Nebulo - Slashdot User

Comment iOS is an option (Score 3, Interesting) 306

by Nebulo on Thursday November 08, 2012 @02:56PM (#41922109) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Finding Work Over 60?

A 62-year old friend of mine took an iOS certification course at the University of Washington (Seattle) and promptly found a full-time position at one of the Big Four professional services firms, developing mobile applications for their clients. Prior to this job, he was a self-employed specialty developer, until his wife fell ill and he needed to procure full-time employment.

So hope springs eternal - it's at least possible to get a job after being Of A Certain Age, if you have the right skills for the right field.

nebulo

Comment Talk about crying wolf (Score 5, Insightful) 152

by Nebulo on Friday October 12, 2012 @05:18PM (#41636017) Attached to: The Great Meteor Grab

The article makes a huge logical leap: that US laws governing items on federal lands somehow apply to items that are not on federal lands (for example, the asteroid belt). This is akin to saying that US antiquity laws would prevent a US citizen from prospecting for fossils in, say, Canada. What a load of baloney. The author is trying to conflate and confuse two issues (mining in space and prospecting on US federal lands) which are utterly unrelated.

Nebulo

Comment Walling the gardens (Score 1) 231

by Nebulo on Thursday March 29, 2012 @02:23PM (#39513215) Attached to: Gawker Media To Require Commenters' Facebook, Twitter, Or Google Logins

Frost prist!?!

The days of Anonymous Cowards are seemingly coming to a quick close. This abdication of authentication authority seems in-line with the overall garden walling of various sections of the Internet, operating systems, and devices.

nebulo

Comment Bad advice in article (Score 5, Insightful) 123

by Nebulo on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:39AM (#38939297) Attached to: Facebook Malware Goes Viral

The article states, "Of course there is no such Flash update. You should always download Flash from a genuine Adobe site."

This is poor advice. I would suggest, "Flash should never be installed on anyone's computer, ever."

nebulo

Comment Placing the blame (Score 1) 331

by Nebulo on Saturday December 10, 2011 @12:06PM (#38326290) Attached to: 'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into US Speech

I blame Kate Mulgrew and Alanis Morissette! And maybe Natalie Merchant, too.

nebulo

Comment Re:Or Apple (Score 1) 156

by Nebulo on Friday August 19, 2011 @09:19PM (#37149974) Attached to: HP's Shift On PCs Could Boost Acer, Dell and Lenovo

I recommend paying particular attention to the entire book - it's an outstanding story by an author in his prime.

nebulo

Comment Re:Anything like this in Sci-Fi? (Score 1) 332

by Nebulo on Thursday March 17, 2011 @12:43PM (#35518346) Attached to: Large Hadron Collider is a Time Machine?

Spoiler alert, because this isn't revealed until the end of the story:
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"Timescape" by Gregory Benford does this, quite elegantly.

Comment Not for me (Score 1) 140

by Nebulo on Friday January 07, 2011 @08:20PM (#34799452) Attached to: It's Surprisingly Hard To Notice When Moving Objects Change

I'm surprised to report that this one doesn't affect me; I can definitely perceive that the dots change color, even when they're moving around.

Nebulo

Comment Re:Not for undergraduate (Score 1) 391

by Nebulo on Sunday December 19, 2010 @06:07PM (#34610294) Attached to: Is Going To an Elite College Worth the Cost?

To coin a phrase, "Duke sucks."

Nebulo

Comment Re:better ideas than cutting science funding (Score 1) 760

by Nebulo on Saturday December 18, 2010 @12:56AM (#34597088) Attached to: 'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget

...which might indicate that you could use the services of both acronyms.

nebulo

Comment Re:Jobs reality distortion field (Score 1) 312

by Nebulo on Monday September 20, 2010 @01:27PM (#33638448) Attached to: Looking Back At OS X's Origins

Um. Not sure which 1996-2000 you lived through, but that history doesn't quite match the one I experienced.

Nebulo

Submission + - Apple relaxes iOS Xcode requirement (apple.com)

Submitted by Nebulo on Thursday September 09, 2010 @10:52AM

Nebulo writes: In an apparent 180-degree turn, Apple has eliminated their requirement that all iOS applications be developed using Xcode, provided the applications do not download and execute code. This opens the floodgates for alternative environments such as Flash, REALbasic, and many others. Apple also announced that they will be publishing a clear set of guidelines for submissions to the App Store. "We hope it will make us more transparent and help our developers create even more successful apps for the App Store."

Submission + - Slashdot seized in overnight coup

Submitted by Nebulo on Thursday September 02, 2010 @01:24PM

Nebulo writes: Popular geek-technical-libertarian website ./ (pronounced "slash-dot") has apparently been taken over by a mysterious figure calling himself "Cmdr. Taco". "Slashdot" is a news aggregator, providing a clearing house for links to sites that contain "news for nerds, stuff that matters" for over ten years. Normally, stories are submitted by readers and later reviewed and approved by a cadre of editors; however, in the early morning hours of September 2, 2010, all stories on the site became to show "Cmdr. Taco" as the approving editor. Details are sketchy, with no word from "Taco" on his demands or agenda after this unexpected coup, and there is no word on the safety of the former editors.

Comment Re:i don't know about radio, but i find (Score 3, Funny) 298

by Nebulo on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @09:25PM (#32820480) Attached to: Study Hints Ambient Radio Waves May Affect Plant Growth

Foil absorbs light? I think you've been "smoking" too many "peppers".

nebulo

Comment Re:USMC (Score 1) 82

by Nebulo on Sunday June 27, 2010 @04:24PM (#32710694) Attached to: China Bans Military Personnel From Blogging

Cannot judge! All cultures are the same! Cannot judge! How dare you!

nebulo

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