phishtahko - Slashdot User

Comment Console Cycles (Score 1) 408

by phishtahko on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:12AM (#30350620) Attached to: Between last big computer upgrade and the next ...

Unless something breaks I'll probably upgrade my Core2Duo to a quad core in the next year and do a full upgrade with the next console cycle. Apart from some DVD ripping the only thing that stresses my home PC is games. With most games being console ports my 9600GT is still coping great with new games. I'm itching to upgrade, but I really can't justify it to myself if everything still runs great.

Comment Re:Meh. I'm holding out for a kilocore. (Score 1) 366

by phishtahko on Thursday December 03, 2009 @01:44AM (#30307804) Attached to: Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor

ULTRACORE!!!

Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

Windows 7 Share Grows At XP's Expense 412

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:05PM from the you-used-the-s-word dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft's Windows ran to stay in place last month as Window 7's market share gains made up for the largest-ever declines in Windows XP and Vista, data released today by Web metrics firm Net Applications showed. By these numbers, Windows 7's gains were primarily at the expense of Windows XP. For each copy of Vista replaced by Windows 7 during November, more than six copies of XP were swapped out. Meanwhile, Apple's Mac OS X lost share during November... betcha Ballmer is having an extra giddy time with that news. Linux came up a winner last month, returning to the 1% share mark for the first time since July. Linux's all-time high in Net Applications' rankings was May 2009, when it nearly reached 1.2%."

What Google's Chromium OS Is Reaching For 216

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @06:17PM from the chrome-detailing dept.

MojoKid sends in a piece that takes a step back from Google's much-analyzed OS to look at what it is trying to accomplish. "Last week, Google open-sourced its Chromium OS project, more than a year before the operating system is scheduled for release. In doing so, Google hopes a variety of developers and companies will become involved in the project, and has pledged to release regular updates as well as a comprehensive log of bug reports and fixes. This article takes a look at Google's design vision for Chromium, the unique benefits it offers, and a bit of why Google is throwing its hat into this particular ring in the first place. Chromium, after all, is a Linux-based OS entering the smartbook/netbook market at a time when the product segment is already being well served by a variety of Linux distros, XP, and Windows 7. In the midst of all these options, do we need another operating system? We just might."

Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking 802

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @05:29PM from the to-name-but-a-few dept.

eldavojohn writes "A formal complaint was filed in California (caged PDF) last week by John Lindstein naming David Miscavige and the Church of Scientology International as defendants. Lindstein claims that for sixteen years (from age 8) he was forced to work as a slave at Gold Base, a secret CoS site run by Golden Era Productions with 'razor wire, security guard patrols, surveillance posts, and three roll calls each day.' The pay was $50 a week. The allegations include 'Violations of wage and hour laws as well as unfair/illegal business practices actionable under California B&P 17200 Et. Seq.' and a complaint under the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which abolished slavery. Members of the group Anonymous praised the summons."

Submission + - Meteor impact caught on traffic cam (thesun.co.uk)

Submitted by Megaport on Thursday November 26, 2009 @02:53AM

Megaport writes: Amazing video of a meteor streaking across the sky and exploding was caught on a traffic camera in Jo'burg. "There was a sudden flash, like an orange stripe in the sky, followed by a very bright explosion where the sky lit up as if it was daytime."

Submission + - 1000mph land speed record attempt finds a home (bloodhoundssc.com)

Submitted by fiaskow on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @05:38AM

fiaskow writes: The BLOODHOUND SSC project found a flat, hard desert to make an attempt to break the 1,000 mph barrier on land. After an extensive search in which space shuttle radar (http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/adventure/the_desert/phase_1.cfm) surveys were used, Hakskeen pan in the Northen Cape province of South Africa was identified as the site of the 2011 attempt. This pan is 400km north of Verneuk Pan which was the site of Malcolm Campbell's 1929 record attemp.

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