fishbonz - Slashdot User

Comment Hoarders... (Score 1) 210

by fishbonz on Friday March 01, 2013 @03:15PM (#43047989) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Projects For a Heap of Tech Junk?

Have you ever seen that show Hoarders.....

It is a good thing you asked ahead of time as to how to process and manage this stuff.
Too many people jump on things like this without a game plan and end up like the guy you are getting it from and just give up and pass it to the next guy.

Submission + - When Google got flu wrong (nature.com)

Submitted by

ananyo

on Thursday February 14, 2013 @08:24AM

ananyo writes: "When influenza hit early and hard in the United States this year, it quietly claimed an unacknowledged victim: one of the cutting-edge techniques being used to monitor the outbreak. A comparison with traditional surveillance data showed that Google Flu Trends, which estimates prevalence from flu-related Internet searches, had drastically overestimated peak flu levels. The glitch is no more than a temporary setback for a promising strategy, experts say, and Google is sure to refine its algorithms. But with flu-tracking techniques based on mining of web data and on social media taking off, Nature looks at how these potentially cheaper, faster methods measure up against traditional epidemiological surveillance networks."

Submission + - Heart Attack Grill's Top Customer Dies of Heart Attack (cnn.com)

Submitted by Copper Nikus on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @01:46PM

Copper Nikus writes: John Alleman visited the Heart Attack Grill so often, the restaurant designed an entire line of clothing featuring a cartoon of its beloved "Patient Joe," and placed his face front and center on their menu. Now the restaurant reports via its Facebook page that its most loyal patron has passed away at age 52, from a heart attack.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, Alleman suffered a heart attack while waiting for a bus in front of the restaurant, which boasts highly caloric menu items such as the 9,982 calorie Quadruple Bypass Burger, Butterfat Milkshakes and Coronary Dogs.

May he rest in peace.

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