Comment Re:Journalism (Score 1) 703
But Bill O'Reilly awarded himself the Peabody a few years ago; that's a very prestigious journalism award. I think that counts as positioning yourself as a journalist.
Comment Free Geek the stuff (Score 1) 249
Please don't bin the stuff, it's horribly contaminant to the environment. Recycle it through your local electronics recycler, in Portland we have a non-profit called Free Geek that will even work to give it a second life before it gets tossed. - www.freegeek.org
Comment On the Sabbath? (Score 1) 284
Does this mean they can now recharge their iPhones on the Sabbath? They just can't use their iPhones.
Comment Hope Zuk's feeling rich (Score 1) 265
I wonder if Amazon has a "1-Click Ordering" system in place for patent licensing fees.
Comment It does work (Score 2, Informative) 511
First - if it's working correctly you shouldn't even notice it.
Second, Sanyo has been doing this for a few years in their projectors. The yellow panel helps warm up the color range and keep your tv's backlight from getting too far in the blue range.
Read Sanyo's whitepaper:
http://us.sanyo.com/shared/docs/QuaDrive_SANYO_WhitePaper08.pdf
Alternatively try searching for Sanyo Quadrive
Comment Re:What the fuck is a HTPC? (Score 1) 199
Yeah, that's a nickname that's going to take off...
Comment More likely a Linux client (Score 1) 244
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam_confirmation&num=1
It's old, but talk of Steam coming to Linux has been going around in a number of places.
Google Docs Replaces OpenOffice In Ubuntu Netbook Edition 298
uneuser writes "Digitizor reports that the Ubuntu developers have dropped OpenOffice from the default installation of Ubuntu Netbook Edition (UNE) 10.04 and replaced it with Google Docs. Documents in Ubuntu Netbook Edition will now be opened in Google Docs by default."
DX11 Tested Against DX9 With Dirt 2 Demo 201
MojoKid writes "The PC demo for Codemasters' upcoming DirectX 11 racing title, Dirt 2, has just hit the web and is available for download. Dirt 2 is a highly-anticipated racing sim that also happens to feature leading-edge graphic effects. In addition to a DirectX 9 code path, Dirt 2 also utilizes a number of DirectX 11 features, like hardware-tessellated dynamic water, an animated crowd and dynamic cloth effects, in addition to DirectCompute 11-accelerated high-definition ambient occlusion (HADO), full floating-point high dynamic range (HDR) lighting, and full-screen resolution post processing. Performance-wise, DX11 didn't take its toll as much as you'd expect this early on in its adoption cycle."
Bit-tech also took a look at the graphical differences, arriving at this conclusion: "You'd need a seriously keen eye and brown paper envelope full of cash from one of the creators of Dirt 2 to notice any real difference between textures in the two versions of DirectX."
Comment Mimo USB Monitor (Score 1) 347
http://www.mimomonitors.com/
7" LCD, 800x480, USB monitor
Pretty sure there's a Linux driver for it somewhere, too lazy to look. I'm also too lazy to see if someone else already mentioned this idea.
Comment Re:Stealth Technology is Too Dangerous (Score 1) 622
I would never presume to give up our nuclear submarines! I was inferring that Stealth Technology is is too dangerous!
We need all the nukes we can get to fend off the enemy. However, if we hide all of our nukes, how will the enemy even know we have them? I say show them off!!
By the way, the entire idea of my post was intended with the utmost sarcasm. Don't turn me into a troll!
Comment Re:Stealth Technology is Too Dangerous (Score 1) 622
The idea has merit...
Comment Stealth Technology is Too Dangerous (Score 5, Funny) 622
Maybe if they weren't in super stealth mode they would have seen each other and the accident could have been avoided. This technology is too dangerous and needs to be outlawed through international treaty.
The up side is that we know that stealth works!!
Comment It's a show about nothing. (Score 1) 893
"one of the most pointless ads in history" seems appropriate from the guy who starred in the self admittedly "Show about nothing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjDnGBrhhaQ
Submission + - Electricity revives "bleached" coral (nationalgeographic.com)
psyopper writes: "Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Indonesia's Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing, and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity.
From the article:
"[sic] The project — dubbed "Bio-Rock" — is the brainchild of scientist Thomas Goreau and the late architect Wolf Hilbertz... Goreau's Bali project constructs metal frames, often in the shape of domes or greenhouses, and submerges them in the bay. When hooked up to a low-voltage energy source on the shore, limestone — a building block of reefs — naturally gathers on the metal. Workers then salvage coral that has broken from damaged reefs and affix the pieces of live coral to the structure. Goreau and his supporters say the electricity spurs the weakened coral to restore itself.
Indeed the corals on the structures appear vibrant, and supporters say they have rebounded with impressive vigor. The coral in Pemuteran teems with clownfish, damselfish, and other colorful tropical animals."
"Rod Salm, coral reef specialist with the Nature Conservancy, said while the method may be useful in bringing small areas of damaged coral back to life, it has very limited application in vast areas that need protection. 'The extent of bleaching ... is just too big,' Salm said. 'The scale is enormous and the cost is prohibitive.' ""
From the article:
"[sic] The project — dubbed "Bio-Rock" — is the brainchild of scientist Thomas Goreau and the late architect Wolf Hilbertz... Goreau's Bali project constructs metal frames, often in the shape of domes or greenhouses, and submerges them in the bay. When hooked up to a low-voltage energy source on the shore, limestone — a building block of reefs — naturally gathers on the metal. Workers then salvage coral that has broken from damaged reefs and affix the pieces of live coral to the structure. Goreau and his supporters say the electricity spurs the weakened coral to restore itself.
Indeed the corals on the structures appear vibrant, and supporters say they have rebounded with impressive vigor. The coral in Pemuteran teems with clownfish, damselfish, and other colorful tropical animals."
"Rod Salm, coral reef specialist with the Nature Conservancy, said while the method may be useful in bringing small areas of damaged coral back to life, it has very limited application in vast areas that need protection. 'The extent of bleaching
