Comment Re:Attention all personnel (Score 3, Interesting) 530
I just tried in all sections. I ended up leaving a message with the Gov.
Perhaps the webmaster didn't know anything about web programming?
Comment Re:73 years old? (Score 1) 203
I actually did RTFA, and I thought it would be beneficial to do this clinic on a younger person for two reasons, both humanitarian, and scientific.
How would doing a clinical trial on someone who would benefit more be detracting on the study?
Sorry for ruining your image of /. not RTFAs.
Comment 73 years old? (Score 5, Interesting) 203
I would have imagined they would want a subject that would live for longer (average) so that they could continue to have studies about long-term use and wear on the eye socket.
That being said, I'm glad progress is being made, and look forward to my own cybor...er replacement eye.
Comment Re:looks like it may be (Score 3, Insightful) 212
Probably not. Tigger removes adware/spyware, and not all spyware even then. Viruses are different than your typical spyware.
There's a whole host of things that are different than spyware that I'm not going to clarify, but don't go around thinking Tigger is some sort of anti-virus because it's not.
Comment Out of copyright monopoly? (Score 5, Insightful) 271
I don't even see how this is possible. If a work isn't copyright, then anyone can publish it without paying royalties.
I'm not sure how a company can make a business off of that alone, or how that can be construed to be a "monopoly."
This is simply put, an article solely put out there to rile readers.
Comment Global Weirding, not warming. (Score 2, Informative) 397
It's been classified more as "global weirding" rather than "Global Warming." Where I am from, it's freezing cold, and has had colder weather here than we normally have.
But you can't just speculate and attribute these weather storms to global whatever. They have and will continue to happen regardless.
A Real Bill Gates Rant 293
lou ibmix XI submitted an
email written by Bill Gates a few years ago and turned over to the feds as part of the government's antitrust case. Great quotes like 'Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable?' and 'The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind.' We like to think of him as an abstract, but I think this is interesting stuff. Also, this might seem familiar. Oops.
Comment Re:The cameras do nothing (Score 1) 311
Camera's do not do much of anything to prevent crime. It just lets the police have evidence.
Comment Re:Mere mortals need mroe toy budget (Score 1) 207
Obviously he needs to overclock his SSD. That would be epic.
Comment Re:What is this "UNIX" you speak of... (Score 1) 450
Actually, you ask the average adult working in the real world what Linux is, you'll get a "I don't know, what is it?," and a quizzical look.
Comment Re:Why they care (Score 1) 167
Because they might be able to sue the pants off any manufacturer that uses the term?
Comment Re:Equal Protection? (Score 1) 397
Now I argue that if you receive kickbacks or run a Ponzi scheme that loses 1.2 million you have done as much damage as if you walked out and killed a man on the street but the damage is distributed across more people.
I argue that a human life is more than just the money involved.
Comment Mandatory time (Score 1) 281
Some companies mandate that a certain percentage of their employee's time should be dedicated to innovation. I know one that does is J. M. Smuckers (I believe).
They mandate 15% of their time. Those who want to innovate can, and those who don't, get some time off, which improves their morale. Win-Win.
Comment Re:Dear Slashdot, (Score -1, Offtopic) 202
No.
Comment Re:Who thought it was a good idea... (Score 1) 459
Bill Gates went to Harvard. You have to be fairly smart to get into it at all..
