Comment Re:Masses reaction (Score 4, Insightful) 202
Of course, Faust's deal with the devil was signed too.
Comment I Have A Soar Provider (Score 1) 334
Everything in my house is "solar" powered in the sense that I have elected a solar provider as my power supplier. (Through de-regulation, supply and delivery are de-coupled in NY and can be purchased separately).
Submission + - Eolas to sue Apple, Google and 23 more (arstechnica.com)
vinodis writes: Company that won $585M from Microsoft sues Apple, Google
The company that won a patent case against Microsoft in 2003 is now using the same patent to go after 23 other companies, including Apple and Google. The USPTO has upheld the patent several times now, so the case may not be as cut and dry as some other patent complaints.
The company that won a patent case against Microsoft in 2003 is now using the same patent to go after 23 other companies, including Apple and Google. The USPTO has upheld the patent several times now, so the case may not be as cut and dry as some other patent complaints.
Comment What Possessed You ... (Score 1) 505
What possessed you to give your SSN to DirectTV?
What possible reason could they have to require that information in the first place, and why would you deal with a business that required it?
Comment Re:Give spam some love! (Score 1) 284
HP sauce
Was that known as Compaq sauce before the merger?
Submission + - Inventor Makes Oil From Recycled Waste
cybermage writes: "An inventor by the name of Frank Pringle has invented a machine that uses microwaves to extract oil from recycled waste. If this sounds like fantasy, think again. He's moved past development and into to production for commercial orders. The machine produces nearly 18 times the energy it requires to run."
Submission + - UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns (apathy.net)
cybermage writes: The NY Times (reg. req.) has a story about UPS using software to dramatically reduce the number of left turns their drivers take. With a fleet of vehicles their size, the time and money saved by pre-planning routes that try to eliminate left turns means big savings.
Submission + - Terry Pratchett has early onset Alzheimer's
JaJ_D writes: According to Paul Kidby's website, Terry Pratchet has been diagonsed with early onset Alzheimer's.
From the site:
would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, which lay behind this year's phantom "stroke".
Jaj
From the site:
would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of early onset Alzheimer's, which lay behind this year's phantom "stroke".
Jaj
Submission + - California Fires An al Qaeda Plot?
cybermage writes: Back in 2003, an al Qaeda suspect in FBI custody discussed just such a plot. Some of the fires are suspected to be arson. Is there any link to the fires set around Syndey, Australia, a few years ago, which were also believed to be set by arsonists?
Journal SPAM: SoCal Burned for Iraq 3
U.S. needs to keep fire tanker funding
Oakland Tribune, Nov 27, 2005
WHILE trying to slash billions of dollars from the federal budget to help cover the costs of the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration wants to cut funding, a move that would ground much of the federal fire-fighting tanker fleet.
This would be a bad idea.
Submission + - Wildfires sweep southern California (miaobaby.com)
miaobaby writes: Smoke from several large wildfires which flared across Southern California on October 21, 2007 is shown in this image taken at 14.50 PDT (21.50 GMT) taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, and released by NASA October 22, show several active fires (outlined in red) northwest of Los Angeles.
Submission + - Firestorm 2.0 - Using Social Media to Track Fires
babooo404 writes: With all of the fires in California today, how are the social services such as Digg, Flickr, YouTube, etc. covering the crisis? Flickr and Wikipedia appear to have the best coverage overall and several local TV stations are using Twitter to get the news out.
Submission + - General Strike Called For 9/11/2007 In U.S.
cybermage writes: Organizers around the U.S. are working to coordinate a General Strike for 9/11/2007. Their reasoning is as follows: "Since the tragic events of 9/11/01, America has fallen under a spell of fear and deception. The government peddles lies and steadily chips away at our democratic rights. Hundreds of thousands have been killed in the Iraq war — mostly civilians. Torture, surveillance, tyranny, empire. Many of us can recognize the fascistic direction of this government. But what do we do?"
Submission + - Gonzales Resigns
cybermage writes: "With an announcement scheduled for this morning, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned.
CNN has the story of Gonzales' resignation as the culmination of a process began when nine U.S. Attorneys were dismissed for seemingly political reasons.
CNN believes Bush will move to replace Gonzales with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. It is unclear whether he will formally nominate him or take advantage of what remains of a congressional recess to put him in office directly."
Submission + - Google To Add Overlay Ads To YouTube Videos (nytimes.com)
cybermage writes: The New York Times (registration likely required) has a report on Google's plans to recoup its $1.65 billion investment in You Tube. Borrowing a move from television networks, Google will introduce advertising that overlays the bottom fifth of the video starting at the 15 second mark. Are they going to kill the goose that has so far laid a giant goose egg for their bottom line?
