Comment Shell Scripting (Score 1) 844
Shell scripting: Athiesm. There is no language
Comment Re:3D Sander (Score 1) 554
Along the same line,
I used a dremel tool. Used a sanding bit, and took all of the deep scratches out - (careful, low speed here!!!)
Then I progressed through the polishing bits, with and without compound.
On the final buff, the CD looked (and ripped) like new.
Which was great, since it is out-of-print and IMPOSSIBLE to find..
Submission + - Microsoft Revokes Free Software Offer
robpoe writes: In a turn of events from a previous story, Microsoft has revoked the offer of free Windows Vista, Office 2007 — saying their supplies of the software has run out (make more?!). However, you can still download their little monitoring tool, to collect data on your usage.
Could this be a wonderful new way of getting users to install spyware? Create the buzz, revoke all offers as of the day before it hit the news sites, and get people to install spyware anyway?
Guess I'll be uninstalling that little bugger tomorrow. If I have to run M$ software, I'll help them if they want to help me. Otherwise, spend your Billions of dollars helping yourself..
Could this be a wonderful new way of getting users to install spyware? Create the buzz, revoke all offers as of the day before it hit the news sites, and get people to install spyware anyway?
Guess I'll be uninstalling that little bugger tomorrow. If I have to run M$ software, I'll help them if they want to help me. Otherwise, spend your Billions of dollars helping yourself..
Submission + - Depression is elevated among women engineers
yali writes: A U.S. government survey of depression rates by job category has revealed some interesting results. The headlines are about food service and healthcare providers, who perhaps unsurprisingly have the highest depression rates. But buried in the official report is an interesting split. When the data are separated by gender, engineering is the least-depressing job for men. But it has one of the higher depression rates for women (fifth-highest among 17 job categories). Although women are generally at greater risk for depression, that does not fully explain the difference. 3.3% of male engineers have a major depressive episode per year (versus 4.7% of men overall). By comparison, the rate is 11.1% for women engineers (versus 10.1% overall). Is the engineering workplace an especially depressing place for women?
Submission + - Technology work for charity
Trilobyte writes: I want to get involved in my community to do some good and make a difference. You know, something along the lines of Habitat for Humanity. But while I can't build or maintain a house, I sure can build or maintain the heck out of a computer. So I'm wondering, Slashdot: what is a good way for me to get started volunteering my technological services to charities in my midsized, midwestern town, to ideally do some good?
Submission + - What bugs us on Earth gets worse in space... (go.com)
Ant writes: "ABC News (one print page) says space invaders have colonized the International Space Station (ISS).
When astronaut Peggy Whitson moves into the orbiting laboratory today for a six-month stay, she'll have two human roommates — as well as countless ones invisible to the naked eye, from microbes that can corrode metal to germs that can cause serious infections in people.
Outer space is a cold and sterile place, but spaceships are not. As the 9-year-old space station ages, it's likely to grow more micro-organisms that could pose a risk to its human residents and the station itself. Adding an extra worry, scientists have seen signs that the human immune system weakens during space trips.
"Wherever man goes, microbes go," says Cheryl Nickerson of Arizona State University, who studies disease-causing micro-organisms. Most of the bugs in orbit aren't dangerous, she says, but "there's absolutely a risk ... to the crew." In a study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nickerson found that salmonella bacteria turned deadlier after a few weeks in space. The bacteria rode into orbit as an experiment aboard National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s space shuttle Discovery in 2006...
Seen on Blue's News."
