Comment Re: cue jokes about RieserFS (Score 0) 1719
If he's a woman, what does it matter what sex he is?
Comment Precursor to planet 13? (Score 0) 256
Uh. I mean 12
Submission + - Anyone Experience Enhanced Morning Reflexes
ayahner writes: "For the third time this month I was driving to work and noticed that, although I was driving about 50 MPH, the road seemed to pass me by very slowly. It felt like 25-30 MPH at most.
I ask the slashdot community if anyone knows of a study that addresses this perception and if it confirmed real or not. If not for my morning schedue and the unpredictability of this perception, I am tempted to try my hand at beating my best Forza track times when this happens.
To date, I have not."
To date, I have not."
Submission + - Alienware/Dell Support pointless
ayahner writes: I am currently on the phone with "various" Dell representatives from many departments. I say various because I am listening to a repeating "Please Wait" notification while "Daniel" transfers me for the 10th time. My phone log shows 1:04:03 as I write this, and I have still to talk to someone who can help.
My XPS has continuous power issues, fan vibration issues, and bluescreen issues after resinstalling windows 7 twice, having 3 service technician visits — the third one to replace the motherboard a SECOND time.
At transfer #10 Maya from Alienware Technical support hung up on me. This is the second hangup and am now listening to her tell me she cannot accept a return after 21 days. I'm not done yet... Customer support rep Gitanjali is transferring me again, but as I actually got an Indian name, I may be making progress...
Does anyone know who I can call to get reasonable support for my Support calls?
At transfer #10 Maya from Alienware Technical support hung up on me. This is the second hangup and am now listening to her tell me she cannot accept a return after 21 days. I'm not done yet... Customer support rep Gitanjali is transferring me again, but as I actually got an Indian name, I may be making progress...
Does anyone know who I can call to get reasonable support for my Support calls?
Comment Not a discovery - a creation (Score 1) 380
Specifically, they had an idea that it was possible, and they tested it.
It certainly opens the door to ideas Star Trek fans have had for 40+ years.
Crighton characters also discussed in at length in the novel Sphere.
Comment Re:No, that's not it at all (Score 1) 2058
The cost of putting out this single fire CAN be quantified. It's ridiculous to think it couldn't.
The firemen went on-site and watched a man's house burn down despite him offering to pay "whatever it costs" to put out the fire.
Certainly if they put out the fire and accepted the $75 fee, everyone outside the city fire coverage would likely cancel their fire coverage.
But if the fire department stated simply, "Sir, you didn't opt in for fire covereage so you will be assessed a fee covering the cost of putting out the fire outside of the coverage. is this acceptable?"
The man would say yes, the city would put out the fire, save the dogs, and likely sue the mortgage company for the house to recover the cost.
They let the house burn, risked losing control of the fire, possibly damaged the property (and property values) of the neighbor which DID pay for coverage.
This is a mistake by the fire dept. they were not responsible for responding to his request for putting out the fire: true. but they were responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of the rest of the paying neighborhood. A moral obligation is a different issue, and something tells me this man has a history with the municipality that came into play during this decision.
The firemen went on-site and watched a man's house burn down despite him offering to pay "whatever it costs" to put out the fire.
Certainly if they put out the fire and accepted the $75 fee, everyone outside the city fire coverage would likely cancel their fire coverage.
But if the fire department stated simply, "Sir, you didn't opt in for fire covereage so you will be assessed a fee covering the cost of putting out the fire outside of the coverage. is this acceptable?"
The man would say yes, the city would put out the fire, save the dogs, and likely sue the mortgage company for the house to recover the cost.
They let the house burn, risked losing control of the fire, possibly damaged the property (and property values) of the neighbor which DID pay for coverage.
This is a mistake by the fire dept. they were not responsible for responding to his request for putting out the fire: true. but they were responsible for ensuring the safety and protection of the rest of the paying neighborhood. A moral obligation is a different issue, and something tells me this man has a history with the municipality that came into play during this decision.
Comment What an idiot (Score 5, Funny) 193
Ha. Einstein. What an idiot.
Nintendo To Take On Piracy In 3-D 249
crimeandpunishment writes "Nintendo says when its new handheld game device with 3-D technology comes out, it will have beefed-up anti-piracy measures. For obvious reasons, the company is keeping tight-lipped on the specifics. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata says they're not only concerned about software piracy, but also a growing tolerance for it. He said, 'We fear a kind of thinking is become widespread that paying for software is meaningless.'"
Comment Re:Panspermia? (Score 1) 148
Jesus, of course. Don't you read?
Comment Anticlimactic (Score 2, Funny) 148
So now we know
- the building blocks of life can come in from external sources
- Earth/Sun relationship isn't likely the "perfect" ecosystem for sustainence of carbon based organic life forms
Obviously, the discovery of sentient life "abroad" is going to be anticlimactic now.
Way to ruin it.
The Mice That Didn't Make It 202
Harry writes "For every blockbuster of the mouse world (such as Microsoft and Logitech's big sellers) there have been countless mice that flopped, or never made it to market. Mice shaped like pyramids; mice shaped like Mickey; mice that doubled as numeric keypads or phones. Even one that sat on your steering wheel. I've rounded up some evocative patent drawings on twenty notable examples."
Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year? 158
Scientists from the University of East Anglia are studying the potential health benefits of dark chocolate, and need 40 female volunteers who would like to eat chocolate every day for a year. The chocolate loving 40 must be post-menopausal and have type 2 diabetes so it can be determined if the flavonoid compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease. Dr Peter Curtis, of the UEA's School of Medicine, said, "Our first volunteers are about to return for their final visit to see if the markers of heart health - such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels — have changed. A successful outcome could be the first step in developing new ways to improve the lives of people at increased risk of heart disease."
Comment Spending tips for Billionaires (Score 1) 380
Lets say you're the richest man in the world.
Upon retirement you:
- buy a continent
- build a space platform
- buy a FLEET of ships to hold off angry hurricanes
The last option has the added benefit that if it doesn't work, you can always take the first option by force
Comment autopsy footage already available! (Score 3, Funny) 387
I can't believe they got the autopsy footage bootlegged and on the interwebs so fast...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5830866813023883728
Comment Planet X (Score 1) 172
This is just one of many attempts at covering up the pending PlanetX disaster of 2012.
http://www.december212012.com/media_push.htm
