Comment Toddler Camo (Score 2) 514
Get a Care Bears backpack for your laptop.
Comment Re:Macular degeneration? (Score 1) 46
My condolences. My grandmother passed away at 102 as well, this past February. She too said that she was ready to move on.
Comment Re:Macular degeneration? (Score 1) 46
Unfortunately, I don't think this particular implant would help. With Macular Degeneration, the retinal damage is not limited to photoreceptors. Depending on if she has the 'wet' or the 'dry' form of MD , there are some treatment options.
Comment Re:A ship for immigrants? I have a better idea... (Score 1) 332
Will you be speaking Sumerian?
Comment Re:Lot of keyboards around me (Score 1) 192
In "Eight point unbleached cornwall matte." - Sid Dabster
Comment Re:Moral equivalence not withstanding (Score 1) 566
One AC +1 to another AC? I call sock puppet.
Comment Re:agents provocateurs (Score 1) 566
Moheeheeko, please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur
Comment Re:Go Cats! (Score 1) 378
That’s all right, that’s okay. You’re going to work for us someday. (Jangles car keys.)
Comment Windows 2.1 (Score 1) 417
You insensitive clod!
Ah, I'm just messing with you, man! Why you so serious?
Comment Re:More than four seasons (Score 1) 454
We have a lot seasons here in New England, too: Winter, mud, black fly, mosquito, tourist, hunting. Winter is longer than all of the others combined, although not as long as your winter(s), I'm sure.
Is that
Submission + - HP To Make More TouchPads?! (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: "Hewlett-Packard said it will make more TouchPads in response to 'stunning' demand following the company's decision to discontinue the tablets. 'Despite announcing an end to manufacturing webOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand,' Mark Budgell, an HP spokesman, wrote in a blog post. The site appears to be overloaded and is currently unavailable, but the post has been reposted elsewhere online. The newly manufactured tablets will go on sale in a few weeks. He said a limited number would be made but couldn't say exactly how many. We can't promise we'll have enough for everyone, he wrote. As Ron Miller notes, HP continues to send out mixed messages about its plans for TouchPad and webOS, making its very public announcement to ax them sound even more foolish."
Comment Only the oldest and newest survive (Score 1) 317
Most of them go to the recycler these days, but not my old IBM XT. That's tucked neatly away for posterity. Now if I could only find my old TI-99/4A in Dad's attic...
Submission + - NASA Developing Nuclear-Powered Stirling Engine
adeelarshad82 writes: Just a week after NASA announced its plans to feed HD video from Mars, the agency is now working on a way to power such unmanned devices. The solution involves fitting a nuclear power generator on planetary outposts to power a stirling engine. The reason why a stirling engine is suitable is because it is highly efficient, a closed system meaning the gas is reused for the life of the engine, and it can work with just about any heat source. The final unit is expected to be the same size as a typical suitcase and is capable of providing 40 kilowatts of electrical energy for eight years.
Comment Re:felt it in NYC (Score 1) 614
1440 Broadway? I'm on an upper floor.
Comment Hatua Likoni (Score 1) 229
Take a look at http://www.hatualikoni.org/hatua/volunteer/ In addition to the listed tasks, they may need some short-term help setting up the computers in their new library.
