Comment Tax Cuts = Job creation...right!!? (Score 2) 274
Don't you remember? When the government cuts taxes for corporations, they (the corporations) create teh jobz!!
Comment Persian Style (Score 2) 350
They're just going to take the one they have and put gold curtain rods & blue carpet in it.
(South Park)
(South Park)
Comment Circuit City - Firedog (Score 1) 407
All of this is a stark reminder of what Circuit City did to "prevent" their bankruptcy and eventual closing at the end of 2008.
Comment "Try by 2013?" (Score 1) 315
Can someone enlighten me as to why they are only willing to try and why this would take more than a year...or any time at all?
Navy May Use Mine-Detecting Dolphins In the Straight of Hormuz 204
New submitter cervesaebraciator writes "The Atlantic Wire reports that the Navy has a tested solution to the possible mining of the Strait of Hormuz. The Navy has 80 dolphins in San Diego Bay trained to use their own sonar to detect mines. When they find the mines, the dolphins drop an acoustic transponder nearby, so that human divers might return to defuse it. Retired Adm. Tim Keating cannot say, however, whether the dolphins will be used in the Straight."
The Obama administration has reportedly warned Iran that closing the Strait would provoke an American response.
Comment Re:Let them try (Score 1) 146
It is a shame that anyone should half to endure such tragedy.
However, I find it incredibly honorable and reassuring to know that at least somewhere in the world, there is a massive group of intelligent, open-minded, and decent people who will not let their government step on them so easily.
We Americans could certainly learn from you Indians, and I don't mean that in a tech or web sense. ;)
However, I find it incredibly honorable and reassuring to know that at least somewhere in the world, there is a massive group of intelligent, open-minded, and decent people who will not let their government step on them so easily.
We Americans could certainly learn from you Indians, and I don't mean that in a tech or web sense.
Comment Re:Let them try (Score 1) 146
Yeah, except how many Americans would actually switch to another platform knowing that the government is actively monitoring or working on censoring it?
Oh, wait... NEXT TO NONE.
Facebook is the new crack and almost EVERYBODY IS HOOKED. Make any changes and the sheep will just keep chuggin' along, like the media, their "representatives," and everyone else they know does. Most Americans truly are sheep, looking to the great nanny state to tell them what to do next (and no, just because we can sit here and bitch on /. doesn't mean that half of what we say or think actually applies in this new world created by "our" "representatives").
Oh, wait... NEXT TO NONE.
Facebook is the new crack and almost EVERYBODY IS HOOKED. Make any changes and the sheep will just keep chuggin' along, like the media, their "representatives," and everyone else they know does. Most Americans truly are sheep, looking to the great nanny state to tell them what to do next (and no, just because we can sit here and bitch on
Comment Next time...RTFA? (Score 1) 162
Remember... this is Slashdot. We don't read the article, even when it's on Youtube! ;)
From the description of the video, the soundtrack is:
Noisia - Seven Stitches
Mist - Smart Systems
From the description of the video, the soundtrack is:
Noisia - Seven Stitches
Mist - Smart Systems
Comment Soundtrack? (Score 1) 162
Not to take away from the discussion of the fakeness that is... but does anyone know what musical tracks were used in this videos?
I tend to be a drum & bass junkie long before a nerd (though, in some parts, it seems that bassheads are always the nerds).
I tend to be a drum & bass junkie long before a nerd (though, in some parts, it seems that bassheads are always the nerds).
Comment Can we check the code...for gluten? (Score 1) 68
I must say... what a Christmas. Linux AND celiac's? I think I just might explode from geeky overload...or maybe I'm just having a gluten attack.
Comment Re:All you negative people... (Score 1) 68
As simple as not eating grains?
I have celiac's and I can't have dairy, corn, most meats, and I know PLENTY of other people who have seen ADDITIONAL food intolerances crop up over the years.
I think raising funding for it is a great idea. There are so many people out there who have no clue that, just as you said, grains really aren't good for any of us.
I have celiac's and I can't have dairy, corn, most meats, and I know PLENTY of other people who have seen ADDITIONAL food intolerances crop up over the years.
I think raising funding for it is a great idea. There are so many people out there who have no clue that, just as you said, grains really aren't good for any of us.
Comment Bu...bu...bu...whaddabout da books? (Score 1) 230
Believe it or not, some of us actually prefer the feel, texture, and overall appearance of a BOOK. eBooks are nice and all but even when they're printed, they're no where near the same.
I will admit: seeing all these Bargain Book stores around Ann Arbor and Lansing, MI selling Borders property for $.25 a piece really has quadrupled my book collection. I may die before I ever get a chance to read all of them. :)
I will admit: seeing all these Bargain Book stores around Ann Arbor and Lansing, MI selling Borders property for $.25 a piece really has quadrupled my book collection. I may die before I ever get a chance to read all of them.
Comment Re:I take out Gosling's trash (Score 1) 192
His logo looks stoned................man.
Comment Re:Oops (Score 1) 368
There was a rush to buy these things? Yiiiiiiiikes.
Submission + - Hacker artist embraces open source for inspiration (bbc.co.uk)
supaneko writes: "Computer terminals at a gritty internet cafe in New York City's Chinatown were taken over last week by digital artist Evan Roth in order to debut his internet-based art. Scores of art enthusiasts flocked to Mr Roth's "speed show", an art exhibition format that is specifically geared toward displaying artwork hosted on websites.
To hold a speed show, an artist will rent time on terminals at an internet cafe, many times amidst a sea of teenage gamers, and pull up webpages containing his or her artwork on a cluster of monitors. Mr Roth spread the word about his speed show, called When We were Kings, through Twitter only days before the event.
"I like taking these ideas that come from open source development. In this case, the hack isn't programming code but altering it to your own meaning," Roth says."
To hold a speed show, an artist will rent time on terminals at an internet cafe, many times amidst a sea of teenage gamers, and pull up webpages containing his or her artwork on a cluster of monitors. Mr Roth spread the word about his speed show, called When We were Kings, through Twitter only days before the event.
"I like taking these ideas that come from open source development. In this case, the hack isn't programming code but altering it to your own meaning," Roth says."
