Comment Re:Hey Hugh Pickens, (Score 0) 496
Glad to see I wasn't the only one left with a 'huh?'. I just kept reading, because ultimately, it's irrelevant which husband he is. Hence... who cares if it makes sense?
Oh, wait, this is slashdot...
Comment Re:DAMN YOU GEORGE BUSH!!! (Score 1) 305
Somebody, mod this up!
Comment No offense, but... (Score 1, Troll) 304
...it's Apple. Who cares? Since when did Apple mean anything but 'cute'? Hello Kitty stopped making servers. The world is feeling a tremendous loss.
Comment YAY!!!! (Score 1) 338
YAY!!!...
What, why is everyone looking at me like that? Is it wrong for me to get excited when my home state makes it onto the news? This is a once-in-a-lifetime event!
Universal Sends DMCA Takedown On 1980 Report 189
An anonymous reader writes "For many, many years, every time some new technology has come along, the music industry has insisted that it's going to "kill" the industry. The player piano was supposed to kill live music. So was the radio. And, of course, every time this happens the press is willing to take the industry's word at face value. In 1980, the news program 20/20 posted a report all about how "home taping is killing music," with various recording industry execs insisting the industry was on its last legs unless something was done. Someone posted that 20/20 episode to YouTube a few years back, where it sat in obscurity until people noticed it a couple weeks ago. And suddenly, Universal Music issued a takedown notice for the show. Universal Music does not own 20/20, and there were only brief clips of music in the show. It appears the only reason for Universal to issue the takedown is that it doesn't want you seeing how badly it overreacted in the past."
Opera Embraces Extensions For v.11 283
dkd903 writes "Opera is one of the most solid browsers around. It is very fast, extremely customizable, and has a lot of functionality that others do not have. Opera is also a very strong supporter of Web standards; it was one of the first browsers to pass the ACID 3 test. However, Opera has always been confined to a relatively small user-base because of one critical thing — lack of extensions. Well, that is about to change — at least the extensions part. Today, it has been announced that Opera 11 will support extensions."
Comment Re:Digital records are NOT a good thing (Score 2, Informative) 212
Working in the medical field myself, I can tell you that digitizing makes things faster, not slower. Back when it was all paper, you still had to take just as many notes and chart just as much stuff... you simply had to do it with a pen, and if you made a mistake, you had to cross it out in red, file it anyway, and go get a blank chart to copy it all onto. Then there was also the travel time aspect; when patient C was issued a new RX, you had to physically walk down to records to get the medication history and allergies report for the doctor. Now you just pull it up on the console in the operatory. All notes that are required now have always been required; the only difference is that now people can enter them with a keyboard, instead of needing good penmanship. Trust me, getting a records transfer from another clinic that does not use electronic records is always a pain; do you have any idea how poorly some nurses & assistants can write?!
Comment Re:In space... (Score 1) 230
Somebody, mod the parent up!
Comment Re:Sounds like people need to fix thier names (Score 1) 773
Sa5m? Seriously, am I the only one who's seen Band Slam?
Men Cross 5 Mile Wide Lake In Inflatable Castle 17
Jack Watkins, 25, and engineers Chris Hayes, 24, and Dave Sibley, 25, have succeeded in crossing Italy's Lake Garda in a huge, inflated bouncy castle. "Great Britain has such a great tradition as a seafaring nation and we really feel we have played no role at all in adding to this," admitted intrepid waterman Hayes. "That said, it was possibly the most fun we have ever had and we really never believed this most frivolous of dreams would ever be realized."
Comment What about MoBo tattoos? (Score 1) 472
The two manufacturers I'm certified by (HP & Toshiba) refuse to let you tattoo most of their motherboard with anything but a floppy. I haven't the foggiest why, but such is the case. Because of that, I actually use them often enough to carry a USB floppy drive in my standard toolkit.
Submission + - Photos of Chinese sweatshop used by Microsoft. (dailymail.co.uk) 1
MongooseCN writes: The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake. These Chinese workers earn just 34p an hour (about 52 cents in US dollars), work 15 hours shifts and deal with other abuses to package US made products.
After 27 Years, a New High Score For Asteroids 193
blair1q writes "In a marathon 3-1/2 day session, John McAllister, of Portland, Oregon, has broken the 27-year-old high score for Asteroids, set in 1982 by Scott Safran. The attempt was broadcast via webcam."
Newcastle Maker Faire 2010 27
krou writes "The BBC covered the most recent Newcastle Maker Faire, an event which Slashdot first covered last year. From racing power tools, to making music using electric sparks, or a robot that solves the Rubik's Cube in 20 seconds, makers, crafters and hackers were out in force. YouTube has a selection of videos available, and there are some pics on Flickr. And, while it may not be a hover board, there was a self-balancing skateboard."
Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 1) 2424
And you haven't done much homework on being an Immigration Sponsor. Thanks to all the ultra-conservative everything-for-me'ists out there, anyone involved in the immigration process is required to sign a waiver guaranteeing that they will not accept any public or private aid for the entire time they are involved in the immigration process (and since my wife and I plan on staying married, that would mean until one of us dies). Basically, that means that I cannot receive and government subsidies. If I do, they will kick my wife out of the country, to put it quite simply.
