Comment Re:You still need iPhone 4S (Score 1) 403
This is an interesting point. It would be worth sending a request with gibberish for an UUID, and see if anything gets sent back.
Comment Re:You need to say Bake-off (Score 2) 125
Wish I had some mod points for this one.
Comment Re:Invite (Score 1) 1223
Thanks folks!
Comment Invite (Score 1) 1223
If anyone's got an extra invite, I've got an email address you can send it to:
alexander [dot] keeling [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks
Thanks
Submission + - Poll: My last shave was with... 1
SgtKeeling writes: -A disposable safety razor
-A safety razor with disposable blades
-A straight razor
-An electric razor
-I can't recall the last time I shaved/I've never shaved
-Cowboy Neal's old rusty razor
-A safety razor with disposable blades
-A straight razor
-An electric razor
-I can't recall the last time I shaved/I've never shaved
-Cowboy Neal's old rusty razor
Comment Canceled (Score 1) 264
My last flight was a two leg trip from LAX to EWR to YQM. (L.A. to Newark, New Jersey, USA to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada). The flight from LAX to EWR was supposed to be a two leg trip itself, but somehow my booking got lost and I was rebooked on a direct flight. Things were going pretty well at that point. After arriving at EWR though, the flight to YQM was delayed by 45 minutes. Once it was getting close to the new depature time it was delayed again. And again. And again. This kept up for a few hours until they finally cancelled it. That was on Friday evening. The soonest I could be rebooked to get to YQM or any other airport within 2-3 hours driving distance? Tuesday.
Myself and two colleagues I was travelling with ended up getting a hotel room for about 6 hours, and then renting a car and driving for 13 hours to New Brunswick.
Myself and two colleagues I was travelling with ended up getting a hotel room for about 6 hours, and then renting a car and driving for 13 hours to New Brunswick.
Comment Re:Best book on the subject (Score 1) 109
Mod parent up.
Comment Re:Two routers (Score 1) 520
I second this.
Comment Paramount, Fox (Score 1) 162
...Paramount, Fox and Disney declined to join.
They're missing Star Trek & Star Wars from the get-go.
Comment Re:For me, and many of my fellow college students. (Score 1) 697
I second this. TekSavvy is a dream of an ISP. When I lived in Southern Ontario, I eventually broke free of Bell and found TekSavvy.
When I first got service from them, I called them about difficulties getting my connection set up. I got through to someone right away. There was no waiting on hold, and the fellow I spoke with was a competent tech. He wasn't reading from a script, he was helping me get my connection up.
If they ever expand their service into the maritimes, I'll jump ship from my current ISP overnight.
Submission + - 400 Wolves Besiege Remote Russian Village 2
Hugh Pickens writes writes: The Daily Mail reports that a 'super pack' of 400 wolves has been terrifying the remote town of Verkhoyansk (population 1,300) in Northern Russia leaving more than 30 horses dead in just four days as twenty four teams of hunters have been put together with a bounty of $335 for every wolf skin brought to officials. "To protect the town we are creating 24 teams of armed hunters, who will patrol the neighbourhood on snowmobiles and set wolf traps" says district official Stepan Rozhin. "'But we need more people. Once the daylight increases, the hunters will start shooting predators from helicopters." Dr Valerius Geist, a wildlife behaviour expert, says the harsh Siberian winter — where temperatures plummet to minus 49C — is the problem with the cold killing off the animal's usual prey. "Wolves are very careful to choose the most nutritious food source easiest obtained without danger — which in this case happens to be horses," opines Geist. "They will start tackling dangerous prey when they run out of non-dangerous prey."
Submission + - IBM taps university smarts before Jeopardy! battle (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: If you have seen any of the video of its preliminary bouts on Jeopardy! you know that IBM's Watson computer is pretty amazing. One of the main reasons it turns out is that IBM enlisted the intelligence of eight of the country's top universities such as MIT and Carnegie Mellon to make sure Watson has superb question answering ability.
Submission + - Rogue Planets Could Harbor Life (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: A pair of astronomers believe that life could exist on frozen worlds ejected from their planetary systems. The idea is that these worlds would contain hidden oceans, frozen on top but heated from underneath by geothermal activity. These worlds may even be closer to us than many nearby star systems.
Submission + - eBay Bans Sale of Harrier Jump Jet (thinq.co.uk)
Stoobalou writes: Internet auction site eBay has banned a UK man from selling a decommissioned Harrier jump jet.
The seller, former RAF mechanic Chris Wilson said, "It's a perfectly legitimate item to sell. It's not capable of 'delivering weapons', it's not even capable of delivering a pizza."
The seller, former RAF mechanic Chris Wilson said, "It's a perfectly legitimate item to sell. It's not capable of 'delivering weapons', it's not even capable of delivering a pizza."
Comment Wonderful Idea! (Score 4, Insightful) 177
This is a really wonderful idea. I certainly wouldn't want to register a domain that might not be acceptable to every bureaucrat in every government on the planet. This way, if there's something that a particular government doens't like, they can just remove it for me. Simple! This will be awesome!
