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Comment: Not exactly a sport, but... (Score 1) 47

by Tirs (#36578750) Attached to: Twitter As Realtime Sports Reporter

Well, we are using Twitter to broadcast our Castellers performances, and we know the local and specialised media follow us to get the latest achievements (or failures) as soon as they occur.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, better than explaining in a lot of words I recommend you this video from UNESCO channel in Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iSHfrmGdyo

Each group has a "twitter manager" responsible to twit a castle as soon as we finish it, one way or the other (and, just in case someone asks: no, we don't twit them from up there: we need both hands and all the concentration for the castle!)

Comment: Re:WARNING! SPY DETECTED! (Score 1) 121

by Tirs (#36237170) Attached to: New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine

Of course! One thing is a good coffee, which is dark brown, creamy, aromatic and (to my taste) with a hint of sourness, and the other is a black, bitter coffee which usually hides the lack of real aroma with a strong bitterness and smell of "toasted" more than roasted.

So, finally UKers got decent coffee? That's good news!

But... do you agree that our Anonymous Coward above is an undercover agent? No geek would claim that "Caffeine is bad" or compare it with alcohol!

Comment: WARNING! SPY DETECTED! (Score 1) 121

by Tirs (#36236776) Attached to: New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine

Okay, pal. Where did you come from? RIAA? MPAA? SGAE? Spit it!
You are obviously somebody from the Other Side in an undercover job, trying to bomb /. from inside. Definitely NOT a geek.

In a related note, I drink 2-3 espressos a day, just because I like the strong taste of the carefully roasted beans. And I'm not addicted at all: when I travel to non-coffee countries like England or Japan (we continental Europeans don't call that crap "coffee" but rather "mopping water"), I have no side effects at all: I just live without coffee for two or more weeks.

The U.S. was in the "no coffee" list a few years ago, but looks like some areas are finally discovering REAL coffee (i.e. espresso).

Comment: Re:RUN FOR YOU LIVES !! (Score 1) 203

by Tirs (#36044970) Attached to: Multiplatform Java Botnet Spotted In the Wild

Guys, guys... He did it intentionally as part of the IRONY! If he were really mistaking pi for e, he wouldn't be able to type the word "slashdot" in his browser to access this website.
His message here (not that I necessarily concur) is: "User 2.7182 is so stupid that he put this number as his username believing it was pi!"

Science

Developed RC vehicle propelled with pop can rings->

Submitted by Tirs
Tirs writes "Don't know what to do with these annoying rings which come out of the cans of your favorite pop beverage? Well, your problem is over: A group of students and teachers of The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya have developed a toy RC car which uses the rings from pop cans as a propeller. The car, named 'dAlh2Orean', can reach 30 km/h (18.6mph) and a range of 40Km (24.8miles). The engine works with the hydrogen generated by putting the aluminium in contact with sodium hydroxide (AKA caustic soda). They claim it's a totally clean system and it closes the aluminium lifecycle. The system has enhancements like treating the hydrogen with Silicagel to extract humidity and thus improve effiency, or cleaning the residual hydroxide with a filter based on vinegar and water.
(NOTE: Link to the article in Catalan, but the picture is cool anyway)."

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Technology

Penthouse Bringing Porn To European 3-D TV->

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes "Technology has always driven innovation in the porn industry. 3D TV is no exception. This time it's Penthouse, and they want to bring you porn on a 3D satellite TV channel.

The channel will launch on March 1. It will include full 3-D, native HD and will refresh every 30 hours. Programming that includes soft core and hard core feeds. It will be available on a daily basis from 11:00 pm until 5:00 am Greenwich Mean Time on ASTRA 3B, 23, 5 Degrees East."

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Data Storage

Intel Unveils SSDs with 6Gbit/sec Through->

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CWmike
CWmike writes "Intel announced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) on Monday that are based on the serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 specification, which doubles I/O throughput compared to previous generation SSDs. Using the SATA 3.0 specs, Intel's new 510 Series gets 6Gbit/sec. performance and thus can take full advantage of the company's transition to higher speed 'Thunderbolt' SATA bus interfaces on the recently introduced second generation Intel Core processor platforms. Supporting data transfers of up to 500MB/sec, the Intel SSD 510 doubles the sequential read speeds and more than triples the sequential write speeds of Intel's SATA 2.0 SSDs. The drives offer sequential write speeds of up to 315MB/sec."
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Crime

FBI activates electronic posse to go after rapist ->

Submitted by coondoggie
coondoggie writes "The FBI today said it helped activate a website and pinged its network of digital billboards with new wanted signs in an effort to nab a nasty criminal it calls the east coast rapist.

The FBI posted a new wanted poster across electronic billboards in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, where the attacks and attempts have occurred, as well as in New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. A website, eastcoastrapist.com, went live to publicize the case and collect tips on the case."

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