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Comment Many thanks. A great example of geekchievement. (Score 1) 238

by pep939 (#37210022) Attached to: So Long, CmdrTaco, and Thanks For All The Posts

Many thanks indeed, it's wonderful to see projects like these flourish into what Slashdot has become. At one point or another, I think we all started one, two or several projects, websites or other nerdy enterprises we found incredibly interesting at the time... It's "success stories" like these that keep me motivated to jump head-first without fear into the the next project! Who know, given the right circumstances and sequence of actions, maybe it will actually become something big like this. :)

My only regret is not to have joined this community sooner, although I had been reading it for a couple of years... anyway 'Big Up" as we say!

Comment Re:Plugins (Score 1) 415

by pep939 (#37086544) Attached to: Mozilla Firefox 6 Released Ahead of Schedule

Update too fast and you will leave users behind.

I don't get the point either... We just updated to FF 5, how come they're pushing version 6 already? Are they trying to get ahead of IE in version numbers?

I'm still running FF 3.5.X like a charm on most desktops, and having tested a Beta a couple of weeks ago, I don't see how they justify being at version 6 now.
IBM

Submission + - Review of IBM's original personal computer dug up (v3.co.uk)

Submitted by illiteratehack
illiteratehack writes: V3 managed to dig up the original review of IBM's Personal Computer Model 5150, the machine that popularised personal computing. There's some great comments such as the article's author not being sure if IBM would sell the PC outside the US and the inclusion of a "very high quality 11.5-inch" display. TFA shows that while the PC may have changed a lot on the inside, the way it was reviewed hasn't changed much in 30 years.
Network

Submission + - Your Car Could Be The Next Internet (discovery.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes: Ford is evidently working on a way to make each car into a node for a mesh network. The potential uses are mostly in monitoring traffic and preventing accidents.

Ford demonstrated the system this past May in Germany, and continues to do research to see how many cars would need to be in a network in order for it to work — so far the estimates are about one in 10 cars on the road would have to participate in order for the network to work. Given that there are 250 million vehicles on the roads, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, that would still leave a pretty large number of network nodes. That's a lot of capacity for streaming a Netflix video. Of course, the potential privacy issues are massive.

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