Catch up on stories from the past week (and beyond) at the Slashdot story archive

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:So... not related to light at all really (Score 1) 132

This has absolutely nothing to do with light, and instead has absolutely incredible implications for power generation. Graphene geothermal probes for more efficiency, graphene cooling tubes for maximum gas/oil/coal electric power generation, nuclear power (bonus: extra radiation protection)... Hell, strap graphene to just about any process that involves waste heat and get power for "free!"

This would be perfect in a car if they could use it to cool the engine as well as generate elecity without a generator.

Comment Re:Why not? (Score 1) 192

I agree it would show that the people in the USPTO have no idea how to research a patent. This is why some of the people I know in the patent office quit and why some worked till they were medically unable to (afraid patents would get through that have prior work or are unworkable).

Comment Re:And computers used to cost millions of dollars (Score 1) 471

It stinks that GM is losing money on these, but they're putting the effort into it, and I have to applaud them for it. Then again, didn't the PS3 and Xbox 360 cost more to make at launch time than they were selling for? Maybe GM is on to something...

(emphasis mine) Oh, they're on to something, alright. GM is "too big to fail". This makes it easy for them to start risky, costly ventures, because they'll either succeed and make GM rich, or the gov't will bail GM out with more loans until GM is profitable again.

I have to chime in the reason PS3 and Xbox 360 were sold at a loss was to bring in customers as they made money from the games being sold.

GM made this car not for sales but to bring people into the dealerships and hopefully purchase a Cruze which they do make a profit on. This is no different then the Halo cars that some car companies have to get people excited about the brand. It is the same as what Toyota did with the Prius and what Honda failed to do with the Insight.

I'm hoping this works out so people will buy Chevy products that are profitable but only time will tell.

Also for those mad that GM was bailed out you think the economy is bad now imagine how bad it would be with a few million extra people unemployeed and never mind the issues this would have caused with all the other automotive companies with how they all use the same suppliers. Toyota, Ford, BMW,...etc would have all had massive problems as suppliers went under and the development money GM supplied dried up. GM was too big to fail and I do feel they need to shink down. My other thought was that Chrysler should have died and been sold off which would have helped all the other car companies out but I guess you can't pick favorites in the auto world unlike finance.

Comment Re:The surprise is in the scope (Score 1) 446

I don't think most folks are shocked at the remote wipe capability - they just expected that it would be confined to the exchange data only, not the MP3's, games, photos, etc.

I agree I know someone this happened to where as soon as she left the company they wiped her phone and removed everything including her personal photos and contacts.

This is a problem as it was her phone on her plan and while I do feel the company should be able to wipe out any email they do not have a right to the entire phone.

My wife just had this setup on her Droid 2 and she didn't see anything about this. The phone was handed to the IT person he set it up and handed it back. No documents or warnings have been given and I'm guessing this can be done on an android phone as well.

Comment I saw this when I was in School (Score 1) 542

I have to say I think this is a very large problem and part of the reason why a Bachelors degree doesn't mean as much as it did in the past.

While I didn't cheat (although I was tempted at times) I had numerous friends who did. They had more free time then I did, had more fun but also didn't really learn anything from the classes they had signed up for. I think in the long run this leads to longer education times as people are forced to go for a Masters (where cheating can still happen). At the same time colleges are becoming less about learning and more about taking a students money and giving them a degree so they can get the next cash cow in.

Comment Re:Just wait for the GOTY. (Score 1) 261

I bought Fallout 3 when it first came out. Had a blast, but was occupied at the time and didn't buy the DLC. In the intrim the GOTY edition came out, with all the DLC, for $50. Only problem is, the DLC hasn't dropped in price -- and there is $50 of it. Now I can either buy $50 of DLC, or $50 for the GOTY edition. Either way they want me to spend $100 on the game, and I can't justify that. Something is wrong here!

Now I just wait for the GOTY edition to come out.

I agree this is what I'm starting to do as well.

I think DLC is fine if it adds something to the game or in the case of multiplayer where the original purchaser gets it for free but a used copy needs to buy a code.

However to require that I purchase DLC to get online or an extra map after you purchase the game new seems stupid because at that point you are helping the used game market even more as people will wait for the price to drop so as they know they will have to purchase the DLC to play it.

Comment How do people not own a camera??? (Score 1) 342

Not that it is weird to not use one but considering nearly everything comes with a camera how can a person possibly not own one? Of course I say that and I own at least one of each type listed but selected SLR as I use that the most when I want to take photos. If that is not available I'll use my phone and I have to say the point and shoot is becoming useless in most ways.

Comment Re:Prior art (Score 1) 416

I'm using a PS3 that goes through Wifi I'm guessing the disk would work fine if I was not connected but I was shocked that a message came up saying downloading a trailer. I could disconnect it but that is a pain.

Comment Re:Prior art (Score 2, Interesting) 416

That is still better then the new Blu-ray disks that download an ad from the net when you put the disk in. I didn't give the company the right to use my internet connection to download an ad that they force me to watch when I purchased a disk from the store. If my connection was metered I would send them a bill for what I think the download cost on my end.

Comment Re:Sounds familiar. (Score 1) 571

However, you will have to agree, inside the freaking Pentagon is a pretty understandable place to ban photography.

Oh yes although I was shocked at how nice the guards were inside and outside the Pentagon. Growing up near a military base some of the members seemed to think they didn't need to be polite. It seems the military has changed from when I was a kid or maybe its the people that join.

Slashdot Top Deals

Make sure your code does nothing gracefully.

Working...