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Comment: Re:Comments? (Score 5, Funny) 178

by AcidDeath on Tuesday April 28 2009, @07:45PM (#27753279) Attached to: Miro Asks Users To "Adopt" Lines of Source

Do I get a discount if I adopt a comment?

Only if its inaccurate and misleading.
So yes.

Comment: US Center for disease control (Score 1) 1127

by AcidDeath on Monday April 13 2009, @02:16PM (#27559981) Attached to: Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In?

in a room behind the Biohazard sign, all the techs were wearing hazmat suits, we're in plain clothes. And while we're there they drop and break a vial of blood. Needless to say we were a little freaked out, they never said what was in the blood, hopefully not airborne.

Comment: Re:Why not? (Score 1) 493

by AcidDeath on Friday February 13 2009, @02:42PM (#26847037) Attached to: Firefox Faster In Wine Than Native

So when are we going too see: Firefox (Optimised for Slashdot) or Firefox (Optimised for Porn)

Airlines Resist NY's Passenger Bill of Rights 0

Submitted by

Reservoir Hill

on Monday January 14 2008, @06:17PM

Reservoir Hill writes "Last February after a freak ice storm wreaked havoc on New York-area airports trapping some passengers on airplanes for up to 10 hours with no water, food or working bathrooms, New York state passed a passenger's bill of rights that took effect January 1. Now, if a plane is stranded on the tarmac for more than three hours at John F. Kennedy or LaGuardia airports, the airline must provide its passengers with clean water, food, and sanitary bathrooms or face a fine of $1,000 per person. The major airlines insist that only the federal government has the authority to legislate airline customer service but a federal judge ruled against them, saying the law had nothing to do with aviation and interstate commerce and everything to do with basic health and safety. "Passengers have decided we've gone too far to the dark side as far as air travel is concerned and we need basic human standards restored to air travel," says Kate Hanni, president of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights. At least three other states plan to draft similar legislation."

Apple patents OLED keyboard-> 1

Submitted by nguy on Thursday January 03 2008, @03:35PM

nguy writes "Characteristic of their style of innovation, Apple has filed for a patent (20080001787) on a keyboard with OLED keycaps. The resulting keyboard would permit easy relabeling of keys, for example to accommodate different languages or games. More discussion at AppleInsider."
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Phishers Get Phished 0

Submitted by jcaldwel on Thursday January 03 2008, @03:26PM

jcaldwel writes "Netcraft reports that a downloadable phishing toolkit, actually sends private information to to tool's author."

Four Root DNS Servers Go IPv6 On February 4th 0

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Thursday January 03 2008, @03:19PM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "On February 4th, IANA will add AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of the four root servers. With this transition, it will finally be possible for two internet hosts to communicate without using IPv4 at all. Certain obsolete software may face compatibility problems due to the change, but those issues are addressed in an ICANN report [PDF]."

New exclusive GAME Wii SKU for Christmas-> 0

Submitted by

LewieP

on Sunday December 02 2007, @07:00PM

LewieP writes "SavyGamer reports — "GAME have just struck a deal with Nintendo for a supply of Wii consoles over Christmas — Exclusive packs which have games included with the hardware, a separate SKU. There is a 2 game and a 3 game bundle price (tentatively) at £250 and £280 respectively. The Games seem to be 1st party, most likely "Mario & Sonic at the Olympics", "Mario Party 8" and possibly "Super Mario Galaxy"

These bundles will be shipping from Monday, they may be in stock on Monday, or may be in warehouses on Monday, and in stores later in the week. These bundles are totally exclusive to GAME — Nintendo is thanking GAME for their support over the years, and repaying loyality.

The number of Wii shipping has been described as "considerate", and continuing up to Christmas. Previous shipments have been "small amount"." I suspect this is because with previous forced bundles from GAME, if you keep the games sealed, you can return them, and end up paying RRP for the console on it's own. This way GAME benefit more from the excess demand, since they can't charge more than RRP for the console, and sell the most additional games this way. I do find it funny that Nintendo are thanking for support, since I know pretty early on the Gamecube section in my local GAME store was far smaller than the PS2 or Xbox equivalent. This is not a hardware revision (or at least, we have no reason to believe so yet), so it is safe to assume it will just be like any other consoles, just different packaging."
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IPv6 In BMWs?-> 0

Submitted by

AtomicSnarl

on Sunday December 02 2007, @06:52PM

AtomicSnarl writes "BMW may be networking their vehicle controls with IPv6. Lovely — what accessories should we look for to plug into the router? Autobahn WiFi Nodes anyone? How about a portable FPS tournament for the kiddies in the back seat?"
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Scanning All Travelers Crossing US Borders Now in -> 0

Submitted by conlaw on Sunday December 02 2007, @06:52PM

conlaw writes "Just the first paragraph of this Washington Post article is scary as all getout:

The federal government disclosed details yesterday of a border-security program to screen all people who enter and leave the United States, create a terrorism risk profile of each individual and retain that information for up to 40 years.
Note that this includes "all people," including US citizens."
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