Comment Re:Great hack. (Score 4, Insightful) 185
I'd be willing to bet that the minute someone on an airplane sees you staring at an all white screen for any period of time there will be an Air Marshal tapping you on the shoulder.
Comment Re:Not finished (Score 1) 272
Even Google eventually takes things out of Beta.
Comment Re:What comes after the book deal? (Score 1) 161
You mean the book he wrote almost 10 years ago now? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Deception
I imagine he's going to continue on with business as usual.
Comment Re:Taco leaves and the place goes to Hell. (Score 2) 543
This article is from 2009. Why is this now hitting the front page?
Taco leaves and the place goes to Hell.
Or, Taco leaves and decides to AC Troll.
Comment Re:That could be very helpful. (Score 1) 521
And in Massachusetts, you can't get a license plate without proof of insurance. If your insurance falls off, your car is no longer legal to be on the road.
Submission + - Are You Human (annarbor.com)
GeekyMonkey writes: A new firm called Are You a Human, started and managed by recent master’s graduates from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, is taking aim at CAPTCHAs, which are distorted images of text that Internet users often have to decode to make purchases or post web comments.
Anti-Porn Facebook Page is Deleted, Then Restored 145
Slashdot regular contributor Bennett Haselton writes:
"An anti-porn organization's Facebook page is disabled by Facebook, and then resurrected. Was the page the victim of a 'complaint mob,' and could the previously-discussed 'voting algorithm' have saved the page from being shut down?"
Submission + - Drug helps overwrite bad memories (scienceblog.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them, according to a new study by a team of University of Montreal researchers. The finding challenges the theory that memories cannot be modified once they are stored in the brain. “Our findings may help people deal with traumatic events by offering them the opportunity to ‘write-over’ the emotional part of their memories during therapy,” said the team lead. One major hurdle, however, is the fact that metyrapone is no longer commercially produced.
Submission + - Skype issues software fix for Windows and Mac user (networkworld.com)
jbrodkin writes: "Skype has released a new version of its Windows software to fix the problem that prevented some users from logging in and making calls yesterday, and plans to issue a similar update to Mac users later today, the company said. Skype, which is in the process of being sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion, previously gave users instructions on how to fix the problem, which involved deleting a "shared.xml" file. While Windows and Mac users are being given a software fix, Linux users still have to fix the problem manually (but they can handle it). Still unknown is what caused the Skype outage. Skype said it affected only a small percentage of users, but hasn't explained the cause. Skype has at least updated its status page to reflect the outage, however. Even after issuing yesterday's fix instructions, the status page had claimed for a while that sign in and registration were "all working normally.""
Comment Not much there. (Score 1) 151
My Google Profile consists of my name, e-mail address and an avatar of the "Awesome Smiley" for GChat. They can mine that all they want.
Comment Re:Non-Transferable Credits (Score 1) 313
It's prohibited in most. Sure, if you get caught you get banned, but people still do it. If people didn't, you wouldn't have gold spammers posting every 5 minutes in different in-game channels. I tried out Rift and got my first gold spam before I reached level 3.
As for non-transferable, it just wouldn't work. You make money in those games by buying and selling virtual items. It needs to be tradeable.
Comment Vermont Photo Checklist (Score 5, Funny) 154
Wildlife: Check
Fairly well worn t-shirt for press photos: Check
Tin of chew in front pocket: Check
We're good to go!
Comment Re:Probably would have saved the GTab... (Score 1) 373
XDA to the rescue.
Not only is the built in rendition of Android a giant pile of poop, it is a Jurassic Park, sick Triceratops, pile of poop. In fact, before I ran the OTA update, it would crash and Force Close programs *constantly*. The G Tablet lasted all of 24 hours in my possession before it had been rooted and flashed with VEGAn-Tab.
Razer Unveils Portable Gaming Device Concept 66
MerelyASetback writes "Razer has shown a new concept for a gaming device that uses a pair of 7-inch multitouch displays as well as a layer of tactile, dynamic keys on the lower screen. Much like the Optimus Maximus of yesteryear, this keyboard would enable gamers to place different screens underneath depending on the title, and even within a game — you could imagine the keys shifting to account for different POVs, levels, scenarios, etc. Internally, the concept is based around an Intel Atom processor, but there's no word on what kind of GPU would work alongside of it."
Unreal Tournament 3 For Linux Is Officially Dead 190
ndogg writes "There is no longer any uncertainty surrounding the release of Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux. It's official: the port is now dead. No reasons were given, but no one should be waiting for it anymore, if anyone still was."
