DarkSabreLord - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Companies do this all the time (Score 1) 230

by DarkSabreLord on Friday April 27, @04:50AM (#39818193) Attached to: NY Times: Microsoft Tried To Unload Bing On Facebook

Well, they're more buoyant...

Indian Police Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers 130

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 02 2010, @11:05AM
from the check-your-status dept.

New Delhi police have a new weapon in the battle against bad drivers, Facebook. Two months ago the police created a Facebook page that allowed people to inform on others breaking traffic laws, and upload pictures of the violations. The page has more than 17,000 fans, and 3,000 pictures currently. From the article: "The online rap sheet was impressive. There are photos of people on motorcycles without helmets, cars stopped in crosswalks, drivers on cellphones, drivers in the middle of illegal turns and improperly parked vehicles. Using the pictures, the Delhi Traffic Police have issued 665 tickets, using the license plate numbers shown in the photos to track vehicle owners, said the city’s joint commissioner of traffic, Satyendra Garg."

Comment: Re:Set up instructions (Score 1) 463

by DarkSabreLord on Monday June 14 2010, @02:47PM (#32568584) Attached to: Set Free Your Inner Jedi (Or Pyro)

If you visit the website in question, you'll find that these laser pointers DO in fact come with the appropriate safety glasses to protect your vision. That being said, they won't protect anyone else's in the area...

Comment: Re:Fill 'er up! (Score 1) 431

by DarkSabreLord on Monday June 14 2010, @02:42PM (#32568500) Attached to: DTV Transition - One Year Later

I know people who'd love to take them off of your hands (mostly college students). "Old" TVs can still be made to work with a digital tuner card

Comment: Re:They aren't charging. (Score 4, Informative) 182

by DarkSabreLord on Thursday May 13 2010, @05:56PM (#32200786) Attached to: Sprint's $199 HTC EVO 4G Gets Release Date of June 4

This is true, and it's going to get even easier in future Android releases. Froyo (2.2) is slated to include tethering and a wireless hotspot.

Comment: Re:Fusion is easy. (Score 3, Interesting) 372

by DarkSabreLord on Wednesday May 12 2010, @05:27PM (#32186926) Attached to: North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion

that's actually not that difficult at all. Hydrogen bombs are uncontrolled fusion in action. Now, producing usable energy, however...

Comment: Re:Death of the PC? I don't think so... (Score 1) 549

by DarkSabreLord on Monday May 03 2010, @03:46PM (#32076088) Attached to: The End of the PC Era and Apple's Plan To Survive

I was simply using the same terminology as OP

Comment: Death of the PC? I don't think so... (Score 5, Insightful) 549

by DarkSabreLord on Friday April 30 2010, @03:32PM (#32048212) Attached to: The End of the PC Era and Apple's Plan To Survive

I don't think the PC is going to meet its demise anytime in the foreseeable future. Microsoft dominates the business sector right now because it caters to businesses in a way Apple doesn't. Apple may take over the home user market, but until they convince businesses to adopt their ideologies PCs won't be dying anytime soon

Comment: Re:Oh yeah? (Score 1) 473

by DarkSabreLord on Monday April 26 2010, @05:17PM (#31989230) Attached to: House Proposes Legalizing, Taxing Online Gambling

They'll be putting money away for their own welfare checks!

Comment: Re:XP SP3 (Score 1) 233

by DarkSabreLord on Friday April 23 2010, @04:24PM (#31960154) Attached to: McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate

I have heard mixed things about the security about Kaspersky. Been running it myself without any problems, but I have friends in IT who are SysAdmins who say they can't trust it because of how it might be handling customer data (Sorry, no real citations here)