Slyder - Slashdot User

Comment In contrast (Score 1) 223

by Slyder on Monday July 26, 2010 @05:59PM (#33037482) Attached to: Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List

I recently had a Delta flight from Atlanta to Newark, NJ. Bad storms in NJ caused us to be delayed by a couple hours.

Delta gave me 1000 bonus SkyMiles as an apology. For the *weather*.

I don't have status, and they've always treated me well.

Submission + - Will employers trust me if I shun Facebk/LinkedIn?

Submitted by RedRecidivist on Friday April 09, 2010 @04:27AM

RedRecidivist writes: I'm coming back to IT after some time away. As a junior member of the tinfoil-hat brigade, I deeply mistrust Facebook, LinkedIn, et al. However, all of my old IT colleagues are telling me I simply *must* use LinkedIn to get a new job, and my old boss went as far as saying that he would mistrust a would-be IT employee who had no "digital footprint".

I really don't want to, but it looks like I need to bite the bullet. Should I?

One Variety of Sea Slugs Cuts Out the Energy Middleman 232

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @03:04PM from the would-never-leave-the-house dept.

dragonturtle69 writes with this story, short on details but interesting: "These sea slugs, Elysia chlorotica, have evolved the ability to gain energy via photosynthesis. Forget about genetic modifications for sports enhancements. I want to be able to never need to eat again — or do I?"

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