Comment yes (Score -1) 804
it has statistically been proven that people remember better what they read on paper than on a screen.
Skype Outage Hits Users Worldwide 167
Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that millions of Skype phone users worldwide couldn't make calls or were dropped in mid-conversation because of a network connection failure that began about 9 AM Wednesday PST. 'For a communications system this large to go down, it's almost unheard of,' says Charles S. Golvin, a Forrester Research analyst. 'Usually when phone lines are disrupted, the blackout is confined to a specific geographical area. This is worldwide.' In theory, Skype, which is based on peer-to-peer networking technology, shouldn't see an outage, but that is not really the case — the company has a massive infrastructure that it uses for purposes such as authentication and linking to the traditional phone networks. 'The outage comes at a time when Skype is starting to ask larger corporations for their business,' writes Om Malik. 'If I am a big business, I would be extremely cautious about adopting Skype for business, especially in the light of this current outage.'"
Comment Re:Someday (Score 2, Insightful) 223
Do you mean continent?
BTW, that's what you get when you let fucking sodas define your personality: very little of these bottles are drunk by thirsty people.
Comment Re:The text in a goatsable format (Score -1) 434
Great post, AC.
You however omitted the graph that most excellently summarizes this entry, here it is for your readers.
Comment shut the fuck up you piece of righteous shit$ (Score -1) 507
nt
GM Loses Money On Every Volt Built 471
thecarchik writes "Doug Parks, vehicle line executive for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, GM's range-extended electric vehicle, confirmed Tuesday that the company loses money on every Volt it sells. The expensive 16-kilowatt-hour battery pack, which likely costs GM somewhere between $8,000 and $12,000, is clearly too expensive to let the company build hundreds of thousands of Volts right away. Just 10,000 Volts will be built in 2011, though GM is working to increase that number. GM plans to chip away incrementally to lower the costs of the specialized components in the Volt, especially the power electronics. The price of consumer lithium-ion cells has fallen 6 to 8 percent annually since their 1989 launch; the large-format cells in automotive packs seem likely to follow the same curve and as costs are lowered the Volt may stop being a loss for the company."
Comment fuck the bankers (Score -1, Flamebait) 89
nuff said.
Comment no I won't (Score 0, Insightful) 187
I want an interesting job: administering java legoes written by computer idiots is not exactly a dream job.
Comment why would one use a netbook? (Score -1) 317
really...
Comment "Made in China"... (Score -1, Flamebait) 332
I guess that's where the unemployed Americans should go, unless they want to keep the Change Obama brought them.
Comment it'd be funny if I cared... (Score -1, Insightful) 108
but there's no way either of these parasites will get more attention from me.
Comment we did see it coming, no? (Score 0, Interesting) 231
but what I'm waiting for is the answer to the Molyneux problem...
Chip Allows Blind People To See 231
crabel writes "3 blind people have been implanted with a retinal chip that allowed them to see shapes and objects within days of the procedure. From the article: 'One of the patients surprised researchers by identifying and locating objects on a table; he was also able to walk around a room unaided, approach specific people, tell the time from a clock face, and describe seven different shades of gray in front of him.'"
Comment too much interactions make users dumber$ (Score -1) 92
nt
Comment what about (Score -1) 330
analyzing the tatooed numbers on holocaust's survivors' arms to determine how many actually got killed?
