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Comment Re:Why can't I turn off the ads? Otherwise...OK (Score 1) 384

by Ptolemarch (#42822153) Attached to: Experience the New Slashdot Mobile Site

Normal Slashdot has a "disable ads" button if you have good karma. I believe that is what they are rederring to.

Indeed. That's Maker mode, as I mentioned, though Maker mode doesn't get offered for merely good karma.

I've implemented ad hiding for Maker mode, but if I can reproduce a bug with it, I'll fix it.

Comment Makes sense, but then what wouldn't? (Score 2) 114

by Ptolemarch (#37341682) Attached to: Google Acquires Zagat

The acquisition makes sense, in that they obviously want ratings of restaurants (and other places) on Maps, and they've already changed tactics there once or twice. This'll pretty much take care of that problem.

I start to wonder, though, whether any acquisition by Google wouldn't "make sense". Their purchase of Motorola Mobility makes sense, too (though not to everyone). When you buy a consumer electronics company and a restaurant guide in consecutive months, what won't you buy? What acquisitions won't "make sense"?

Google buys Pacific Gas and Electric for $20B. Makes sense...

Submission + - Wicked Lasers Sells One-Watt Green Laser (wickedlasers.com)

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cogent writes: "Wicked Lasers, famous for last year's 1000mW handheld blue laser, and infamous for its handling of six-month-long backorders, is now selling a green version. There are three power levels, each priced at $1/mW. Since the eye is far more sensitive to green than to blue, this is pretty much the state of the art in putting-dots-on-stuff technology. Wicked Lasers sent out an email, promising to handle backorders much better this time."
Amiga

Submission + - Blargh (davidhand.com)

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cogent
cogent writes: "This is an announcement of the impending release of Blargh 0.35. You've been warned."
Power

Submission + - New Life for Waste Heat from Crematoriums

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Justin Nobel writes that waste heat from a local crematory will soon heat water that will be piped to a nearby recreation center to heat the pool and the rest of the facility, saving about $23,000 a year in heating costs but some are asking if the process honors the dead or exploits them. “People are dying anyway, and many choose to be cremated," says Ceridwen John, the climate change manager in Redditch, England where the system is being installed. "Our options are to expel the waste heat into the atmosphere or to do something useful with it.” Redditch is acting in response to recent European Union legislation that requires crematories to reduce mercury emissions by 50 percent by 2013. Extracting the harmful mercury from dental fillings requires cooling flue gas from 800 degrees Centigrade to 150 degrees so the waste heat is pumped through a heat exchanger where it can be used to generate power. Will crematory heat ever become popular in the US? "Some grieving families like the idea of their loved ones 'giving back something'," says Tim Morris, chief executive of the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management. "I see that becoming predominant, and this research as an opportunity to do something innovative and respectful to the funeral mourning process.""
Open Source

Submission + - DOD Releases Open Source Development Guide (pcworld.com)

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BrandiCook
BrandiCook writes: "The Department of Defense (DoD) has weighed in with its own support for open source. The DoD provides a nice analogy: “Imagine if only the manufacturer of a rifle were allowed to clean, fix, modify or upgrade that rifle. The military often finds itself in this position wit taxpayer funded, contractor developed software: one contractor with a monopoly on the knowledge of a military software system and control of the software source code.” Open technology offers increased agility and flexibility, fast delivery, increased innovation, reduced risk, lower cost and information assurance and security, the DoD asserts."

Submission + - Towel Day is upon us! (towelday.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Douglas Adams died about ten years ago and fans have not forgotten about the beloved humorous science fiction author. On Towel Day (May 25th), they carry their best towel and organize events all over the planet.
Examples: a gladiator towel fight (France), concerts (Denmark & Russia), a march against Vogon Violence (Brazil), a talk on science in the Hitchhiker’s Guide (UK), guided tours (Germany & UK), etc. People are gathering in parks and bars, and there’s a lot of drinking, movie viewing, flashmobbing, hitchiking and creative work going on.

A Canadian group recently ran a contest to select an Intergalactic Towel Day Ambassador for Earth. The winner was Ms Deena Roth of Tennessee, USA.

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