Comment Re:Stuff that matters? (Score 1) 178
Very clever
Comment Stuff that matters? (Score -1) 178
*sigh*
Comment Re:A $billion coin (Score 1) 1059
And you're a coward. We're even
Comment Re:A $billion coin (Score 1) 1059
So? This way you could mint fractions of a $Trillion. $1.2 Trillion for example. Or, maybe make it a $100Billion coin. Whatever.
Comment A $billion coin (Score 2) 1059
Would be more practical I think. But still, this sounds like madness. The end is near I'm afraid.
Comment Re:Any member can introduce a bill but... (Score 0) 1059
They *can* override a presidential veto with a 60% majority vote I believe. But, yes, you're still correct.
Comment Re:Open the door. (Score 0) 95
Everybody do the Dinosaur!
Comment Re:Good riddance (Score 1) 95
The author of the article mentions that they never had to change a bulb for the entire 10 year or so tenure of their first DLP...but maybe quality went down.
Comment CES2001 (Score 2) 95
I don't think I ever fully realized how long ago 2001 was until I just saw that picture in the slide show of a giant hulking DLP TV "featured" at CES.
Comment Re:OK, let's hear it (Score 1) 165
I'm a "free market fan". But I would hardly suggest that at&t is participating in a "free market". It is a state sanctioned near monopoly. This is probably why you hear crickets when you make such an argument
Comment Re:Megabytes? (Score 1) 165
Ya, that's one of my pet peeves too. That and less/fewer and RPM's/RPM.
Comment Re:WGAF? (Score 1) 470
Having different versions of the same product is unnecessarily confusing.
How is it any different than 16 GB vs 32 GB iPhones?
Submission + - GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility
An anonymous reader writes: A member of the Anonymous hacktivist group appears to have taken down GoDaddy with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). The widespread issue seems to be affecting countless websites and services around the world, although not for everyone. Godaddy.com is down, but so are some of the site’s DNS servers, which means GoDaddy hosted e-mail accounts are down as well, and lots more. It’s currently unclear if the servers are being unresponsive or if they are completely offline. Either way, the result is that if your DNS is hosted on GoDaddy, your site may also look as if it is down, because it cannot resolve.
Comment Re:Fallacy (Score 1) 385
Replace "Latin buzz phrases" with "buzz phrases" and you've pretty much summed up ~95% of Slashdot comments.
Submission + - 1,000,000,000,000 Frames per second camera captures light in motion (buzzfeed.com)
matty619 writes: MIT researcher Ramesh Raskar recently gave a Ted Talk detailing their new ultra high speed camera system that can capture light in motion. The implications for this technology include new medical imaging technologies, as well as the ability to see around corners, as detailed in the video.
