Tilzs - Slashdot User

Comment: Sorry, we are going to have to let you go. (Score 5, Funny) 836

by Tilzs on Thursday June 18 2009, @01:24PM (#28377369) Attached to: Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts

It has come to our attention that you lied or omitted information on your employment application. We have found out that you neglected to mention that you registered at creative.com 8 years ago to download some drivers and 3 years ago at dvorak.org/blog when you posted "get of my lawn".

Comment: Re:Seems rather silly (Score 1) 394

by Tilzs on Tuesday April 07 2009, @03:36PM (#27495229) Attached to: Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car

Can I get snow tires for it?

Comment: Do the calcuation where you live (Score 1) 591

by Tilzs on Wednesday January 14 2009, @10:48AM (#26449321) Attached to: Switching To Solar Power — Six Months Later

You can calculate how much solar energy you get per year by using solar radiation data collected by the weather community. http://www.wunderground.com/calculators/solar.html . You can then use this information to do a calculation on what solar panels will do for your particular location.

Comment: Re:Peoples Republic? (Score 1) 609

by Tilzs on Wednesday January 07 2009, @05:13PM (#26364283) Attached to: New Energy Efficiency Rules For TVs Sold In California

And then people complain that the cost of living is so high for low / middle income earners and they need more assistance from the Government. Environmental regulation in the long run costs everyone money. If one is for this sort of thing that requires EVERYONE to change their lifestyle. One can't just demand more money/breaks from the Nanny State because cost of living suddenly increased. Government begets more Government.

Running MS Office 2003 on Linux with Wine 0.9.52-> 0

Submitted by

twickline

on Tuesday January 01 2008, @10:03PM

twickline writes "This is a Office 2003 on Linux with Wine 0.9.52, Guide with lots of nice screenshots and tips. The long standing error"Microsoft Office (Word or Excell) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application" has now been properly fixed as of Wine 0.9.52 in addition to many other fixes and enhancements. If you currently use Office 2003 on Linux via Wine this should be considered as a major upgrade."
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SPAM: Will Gold Save You In Economic Disaster? 0

Submitted by

rinkjustice

on Saturday December 08 2007, @12:01AM

rinkjustice writes "With the real possibility of a US dollar crisis and the implosion of the banking industry and credit markets, is gold really the right investment for survival? And how would you use gold as a medium of exchange for goods and services in a broken economy? Here are some answers."
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A Shocking Report Inside The Ron Paul Conspiracy-> 0

Submitted by

Andrew Malcolm

on Saturday December 01 2007, @03:32PM

Andrew Malcolm writes "A shocking report: Inside the Ron Paul conspiracy Maybe you've heard rumors about an explosive newspaper expose on a major political figure that would rock the political world just as the presidential voting is about to begin... We haven't either. But we do know that today is when this newspaper blows the top off of the Ron Paul Conspiracy, that vast unorganized protest movement that has silently become one of the more interesting political phenomena of the current election season... goto http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/11 to read more"
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Republican CNN/Youtube debate full of plants 7

Submitted by StopKoolaidPoliticsT on Friday November 30 2007, @02:32AM

StopKoolaidPoliticsT writes "Wednesday night, the Republican candidates participated in a debate run by CNN with questions fielded from Youtube. Today, even The NY Times, hardly a bastion of conservatism, is questioning CNN's vetting of the people whose question were chosen. There are at least eight participants who have already been outed as Democratic activists, interns and supporters, the least of which is retired Brig. General Keith Kerr who serves on two of Hillary Clinton's campaign advisory panels and was flown to the debate by CNN to ask a follow-up question live. Was it fair for CNN to frame the Republican debate in terms of Democrat ideology? Should those who would question the candidates at least be honest about who they are everyone knows the full context of the question? Did CNN fulfill its journalistic responsibility?"

Robotic Exoskeleton: Live Demonstration-> 0

Submitted by Anthony Pecorella on Wednesday November 28 2007, @12:15PM

Anthony Pecorella writes "Apparently someone has watched The Matrix: Revolutions a few too many times. Or, to give credit where credit is due, read Heinlein's Starship Troopers a few too many times. The robotic exoskeleton that the military and geeks alike have been drooling over for years is now a reality. While this prototype is still tethered with a power cord, they are apparently not far off from having a fully mobile model. The exoskeleton is quite agile and gives the wearer a significant boost in strength. From the article:

Imagine trying to lift 150 to 200 ammo cans that weigh 72 pounds each onto a pallet. Commanding his exoskelton, Rex does it. In a round robin, lifting 35-pound canisters, several of us — moving as fast as we can — can't keep up. Steve Emero of SARCOS felt so worn out he couldn't keep going. But Rex could.

Lifting 200-pound weights? Piece of cake. Walking up stairs? No problem. Running, walking on heels, prancing, taking on a ramp, the list goes on!

Meshed with exoskeleton, Rex punches a bag with just the right amount of strength. From enough grace to gently play ball, to enough super-power to load a missile on an airplane, exoskeleton does it all.
There is also an excellent video of the exoskeleton in action. Of course, I know everyone thinks "military", but wouldn't this have amazing applications for dock, factory, and construction workers as well?"
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Linux Users Can't Sell On eBay-> 2

Submitted by bobintetley on Tuesday November 27 2007, @05:23PM

bobintetley writes "Many Linux/Firefox users are reporting problems uploading images to eBay. Having tested this myself, it is indeed completely broken. Why eBay would break standard HTTP uploads by using IE specific javascript to "check the file exists" boggles the mind. This problem has been reported to eBay since late October, but so far with no resolution. eBay have since stated that only IE is supported. I guess when you have no real competition you can pull stunts like this."
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