Meshach - Slashdot User

Comment: What is the difference between this and xbox? (Score 0) 320

by Meshach on Wednesday March 21, @06:19PM (#39433995) Attached to: New Samsung TV Watches You Watching It

Sounds the same as having a web cam or an xbox. They both have cameras that can broadcast images.

Nothing to see here...

Comment: Re:Misleading headline (Score 1) 298

by Meshach on Thursday March 15, @05:15PM (#39370263) Attached to: Canadian Charges Against US Manga Reader Dropped

Does /. really not understand the concept of a plea bargain?

Judging by the comments attached to this story I would say they do not.

Comment: Countdown to first uranus joke... (Score -1, Offtopic) 56

by Meshach on Wednesday March 14, @06:20PM (#39358451) Attached to: Watch How the Moon Was Formed

Three, two, one...

New dinosaur species help scientists fill in evolutionary gaps-> 0

Submitted by Meshach on Monday March 12, @03:56PM

Meshach writes "A team in Canada has discovered several new species of dinosaurs that may help fill in evolutionary gaps. The new species linked large and small boned dinosaurs and may help fill evolutionary gaps."
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Comment: Re:Are Americans really this lazy? (Score 1) 92

by Meshach on Saturday March 10, @09:34PM (#39315427) Attached to: Reinventing the Clapper With a Knock-Based Home Automation Controller

This whole thing really sounds to me like a solution looking for a problem.

That is the essence of the clapper: it is totally unnecessary. No one needs it; no one needs most of the things we discuss on Slashdot. But there are still people who want to discuss them just like there are people who want the clapper.

Comment: Re:Are Americans really this lazy? (Score 4, Interesting) 92

by Meshach on Saturday March 10, @08:05PM (#39315021) Attached to: Reinventing the Clapper With a Knock-Based Home Automation Controller

To be fair this is not targeted just at turning on and off lights. The article states that is can control any electronic device: computers, music players, cooking... anything. And the creator explicitly says it is unencumbered with patents so it is an idea any one can use to improve any existing technology.

Sounds like a win-win

Google to devs: use our payment system or be dropped-> 0

Submitted by Meshach on Thursday March 08, @10:28PM

Meshach writes "Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet for quite some time. Now Google warned several developers in recent months that if they continued to use other payment methods — such as PayPal, Zong and Boku — their apps would be removed from Google Play, The move is seen as a way to cut costs for Google by using their own system."
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Comment: Re:What else did he expect? (Score 4, Interesting) 777

by Meshach on Wednesday March 07, @02:52PM (#39277493) Attached to: Man Barred From Being Alone With Daughter After Informing Police of Porn On PC

"Hi, police, I am currently committing the crime of possession of child pornography, here's my name and address..."

Also imagine if the police did nothing. Then the headline would be "Man with child pornography on his computer allowed unsupervised visits with children". I do not know what he is criticizing.

Comment: Re:Complicated? (Score 4, Funny) 225

by Meshach on Wednesday February 29, @04:33PM (#39201769) Attached to: The Math of Leap Days

I think we have different definitions of complicated.

Evidently spelling and grammar top the list for the /. editors.

'Faster than light' measurement blamed on loose cable-> 0

Submitted by Meshach on Wednesday February 22, @06:22PM

Meshach writes "Last year some physicists in Italy reported they had seen an object travel faster then light. Now that group is retracting the previous claim and blaming the mistake on a loose cable. Apparently more experiments are planned to see if the speed limit for the universe can be exceeded."
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