OpenCycleMap tiles are used as part of this app; the news isn't maps for cyclists, it's a satnav app for cyclists that's interesting.

As one of the devs writes:

"CycleStreets has been made possible by the brilliant OpenStreetMap project, dubbed the 'Wikipedia of Maps'. Cyclists and others all around the UK collect and update street data that enables us then to create routing that thinks like a cyclist. Unlike traditional SatNav data, OpenStreetMap data is controlled by its user community. Anyone can get involved in OpenStreetMap, and over 300,000 people around the world are already doing so."

So if you want to help improve the application, and contribute to plenty of other worthy projects, you could think about checking out The Map in your area and seeing if there's anything you could contribute.

I love this quote:

I have been writing professionally about consumer electronics — high end hi-fi in particular — since the early 1980s, although I had a ten-year break when mainstream magazine publishers decided that the profits on their titles were far more of a concern than the enjoyment and satisfaction of their readers.

Or - "I was unemployed in the field for 10 years because nobody wanted to buy my stuff". Nice work expert.

Speaking of slashdot; I can "claim" my twitter account and also tell them about what I do on LinkedIn and Facebook, but not Slashdot? Clearly they're missing out on the good stuff there...

And on the plus side, if you do have Alzheimer's you will at least be able to forget about the late life spinal tap.

But ACs can't bank karma. I guess someone had mod points to burn.

According to TFA, it does indeed run on rails.

The problem isn't network connectivity, the problem would be large flat corporate networks. Why have one network with all your office machines, manufacturing equipment, games consoles and telephones on it? Just create a games console VLAN that has access to the Internet and no routes to any internal networks.

This story is only a story if your Network Admin knows nothing about network admin.

More like BP = bad. I think oil is still thought of as pretty cool. How many of these BP NIMBYs drive to their local spill protest?

Or use NoMachine to connect to your remote box.

Ah, come on, nobody minds you using Slashdot to sell your stuff (plenty of others do it), but don't treat us like fools:

The parent was taking [sic] about the replacement controller chips they sell.

When the parent actually said:

So, I purchased an adapter [retrousb.com] that allows me to plug my classic NES controller into the USB port on my PC.

I'm pretty sure the original link I posted was to an adapter that would allow you to use a NES controller on a USB port without breaking anything.

Unlike the device mentioned by the parent you don't need to trash the controller to use the Retro Adapter. It remains untouched and will still work on the original console/computer.

How does this trash anything?

Presumably this is going to phone home and report usage stats from my usual mix of sexting and work emails? Android has already warned me of this on installation. I'll give it a go, but not for anything I wouldn't want made public.

The largest selling console figures ever?