Comment Re:Amps = current, not energy.... (Score 1) 159
About how many amps can I get out of a standard 24oz. can of Mango-flavored Monster Energy drink (with taurine)?
Comment Re:Really? (Score 5, Insightful) 387
There's really a trend in going all "That movie sucks!" against every popular movie, and I'm getting tired of it. It might not be original, and maybe people can say "Oh pocahontas did it first!" but that doesn't change that it was a suspenseful, well-made film with some good points that people could think about.
I would compare it to Star Wars, really. It was an ambitious movie with a cliche plot, passable acting, and very impressive special effects. I enjoyed it in the theaters and now own it on blu-ray. It's not The Usual Suspects, by a long shot, but it is a satisfying movie in its own way.
Comment Re:Reversed Rolls (Score 1) 227
Coed bathrooms sound really great until hot little Lindsay walks in and recognizes your shoes while you're raging on the toilet with PBR beer shits at 150psi.
Comment Um... (Score 1) 363
"If you can get beyond the word airship..."
Why would you want to? Airship is an awesome word.
Wouldn't you like to own a private airship? Call up your buds "hey man, wanna come over and watch the Superbowl? Yeah, we'll be hanging out on the airship. I'm planning on floating in circles over the lake at a few hundred feet. I get a 60 inch flat screen, two kegs, and a party sub. Bring your sister."
Why would you want to? Airship is an awesome word.
Wouldn't you like to own a private airship? Call up your buds "hey man, wanna come over and watch the Superbowl? Yeah, we'll be hanging out on the airship. I'm planning on floating in circles over the lake at a few hundred feet. I get a 60 inch flat screen, two kegs, and a party sub. Bring your sister."
Comment been bettered done THAT quickly??? (Score 5, Funny) 133
Elo-L
Comment We know how this is going to end up, right? (Score 2, Insightful) 115
"Hello. This is automated announcement from Fraternityville. Your friend M-A-L-C-O-M-B request that you send him a one case of beer. The cost is 10 fratbucks. Authorize?"
Submission + - Top Sites Phished- Hulu, Mcafee, NetFlix and Skype
ViciousCritic writes: A demonstration of phishing by using some of the top names of the internet and the domain extensions .co and us.com
Submission + - Feds storing checkpoint body scan images (cnet.com) 2
AHuxley writes: The US Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, that "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded."
It turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images.
The U.S. Marshals Service admitted that it had saved ~35,314 images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.
The images where stored on a Brijot Gen2 machine. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to grant an immediate injunction to stop the TSA's body scanning program.
It turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images.
The U.S. Marshals Service admitted that it had saved ~35,314 images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.
The images where stored on a Brijot Gen2 machine. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to grant an immediate injunction to stop the TSA's body scanning program.
Submission + - Space Internet To Bridge European Digital Divide (eweekeurope.co.uk)
scurtis writes: KA-SAT – the world’s most advanced multi-spot satellite to date – is due to launch from Kazakhstan towards the end of November this year, aboard a Russian Proton rocket. The KA-SAT satellite, developed by Eutelsat and built by EADS Astrium, has 82 independent beams which cover Europe with a mosaic of footprints. It is capable of a maximum of 40Mbps downstream and 20Mbps up, and is said to be able to serve Europe with a “DSL-comparable” broadband service, known as Tooway.
Back in February, the Space Innovation and Growth Team released a report plug claiming that, as well as helping to plug holes in the UK’s internet provision, satellite broadband services could be significantly more energy and carbon efficient than terrestrial fibre or mobile coverage.
Back in February, the Space Innovation and Growth Team released a report plug claiming that, as well as helping to plug holes in the UK’s internet provision, satellite broadband services could be significantly more energy and carbon efficient than terrestrial fibre or mobile coverage.
Submission + - XP to Windows 7 upgrade costs 1,500 USD per PC (theinquirer.net)
mister_dave writes: According to Michael Silver, SVP of Gartner client platforms that figure came together because of the secondary costs from upgrading. "As one example, for a Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade, we assume 10 applications per user in the model and we assume that 15 [per cent] of applications need upgrades at $100 per application and 10 [per cent] need to be replaced at a cost of $200 per application, and this is just for sofware acquisition, not including any labor or migration required. That alone is $250 per PC (10 apps x 0.15 x $100 + 10 app x 0.10 x $200)."
It's not just applications that need to be upgraded, according to Silver. "We also include labor [sic] to do that, project management costs, application testing costs, etc. Remember that the typical organization whose users are administrators on their own PCs have 1 application for every 10 users! This application proliferation causes high costs any time a migration like this needs to be done."
It's not just applications that need to be upgraded, according to Silver. "We also include labor [sic] to do that, project management costs, application testing costs, etc. Remember that the typical organization whose users are administrators on their own PCs have 1 application for every 10 users! This application proliferation causes high costs any time a migration like this needs to be done."
Comment Re:Irony (Score 2, Funny) 220
Wouldn't it be ironic if this solar flare knocks SOHO out of commission?
Only if it were to blow up a bus carrying the Phoenix Suns, on a Sunday.
Comment Re:clarification requested. (Score 5, Funny) 220
sooo are you saying i should check out the sweet sunset that evening, or prepare for oblivion, or put on some sunscreen, or what? i beg your pardon, i'm just not sure what the proper reaction is when a huge coronal mass ejection blasts a magnetic bubble filled with energetic particles at me.
All organic life in the Northern Hemisphere is disintegrated at the subatomic level, Pacific Ocean boils away, Indian Ocean freezes solid, everybody in Uganda gets superpowers.
Comment What wrong with the American university system? (Score -1, Flamebait) 828
Easy. It's filled with too many Americans.
Comment I can figure it out from context clues... (Score 1) 764
"Job one urgency?" Are we playing madlibs?
Coming up with a serious iPad competitor should be job two ennui, at least.
Coming up with a serious iPad competitor should be job two ennui, at least.
Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 396
Oh my god, thank you for that. Hilarious.
