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Futurama Returns! 226

Posted by Zonk
from the teach-me-to-love-you-squishy-poet-from-beyond-the-stars dept.
Random BedHead Ed writes "Good news everyone! After a five year vanishing act the sci-fi spoof Futurama returned this week with a direct-to-DVD feature. Wired has an article about its return, including the story of the show's origins, a behind the scenes gallery, interviews with creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and some interesting trivia. For example, did you know the ship has an overbite like a Simpson's character? Or that the show's title is taken from an exhibition at the 1939 Worlds Fair?." We just talked about this a bit the other day, too, in reference to a great interview on TVSquad.
Biotech

Patient bleeds dark green blood

Submitted by anonymous zero
anonymous zero writes "A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood. The man had needed urgent surgery because he had developed a dangerous condition in his legs after falling asleep in a sitting position. In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old's blood was down to the migraine medication he was taking."
It's funny. Laugh.

Creator of MS Word banned from casinos and WSOP

Submitted by
L. VeGas
L. VeGas writes "Richard Brodie, Microsoft employee number 77, creator of Microsoft Word 1.0 and professional poker player, was banned from all Harrah's casinos yesterday for winning at video poker, a game both impossible to cheat and impossible to overcome the house advantage. Since the World Series of Poker is held at the Rio, a Harrah's property, this meant he would be unable to play in the upcoming tournament. Thanks to massive public support, they have relented, and now Brodie will be playing, and I can once again live vicariously throught him."
Classic Games (Games)

The Final Commercial Dreamcast Game

Submitted by
Joan Cross
Joan Cross writes "The curtain has come down on the Dreamcast, the release of Milestones Karous another shooter for the console that refuses to die is the last commercial release for Sega`s last hardware. The closing of GDRom production effectively kills off the chance of any new commercial releases. A few weeks ago the release of Trigger Heart Exelica got into the top 10 sales in Japan."

Comment: That's just like your opinion...man. (Score 2, Insightful) 48

by BrickM (#18187994) Attached to: Casual Play on 360 Live Arcade
Obviously both consoles have fun, short/small downloadable games for cheap prices. In the end, the article is more about personal preferences in games, than any sort of comparable quality. Especially since the 360 has an entire year head start over the Wii.

Personally, I'd rather play Super Mario world and Legend of Zelda than most of the games on Live Arcade. One of the reasons is that they're known quantities, whereas many of the Live ports have been very dubious in quality (anyone who made the mistake of getting Contra knows what I'm talking about here). Everything from Nintendo has been incredibly well emulated, with the added bonus of being able to have a "save state" that means you can pause the game, turn off the console and come back to play later. Man, I wish my NES and SNES had that years ago.

So while I'd come down on the side of the Wii in this debate, in the end it's totally personal preference on the games - just like it always is with this console debates.
Businesses

Where are the semi-technical jobs?

Submitted by
crashlanding
crashlanding writes "Where are the available jobs for the semi-technically inclined? After many semesters (and switched majors), I have a good general grasp of small business functions, computer hardware repair, software knowledge (with some Java classes), web design (with HCI and info arch), digital photography (including Photoshop), and writing skills. Here in Hawaii, our State tax credits for technolgocial development has brought in a lot of Hollywood action film crews along with some very specialized whizz bang tech companies. But whenever I go to job fairs the offerings usually require EE degrees or expert-level Java programming expertise, then swing down to network cable installers, and really nothing much in-between! Realistically, you'd think that the many small businesses would welcome a "Jack of all technical trades" but the standard offerings are hardly such. So I appeal to the Slashdot readership: "Where and how do the 'up and coming' tech guru's get a leg up the job search ladder?""
Education

College Freshmen Struggle With Tech Literacy 298

Posted by Zonk
from the gotta-grow-up-nerd-to-get-ahead dept.
snow_man writes to mention an article on the E-Commerce News site about techno-literacy problems with incoming college freshmen. Some schools, like CSU, are planning on including a technology comprehension test alongside their English and Math evaluations for new students. From the article: "Not all of Generation M can synthesize the loads of information they're accessing, educators say. 'They're geeky, but they don't know what to do with their geekdom,' said Barbara O'Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor involved in a nationwide effort to hone students' computer-research skills. On a recent nationwide test to measure their technological 'literacy' -- their ability to use the Internet to complete class assignments -- only 49 percent of the test-takers correctly evaluated a set of Web sites for objectivity, authority and timeliness. Only 35 percent could correctly narrow an overly broad Internet search."

I can read your mind, and you should be ashamed of yourself.