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+ - Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB2526954)-> 0

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mim

on Thursday April 21, 2011 @01:43AM

mim writes "After receiving & installing an update notification from "Microsoft?" for KB2526954 my Vista laptop experienced a "black screen," & I needed to restore. MS does not have any information on their site about this "upgrade," although it appeared exactly similar to those recently. Can anyone shine some light on this "Silverlight" upgrade?"
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Comment: Hands used his Feet for Feats (Score 1) 1

by mim on Saturday April 09, 2011 @06:55AM (#35766504) Attached to: ALS sufferer used legs to contribute last patch

Simply amazing. I'm in awe of the power of his spirit. http://www.adrianhandssociety.com/

+ - ALS sufferer used legs to contribute last patch-> 1

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krkhan

on Saturday April 09, 2011 @06:17AM

krkhan writes "This is a little old but seeing as it didn't make it to /. at the time I think it deserves a headline now. Adrian Hands was suffering from ALS and had lost motor skills when he used his legs to type in Morse code and fix a 9 year old bug in Gnome. The patch was submitted three days before he passed away."
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+ - "Superbug" Bacteria Found in Tap Water-> 0

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ubermiester

on Friday April 08, 2011 @01:36PM

ubermiester writes "Bacteria containing an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” gene have been found in 2 of 51 tap water samples in New Delhi ... according to a report published Thursday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. ... A team from Cardiff University in Britain found the gene, NDM-1, in 11 different types of bacteria, including those that cause cholera and dysentery."
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Comment: Re:Simple (Score 1) 130

by mim on Friday March 25, 2011 @06:45PM (#35617688) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Gadgets Would You Use For Hunting Meteorites?

Insightful? Wait, what? Who's modding this? This is funny!

Comment: My Aunt Betsey (Score 1) 130

by mim on Friday March 25, 2011 @06:34PM (#35617588) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Gadgets Would You Use For Hunting Meteorites?

If those meteorites were trying to hide she'd find them in less than a heartbeat.

Comment: Good Question (Score 1) 1

by mim on Monday March 21, 2011 @05:04AM (#35557120) Attached to: Why isn't more of the Web using HTTPS?

Why isn't /. using HTTPS as well?

+ - Why isn't more of the Web using HTTPS?-> 1

Submitted by

JDRucker

on Monday March 21, 2011 @12:04AM

JDRucker writes "You wouldn't write your username and passwords on a postcard and mail it for the world to see, so why are you doing it online? Every time you log in to Twitter, Facebook or any other service that uses a plain HTTP connection that's essentially what you're doing."
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+ - Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage'-> 2

Submitted by schwit1 on Friday March 18, 2011 @07:16PM

schwit1 writes "This extraordinarily intimate account of the 1967 death of a Russian cosmonaut appears in a new book, Starman, by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, to be published next month. The authors base their narrative principally on revelations from a KGB officer, Venymin Ivanovich Russayev, and previous reporting by Yaroslav Golovanov in Pravda. This version — if it's true — is beyond shocking."
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Comment: Direction (Score 1) 2

by mim on Monday March 14, 2011 @01:32PM (#35481702) Attached to: Happy Birthday Albert Einstein

Maybe if our parents had shown each of us a compass early in life we could all have aspired to greater things! Happy Birthday Albert!

+ - Happy Birthday Albert Einstein 2

Submitted by adeelarshad82 on Monday March 14, 2011 @12:57PM

adeelarshad82 writes "Since we're celebrating things, let's not overlook Albert Einstein's 132nd birthday. We all the know the hair, his goofy sense of humor, the relationship between energy, mass, and light, plus it's safe to say that we all have a decent understanding of his theory of relativity. So to celebrate his birthday and get to know the man better, here are a few things we didn't know about him."

+ - Man hacks time square's video screens-> 1

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RichiH

on Monday March 14, 2011 @11:26AM

RichiH writes "If what a man going by the name of BITcrash44 claims is true, a lot of video screens will soon be displaying content no one designed them to. In related news, expect many people to find out who Rick Astley is very soon."
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Comment: Missing Option: (Score 1) 316

by mim on Saturday March 12, 2011 @11:06AM (#35463810) Attached to: DNA samples should be on record for...

Scott Walker.

Comment: Rose Seeds? (Score 1) 242

by mim on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @09:28PM (#35295964) Attached to: Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted

Moses supposes his toses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously, Moses he knowes his toeses aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.

+ - NIST puts nail in the Mercury thermometer-> 0

Submitted by coondoggie on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @01:51PM

coondoggie writes "The venerable Mercury thermometer has been on its way out for a number of years and the National Institute of Standards and Technology next month may give it a final push.

On March 1, NIST said it will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end of an era at NIST, which has provided the service since the doors opened in 1901. In fact NIST itself at one point had a stockpile of more than 8,000 industrial-use mercury thermometers hidden away in drawers."
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