Comment ALL POULTRY SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF... (Score 3, Funny) 76
...Mosaddeq, the Destroyer of Chickens!
Submission + - Bangladesh Slaughters 150,000 Birds After Worst H5N1 Virus Outbreak in 5 Years
An anonymous reader writes: At least 150,000 chickens and 300,000 eggs have been destroyed at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka in Bangladesh after the major outbreak of avian flu was detected last week, officials said Wednesday.
Submission + - Gerry Anderson, co-creator of Thunderbirds, passes away (bbc.co.uk) 2
ZipK writes: The co-creator (together with his wife, Sylvia) of Thunderbirds, Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Supercar, Space: 1999 and other unique science-fiction shows has passed away at the age of 83. FAB.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What was your favorite web comic of 2012? 3
skade88 writes: Its that time of the year again! You guessed it! Its time to do another year-end best-of roundup! Today's topic is web comics. What was your favorite web comic of 2012? Feel free to use the following categories or make up your own.
1) Best overall web comic series of 2012. (Any web comic that produced content in 2012)
2) Funniest web comic of 2012. (This one represents the single funniest comic of any web comic series.)
3) Best art in a web comic of 2012. (Web comic from 2012 with the most amazing art ever)
4) Web comic that was most relevant to you in 2012. (This one is even more subjective than the others)
I will post my choices along with why in the comments. I can't wait to see y'all's!
1) Best overall web comic series of 2012. (Any web comic that produced content in 2012)
2) Funniest web comic of 2012. (This one represents the single funniest comic of any web comic series.)
3) Best art in a web comic of 2012. (Web comic from 2012 with the most amazing art ever)
4) Web comic that was most relevant to you in 2012. (This one is even more subjective than the others)
I will post my choices along with why in the comments. I can't wait to see y'all's!
Submission + - Running A Linux Live KDE Desktop In 210MB (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Slax 7.0 is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that can provide a Live USB/CD environment complete with the the KDE4 Plasma desktop in just 210MB of space. Slax can also be customized with other software modules to provide lightweight Linux installations for varying tasks. For those curious how this lightweight Linux distribution has pulled off the feat of being small and fast, the Slax creator Tomá Matejícek wrote a technical article explaining the Slax internals with booting a modern Linux desktop in just ~200MB.
Submission + - Give us your personal data or pay full fare
ebh writes: "Noted in an AP story about how fees make it difficult to compare air travel costs, is how the airline industry is moving toward tailoring offer packages (and presumably, fares) for individuals based on their personal information. Worse, "The airline association said consumers who choose not to supply personal information would still be able to see fares and purchase tickets, though consumer advocates said those fares would probably be at the "rack rate" — the travel industry's term for full price, before any discounts." Now, about those Amtrak upgrades..."
Comment "security" (Score 3, Interesting) 314
The term "secure" here is used in a bit misleading manner, there's nothing that could possibly be absolutely "secure" in this world, ever.
We should always ask only what amount of security the environment provides. In terms of money.
Submission + - Congress, at Last Minute, Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email (allgov.com) 1
davidwr writes: Before passing the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act, the Senate dropped an amendment which would require the feds to get warrants before looking at mail older than 6 months that is stored on a 3rd-party server.
This means the status quo, dating from the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, remains.
This means the status quo, dating from the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, remains.
Comment In Soviet Russia... (Score 3, Insightful) 111
...you are being juggled by an astounding list of work goals and hobbies!
Comment OK let's be practical.. (Score 1) 32
...can anyone fix the ugly square crop of that blue haze below the saturn?
i'd be a totally cool&costly wallpaper then
Comment Re:Fuck secure boot. (Score 1) 274
Don't frown upon this please. It is usually better to first show that any resistance is futile, before politely asking not to put such weird and unusuable features into production machines.
Submission + - Google.ro hacked (sentenceswith.com)
eugen.hristev writes: "The Romanian version of Google has been hacked this morning. You can still check out the hacked google at http://www.google.ro/ , still the https version is not hacked, only the nonsecure version.
http://sentenceswith.com/google-romania-google-ro-was-hacked-this-morning-2-gmt/"
http://sentenceswith.com/google-romania-google-ro-was-hacked-this-morning-2-gmt/"
Submission + - Polymer implants could help heal brain injuries (gizmag.com)
cylonlover writes: Using implants made from porous biocompatible materials, scientists have recently been successful in regrowing things such as teeth, tendons and heart tissue, plus bone and cartilage. The materials act as a sort of nanoscale three-dimensional scaffolding, to which lab-cultivated cells can be added, or that the recipient’s own cells can colonize. Now, a Spanish research team has used the same principle to grow new brain tissue – the technique could ultimately be used to treat victims of brain injuries or strokes.
Submission + - Skylon Space plane a step closer (bbc.co.uk)
Dupple writes: The UK company developing an engine for a new type of spaceplane says it has successfully demonstrated the power unit's enabling technology.
Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) of Culham, Oxfordshire, ran a series of tests on key elements of its Sabre propulsion system under the independent eye of the European Space Agency (Esa).
Esa's experts have confirmed that all the demonstration objectives. were met.
REL claims the major technical obstacle to its ideas has now been removed.
"This is a big moment; it really is quite a big step forward in propulsion," said Alan Bond, the driving force behind the Sabre engine concept..
Taking its oxygen from the air in the initial flight phase would mean Skylon could fly lighter from the outset with a higher thrust-to-weight ratio, enabling it to make a single leap to orbit, rather than using and dumping propellant stages on the ascent — as is the case with current expendable rockets.
If such a vehicle could be made to work, its reusability should transform the costs of accessing space.
Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) of Culham, Oxfordshire, ran a series of tests on key elements of its Sabre propulsion system under the independent eye of the European Space Agency (Esa).
Esa's experts have confirmed that all the demonstration objectives. were met.
REL claims the major technical obstacle to its ideas has now been removed.
"This is a big moment; it really is quite a big step forward in propulsion," said Alan Bond, the driving force behind the Sabre engine concept..
Taking its oxygen from the air in the initial flight phase would mean Skylon could fly lighter from the outset with a higher thrust-to-weight ratio, enabling it to make a single leap to orbit, rather than using and dumping propellant stages on the ascent — as is the case with current expendable rockets.
If such a vehicle could be made to work, its reusability should transform the costs of accessing space.
Submission + - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to be Codenamed Brilliant Broccoli (ostatic.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Mark Shuttleworth suggests that vegetables will be used as version release names for Ubuntu once they run out of letters! To start with, he proposed the code name for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Brilliant Broccoli!
