Comment Re:First (Score 4, Insightful) 453
Looks like Saruman is now running The Shire.
Comment Guy Fawkes (Score 1) 730
That explains all those people in the Guy Fawkes masks - no doubt trying to restore the monarchy.
Comment Gibralter (Score 1) 311
Visited Gibralter a some years ago. I arrived by train from the Spanish side, went through customs and walked across the airport runway into Gibralter.
The airport is on the only flat section of land, and cars and pedestrians must cross the runway to enter Gibralter. On the way out, I heard an alarm going off and the gates far ahead of me were closing. Looked down the runway and there was a plane coming in. Needless to say I got off the runway as quickly as possible.
Comment Favorite Season (Score 1) 346
Road Repair
Comment No Problem! (Score 1) 202
Changing my name to 'Philip J. Fry'
Comment Spanish Police APB (Score 2) 186
Spanish police have an APB out for suspects named 'Eliza', 'Perry', and 'A.L.I.C.E.'
Everything About Java 8 233
New submitter reygahnci writes "I found a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8 including: improvements to interfaces, functional interfaces, lambdas, functions, streams, parallels, date/time improvements, and more. The article includes example code with realistic examples of use as well as explaining the reasoning behind some of the choices made by the developers who are working on Java 8."
Comment Re:at the risk of sounding stupid.. (Score 1) 228
Yeah, saw a documentary about this on TV. You jam the GPS, put up a "Detour" sign, paint the side of a cliff to look like a tunnel, and put some bird seed on the road
Comment Gotta love Slashdot (Score 4, Funny) 300
Latest entertainment industry power grab
Slashdot: "Down with the stupid evil corrupt entertainment industry!! Dirty lying evil bastards!!"
They're making a "Dr. Who" feature film
Slashdot: "Oooooh - shiny!!"
Comment Re:GLOBAL COOLING! ZOMG! (Score 1) 292
Absolutely right! Remember:
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Heat waves
- Flooding
- Tsunami
- Earthquakes
are all proof of human caused global warming. Whereas
- Mild weather
- Blizzards
- Extreme cold
mean nothing.
Comment It's a banana (Score 2) 232
or a red and blue striped golfing umbrella.
Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager 951
CWmike writes "Microsoft said today it will 'ribbonize' the file manager in next year's Windows 8, adding Explorer to the short list of integrated applications that already sport the interface in Windows 7. Microsoft's Alex Simons, director of program management, released screenshots of the new ribbon interface planned for Explorer (scroll way down). 'We evaluated several different UI command affordances including expanded versions of the Vista/Windows 7 command bar, Windows 95/Windows XP style toolbars and menus, several entirely new UI approaches, and the Office style ribbon,' explained Simons. 'Of these, the ribbon approach offered benefits in line with our goals.' Plans by Microsoft and others to ribbonize applications have often met resistance. 'We knew that using a ribbon for Explorer would likely be met with skepticism by a set of power users, but there are clear benefits,' Simons said."
Comment Customer service (Score 1) 88
Ever get a strange charge on your phone bill? Ever try to get it reversed? Yeah, good luck with that. For all their problems, I'll stick with bank credit / debit cards for payments.
Comment Re:Gave up too quickly (Score 1) 394
Selling tech products to the consumer market is a losing proposition. Just ask Apple
Comment I'm OK With This (Score 1) 514
Just as well, judging by the latest HP laptop I've seen, they weren't very good at it.
