range of 2000 to 4000 Hz. Removing those made the sounds much easier to listen to. Deleting the tonal parts of the sound entirely also made listeners perceive the sound as more pleasant, whereas removing other frequencies or the noisy, scraping parts of the sound made little difference.'"
iPhone 4S Has Been Jailbroken, Hack Enables Siri on iPhone 4 148
Diggester writes "Unless their chipset has already been exploited and jailbroken on a previous device, it takes a lot of time for the iOS jailbreaking community to jailbreak for a new iOS device. The iPhone 4S and iPad 2, both of which are based on a still unexploited dual-core A5 chip, haven't received a jailbreak for iOS 5 yet. However, it appears they'll be getting one soon, as a certain eminent iPhone hacker has let us know that the iPhone 4S has jailbroken, and a jailbreak for the iPad 2 is in the works." In related news, Hackers have succeeded in bringing a limited port of Apple's new Siri voice assistant feature onto jailbroken versions of the iPhone 4 and the fourth-generation iPod touch.
Comment HoloDesk? (Score 0) 85
Doesn't Paramount own the trademark on HoloDeck? And would this be too close for comfort?
Comment Re:Really? They are *all* accounted for? (Score 1) 255
Not only that, but do they have little brands so you don't get them mixed up with someone else's bees?
Comment Effects on Dual Boot? (Score 1) 386
So even if I can disable Secure Boot, does this mean I have to go into the UEFI and re-enable it each time I boot back to Windows 8?
At best, this is going to be a pain in the ass for people who dual boot.
At best, this is going to be a pain in the ass for people who dual boot.
Comment Re:I see what you did there... (Score 1) 389
So this would appear to preclude any possibility to dual-boot Windows 8 and and just about anything else?
Am I right?
Am I right?
