Comment Re:DRM in a calculator? (Score 1) 463
"Oh no, a virus has replaced all my Fourier transforms with Laplace transforms!"
You'd be surprised. These types of viruses are spreading at higher frequencies. It's only a matter of time.
Comment I don't like the sound of this... (Score 2, Informative) 116
The rise of wind farms has already led to complications with current NEXRAD weather radars, and these radars don't even scan that close to the surface â" 0.5 degrees is the lowest tilt. I can only begin to imagine the complications of wind farms interfering with military radars which scan much closer to the Earth's surface.
Now they want to point some sort of radar at a complicated source of ground clutter that's already difficult to detect and remove? I don't see how that's going to fly (no pun intended).
For more information: http://www.roc.noaa.gov/windfarm/how_turbines_impact_nexrad_user.asp
Now they want to point some sort of radar at a complicated source of ground clutter that's already difficult to detect and remove? I don't see how that's going to fly (no pun intended).
For more information: http://www.roc.noaa.gov/windfarm/how_turbines_impact_nexrad_user.asp
Submission + - Dropbox Launches Linux Client (getdropbox.com)
frenetic3 writes: "Dropbox came out of private beta today and finally made its Linux client available for download. It's kind of like rsync and svn but totally seamless and integrated into nautilus, and also lets you sync/share folders with other people (including on Windows or Mac.) Perfect if you're sick of hacking cron scripts to push files around or carrying USB drives."
Submission + - The best way to sort cables and peripherals?
Schrockwell writes: You've been in this situation before. You need a certain cable or AC adapter, but it's at the bottom of a random box that is a veritable bowl of spaghetti. You tug at cables and fend off snags and giant power bricks, making the knots worse and worse. You finally emerge with a fistful of cable, victorious, only to find that you actually needed a different one.
I have no less than four boxes overflowing with cables, adapters, hubs, game controllers, etc. These items are not yet ready for the trash and still need to be used on an infrequent basis. What organization systems do the gadget junkies of Slashdot have in place to easily store and access their peripheral paraphernalia?
I have no less than four boxes overflowing with cables, adapters, hubs, game controllers, etc. These items are not yet ready for the trash and still need to be used on an infrequent basis. What organization systems do the gadget junkies of Slashdot have in place to easily store and access their peripheral paraphernalia?
Comment Re:I, for one... (Score 1) 190
I stand corrected, but "snot robot overlords" just doesn't have the same ring to it...
