Comment Call me cynical, (Score 2, Insightful) 264
I suspect that Dido has cut a check to McCandless. This is great, and probably cheap publicity.
Comment Write Your Own (Score 1) 366
Just code your own virus. You'll know how to remove it. Alternatively, if you are teaching an advanced class as well, have those students write it.
Apple Patents Directional Flash Tech For Cameras 145
tekgoblin writes "A patent application has surfaced that shows Apple's attempts at creating a new way for a flash to work on a camera. The way the new flash works is very intriguing: a user can select a dimly lit area of the photo and the camera will try to illuminate just that area with the flash. The way Apple is attempting to accomplish this is similar to the way the autofocus works on the iPhone 4 where you can touch the screen in certain areas to focus on that area. Instead you will be able to light up that area with the flash. This is accomplished by the camera flash passing through a 'redirector' so the flash can be placed other than directly centered when a photo is taken."
Comment Re:Beware? (Score 2, Interesting) 265
I am afraid of Iris scanning technology, because it MAY give someone an incentive to rip my eyeballs out.
I like my eyeballs.
I like my eyeballs.
Comment Did We Screw Up? (Score 1) 116
Can we at least wait until the US department of commerce significantly screws things up before we go around demanding international treaties?
Comment Re:Manhack (Score 2, Interesting) 124
One of the most terrifying things I've seen in a video game. Whenever I hear something that even vaguely sounds like a manhack, I instinctively spin to face it, and attempt to take out the Crowbar/GravGun.
Comment From the Article (Score 3, Informative) 119
The sound waves produced a mild electrical current of about 50 millivolts. The average cell phone requires a few volts to operate, several times the power this technology can currently produce.
Wrong, so very wrong. Millivolts is not a unit of current, and volts is no unit of power. Nor is power current. I've seen journalists not understanding electrical units before, but never have I seen something quite so wrong as this.
Comment Re:Depends (Score 1) 480
Still, there is nowhere near one LED per pixel. However with my new co-venture with Negroponte, we can make that a reality, join OLPP today.
Comment Re:Depends (Score 1) 480
Are you absolutely certain you have an LED screen, most are CRT or LCD, if you got a LED screen, you would remember it.
Comment It's a Trap (Score 1) 262
`Paid' and `Free' subject to future profitable redefinition.
MPEG LA Announces Permanent Royalty Moratorium For H264 262
vistapwns writes "MPEG LA has announced that free h264 content (vs. paid h264 content which will still have royalties) will be royalty free forever. With ubiquitous h264 support on mobile devices, personal computers and all other types of media devices, this assures that h264 will remain the de facto standard for video playback for the foreseeable future."
Comment Re:Google (Score 1) 327
If the man wants to tilt at windmills, I say let him.
Comment Re:Fine (Score 1) 204
I bet $1 Billion you didn't RTFA.
This is idle, GP didn't read the summary, probably didn't read the title. I know I didn't.
Comment Vampire Plug (Score 1, Interesting) 118
What I really want is a vampire plug that sits on my optic nerve(s) and captures everything I see and records it to a hard drive. I would like it to automatically tag timestamps with my thoughts at the time, but that can wait for version 2.0.
Comment I Have No Car (Score 1) 789
I have no car you insensitive clod.
