Ilsundal - Slashdot User

Comment: Guaranteed XBox Live Servers Until the End of Time (Score 1) 435

by Ilsundal on Saturday April 27, 2013 @04:01PM (#43569299) Attached to: New Console Always-Online Requirements and <em>You</em>

This is my biggest issue with this sort of thing; I still have my original Nintendo Entertainment System from 1985. I am an avid fan of retro gaming. What if, in 30 years, I still have an XBox 720? Is Microsoft going to guarantee lifetime online authentication for this console? When/if the servers go offline, it's time to throw it in the trash? This is a piece of hardware that I would be paying for, and should be able to enjoy it for 50+ years, pass it down, whatever.

Comment: Talk about overdoing it. (Score 1) 34

by Ilsundal on Monday April 01, 2013 @09:03PM (#43334371) Attached to: Dell, Raymond Unveil 'One Smartwatch Per Child'; Icahn Erupts

Errr, this is madness. What I used to love about the old April Fools /. way of doing it, is they would mix up real stories that seemed questionable, with APril Fools ones, and you always second guessed the story. This current way, errrr, why boter using the page at all? %90 of them aren't even remotely funny or believable.

Comment: The most POPULAR Slashdot Topic of 2011 (Score 1) 244

by Ilsundal on Sunday June 19, 2011 @06:27PM (#36493626) Attached to: LulzSec Offers to Take Revenge On Sega Hackers

So uhm, Slashdot, when is LulzSec getting it's own icon? Seems to be the top favorite for news these days.

Comment: Re:Why the password? (Score 1) 434

by Ilsundal on Saturday February 19, 2011 @03:24PM (#35255010) Attached to: Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants

Haha. Back in my day ...

Comment: Metaverses / Virtual Worlds / MMORPGs (Score 2) 96

by Ilsundal on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @12:37PM (#34754950) Attached to: Kinect Creators To Make PC Controller

Could be pretty interesting for 3D interactive worlds; these type of worlds have always been far more successful on the PC. Those static/boring standing/dancing animations 3d characters currently have could be a thing of the past. Interaction between avatars could be a bit more "real" with something like this. It certainly is no "Lawnmower Man" hardware however it's an interesting step for metaverses and MMORPGs. Granted, the amount of space (if based on Kinect specs) you would need for your computer station would be enormous, but I think "the computer" really could benefit from these sort of user input technology.

Comment: EXCELLENT! (Score 1) 968

by Ilsundal on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @10:55AM (#34486532) Attached to: Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key

If you're HARDCORE you hold DOWN the SHIFT key when you need all CAPS. Kudos to Google for bringing out the hardcore typist in us all! That crappy key was nothing but problems.

Optimus Prime Made of Junk Cars In China 43

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 19, 2010 @10:48AM
from the roll-out dept.

rmaureira writes "An awesome 33-foot-tall, 6 ton Optimus Prime replica is being shown at Beijing's Olympic Park. Made from junked car parts and scrap metal parts, it is impressive."

Twitter Says Americans Are Happier In the Morning 88

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 15, 2010 @10:17AM
from the 140-character-science dept.

DWF3046 writes "There are lots of things you can infer from Twitter. But while we're learning what we're eating or where we're flying, we haven't been able to use Twitter to determine how we're feeling. Researchers at Harvard and Northwestern have created a video that shows the mood in the US, as inferred using over 300 million tweets, over the course of the day. The results? The early morning and late evening appear to provide the highest levels of happiness. Geographically, the data points to a significantly happier west coast, which is consistently three hours behind the east coast."

Your Feces Is a Wonderland of Viruses 211

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @04:30PM
from the and-so-can-you dept.

sciencehabit writes "Thanks to an anlaysis of fecal samples from four sets of Missouri-born female identical twins and their mothers, researchers have concluded that human guts harbor viruses as unique as the people they inhabit; the viral lineup differs even between identical twins. Even more surprising? These viruses may be doing good work inside of us."

Growing A House From Meat 133

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 09, 2010 @03:13PM
from the delicious-future dept.

baosol writes "From the boundary-pushing team of archi-visionaries who brought us the fabulous Fab Tree Hab comes a new (and somewhat disgusting) way to grow a structure — using animal flesh! The In Vitro Meat Habitat is a futuristic concept home composed of meat cells grown in a lab. The creator of the concept, Mitchell Joachim, is a futurist with a twist– he says he is actually developing the concept in a lab."

Comment: Re:Star Trek anyone?? (Score 1) 112

by Ilsundal on Thursday July 08, 2010 @02:40PM (#32843138) Attached to: Implantable Eye Telescope Finally FDA Approved

Seems more like the ocular implant used by Seven of Nine. Perhaps this technology can be expanded to use a display rather than a lens so we can have Terminator style vision.

Prince Says Internet Is Over 450

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:18AM
from the it-was-fun-while-it-lasted dept.

the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"