Luyseyal - Slashdot User

Submission + - Low Level Format using USB Flash Drive? 1

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Luyseyal

on Friday May 28, 2010 @02:25PM

Luyseyal writes: "Hey Slashdot. I unwittingly bought one of these terrible flash cards at Fry's and have managed to nuke two of them, successively. I have a USB flash card reader that will read/write the current one at USB 1.0 speed, but it locks up every Ubuntu and XP machine I've come across in high speed access mode. I have read that if I low-level format it that it could be fixed, though my current one doesn't support it. My Google-fu must be weak because I cannot seem to find a USB flash reader that specifies that it will do low-level formatting. Help me Natalie Portman's grits — you are my only hope!"

Submission + - KHHHHHAAAAANNNN! Dead at 88. (google.com)

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Luyseyal

on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @05:47PM

Luyseyal writes: "Ricardo Montalban, the actor who played everyone's favorite enemy, Khan, in Star Trek has died at 88. He'll be missed. Apparently he was in Fantasy Island too, but apparently I didn't come out of my basement often enough to know that."

Submission + - The Estonian Internet War (downbeatsinc.com)

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Luyseyal

on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @11:52AM

Luyseyal writes: "Gadi Evron, a computer security expert at Afilias Global Registry Services, wrote to the Bugtraq mailing list today, "About a year ago after coming back from Estonia I promised I'd send in an account of the Estonian 'war'" [PDF]. His account details the background, circumstances, and general methods used by Russian attackers, as well as the political fall-out and recommendations for Internet security."

Submission + - 13yr Old Shoots 15yr Old While Playing God of War (kxan.com)

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Luyseyal

on Saturday March 15, 2008 @10:47PM

Luyseyal writes: "A 13yr old boy in Marble Falls, TX, a small city about 50 miles west of Austin, shot 15yr old Troy Guthrie in the head while playing God of War. You can follow Troy's condition at his care blog. Brace yourselves for a backlash against violent video games as this story evolves."

Submission + - FBI Raids Liberty Dollar Offices-Linden Labs Next? (libertydollar.org)

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Luyseyal

on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @10:49AM

Luyseyal writes: "On November 14, 2007, FBI agents raided the offices of the Liberty Dollar, an alternative gold-backed currency, which has taken great pains to stay within the bounds of US law. One wonders if Linden Labs got in the business of printing Linden Dollars if they would get the same treatment. With the dollar falling, metal-backed, online-usable currencies may see more demand. PayPal Goldstandard[tm] anyone?"

Submission + - Recycle Waste CPU Wafers into Solar Panels (statesman.com)

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Luyseyal

on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @12:16PM

Luyseyal writes: "IBM has developed a process for scrubbing the data clean from waste silicon wafers, allowing the otherwise highly secret waste to be sold. The silicon quality usually necessary for solar production is very high and the cost of solar panels reflects it. Recycling this waste should help bring down the cost in the long run and add a new profit vector for chip manufacturers."

Submission + - Craigslist blocks entire .info TLD

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Luyseyal

on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @05:56PM

Luyseyal writes: "I tried to submit some items to craigslist but was blocked. I emailed customer service and got this wonderful response: "Yep '.info'. We had to block that due to the large volume of spam eminating [sic] from that extention [sic]. You'll need to use a different email." Harsh."

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