Continental Drift - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Casino Reserve (Score 1) 436

by Continental Drift on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @09:27AM (#37467312) Attached to: Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme'

Further, Full Tilt is acting more like a bank than a normal casino, because they hold on to your money longer. And no bank is required to keep money on hand to cover all of their depositors. Their reserve requirement is much lower (10%) than Full Tilt apparently had (15%).

Submission + - Chamber of Commerce dirty tricks (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Continental Drift on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @06:46PM

Continental Drift writes: The e-mails pulled by Anonymous from HBGary show ugly tactics to discredit opposition groups. Don't they know that e-mail lives forever?

New Linux Petabyte-Scale Distributed File System 132

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @08:14PM from the check-it-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A recent addition to Linux's impressive selection of file systems is Ceph, a distributed file system that incorporates replication and fault tolerance while maintaining POSIX compatibility. Explore the architecture of Ceph and learn how it provides fault tolerance and simplifies the management of massive amounts of data."

Want a Body Piercing With That Server? 19

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 01, 2010 @11:35AM from the this-will-only-hurt-for-a-little-while dept.

1sockchuck writes "The web hosting business is known for promotional gimmicks. But here's an unusual one: ServerBeach UK is offering a free body piercing with every new server ordered on April 1st. 'We were tired of the typical boring giveaways that have been done to death' said ServerBeach's Dominic Monkhouse. The stunt revives memories of earlier guerrilla marketing efforts by web hosts, like the 'human billboard' who was paid $7,000 to tattoo a hosting company's logo on the back of his head."

Comment Re:I want to live to 100... (Score 1) 575

by Continental Drift on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @11:51AM (#27746513) Attached to: To What Age Do You Expect To Live?

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.
--Thurgood Marshall

Who, by the way, did not live to 110, did not serve until death, and was not shot by a jealous husband. But let's not quibble.

Submission + - Poll: Number of Screens on Your Computer

Submitted by

Continental Drift

on Monday March 30, 2009 @07:05PM

Continental Drift writes: "I use four flat screens at work. Am I that unusual? I can't find evidence that this poll has been done. The poll:

How many separate physical screens do you use on your main computer:

1 screen.
2 screens.
3 screens.
4 screens.
5 or more screens.
0 screens. I'm blind you insensitive clod."

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