DangerTenor - Slashdot User

Comment Re:backporting pdf functions (Score 1) 312

by DangerTenor on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @03:04PM (#27849733) Attached to: Amazon Kindle DX Details Revealed

> Does anyone know if there are any plans to add full PDF support to the orriginal Kindle and Kindle 2?

I doubt it. The Kindle/Kindle2 screen is 6" diagonally, and you just can't see an 8.5x11 formatted PDF well enough on a 6" 167 ppi e-ink screen. There are a number of mechanisms for converting PDF to Kindle's format already, and they're mostly free. You can send the PDF to [username]@kindle.com and it will be converted and delivered directly to your Kindle for a fee... Or, send it to [username]@free.kindle.com and it will be converted and mailed back to you, where you can copy it on via the USB interface for FREE.

The best conversions for PDFs with images / detailed or complicated formatting is to do something which involved converting the PDF to 1/2 page images and displaying them in landscape on the Kindle. There are a few options for this here at Mobipocket.

Comment Bat toast (Score 1) 422

by DangerTenor on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @11:15AM (#27241879) Attached to: Did Bat Hitch a Ride To Space On Discovery?

The bat's fate is pretty much guaranteed, mentioned in this article on UniverseToday.

Unfortunately, holding onto the fuel tank spelled certain doom; it is doubtful he would have been able to remain attached as the violent shaking and g-forces took hold. Although he made it as high as the launch tower, it is likely the bat dropped off and died in the searing 1400C exhaust of the throttling boosters.

Comment Why hasn't anyone posted Pelosi's video? (Score 3, Interesting) 199

by DangerTenor on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:56PM (#26452103) Attached to: US Senate & House Create YouTube Channels

....in which she rickrolls the taxpaying public 37 seconds into her Cat Cam video?? (Kudos to TC for posting it...)

Introducing the Slashdot Firehose 320

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 02, 2007 @02:33PM from the who-wants-to-drink-from-the-firehose dept.

Logged in users have noticed for some time the request to drink from the Slashdot Firehose. Well now we're ready to start having everybody test it out. It's partially a collaborative news system, partially a redesigned & dynamic next-generation Slashdot index. It's got a lot of really cool features, and a lot of equally annoying new problems for us to find and fix for the next few weeks. I've attached a rough draft of the FAQ to the end of this article. A quick read of it will probably answer most questions from how it works, what all the color codes mean, to what we intend to do with it.

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