Comment: A non-Slashdotted link to the PDF. (Score 1) 264
http://www.slideshare.net/daniel_bilar/acoustic-20131218
A link that's not Slashdotted (yet).
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Comment: Re:slashdotted, cloudflare fail, here's a copy-pas (Score 1) 509
I agree with the publisher, but I'm afraid we're going to have to go far down the rabbit hole before the majority give up their pirate ways.
Comment: Overwelming. (Score 4, Informative) 29
I think the problem isn't having as many sensitive sensors as possible. It's integrating their output into a larger sensor framework.
Comment: Creativity doesn't need remuneration (Score 1) 684
And what about ALL the people who go to work every day? Are they being creative for a paycheck? Or is this argument the exclusive domain of artists?
Comment: True Wisdom (Score 4, Interesting) 70
Comment: BEAM me up. (Score 1) 84
Wonder if BEAM is being used behind the scenes?
Comment: Star Trek Justice. (Score 1) 482
Do Nations Have the Right To Kill Enemy Hackers?
I mandate that all enemy computers, be like the consoles in Star Trek. "Take THAT enemy combatant! *ZZZAAPPP!*".
Comment: A buggy proposition. (Score 0) 127
So with this printer will I be able to create nano-spy-bugs?
Comment: Breaking & entering. (Score 1) 24
Today they've launched their latest product, continuing along the same line of hiding cutting edge open source security tools in plain sight
I'll be impressed when they come out with the Pwn Condom.
Comment: There's oil in that thair managment. (Score 1) 522
"I just listened to a fascinating podcast with Valve's economist-in-residence, Yanis Varoufakis, about the unusual structure of the workplace at Valve where there is no hierarchy or bosses.
Can't remember the book, but there was a Brazilian oil company that had a similar structure.
Comment: Educational singularities. (Score 1) 265
"Code.org has released infographics and a video to explain why students should be taught to code in school.
I'm sure I'm going to offend quite a few, but in the grand scheme of things, why that particular set of skills? We could be teaching people other, just as important, fields, so why single out coding?
Comment: The myth of the "universal" westerner. (Score 1) 450
Studies show that Western urban children grow up so closed off in man-made environments that their brains never form a deep or complex connection to the natural world.
So what does their study say about "western" who have been raised rural?
Comment: It's not old til you've married it. (Score 1) 333
Hey, things are new if you've never seen them before!
Just wait till you all grow up and discover cougars.
Comment: Re:Dosbox or freedos (Score 1) 255
Comment: Re:Interesting idea (Score 3, Insightful) 141
How about putting close at hand the tools to make a better, more educated post? Note Spellcheckers, and Wikipedia are close by. Wolfram Alpha for another, although none are integrated. Grammar and math checkers next.
