Pallazzio - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:A simple test (Score 0) 495

by Pallazzio on Monday April 12 2010, @04:14PM (#31821790) Attached to: Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies?

Strange. I've been aware that my right eye is worse than my left eye since childhood. It's always been easy to compensate and I don't really have a vision problem.

When I tried this test with both eyes open I was always a bit off.

When I tried it with my left eye only, or my right eye only, I was dead on.

What could be the explanation for that?

Comment: Sometimes it's the other way around. (Score 0) 398

by Pallazzio on Friday February 26 2010, @05:48AM (#31282970) Attached to: When PC Ports of Console Games Go Wrong

I've played many a shitty console-to-PC port, but every once in a while there is a great PC game that gets ruined when it comes to the console version.

Worms was always one of my favorite games and I still play it regularly. I was really looking forward to playing the Wii version when I heard about it, but I was severely disappointed.

Roller Coaster Tycoon is another example of this.

Comment: I too enjoy a challenge in a game. (Score 0, Troll) 204

by Pallazzio on Thursday February 04 2010, @03:36AM (#31019660) Attached to: Game Difficulty As a Virtue

I haven't played Demon's Souls (hell I haven't even heard of it), but I've been noticing lately that every time I get a new game that I'm excited about playing, it's over in about two days.

Comment: Oh, and I'm also going to need a patent for... (Score -1, Offtopic) 135

by Pallazzio on Monday February 01 2010, @12:20PM (#30982402) Attached to: Report Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving

Kitten Mittens

Comment: Should've used (Score 0) 2

by Pallazzio on Saturday January 16 2010, @12:13PM (#30790778) Attached to: Police called over 11-year-old's science project

an empty beer bottle. No one suspects alcoholics of terrorism. We're too lazy.

Smile! Urine Candid Camera! 370

Posted by samzenpus on Saturday May 23 2009, @02:02AM
from the let's-see-what-you-got dept.

Anon E. Muss writes "Just because you can put a camera somewhere doesn't mean you should. Apparently, the Department of Homeland Security doesn't grasp this concept. They've installed video cameras in urinals at Houston's Hobby Airport. At least they weren't sneaky about it — they posted a notice saying 'Automatic infrared flush sensors also provide video monitoring for security purposes.' (Insert bad joke about bashful bladder syndrome here)."

Europium's Superconductivity Demonstrated 103

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 20 2009, @09:28PM
from the great-new-taste dept.

gabrlknght writes "An old element just learned a new trick under pressure. When cooled and squeezed very hard, the soft metallic element europium turns into a superconductor, allowing electrons to flow unfettered by resistance, a study appearing May 13 in Physical Review Letters shows. The results make europium the 53rd of the 92 naturally occurring elements to possess superconductivity, which, if harnessed, could make for more efficient energy transfer."

Houston Courts Shut Down By Malware 126

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 07 2009, @05:30PM
from the full-employment-for-compsec-types dept.

Conficker is still at it: dstates writes "The municipal courts of Houston were shut down yesterday after a computer virus spread through the courts' computer systems. The shutdown canceled hearings and suspended arrests for minor offenses and is expected to extend through Monday. The disruption affected many city departments, the Houston Emergency Center was briefly disconnected and police temporarily stopped making some arrests for minor offenses. The infection appears to be contained to 475 of the city's more than 16,000 computers, but officials are still investigating. Gray Hat Research, a technology security company, has been brought in on an emergency contract to eradicate the infection. In 2006, the City spent $10M to install a new computer system and bring the Courts online, but the system has been beset by multiple problems. After threatening litigation, the city reached a $5 million settlement with the original vendor, Maximus, and may seek another vendor."

Comment: I usually come in about 15 minutes late... (Score 1, Redundant) 354

by Pallazzio on Saturday January 24 2009, @03:28AM (#26586195) Attached to: How Many Hours Of Work Do You Do Per Workday?

I usually come in about 15 minutes late, through the side door so Lumberg doesn't see me, and then I usually zone out for about an hour. In a given day I'd say I do about 15 minutes of real, actual work.

Record Label Infringes Own Copyright, Site Pulled 282

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 19 2008, @05:49PM
from the wonder-who-filed-the-complaint dept.

AnonCow sends in a peculiar story from TorrentFreak, which describes the plight of a free-download music site that has been summarily evicted from the Internet for violating its own copyright. The problem seems to revolve around the host's insistence that proof of copyright be snail-mailed to them. Kind of difficult when your copyright takes the form of a Creative Commons license that cannot be verified unless its site is up. "The website of an Internet-based record label which offers completely free music downloads has been taken down by its host for copyright infringement, even though it only offers its own music. Quote Unquote Records calls itself 'The First Ever Donation Based Record Label,' but is currently homeless after its host pulled the plug."