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Comment Re:Problems for anime fans with Linux (Score 1) 293

by pky666 on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @12:42PM (#30227228) Attached to: Ubuntu Reaching Out To 16,000 Anime Lovers

Sorry, but I don't see how squeezing Tux into a skimpy bikini is going to attract these manga fans. (although the tight swimsuit will bulge out his eyes to the right size ;)

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 144

by pky666 on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @10:32AM (#30225700) Attached to: US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s

It says right in the summary above that they are purchasing old style (non-slim) PS3's.

Submission + - Franhofer Improving Electric Car Battery Tech (cnet.com)

Submitted by pky666 on Sunday November 15, 2009 @08:52PM

pky666 writes: The Franhofer Institute in Germany has been working on improvements to a redox flow battery. When such a battery runs low on power in an electric car, you could pull up to a service station and have the discharged electolytic fluid pumped from the car and replaced with charged fluid. Then the station could recharge the electrolytic fluid, on-site, by solar power, or other green tech."

I just hope they get to perfect this tech before Haliburton drops a bomb on their ass!

Comment Re:Possibly parody site? (Score 2, Informative) 118

by pky666 on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:32AM (#30085830) Attached to: eBay For Millionaires

I looked through all the listings and I couldn't find one with any bids at all so I'm kind of wondering if the site is real or not. I can't find anything to prove that it's parody but that doesn't mean it isn't. Anybody got $2M in assets to find out if it's real? ;-)

As of 8am EST, there has been two auction items bid upon. (a 2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 for $450K U.S, and a 2071 ct Diamond & Gold Backgammon Set for $500K). I suppose if these sales go through, there only has to be a small percentage kept by the web site to make a profit, and not in fact a parody site.

Comment Re:Prepended or Appended Passphrase (Score 1) 1007

by pky666 on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @01:38AM (#30056602) Attached to: Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?

I use the same, just adding the first few letters of the webpage title or program to my passphrase (which is itself fairly strong) and alternate upper/lower case for these added letters.

Comment Re:Seems like a future iPhone, N900, etc. app (Score 1) 111

by pky666 on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @08:00PM (#30053664) Attached to: Intel's New E-Reader For the Visually Impaired

In Canada, the Federal government pays two-thirds of the cost of assistive medical devices, so the companies who manufacture and sell these items automatically triple the prices.

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