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Comment Re:Star Wars (Score 1) 1419

by kstatefan40 on Wednesday July 09, 2008 @01:33AM (#24112295) Attached to: Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens?

As an 18 year old, I can recommend the Jedi Apprentice series by Jude Watson. They are absolutely fantastic books to start with and can really get thought patterns down. Once they are comfortable reading that, and if they enjoy it, move them into Mathew Stover's writing. It is absolutely dark and political, but it is also amazing at getting someone to understand themselves and controlling their emotions. Although it is fiction, Stover really gets down to the fundamental level of human nature, and they will be valuable lessons to know growing up.

New Power Adapter Fixes Space Issues 97

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 29, 2008 @02:51PM from the for-those-who-didn't-like-the-clutter-of-the-squid dept.

Tributaries has just announced a solution to all or your oversized power adapter woes. The new T12 power strip features 12 different outlets and eight of them are located on the edge and can be rotated by as much as 90 degrees. The adapter also provides surge protection for RJ-11, RJ-45, and Coax if you so desire.

Ask the Air Force Cyber Command General About War in Cyberspace 315

Posted by Roblimo on Friday February 29, 2008 @02:44PM from the play-the-ultimate-MMORPG dept.

We ran an article about the new Air Force Cyber Command and its recruiting efforts on February 13, 2008. Now Major General William Lord, who is in charge of this effort, has agreed to answer Slashdot users' questions. If you're thinking about joining up -- or just curious -- this is a golden opportunity to learn how our military is changing its command structure and recruiting efforts to deal with "cyberspace as a warfighting domain." Usual Slashdot interview rules apply.

Submission + - Buyer Beware: Wal-Mart Site to Store (pcmech.com)

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on Sunday December 09, 2007 @03:41PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Wal-Mart has started to offer a new service from their web store, dubbed "Site to Store". They offer free shipping of products if you are willing to go to one of their locations to pick up the order. Sounds like a pretty good deal, right? Not when the employees are not supervised enough to prevent theft of the (already paid) product. Don't forget having to deal with Wal-Mart's customer service once it happens. PC Mecahnic's Editor-in-Chief, Tyler Thompson, shows the service's vulerability in an open letter to Wal-Mart Corporate Headquarters describing his recent troubles with the service. In short: Be mindful of these problems before choosing to use Site to Store. Wal-Mart has a lot of work to do."

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