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Comment: Obviously... (Score 1) 330

by Giordano on Thursday June 17 2010, @10:27AM (#32601988) Attached to: Why Intel Wants To Network Your Clothes Dryer

Intel doesn't have teenagers in the house.

Comment: Re:Cmon /. (Score 1) 127

by Giordano on Thursday March 11 2010, @04:54PM (#31444020) Attached to: The 10 Most Absurd Scientific Papers

Whole heartedly agree.

Comment: What about opening the Java application? (Score 2, Informative) 111

by Giordano on Thursday January 21 2010, @12:07PM (#30846802) Attached to: Amazon Kindle To Get Apps and EA Games

One thing that is an absolute pain is that the Kindle has no folder management, and as such, no way to organize the books that are downloaded. Sure, it'll hold 3000 e-books, but try paging through the list. And the startup time is proportional to the length of the list.

Opening up the e-book application interface would go a long way to getting features that Amazon seems disinclined to provide themselves.

2010

2007

Xeyes Ported to Real Life

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2007, @11:16AM

An anonymous reader writes "The well-known Unix tool xeyes has been ported to Windows. No, not the Microsoft version, but the version you look out of on a sunny day. Photos and video are available. The result is very cool, and a little scary. This could be a fun way to scare off those kids who hang around your neighborhood..."

SPAM: Lee Iacocca Excoriates the Bush Administration 7

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday April 12 2007, @02:56PM

Mr. Iacocca, I have trolls who'd ask "when did you become a muslim?" That's O.K. The same dim-bulbs would have asked when you beccame a communist, just 10 or 15 years ago. This sort is stupid enough to celebrate the criminals that you so accurately identify.

Journal: Tuna-inspired aircraft runs on fuel cell 0

Journal by jdray on Thursday April 12 2007, @02:03PM

The startup R&D organization "Team SmartFish" has come up with a design for a performance aircraft that's inspired by a tuna fish, which is evidently (one of?) the fastest fish in the sea and has been clocked at 85 km/h. Their model-sized prototype is powered by a fuel cell stack with a pusher prop. The full scale version calls for a 900-1000# turbofan in the tail.

Shaking a 275-ton building

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Thursday April 12 2007, @01:59PM

Roland Piquepaille writes "If you want to predict how a tall building can resist to an earthquake, some researchers have better tools than others. Engineers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have built a full-size 275-ton building and really shaken it to obtain earthshaking images. The building was equipped with some 600 sensors and filmed as the shake table simulated the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, California. It gave so much data to the engineers to analyze that they needed a supercomputer to help them. Now they hope their study will yield to better structure performance for future buildings in case of earthquakes. Read more for additional references and images showing the seven-story building used on a shake table experiment."

National Intelligence Director Seeks Expansion of Spy Powers 346

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 12 2007, @01:53PM
from the can-someone-update-my-file-please-i-think-my-picture-is-old dept.

Erris writes "The Bush administration is seeking even less judicial oversight for their spying efforts both here and abroad. An AP story is discussing proposed changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act proposed by National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell. 'The changes McConnell is seeking mostly affect a cloak-and-dagger category of warrants used to investigate suspected spies, terrorists and other national security threats. The court-approved surveillance could include planting listening devices and hidden cameras, searching luggage and breaking into homes to make copies of computer hard drives.' One of their specific goals is prosecution immunity for communications companies who comply with the program, a sheild for groups that violate privacy laws in turning over information to the NSA. The article notes that 'Critics question whether the changes are needed and worry about what the Bush administration has in store, given a rash of allegations about domestic surveillance and abuse of power.'"