Comment Re:Enough about Apple goddammit! What about HP? (Score 1) 311
When they become hip again (were they ever? I mean, amongst non-nerds?)
Comment And He May Have Even Defied The Laws of Physics! (Score 1) 311
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Comment Silently. SILENTLY! (Score 4, Funny) 68
They forgot to use the phrases "much maligned" and "beleaguered". But "silently" is always a great fallback.
Comment Re:Done Already (Score 1) 327
It's funny you say that. I was going to make a similar comment but about OS X and then looked up at Safari and thought, "Wait. I'd swear Safari did this." Just had the wrong OS. :)
Comment Re:What's with the ancient Chrome logo? (Score 0) 327
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Comment Re:I am so glad I dumped Chrome (Score 1) 74
Apparently you're the only one that cared enough to say so.
Comment Re:Invented (Score 1) 112
awk
Comment Re:Invented (Score 1) 112
As it turns out, you're wrong. You use my products almost any time you fly commercially. My picture is etched in gold and orbiting the earth. Now, you I've heard of - AC must be the most common commenter on /. who throws around trash talk with no ability to back it up.
Comment Re:LOL .. 0.9.0? (Score 1) 173
Yeah, wasn't that weird? Java even more so, though. Java 2 is 1.2; Java 5 is 1.5. I haven't paid attention - are they still doing that?
Personally, I was rather fond of SunOS 4.1.4.
Comment Re:Possible backlash over Prop 8 support (Score 3, Funny) 112
Dude, if that ain't an understatement. Not only are you not gay, I'd wager you're not even mildly jovial.
Comment Invented (Score 1) 112
Does it make sense that we would elevate the creation of an interpreted C variant to the level of invention? It reminds me of a self-promotor type who was bending my ear with the tale of how his team "invented an XML" - meaning, they came up with an XML spec for their data.
Comment Re:LOL .. 0.9.0? (Score 1) 173
So, essentially it has nothing to do with facts to you, but rather image. I guess they just need to call it Bitcoin 13.04.
Comment Re:And yet apple sells more tablets than anybody (Score 1) 487
Leave him alone. He's mindless. It's not his fault.
Comment Re:Still abusive (Score 1) 511
Oh, for Pete's sake. Stop RTFA! How do you expect this circle jerk to maintain itself when you keep polluting this thread with your "facts" and "reason"? Jerk.
California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction 362
dcblogs writes with an article about hackers using technology to mitigate the effects of drought. From the article: "California is facing its worst drought in more than 100 years, and one with no end in sight. But it is offering Silicon Valley opportunities. In one project, the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland used customized usage reports .... that [compare] a customer's water use against average use for similar sized households. It uses a form of peer pressure to change behavior. A ... year-long pilot showed a 5% reduction in water usage. The utility said the reporting system could 'go a long way' toward helping the state meet its goal of a reducing water usage by 20% per capita statewide. In other tech related activities, the organizer of a water-tech focused hackathon, Hack the Drought is hoping this effort leads to new water conserving approaches. Overall, water tech supporters are working to bring more investor attention to this market. Imagine H2O, a non-profit, holds annual water tech contests and then helps with access to venture funding. The effort is focused on 'trying to address the market failure in the water sector,' Scott Bryan, the chief operating officer of Imagine H2O."
