Comment Re:Who Else read that as "aluminum-cement"? (Score 1) 182
Tin foil hat!!
Comment Re:Doing what? (Score 1) 126
My guess is that they get hits from people who never changed their default home page on IE, and if you're stupid enough to be using IE you're probably going to take a few minutes figuring out how to open a new tab...
Comment Re:Bad analogy using libraries (Score 1) 561
I understand what you're saying, but (despite your snide confidence) I still think you're missing the point: there is no children's section!
Wow, all this over the idea of providing a version of youtube targeted at children... I wonder if Sesame Street met such resistance on /. when it launched (how old is that show?)?
Comment Re:Bad analogy using libraries (Score 1) 561
Right, in the library, (hopefully) not in the children's section...
Comment Re:Bad analogy using libraries (Score 2) 561
Yes, but at least you don't see "top 100 sex positions to blow your mind" books strewn about the children's aisles, which is analagous to the current situation on youtube and the primary concern of the op.
Comment must be a lisp programmer (Score 1) 1140
Function call taking up 900 big ones? Function *definition* maybe...
Comment Open Source Logic Analyzer (Score 1) 337
I've found for most of my Computer Engineering needs that a logic analyzer is much more useful than an oscilloscope. From the same people who brought us the magnificent "Bus Pirate" I present to you the
"Open Workbench Logic Sniffer"
I've never actually used it but it looks like a pretty sweet device.
Comment Re:First Polanski (Score 1) 315
Ditto.
Comment Re:WTF (Score 2, Interesting) 836
This could be just the thing for me to break into the pen business -- MD5 hash capabilities on a ballpoint!
Comment Re:Stereotypes usually have some kernal of truth (Score 1) 669
Agreed. Why is it so wrong and evil to accept the fact that many (definitely not all) stereotypes are actually correct?
It's one thing when you don't have any personal experience or regular interaction with whoever's being "stereotype'd", but I've been around enough humans (about half of which are female) to confirm this one.
It's one thing when you don't have any personal experience or regular interaction with whoever's being "stereotype'd", but I've been around enough humans (about half of which are female) to confirm this one.
Comment speaking of wasting time... (Score 1) 284
I'm getting straight C's due to my regular slashdot usage.
Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain 628
tritonman writes "A new scientific study suggests that crabs can feel and remember pain. From the article: '"More research is needed in this area where a potentially very large problem is being ignored," said Elwood.
Legislation to protect crustaceans has been proposed but it is likely to cover only scientific research. Millions of crustacean are caught or reared in aquaculture for the food industry.
There is no protection for these animals (with the possible exception of certain states in Australia) as the presumption is that they cannot experience pain.'
Perhaps soon there will be a study to determine that vegetables feel pain as well, then all of the vegans will only be allowed to eat rocks."
Linux Kernel 2.6.29 Released 265
diegocgteleline.es writes "Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.29. The new features include the inclusion of kernel graphic modesetting, WiMAX, access point Wi-Fi support, inclusion of squashfs and a preliminary version of btrfs, a more scalable version of RCU, eCryptfs filename encryption, ext4 no journal mode, OCFS2 metadata checksums, improvements to the memory controller, support for filesystem freeze, and other features. Here is the full list of changes."
Chimp Found Plotting Against Zoo Guests 435
rjshirts writes "In further proof that Planet of the Apes is coming to pass, researchers in Stockholm, Sweden have proof that primates can plan ahead.
From the article:
'Santino the chimpanzee's anti-social behavior stunned both visitors and keepers at the Furuvik Zoo but fascinated researchers because it was so carefully prepared.
According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure. He waited until around midday before he unleashed a "hailstorm" of rocks against visitors, the study said.'"
Comment Tidbit (Score 1) 166
I can't vouch for the direct translation in French, but it's interesting to see how words in certain phrases resemble words from different languages, especially in closely related languages like French and Portuguese.
In Portuguese:
Faz = do
meus = my
deveres = duties
Isn't the definition of a duty something that you're supposed to do??
In Portuguese:
Faz = do
meus = my
deveres = duties
Isn't the definition of a duty something that you're supposed to do??
