Comment: Re:Pigs in space! (Score 1) 425
Yea, the old Louis Grizzard joke:
My Grandmother thought the moon landing was fake, and wrestling was real.
Comment: Bring it on! (Score 1) 307
I'd love to see the studios asses handed to them by something like this.
+ - Ask Slashdot: Should I consider a Kickstarter (or other) campaign?->
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DidgetMaster writes "I have over 25 years experience writing data management solutions — file system drivers (DOS, Windows, OS/2), disk utilities (PartitionMagic, Drive Image), custom file systems and online backup to the cloud. I have invented a revolutionary new data management system that is build from the ground up (block-based management, I/O, and cache). It has a great feature set and it can replace existing file systems and many database solutions. The architecture has distributed properties that will enable it to compete with Hadoop, CouchDB, MongoDB, and other "Big Data" NoSql solutions. A few friends and I are now two years into its development and we have a lot of the features working. It is blazingly fast and is designed to appeal to everyday consumers as well as large enterprises (it scales really well).
My problem: I have run out of seed money (self-funded) and I need to raise capital to get the rest of the features finished in a reasonable time. Most of the finished features are necessary for a consumer product, but the enterprise features need the most work. I am considering starting a Kickstarter (or other crowd-funding) campaign to raise the funds. That can be a good way to get cash without having to give up a huge chunk of equity. On the other hand, if we get a bunch of regular users that need to be supported it may take our focus off the enterprise features (the most fun stuff). If we can find an angel investor, we can work undistracted and get a good enterprise product out in about a year. Anyone wanting to know more can find info and links to video demonstrations at http://didgetmaster.blogspot.com/
What do you think is the best route to raise the funds?"
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My problem: I have run out of seed money (self-funded) and I need to raise capital to get the rest of the features finished in a reasonable time. Most of the finished features are necessary for a consumer product, but the enterprise features need the most work. I am considering starting a Kickstarter (or other crowd-funding) campaign to raise the funds. That can be a good way to get cash without having to give up a huge chunk of equity. On the other hand, if we get a bunch of regular users that need to be supported it may take our focus off the enterprise features (the most fun stuff). If we can find an angel investor, we can work undistracted and get a good enterprise product out in about a year. Anyone wanting to know more can find info and links to video demonstrations at http://didgetmaster.blogspot.com/
What do you think is the best route to raise the funds?"
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+ - Long Duration Space flight may be hazardous to your brain->
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hypercube24 writes "High energy cosmic rays are very difficult to shield against. Long duration space flights may cause changes in the brain which are similar to those seen with Alzheimer. Not encouraging for the intelligence of our Astronauts once they reach their objectives. bb"
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+ - School that spent £500,000 giving its pupils iPads says half are now broke->
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Frankie70 writes "A school which gave out iPads to every pupil in hope of improving their education has admitted that just a year later half the costly devices have been broken.
Honywood Community Science School dished out iPad2 tablets to its 1,200 pupils a year ago, at vast cost to the taxpayer.
Apple, the manufacturer of iPads, is said to be aggressively targeting the school market and at the time headteachers were accused of ‘falling for a gimmick’."
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Honywood Community Science School dished out iPad2 tablets to its 1,200 pupils a year ago, at vast cost to the taxpayer.
Apple, the manufacturer of iPads, is said to be aggressively targeting the school market and at the time headteachers were accused of ‘falling for a gimmick’."
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Comment: Re:Kind of silly (Score 1) 100
I think it's called "fiddling while rome burns"
Comment: When? (Score 1) 166
is all of this going to reach critical mass and blow up in their faces???
Comment: Re:Truly a 1st world problem (Score 1) 242
Well, the FAA does know.
All of our aircraft have switched from paper approach and in-route plates to iPads over the last 2 years. They even have weight and balance, fuel use, etc. apps.
These are small jets, BeechJet, Hawker 800 sized planes. And with 2 iPads in each cockpit I'm sure we would have seen a problem by now.
Comment: Re:Nice photo of the building (Score 1) 60
Looks like an acid trip.
Comment: Extinct? (Score 2, Insightful) 121
If there was a captive population all along how could the species be extinct?
Good job editors.
Comment: Re:Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score 3, Funny) 375
Just wait till they start hiding under your bed with chainsaws.
Comment: Re:Caps in Belgium (Score 1) 348
Damn, that's good.
Mind if I reuse it?
Comment: Re:Well that's okay (Score 2) 650
Understandable mistake.
The Javanese kinda look like the Japanese.
Comment: Re:vice president for worldwide content protection (Score 1) 214
I wasn't really thinking gas chamber exactly equals ripped song.
I was trying to show that when Godwin's Law kicks in the discussion is affectingly over.
Comment: Re:vice president for worldwide content protection (Score 4, Insightful) 214
Ah, you had me there till Godwin's Law struck.
Gas Chamber = Ripped song?