Comment whoa... (Score 1) 73
biggest.
puffin.
ev3r.
and I for one welcome our new Mega-Puffin-saurus overlords.
Comment welcome (Score 1) 149
I for one welcome our new genetically-crafted superior being overlords.
Almost...
not..
quite.
Comment Re:Hogwash McFly (Score 1) 67
Amen brother. Go tell it on the mountain, and to all the basement dwelling "got root?" wearing blow up dating people out there who can't take a non-technical story as a joke.
IT WAS FUNNY PEOPLE. Mission accomplished. Holy hell.
Submission + - 3D Kids' painting tool turned SecondLife (secondplopp.com)
mir42 writes: Impara just release a tool for creating Sculpted Prims for SecondLife(TM) based on theirs 3D kids' painting programm Plopp called PloppSL.
Both Plopp and PloppSL are based on Takeo Igarashi's Teddy algorithm. The front and back side of the model are painted in 2D and PloppSL converts it to a Sculpted Prim. Both texture and model are created in one step. External mages can also imported into PloppSL by drag&drop.
The tool is free to use, but further development is based on donations.
Submission + - Online Training Suggestions from the Slashdot Folk
MrPinstripeCom writes: "I'm a Project Manager for a technical training and development group (recently created). Our employee base needs quick online tutorials for various internal application "how-to's" to supplement their in person live training from Operations., We've got our wish for software applications, and are using Captivate, which for our purposes works great. Beyond that, though, what techniques have you "suffered through" in terms of online training, and which ones have worked well? We don't want to have to resort to "clippi" type Avatars, but assuming a Customer Service Agent technical ability, what sort of training (web based) has been the best for you? I realize that online training is boring, but how can we spice it up and keep it relevant in content, so that it serves our purposes for deployment?"
Submission + - New Web metric likely to hurt Google, help YouTube
StonyandCher writes: In a nod to the success of emerging Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX and streaming media, one of the country's largest Internet benchmarking companies, Nielsen/NetRatings, will no longer use page views as its primary metric for comparing sites.
Nielsen/NetRatings will now begin using total time spent by users of a site as its primary measurement metric. This is likely to affect Google's ranking because while users visit the site often, they don't usually spend much time there.
"It is not that page views are irrelevant now, but they are a less accurate gauge of total site traffic and engagement," said Scott Ross, director of product marketing at Nielsen/NetRatings. "Total minutes is the most accurate gauge to compare between two sites. If [Web] 1.0 is full page refreshes for content, Web 2.0 is, 'How do I minimize page views and deliver content more seamlessly?'"
Nielsen/NetRatings will now begin using total time spent by users of a site as its primary measurement metric. This is likely to affect Google's ranking because while users visit the site often, they don't usually spend much time there.
"It is not that page views are irrelevant now, but they are a less accurate gauge of total site traffic and engagement," said Scott Ross, director of product marketing at Nielsen/NetRatings. "Total minutes is the most accurate gauge to compare between two sites. If [Web] 1.0 is full page refreshes for content, Web 2.0 is, 'How do I minimize page views and deliver content more seamlessly?'"
Submission + - At OpEdNews: Who Killed Jesus?
ProfPeteB writes: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_professo_0 70417_who_killed_jesus_3f.htm
Who really killed Jesus? The answer to that question may not be what you think. The answer may be the truth whether or not you accept Christian Theology. Those most guilty say they do and that is all that matters, as the Bhagavad Gita claims
Who really killed Jesus? The answer to that question may not be what you think. The answer may be the truth whether or not you accept Christian Theology. Those most guilty say they do and that is all that matters, as the Bhagavad Gita claims
Submission + - Take Two Interactive under investigation w/ SEC -
MrPinstripeCom writes: "Take Two Interactive under investigation w/ SEC — - Take Two interactive agreed to allow regulators to subpoena and investigate their practices with current and former employees as it relates to stock options purchases and disbursements. More info available here (msnbc.com)"
Journal Journal: How does your ISP handle top-usage customers? 489
Does your ISP cap overall usage? What happens if you go over the cap? Does it force you into a higher-priced plan, throttle you for the rest of the month, cut you off for the month, or terminate your service entirely?
I don't mind paying for what I use, but I'm looking for a list of cable and DSL providers that won't leave you high and dry like Comcast does if you go over the official or unofficial limits.
Feed Take-Two under SEC investigation (com.com)
Game software company receives letter from Securities and Exchange Commission saying it is under formal investigation for its stock-options practices.
Submission + - Linux.com | New GPLv3 draft is out
jbernardo writes: http://news.linux.com/news/07/03/28/1439246.shtml? tid=41 — the new GPLv3 draft is out, and is discussed in linux.com. There seems to be a Novell specific "get out of jail" card in the patent provisions, though...
Bookmark Review of Radiosophy HD Radio (tombrennan.org)
Submission + - The World's Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room
Lucas123 writes: "Iowa State University's
Virtual Reality Applications Center is completing a $5 million upgrade to its six-sided virtual reality room, which will now sport 100 megapixels of resolution. Besides serious research, like viewing data from as many as 22,000 genes at once and training soldiers in urban combat, the room offers some cool games. The upgrades include a Hewlett-Packard computer cluster featuring 96 graphics processing units, 24 Sony digital projectors, an eight-channel audio system and ultrasonic motion tracking technology."
Submission + - Who still uses floppy disks?
Charles writes: "You may find this hard to believe, but some people are still using floppy disks...
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?blogid= 4
Yes and I will continue to use them, I run a Quicken 98 account and back up with floppies because that is all I can use with the 98
version (unless anyone can advise me otherwise), and at 77 years of age I have enough floppies to last me out.
Charles (Scotland)"
Submission + - Color breakdown in a bag of M&M's
An anonymous reader writes: How accurate are the company-provided statistics about the colors in a bag of M&M's? Not very according to this article.
Most of these percentages are reasonably close to the above-mentioned distribution (Brown — 17%, Yellow — 17%, Red — 17%, Blue — 17%, Orange — 16%, Green — 16%). However, there are a few anomalies: Red is consistently low, Green is inconsistent but averages low, and Yellow is significantly higher than the 17% reported by the website.
