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Meet Ray Robson, America's youngest grandmaster-> 0

Submitted by dspkable on Monday June 14 2010, @03:33PM

dspkable writes "In October, two weeks before his 15th birthday, Ray Robson of Clearwater became the youngest chess grandmaster in the country, stomping a record once held by Bobby Fischer. The World Chess Federation says Robson, whose father teaches at SPC, is playing the best chess of his life and is 15th best among all players nationwide."
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Comment: Minnesota Dept of Human Rights? (Score 1, Insightful) 59

by dspkable on Monday June 14 2010, @11:45AM (#32566688) Attached to: "Ladies Night" Declared Illegal In Minnesota

This was a human rights issue? Really? Man is it boring up there in Minnesota, and with this rule, it just got even more boring. State motto: "Are you sure you want to live in Minnesota?"

Comment: Sounds like Rod Blagojevich strikes again (Score 1) 123

by dspkable on Monday June 14 2010, @10:39AM (#32565776) Attached to: The White House Listed On Real Estate Website

First it's his Senate seat, then he tries to sell Obama's house right out from under him. Cold-blooded :)

Hey, I was watchign that! 0

Submitted by dspkable on Thursday May 27 2010, @07:58AM

dspkable writes "We’ve all experienced a TV show getting canceled that was starting to draw us in, but didn’t have the ratings to support it on the “Big 3” networks (4 if you count Fox.) Whether you were into Family Guy before everyone one else was ROFL about it, or begging your friends to watch ‘Better Off Ted’ like I am. “Save your Show” websites that probably do little or to no good melting a TV executives heart. So in this age of social media, how do you keep your show from being canceled or raising its ratings. Shouldn’t there a be a place where good niche shows can go to live on and gain a following. Maybe, a place called the internet?"

Comment: and if I develop a game... (Score 1) 103

by dspkable on Monday April 26 2010, @12:31PM (#31986206) Attached to: How Nintendo's Mario Got His Name

So if I develop a video game, you can be sure the protagonist will be named:"that B@#ch in apartment 1-A"

Comment: If body and brain weight class accounted for? (Score 1) 36

by dspkable on Monday October 19 2009, @01:52PM (#29797827) Attached to: Chessboxing Storming the Athletic World

I would love to play chess and I would like to box. I think making weight would always be the toughest part of training since sitting on your behind for chess makes it hard to lose water weight.

Comment: Great to keep your Risk armies in place (Score 1) 162

by dspkable on Monday October 19 2009, @11:20AM (#29795467) Attached to: Surfacescapes D&D Demo

I think it be great to have a platform to download board games and expand upon their functionality like this, but the price tag would be huge for such a tabletop. At least you wouldn't have to clean up the pieces or worry about the cat knocking over your armies in a game like Risk :)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Changes Focus To KVM -> 0

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dspkable

on Thursday September 03 2009, @02:41PM

dspkable writes ""Red Hat announced Wednesday the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, a new major point update of the company's popular commercial Linux distribution. This version introduces official support for KVM and marks an important milestone in Red Hat's gradual transition away from Xen. Over the past few years, Red Hat's allegiances have shifted towards KVM for reasons that are likely both technical and political. XenSource, the company behind Xen, was acquired by Citrix in late 2007. The close ties between Citrix and Microsoft could potentially have created some challenges for Red Hat."
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Comment: But that's the song name?!? (Score 5, Funny) 451

by dspkable on Wednesday August 26 2009, @03:38PM (#29207743) Attached to: US Fed Gov. Says All Music Downloads Are Theft

So what if the name of the song is "THAT'S STEALING!". Sales will skyrocket for that band.

Sorry For the Detainment, Here's a Laptop 218

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday June 02 2009, @01:22PM
from the fair-is-fair dept.

A select group of 17 Uighur Muslims held in Guantánamo, and waiting for a nation to grant them asylum are getting laptops and web training from the US military. Their web training will take place in a virtual computer lab the military has set up. The lessons will be limited to DVD language training as well as a basic users skill — set to help in any future employment options. Nury Turkel, an Uighur rights activist, said the training would help the men "be reintroduced into a modern society," adding that it "also would give hope to the men that their freedom is nearing." This special group already gets to order fast food and use a phone booth for weekly calls. I think the government is on to something here. Nothing keeps a man pacified like an occasional phone call, a cheeseburger, and surfing for a little porn.