Comment This is nothing new. (Score 1) 191
I've been administering and deploying these "self-destructing" IronKeys for over a year now. Yeesh... talk about a really fucking slow news day.
Comment Re:Drinking, dancing, and partying (Score 1) 397
I completely agree because beer and being drunk is exactly how I plan to celebrate my country's independence.
Comment Re:First geek President? (Score 1) 147
(and incidentally, Idle formatting has been fucked up for how long now and still hasn't been fixed?)
It hasn't been fixed because no one goes to idle enough even to a lesser extent posts on idle enough to notice the formatting is broken.
Comment Seriously? (Score 0) 793
Where are they finding these jurors at? Where is the constitution on this one? I just recently served as a juror and I was told to look at the evidence and testimony presented then come to a conclusion based on this without bias. How could anyone come to a verdict like this given the evidence from both sides? Do these people not realize at any time they could be a victim just as the defendant, open Wi-Fi anyone? This has to be a blatant violation of her 8th Amendment rights, this is wrong on so many levels it makes my head hurt.
Penguin Poop Seen From Space 86
Scientists have found ten new emperor penguin colonies by spotting their skid marks on the Antarctic ice from satellite images (video on page). The ice around the penguins gets very dirty because they congregate in a small area in very large colonies for months. Peter Fretwell, Mapping Expert, British Antarctic Survey says, "What we find is that we can see the guano (excrement) from space. They stay in the same space in very large colonies for eight months of the year and the ice around them gets very dirty, and it's that that we can see on the satellite images."
Comment Something else. (Score 2, Funny) 393
Dogbert's response to Dilbert being allergic to Lemons:
"When life gives you lemons.... You shrivel up and die." - Dogbert.
Comment Re:Thief 1,2 & 3 (Score 1) 102
They are available on Steam.
Comment Funny because it is true (Score 2, Insightful) 7
I live in Cleveland and other then some exaggerations this video is 100% correct.
Here is the first one while not as funny as the first but just as true http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY
Comment Re:Eye Opener (Score 1) 461
That was a great night.
I remember sitting on the top of a lakefront with building with nothing but moonlight and the stars. We decided to finish off the beer a friend had in his fridge and shared it with all the neighbors and friends there. We had cold beer, a guitar, no technology, the day off and honestly I think it was one the more enjoyable nights of my life.
I remember sitting on the top of a lakefront with building with nothing but moonlight and the stars. We decided to finish off the beer a friend had in his fridge and shared it with all the neighbors and friends there. We had cold beer, a guitar, no technology, the day off and honestly I think it was one the more enjoyable nights of my life.
Comment Re:They tried it once in 1992... (Score 2, Insightful) 161
There was an attempt at a Red Dwarf USA show on NBC, but the two pilots never went anywhere. They weren't too bad, but I don't think we were ready for such a thing.
I'm not entirely sure we saw the same US Pilots. They were awful at best, it was a disgrace to the original to air those pilots.
Comment Re:So what next? (Score 1) 522
So if the CAPTCHA is doomed, what is the next approach? Letting spam bots go rampant over a site is not an acceptable alternative.
Comment Re:Nonsense. (Score 1) 390
Farnsworth: These are the dark matter engines I invented. They allow my starship to travel between galaxies in mere hours.
Cubert: That's impossible. You can't go faster than the speed of light.
Farnsworth: Of course not. That's why scientists increased the speed of light in 2208.
Cubert: Also impossible.
Farnsworth: And what makes my engines truly remarkable is the afterburner which delivers 200% fuel efficiency.
Cubert: That's especially impossible.
Farnsworth: Not at all. It's very simple.
Cubert: Then explain it.
Farnsworth: Now that's impossible. It came to me in a dream and I forgot it in another dream.
Cubert: That's impossible. You can't go faster than the speed of light.
Farnsworth: Of course not. That's why scientists increased the speed of light in 2208.
Cubert: Also impossible.
Farnsworth: And what makes my engines truly remarkable is the afterburner which delivers 200% fuel efficiency.
Cubert: That's especially impossible.
Farnsworth: Not at all. It's very simple.
Cubert: Then explain it.
Farnsworth: Now that's impossible. It came to me in a dream and I forgot it in another dream.
AnandTech Gives the Skinny On Recent SSD Offerings 96
omnilynx writes "With capacity on the rise and prices falling, solid state drives are finally starting to compete with traditional hard drives. However, there are still several issues to take into account when moving to an SSD, not to mention choosing between a widening array of offerings. Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech does a better job than anyone could expect detailing those issues (especially those related to performance) and reviewing the new offerings in the SSD arena. Intel's X25 series comes out on top for sheer speed, but OCZ makes a surprise turnaround with its Vertex drive giving perhaps the best value."
Comment Re:None of those games are remotely like WoW (Score 1) 137
And personally, I think WoW's killer will be another Blizzard game.
Diablo 3 is in the works and if anything is going to cause a major reduction in WoW subscriptions longer then 1-2 months this will be it.
Granted it isn't going to make WoW go away but I know if the multiplayer is as fun as Diablo 2 was it just might cause a good chunk of WoW Subscriptions to be canceled for longer then WAR or AoC ever could have made.
Comment Re:Moore's Law (Score 1) 140
There's probably some reluctance on manufacturers' part to hand out class-IV lasers for $29.99 with mail-in rebate.
This reminded me of an article I read a couple of months ago (http://lifehacker.com/287252/turn-a-flashlight-into-a-handheld-burning-laser) which might just happen to show why they would be reluctant to hand out said class-IV lasers.
