Comment Can I fry a buffalo with it? (Score 1) 107
If I can fry a buffalo at that temperature under 40 seconds, I'm sold!
After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit 211
New submitter rullywowr writes "After many users expressed anger, AT&T has moved the slowdown throttling bottleneck from 3GB of data to 5GB of data for users of 4G LTE smart phones. 'Previously, AT&T slowed speeds for subscribers who reached the top 5% of data users for that billing cycle and geographic location. Customers were outraged, arguing that the percentage method meant they had no way to know what the limit was — until AT&T informed them via text message that they were in danger of exceeding it.' AT&T still maintains the position that less than 5% of its users exceed the 3GB threshold each month."
Submission + - OnStar Tracks Your Car Even When You Cancel Servic (wired.com)
concealment writes: "Navigation-and-emergency-services company OnStar is notifying its six million account holders that it will keep a complete accounting of the speed and location of OnStar-equipped vehicles, even for drivers who discontinue monthly service.
OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that GPS-derived data in an anonymized format.
Adam Denison, a spokesman for the General Motors subsidiary, said OnStar does not currently sell customer data, but it reserves that right."
OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that GPS-derived data in an anonymized format.
Adam Denison, a spokesman for the General Motors subsidiary, said OnStar does not currently sell customer data, but it reserves that right."
Comment App usage while out on patrol (Score 5, Funny) 80
While out in the field with the Android phone and the new apps...
Sergeant: Private! Check to see if any other patrols have left any warning signals near here.
Private: Ok Sarge!
5 minutes later...
Sergeant: Private! What's taking so long? Are there any damn warnings?!?!
Private: Ohh! Sorry Sarge. I had to wait for the ad for Angry Birds Rio to finish loading and then I decided to download to it.
Sergeant: Gomer!!!
Erdos' Combinatorial Geometry Problem Solved 170
eldavojohn writes "After 65 years, Paul Erdos' combinatorial problem has been solved by Indiana University professor Nets Hawk Katz. The problem involved determining the minimum number of distinct distances between any finite set of points in a plane and its applications range from drug development to robot motion planning to computer graphics. You can find a description of the problem here and the prepublication of the paper on arXiv. The researchers used the existing work on the problem and included two new ideas of their own, like using the polynomial ham sandwich theorem, to reach a solution that warranted at least half of Erdos' $500 reward posted for solving this problem way back in 1935."
Comment Re:It could also... (Score 1) 602
I think established shows like Eureka can weather a mid-season hiatus, but for a show in it's first couple seasons I think it can be quite detrimental to it and cause the viewers to leave and forget.
Comment Coding... (Score 1) 1127
I once had to write code with yo Mama!
Arctic Sea Ice Rallies a Bit 152
radioweather writes "Like the recent stock market rebound, Arctic sea ice is making a big rally over the record low set last year. According to the Alaskan
IARC-JAXA website, satellite data which shows sea
ice extent as of 10/14/08 was 7,064,219 square kilometers, when compared
to a year ago 10/14/08 it was 5,487,656 square kilometers. The one-day gain between 10/13/08 and 10/14/08 of 3.8% is also
quite impressive. On May 5th, The National Snow and Ice Data Center suggested
the possibility of an ice-free north pole
in 2008, but so far, this year has been a banner year for sea ice recovery."
