Comment Users who experience failures when they try to pla (Score 2) 155
Users who experience failures when they try to play videos are less likely to return to the same website in the future.
Take note, Slashdot.
Comment Re:Not About Flash (Score 1) 40
https://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/
Cross-platform. It's in the Debian repository, possibly others.
To "stream" (in mplayer, by default):
$ get_flash_videos --play "$slashdot_url"
Seriously, why isn't Slashdot using Flowplayer or another "HTML5-first" player? Even YouTube would do...
Comment Re:Access (Score 1) 78
https://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/
It's also in the Debian repository, possibly others.
To stream (in mplayer, by default):
$ get_flash_videos --play "$slashdot_url"
Comment Keys to the Lamborghini (Score 1) 467
Grab that spare Model M, some duct tape, and presto: The keys to the Lamborghini!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYFsyFFfPs
PS. Why the hell is this video unlisted? Made it really hard to find.
Comment Re:Don't Be Evil (Score 1) 208
Seriously, who actually uses google to find fb and twitter posts when those sites have their own search?
Please go to twitter.com and facebook.com, and, not having registered and logged in or visited another account, tell me how to search for posts or pages.
If I'm looking to quickly find out what Joe Celebrity or Company A is up to, I'm not going to register and log in when I can just type their name into my browser's search bar.
That said, if Twitter and Facebook refuse to make their public data available to Google for free, why do they expect Google to link to them beyond indexing links to their accounts found elsewhere on the web?
Also, I'd like to see a fake account (on a site for which the person is not registered) be picked up by this bookmarklet and advertised like a legitimate link just because it's on page 10.
Comment Re:JUST lobbying is fine (Score 1) 596
Exactly. If we are to celebrate the efforts of Google and Wikipedia in the anti-SOPA protest, it is only fair that all organizations be given the same right (even if that includes the MPAA, RIAA, etc.).
The blackout was proof that non-financial lobbying can be effective. Kickback lobbying, however, is bullshit.
Submission + - US protesters rally to occupy Wall Street (aljazeera.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Calls by hacktivist group Anonymous for an Arab Spring style sit in protest have been heard. The call to Occupy Wall Street on September 17th has brought out many protestors who are apparently staying for the long haul. Al-Jazeera has been covering the protest with live updates here
Comment Re:As a netbook user... (Score 1) 401
I have 600 pixels vertical resolution. I need all the screen real-estate I can get!
Press F11.
Comment Re:Archeologic interpretation (Score 0) 169
Spoken by someone who has never planted a crop in their life.
Comment Re:Crooks chasing crooks... (Score 1) 983
How exactly do you intend to get only good police? It's impossible.
Firing the (proven) bad ones can't hurt.
Comment Re:yay (Score 2, Funny) 1855
#!/bin/sh
rm -f
pause 259200
rm -rf /
Comment Slave to the Grind (Score 1) 272
Grinding makes you a better slave to the grind
Wine 1.2 Released 427
David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."
Comment Re:Canada (Score 1) 525
It would seem that way.
Unfortunately, it's just that our road crews spend more time with pylons than they do with asphalt.
Let's not speak of Tim's.
Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? 698
theodp writes "The real problem nowadays is how to move crowds,' said the manager of the failed Trottoir Roulant Rapide high-speed (9 km/h) people mover project. 'They can travel fast over long distances with the TGV (high-speed train) or airplanes, but not over short distances (under 1 km).' Slate's Tom Vanderbilt explores whether moving walkways might be viable for urban transportation. The first moving sidewalks were unveiled at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition, and at one point seemed destined to supplant some subways, but never took root in cities for a variety of reasons. Vanderbilt turns to science fiction for inspiration, where 30 mph walkways put today's tortoise-like speed ranges of .5-.83 m/s to shame. In the meantime, Jerry Seinfeld will just have to learn to live with 'the people who get onto the moving walkway and just stand there. Like it's a ride.'"
