Comment Re:Hey that's a great plan!!! (Score 1) 1547
What exactly does wires and batteries attached to a T-shirt look like then? My first thought would be "bomb". "Robot" would be my second.
Submission + - POLL: Which miracle pill would you chose
MontyApollo writes: POLL: Which miracle pill would you choose:
Boost IQ by 25-30 points
Increase lifespan 25-30 years
Photographic memory
Athletic physique
All-in one cure baldness/perfect vision/perfect tan
Increase penis to 9 inches
CowboyNeal's little blue pills
Boost IQ by 25-30 points
Increase lifespan 25-30 years
Photographic memory
Athletic physique
All-in one cure baldness/perfect vision/perfect tan
Increase penis to 9 inches
CowboyNeal's little blue pills
Submission + - Core Computer Books for a Library
Techie Librarian writes: I am putting together a collection for the opening day of a new library. What are the core books in your computer library? What books or series do you recommend to your friends and relatives who know little to nothing about computers? If you were in my position, what computer books would buy for a library?
Submission + - Microsoft has updated campaign against Linux (blogspot.com)
Mikeprg writes: "Corporation Microsoft has cleaned the Internet from the advertising campaign " Get the Facts ", directed against Linux, having replaced it on Web-pages entitled "Compare"..."
Submission + - SoundExchange Drops DRM Requirements
quanticle writes: According to this article, SoundExchange has dropped its requirement that webcasters implement anti-streamripping measures for a compromise on licensing fees. However, the new conditions set a cap of $1.25 million in annual revenue beyond which webcasters will be charged the full fee. There is also a 5,000,000 hr. cap on the amount of aggregate tuning hours (hours listened x # of listeners). Webcasters say that these two limits essentially constitute a restraint of trade, as any station that exceeds them will be instantly crushed by enormous fees.
As Rusty Hodge of Sona.fm says:
As Rusty Hodge of Sona.fm says:
In fact, if we extrapolate our current revenue to royalty ratio, our rates would go from $150,000 to $5 million at the point we hit the $1.25 million revenue cap. So if we can increase the size of our business to over 1.25 million dollars, we'll be forced out of business.
Submission + - Dungeons and Dragons (dnd4.com)
Skibybadoowap writes: "With the announcement of Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition people have been asking, "What is the game going to be like?" Here's a list of what we can expect to see."
Submission + - Fox News Busted Editing Wikipedia Entries (theseminal.com)
nelsonjs writes: "Due to a new tool developed by Cal Tech grad student Virgil Griffith, you can now find out exactly who is making edits on Wikipedia. While this news is not very exciting on its own, the fact that Fox News has made dozens of edits for their own benefit, deserves further attention."
Submission + - replace a freeway bridge in one night (canada.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In Ottawa tonight a freeway bridge is being ripped out and replaced in one night. A replacement section of the bridge was built in a nearby park, and
will be hauled in place with heavy lift equipment, with a projected downtime for the major freeway of less than 24 hours. There is a webcam to watch the progress.
Submission + - Java Urban performance legends
An anonymous reader writes: Pop quiz: Which language boasts faster raw allocation performance, the Java language, or C/C++? The answer may surprise you — allocation in modern JVMs is far faster than the best performing malloc implementations. This article pokes some holes in the oft-repeated Java performance myth of slow allocation in JVMs.
Submission + - Actually, is there any elegant code out there?
tiohn writes: "A recent main-page story asks if there is "Any 'Pretty' Code Out There?" As a mathematician, I constantly deal with mathematical logic and debates about "beautiful" and "messy" mathematics, but messy doesn't even begin to describe the code I'd have had to deal with. Compounding that with my readings here and there, I really have lost faith in the vast majority of the coding community. The good coders that I know actually spend most of their time fixing crap that other people write instead of writing it correctly themselves, and NONE of them have a decent background in logic. Is this indicative of the coding community at large? Can any of you really write elegant code? Or do you spend most of your time producing buggy, half-assed shit and trying to get everyone else to buy it?"
Submission + - Online Dating: Dr. Keith Ablow (onlinedatingedge.com)
ApproachDynamics writes: "A girl and guy were interviewed about their lack of success with online dating. Apparently, these two met online, set up a date, and had a camera follow them around. She strolled into a café with her dog and acted like a total biatch, while it turns out the guy lied about his height (3 inches I think) and his photo was more than two years old..."
Submission + - Vulgar language, if Pres. can do it so can you
An anonymous reader writes: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a fascinating decision today in a case pitting the television networks against the government over indecency rules involving expletives.
Our colleague Stephen Labaton captures it this way in his lead paragraphs:
If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can use vulgar language, then the government cannot punish others for doing the same thing on television.
That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals court struck down the government policy of fining stations and networks that broadcast shows containing profanities.
Both network executives and top officials at the commission said that if the opinion is not reversed on appeal, it would gut the commission's ability to regulate any speech on television or radio. Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of the commission, said the agency was now considering whether to seek an appeal before all the members of the appeals court or to take the matter directly to the Supreme Court.
The decision, by a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, was a sharp rebuke for the Federal Communications Commission and for the Bush administration. For the four television networks that filed the lawsuit, Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC, it was a major victory in a legal and cultural battle being waged between them and the commission and its supporters.
Submission + - Google Street View is stalker's dream come true (cnn.com)
cerise writes: If you've ever wanted to stalk or spy on all kinds of people out in public in the USA, Google is making that happen for you. Google's newest 'feature' that they've added to their maps is called "Street View" and it lets you watch people out in public doing things like sunbathing, picking their noses, protesting outside an abortion clinic, entering an adult book store, leaving a strip club, or, as Amazon's A9 engine same-idea concept showed last year, women entering a domestic violence shelter. Of course Google will let you request to have images removed, if you can figure out how to tell them — which an abortion clinic administrator has had troubles doing. Personally, I'm waiting for the first wrongful death suit charged against a search engine after some psycho finds his or her next victim(s) by using Google Maps — Street View(tm). Let the lawsuits begin!
Submission + - Microsoft demands developer withdraw free software
An anonymous reader writes: ZDNet reports : "Microsoft has demanded that a London-based Windows developer withdraws a version of his free debugging tool from distribution, and is claiming that the tool breaches its licensing conditions."
Submission + - Computer Nerds being sued over Trademark
An anonymous reader writes: This Guy is trying to claim exclusive rights to use the term "Computer Nerds"
"
Computer Nerds®
3301 East Rancier #G101
Killeen, Texas 76543
(254) 690-6373 — Killeen Texas
(850) 244-6373 — Fort Walton Beach Florida
(239) 226-0014 — Fort Myers Florida
(416) 630-6373 — Toronto Canada
(866) 451-0588 — Fax
www.computernerds.net www.690-nerd.com www.clickanerd.com www.livepcrepairtechs.com
You are currently advertising a registered trademark Computer Nerds. (USPTO)
You have not obtained our permission to utilize said mark.
Please be advised that you are in violation of California, Texas and Federal Laws.
You are hereby ordered to cease and desist immediately with the use of our trade mark.
You are hereby noticed to seek legal representation.
If you fail to remove our trademark immediately, we will enforce our rights under the law.
Respectfully,
Computer Nerds
By: S.A. Richeson — Trademark Owner"
