Comment I already have 4 children... (Score 1) 293
... and a laptop, so I will henceforth be using it on my lap at all times.
Comment Where's the five years option? (Score 1) 606
Back to the Future 2 *clearly* showed that we were due to have flying cars in 2015.
Of course, they also showed the Cubs winning the World Series, and I can't see that happening in 5 years, either.
Comment So it will cost nothing, right? (Score 1) 352
So if they hold true to what Bill Gates said (http://www.esato.com/archive/t.php/t-54833,1.html) back when they were just a software company, this device should cost us nothing.
The other thing is Microsoft's last announcement of something like this (the tablet PC, wasn't it?), turned out to be something you couldn't buy. It was a reference platform and a set of specifications that others could build to.
So I'm not holding my breath that we'll be able to buy one of these.
Comment This just in... (Score 1) 341
This news just in... reading too many studies in the "American Journal of Epidemiology" will give you stress and kill you.
Comment I will fully support this research... (Score 1) 254
I intend to fully endorse and support this research, just so I can say "monkeynomics" a lot.
Comment Next year's article on California road collisions (Score 1) 624
"And figures just released this week show that rear-end collisions at traffic lights skyrocketed in California in 2010. Authorities are baffled as to the causes."
At one extremely busy intersection near me (Fermor & Lagimodiere in Winnipeg, right near the Royal Canadian Mint), the mint has got a huge video screen playing ALL THE TIME visible to southbound and westbound traffic. It's VERY distracting, and I've seen several people drift over a lane (only to violently correct themselves) while heading through the intersection and staring at the billboard.
This in a city where the roads are frequently snow- and ice-covered as well. Nice one, Canadian government.
Comment Deep-linking... (Score 1) 92
I'll post links to a bunch of semi-buried things on my blog and then sue Twitter for deep-linking.
Comment 20% raise? Nice... (Score 1) 284
Why can't some of my cow-orkers off themselves? Kill two birds with one stone--rid the workplace of annoying, mopey, emo-types *and* score me a sweet raise.
Submission + - Star Wars IT Tech Journal (blogspot.com)
turthalion writes: This is my journal following the trials and tribulations of a senior technician, from the early days after the Great Resynchronization to the end of the Empire (GrS 0 — GrS 39) [35 BBY to 4 ABY].
We've finally reached the stage where our intrepid technician is helping review plans for the DS-1 Mobile Enforcement Dome or "Death Star"--no one liked his suggested name of "I can't believe it's not a moon."
We've finally reached the stage where our intrepid technician is helping review plans for the DS-1 Mobile Enforcement Dome or "Death Star"--no one liked his suggested name of "I can't believe it's not a moon."
Submission + - CDlinux 0.9.6.1 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)
JimLynch writes: Full-featured desktop Linux distributions like PCLinuxOS and Linux Mint are quite useful, but there are times when a smaller and lighter distro can also be desirable. CDlinux is petite mini-distro that can be installed on a USB device or on a Windows C: partition.
Submission + - The Biggest shop in US (usbiggestshop.com)
mawin writes: The Biggest shop in US everything you need for BUY. You will find over Million products
Submission + - AMD Phenom II X6, 6-Cores On A Budget (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "AMD is officially launching two six-core processors today, the Phenom II X6 1090T and the Phenom II X6 1055T. Although the new Phenom II X6 has two more cores than previous Phenom II X4 processors, the executions cores themselves are largely unchanged. However, with this new generation of processors, AMD is introducing a new feature dubbed Turbo Core. AMD's Turbo Core technology automatically increases the frequency of three active CPU cores by up to 500MHz, while inactive cores remained idle. Tests show the Phenom II X6 1090T performing in roughly on par with the Core i7 870 and Core i7 975, depending on the app, but the chip will retail for hundreds less."
Submission + - 18 Reasons Buyers are Returning iPads (vovici.com)
JeffreyHenning writes: An analysis of 40 users who returned their iPads and 10 who are thinking of doing so, with a list of their reasons and the impact on Apple. The top three primary reasons: to upgrade from a WiFi iPad to a 3G iPad, because the iPad is a poor value or because of incompatibilities experienced.
Comment 12 showing... and they're all ours (Score 1) 394
Got 12 here at work for various purposes. Two on one SSID on the corporate network for roaming, and a bunch of others for different departments to run their own isolated test environments.
It gets a bit hairy at times when you want to do testing that requires a noise-free spectrum.
It's normally only 11, but we've got an extra one set up at the moment. Our "show guy" is setting up the environment he's taking to Bingoworld in May.
We also have a number of 900MHz transmitters, but those don't broadcast in a way that can be seen by anything but one of our own handsets.
Comment DNA (Douglas N Adams, that is) would have loved it (Score 2, Interesting) 115
This would finally have enabled Douglas Adams to use the awesome power of his nose for the forces of good.
He had a famously large hooter.
See this link for Douglas's own views on his nose.
