Eustace Tilley - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:how else are you suppused to check the weather? (Score 2) 180

by Eustace Tilley on Thursday May 12 2011, @12:39PM (#36108572) Attached to: 35% Use Mobile Apps Before Getting Out of Bed

Open your curtains?

Hello curtains, is rain forecast for twelve hours from now?

Comment: Re:Innocence? (Score 1) 301

by Eustace Tilley on Monday January 05 2009, @05:14PM (#26335143) Attached to: Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs?

Thanks for this.

First Successful Demonstration of CO2 Capture

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday April 25 2007, @06:57PM

Anonymous Coward writes "Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from the air. The "air extraction" prototype has successfully demonstrated that indeed carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the atmosphere. This is GRT's first step toward a commercially viable air capture device."

MySQL + AmazonS3??

Submitted by Venotar on Wednesday April 25 2007, @09:38AM

Venotar writes "While perusing the MySQL conference website, I noticed that Mark Atwood will be discussing a plugin storage engine for Amazon's S3 with MySQL. Further googling only turned up Pete Freitag's interesting observation that combining such a plug-in with Amazon's EC2 could be very useful. Does anyone know where a copy of this plug-in could be found, or if it's just vaporware? It seems like the sort of tool that could shift the economics behind quite a few ways businesses use their technology, so I was curious to hear what sort of ideas the slashdot crowd would come up with."

Amiga OS 4.0 Final Update released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 24 2006, @08:13PM

An anonymous reader writes "Hyperion-Entertainment is very pleased to announce the immediate availability (for registered AmigaOne customers) of Amiga OS 4.0, The Final Update. Originally released in May of 2004, Amiga OS 4.0 is the most stable, modern and feature-rich incarnation to date of the multi-media centric operating system launched by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1985 with which it still retains a high degree of compatibility. Amiga OS 4.0, The Final Update is the culmination of 5 years of development and takes the form of a stand-alone ISO image which contains a full installation of all Amiga OS 4.0 components. A list of new features can be found here."

Automatically Convert .docx Files to .txt

Submitted by

aloser

on Wednesday December 06 2006, @10:34AM

aloser writes "When Microsoft released Office 2007, they replaced the new Microsoft Word default format with the Microsoft Open Office XML Format (.docx). Unfortunately, this format is far from open and far from accessible. Mac and Linux users have (at least for the moment) been shut out. I whipped up a quick script that will extract the text (albeit minus the formatting) from a .docx file for viewing on any Operating System; no software needed. Enjoy!"

Viability of a National Meth Makers Registry

Submitted by Jefferey King on Wednesday December 06 2006, @10:11AM

Jefferey King writes "According to an MSNBC article published earlier today, many States are considering the creation of another type of Online Offenders Registry — one for anyone involved in the "cooking" or dealing of methamphetamine. Online Offenders Registries in the United States were previously restricted to sex offenders, namely, rapists and pedophiles. The question is, "What's the point, and why just meth?""

Time for the Adult Industry to come out the slum?

Submitted by

Kenneth

on Wednesday December 06 2006, @08:42AM

Kenneth writes "Considering an estimated $1billion turnover in the US alone,is it time for the Adult Entertainment Industry to come out of the dark corners of the web? Its must be time to finally look at the iTunes business model and wake up the industry. Can this be a good thing, considering that it isnt actually illegal? Would it help clean out the underground similiar to MP3 downloads and iTunes?"

HP Tosses Hat Into Gaming Ring

Submitted by PreacherTom on Wednesday December 06 2006, @08:30AM

PreacherTom writes "Though we may expect it of late from such companies as Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, it isn't only the usual suspects who are tossing their hats into the gaming ring. Enter Hewlett-Packard, who hopes to leverage the newfound graphics muscle they gained during the Voodoo PC acquisition into new directions. Preliminary experiments have testers in England freeing Anne Boleyn from the Tower of London on their iPAQ's. "Sitting in front of a TV is boring," says HP VP Philip McKinney. "Gaming is the new high-definition experience. Voodoo offers HP what an F1 racing team does for a carmaker.""

Stem-cell bill pass in Australia

Submitted by nickd on Wednesday December 06 2006, @08:20AM

nickd writes "Having recently being passed in the Senate by only 2 votes, the bill has now been passed in the House of Representatives by 82-62. The amendment that was seeking to prevent stem cells being extracted from the eggs of aborted late term female foetuses has also been voted down. The changes will allow scientists to create and use embryos up to 14 days old for research."