Comment APC netshelter (Score 1) 402
You can also maybe take a look at the APC netshelter cx range...
Submission + - A 4000mph Train From D.C. To Beijing In 2 Hrs (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: "Evacuated Tube Transport, or ETT, combines the efficiency of maglev trains, already in use in Europe and Asia, with the efficiency of moving through an airless environment. Not only does ETT lack an engine – and a need for fossil fuel propulsion – but because it can glide along almost indefinitely through the vacuum it takes full advantage of Newton’s age-old “an object in motion stays in motion.” If ETT does see the light of day it is estimated to travel at a top speed of 4,000 mph, fast enough to go from Washington DC to Beijing in just two hours."
Submission + - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS out - Unity gets a second chance (aboutlinux.info)
An anonymous reader writes: So how does Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) fare ? I will say exceptionally well. Unity is not the same ugly duckling it was made out to be. In Ubuntu 12.04, it has transformed into a beautiful swan. As Ubuntu 12.04 is a long term release, the Ubuntu team has pulled all stops to make sure the user experience is positive.
Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine.
Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine.
Submission + - Cybercriminals exploit Björk's Biophilia app to compromise Androids (symantec.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The crocked Russians who put out fake versions of Angry Bird Space and Instagram for Android last week have competition. Bipphilia, an musical experiment by Bjork into the world of apps has been ported to Android as a Trojan. To make things worst, last year at the launch of the app, Bjork was quoted in an interviewing inviting pirates/hackers to attempt to port her code over from iPhone to other platforms.
Submission + - TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe (cbsnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Duane Eleby, a suspected drug courier, was all set to sneak 10 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport last February with the help of a former Transportation Security Administration employee and a screener. Eleby, however, bungled the plan by going to the wrong terminal and was arrested after another TSA screener found the cocaine, which set in motion a series of undercover operations that led to Wednesday's announcement that two former and current TSA employees had been indicted on federal drug trafficking and bribery charges.
Submission + - Organics can't match conventional farm yields (nature.com)
scibri writes: A comprehensive analysis published in Nature (abstract) suggests that organic farming could supply needs in some circumstances. But yields are lower than in conventional farming, so producing the bulk of the globe’s diet will still require chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
The meta-analysis reviewed 66 studies comparing the yields of 34 different crop species in organic and conventional farming systems. The researchers included only studies that assessed the total land area used, allowing them to compare crop yields per unit area. Many previous studies that have showed large yields for organic farming ignore the size of the area planted — which is often bigger than in conventional farming.
Crop yields from organic farming are as much as 34% lower than those from comparable conventional farming practices, though in some cases, notably with strawberries and soybeans, the gap is as small as 3%.
The meta-analysis reviewed 66 studies comparing the yields of 34 different crop species in organic and conventional farming systems. The researchers included only studies that assessed the total land area used, allowing them to compare crop yields per unit area. Many previous studies that have showed large yields for organic farming ignore the size of the area planted — which is often bigger than in conventional farming.
Crop yields from organic farming are as much as 34% lower than those from comparable conventional farming practices, though in some cases, notably with strawberries and soybeans, the gap is as small as 3%.
Submission + - How Windows FreeCell Gave Rise To Online Crowdsourcing (gameological.com)
TPIRman writes: In 1994, a physics doctoral student named Dave Ring assembled more than 100 math and puzzle enthusiasts on Usenet for what became one of the earliest online 'crowdsourcing' projects. Their goal: to determine if every hand in Windows' FreeCell solitaire game was in fact winnable, as the program's help file implied. Their efforts soon focused in on one incredibly stubborn hand: #11,982. They couldn't beat it, but in the process of trying, they proved the viability of an idea that would later be refined with crowdsourcing models like Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
Submission + - Expect "hundreds" of thunderbolt devices, says Intel (pcauthority.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: Thunderbolt ports have been spotted on a PC motherboard, but the reality is that the technology is far from mainstream outside of Apple products. Which is why it is interesting to hear Intel predict that "a hundred" Thunderbolt devices are expected to be on the market by the end of the year. The comment was made this week at Intel's presentation at IDF in Beijing. Ultrabooks with Thunderbolt are expected to appear this year.
Comment Re:Be falsely accused, become poor (Score 2) 298
Well, I sure as fuck won't play Hangman in Canada. They'll probably charge you with murder (or some weird sex fetish if the stick drawing looks underage...)
Comment On the other hand... (Score 1, Redundant) 466
I agree that NO ONE should be able to force you to hand over your account details... I think they should have just had her Facebook account suspended for breaking the T&C's. I could of course be wrong, but don't have to agree that you are over 13 years of age (she was not) when you create a Facebook account?
Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post 232
kodiaktau writes "Slashdot founder and long time cat herder Rob Malda joins the Washington Post per an announcement today. According to the press release, he will be the Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large working for WaPo Labs."
Rob has a more detailed description of the job on his blog: "Don Graham is trying to accomplish something that is a bit of a cliche these days: A startup inside an established corporation. A group that can exist at a nexus between newspapers, websites, cable networks, and TV stations and think about the big picture and the future without the normal burdens associated with a business operating at a large scale. ... They are actively iterating and experimenting in many directions, with strong support from the top of the organization. ... Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli assures me that I'll also be working with the newsroom where I can contribute words, ideas, and tools that will improve the experience of the journalists doing work that I personally believe transcends the bottom line."
Comment Utilities (Score 1) 243
One would assume that there would be some interesting flex connectors on things like water/ sewage/electrics etc. I did not notice anything in TFA (well, I only glanced OK). On the other hand, I suppose 3cm is not THAT much movement to deal with....
Comment Re:Cursor (Score 1) 304
While we're all asking for stuff, how about not making the videos autoplay? It's far more an annoyance than a convenience. I had to track down this mysterious droning voice after I opened up half a dozen Slashdot tabs. I'm trying to avoid doing work covertly here, people!
Unrelated to topic but very good point. I also open tabs from the main
On the Pi, i have to confess that I was one of the people who effectively DDOS'ed the two vendors chosen by RPi. A 10k first run was not nearly enough. I think they would have sold out in the first 5 minutes if the sites did not give up the ghost due to everyone refreshing in the hope that *This* time the page will load.
It is a great project at a great price point and I really hope that schools in Africa etc see the opportunity to get kids interested in programming.
Comment Re:Just another Con Man (Score 1) 498
Randi obtains results on the various fields he's interested in debunking not by collecting a representative sample through the offer of independent testing but by dangling the offer of $1,000,000 under the assumption that any opponents he selects will be misguided or fraudsters. This creates an obviously biased self-selecting sample and provides that justice is not seen to be done. Do you deny this?
Well, you could just mention a couple of the examples of fields that you feel he did not get a representative sample from, and the 'real deal' experts in that field that you are aware of that he left out on purpose...
Comment Re:The oldest person lived to 122. (Score 1) 916
haha, indeed... "more like" is about as close as you can get with the sample size. For some reason it kinda reminds me of a quoteI spotted today on a cloud backup service site:
"ALL drives fail in their lifetime..." Fox.
"ALL drives fail in their lifetime..." Fox.
