Comment Re:Nice... (Score 5, Funny) 58
2008 will be the year of Linux on your face!
Men Willing to Give up Sex for a 50in TV 139
Active Seti writes "The NY Times reports that nearly half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV. The firm found 47 percent of men would give up sex for half a year, compared to just over a third of women. 'It seems that size really does matter more for men than women,' the firm said. The survey also said a quarter of people would give up smoking, with roughly the same proportion willing to give up chocolate which could make buying a plasma TV a good alternative to programs for smoking cessation or weight loss. Of course the survey should be taken with a grain of salt since it was carried out for a firm selling televisions."
Feed news.com: Hot deal: 1TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive for $280 (news.com)
Got backup? How about a new 1-terabyte drive for $70 off the usual price?
Submission + - XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Fatal1ty (hardwarezone.com)
An anonymous reader writes: XFX is back with another Fatal1ty endorsed graphics card. This time, the object of gaming desire is a more appropriately high-end GeForce 8800 GTS but as usual, XFX has gone for the ultra overclocking approach. The result? XFX has created the absolute fastest GeForce 8800 GTS card that even approaches the GTX!
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Bookmark Sexiest body - Jolie fille (thetvnet.com)
Journal Journal: Night Rider 1
So I've kitted out my bicycle for full night-road-warrior use. I put a number of retroreflective strips on my backpack (the adhesive wasn't good enough for sticking to fabric, so I stitched them on with thread and needle), added a 3 watt front LED light, which uses a 3W Luxeon power illuminator LED (this light I didn't build myself, since it needs lenses and reflectors etc. so the enclosure would be rather a chore to build), got a retroreflective ankle band with built in blinky LED (it has a
Submission + - Fabulous Holiday Gift Idea! (homogeniusthegame.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Homogenius, the gay trivia board game that celebrates gay culture is on sale for the holiday season for $24.99 — you can even get it gift wrapped! Homogenius, named one of the Most Innovative New Board Games of the Year by TD Monthly, has pledged ongoing contributions to GLAAD. An innovative board game that gives back? Now that's holiday spirit!
Feed news.com: Who decides what's "classic rock"? (cnet.com)
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Who decides what's "classic rock"?--Using a technique published on the Digital Audio Insider blog, and statistics published on Last.fm, it's possible to get a very rough estimate of listeners' devotion to particular artists.
Epicurious gets a facelift--Culinary site Epicurious relaunches with a tidier design and greater emphasis on community features.
LG Fusic: Not for me, but maybe for my kids.--The LG Fusic is music centric, but needs better battery life and sound quality.
What's up with watts: How much power do you need?--Unfortunately, power ratings are a near-meaningless way to compare the loudness potential of one receiver, amplifier, or HTIB against another.
Submission + - Forensics Expert says Al-Qaeda Images Altered
WerewolfOfVulcan writes: Wired reports that researcher Neal Krawetz revealed some veeeeeery interesting things about the Al-Qaeda images that our government loves to show off.
From the article: "Krawetz was also able to determine that the writing on the banner behind al-Zawahiri's head was added to the image afterward. In the second picture above showing the results of the error level analysis, the light clusters on the image indicate areas of the image that were added or changed. The subtitles and logos in the upper right and lower left corners (IntelCenter is an organization that monitors terrorist activity and As-Sahab is the video production branch of al Qaeda) were all added at the same time, while the banner writing was added at a different time, likely around the same time that al-Zawahiri was added, Krawetz says." Why would Al-Qaeda add an IntelCenter logo to their video? Why would IntelCenter add an Al-Qaeda logo? Methinks we have bigger fish to fry than Gonzo and his fired attorneys... }:-) The article contains links to Krawetz's presentation and the source code he used to analyze the photos.
From the article: "Krawetz was also able to determine that the writing on the banner behind al-Zawahiri's head was added to the image afterward. In the second picture above showing the results of the error level analysis, the light clusters on the image indicate areas of the image that were added or changed. The subtitles and logos in the upper right and lower left corners (IntelCenter is an organization that monitors terrorist activity and As-Sahab is the video production branch of al Qaeda) were all added at the same time, while the banner writing was added at a different time, likely around the same time that al-Zawahiri was added, Krawetz says." Why would Al-Qaeda add an IntelCenter logo to their video? Why would IntelCenter add an Al-Qaeda logo? Methinks we have bigger fish to fry than Gonzo and his fired attorneys... }:-) The article contains links to Krawetz's presentation and the source code he used to analyze the photos.
Journal Journal: NTL really are bastards.
A free upgrade to the next tier of their service all for the measly cost of a £0. Looks like we don't even get a choice about it.
http://www.ntlworld.com/data-feeds/editorial/microsites/tierMigration/
How dare they give me a free upgrade without telling me about it. And then they have the audacity to not even change the download cap to soften the blow. Bastards. How do I sign up for BT?
Journal Journal: Gahhh! 2
Googled "fluffybacon" and hit "I'm feeling lucky" button. Apparently I'm a 19/f from Michigan. This comes as somewhat of a shock to me and my penis. For 6 long years I was the only person daft enough to have this name. Oh well, now I'm 7 years younger, with breasts.
Journal Journal: Pffffft!
He said
"I feel lugubrious and impracticably quixotic with your indubitable and incontrovertible ability to notice my much-tested fortitude. Veritably it is with voluminous disconsolateness that I must supplicate upon you to no longer malinger at the very boondocks of this palaver and immure yourself in the quiddity of the pother at hand. To be unreservedly Non-divergent, you're a predominantly incredulous entity, inestimable in use merely to those of an obtuse milieu. Your illimitable p
"I feel lugubrious and impracticably quixotic with your indubitable and incontrovertible ability to notice my much-tested fortitude. Veritably it is with voluminous disconsolateness that I must supplicate upon you to no longer malinger at the very boondocks of this palaver and immure yourself in the quiddity of the pother at hand. To be unreservedly Non-divergent, you're a predominantly incredulous entity, inestimable in use merely to those of an obtuse milieu. Your illimitable p
Journal Journal: Woo! 3
I made my first foe on /. today. Its the Profanity blacklist.
I did toy with the idea of making them a foe, but I think its a good idea.
Mind you, I didn't think I swore that often.
Fucksocks.
I did toy with the idea of making them a foe, but I think its a good idea.
Mind you, I didn't think I swore that often.
Fucksocks.
