Comment Re:IC List (Score 1) 139
Very good point there.
Comment IC List (Score 1) 139
The Adafruit catalog has a lot of really nice kit for people like me who are taking the plunge into DIY in order to teach ourselves more about hardware. Something that seems to be lacking is the IC list. I know the IC list is geared towards usage with the various platforms that you offer as well, but are there any plans to expand the IC list to include chips like logic gates, flip flops, etc?
Comment It has to be asked. (Score 1) 98
Why didn't they get contracted out to work on Healthcare.gov?
Comment Re:A computer museum without a proper web-page (Score 1) 72
Yeah, online exhibits would be nice.
Comment Potential Snake Oil (Score 5, Informative) 242
He attached a cube to an iphone, held it in the air, and it started charging. We have to go by faith that there are no batteries in the cube. Sorry but this sounds like snake oil.
Comment I read that as... (Score 2) 67
"closing the [redacted] office, which declassifies [redacted]"
Comment SSID Fun (Score 1) 458
My SSID is named "CompuGlobalHyperMeganet"
Most obscure reference I have come across while war driving was "Setec Astronomy."
Comment Re:Virtual Money (Score 1) 377
In the real world I give you a dollar and you give me something I value at a dollar or greater. While that can be a widget it can also be a service.
In these games people psychologically treat whatever they buy as a widget.
Comment Virtual Money (Score 1) 377
I wonder how much money people who played those games have just "lost."
In the real world, I give you a dollar and you give me a widget. In these virtual worlds, I give you points that I purchased with a real dollar and you give me a virtual widget. And when you shut the virtual world down I'm left with nothing.
I see they're giving bonus packages for their other games but with the company sinking fast that offer seems pretty hollow.
Comment I solved the commercial problem last year. (Score 2) 298
I dropped my AT&T Uverse TV subscription and I have not looked back. I don't have to worry about dropped I frames because I don't have a DVR anymore. I don't have to worry about if I can fast forward through commercials or not because there isn't any to fast forward through.
Old School Linux Remembered, Parts 0.02 & 0.03 163
eldavojohn writes "Following our last history lesson of Linux 0.01, the Kernel Trap is talking about the following announcements that would lead to one of the greatest operating systems today. A great Linus quote on release 0.02 (just 19 days after 0.01): 'I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got minix. This is a program for hackers by a hacker. I've enjoyed [sic] doing it, and somebody might enjoy looking at it and even modifying it for their own needs. It is still small enough to understand, use and modify, and I'm looking forward to any comments you might have.'"
