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Comment WARNING! SPY DETECTED! (Score 1) 121

by Tirs (#36236776) Attached to: New Bacterium Lives On Caffeine

Okay, pal. Where did you come from? RIAA? MPAA? SGAE? Spit it!
You are obviously somebody from the Other Side in an undercover job, trying to bomb /. from inside. Definitely NOT a geek.

In a related note, I drink 2-3 espressos a day, just because I like the strong taste of the carefully roasted beans. And I'm not addicted at all: when I travel to non-coffee countries like England or Japan (we continental Europeans don't call that crap "coffee" but rather "mopping water"), I have no side effects at all: I just live without coffee for two or more weeks.

The U.S. was in the "no coffee" list a few years ago, but looks like some areas are finally discovering REAL coffee (i.e. espresso).

Comment Re:RUN FOR YOU LIVES !! (Score 1) 203

by Tirs (#36044970) Attached to: Multiplatform Java Botnet Spotted In the Wild

Guys, guys... He did it intentionally as part of the IRONY! If he were really mistaking pi for e, he wouldn't be able to type the word "slashdot" in his browser to access this website.
His message here (not that I necessarily concur) is: "User 2.7182 is so stupid that he put this number as his username believing it was pi!"
Science

Submission + - Developed RC vehicle propelled with pop can rings (ara.cat)

Submitted by Tirs
Tirs writes: Don't know what to do with these annoying rings which come out of the cans of your favorite pop beverage? Well, your problem is over: A group of students and teachers of The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya have developed a toy RC car which uses the rings from pop cans as a propeller. The car, named 'dAlh2Orean', can reach 30 km/h (18.6mph) and a range of 40Km (24.8miles). The engine works with the hydrogen generated by putting the aluminium in contact with sodium hydroxide (AKA caustic soda). They claim it's a totally clean system and it closes the aluminium lifecycle. The system has enhancements like treating the hydrogen with Silicagel to extract humidity and thus improve effiency, or cleaning the residual hydroxide with a filter based on vinegar and water.
(NOTE: Link to the article in Catalan, but the picture is cool anyway).
Technology

Submission + - Penthouse Bringing Porn To European 3-D TV (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes: Technology has always driven innovation in the porn industry. 3D TV is no exception. This time it's Penthouse, and they want to bring you porn on a 3D satellite TV channel.

The channel will launch on March 1. It will include full 3-D, native HD and will refresh every 30 hours. Programming that includes soft core and hard core feeds. It will be available on a daily basis from 11:00 pm until 5:00 am Greenwich Mean Time on ASTRA 3B, 23, 5 Degrees East.
Data Storage

Submission + - Intel Unveils SSDs with 6Gbit/sec Through (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
CWmike
CWmike writes: "Intel announced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) on Monday that are based on the serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 specification, which doubles I/O throughput compared to previous generation SSDs. Using the SATA 3.0 specs, Intel's new 510 Series gets 6Gbit/sec. performance and thus can take full advantage of the company's transition to higher speed 'Thunderbolt' SATA bus interfaces on the recently introduced second generation Intel Core processor platforms. Supporting data transfers of up to 500MB/sec, the Intel SSD 510 doubles the sequential read speeds and more than triples the sequential write speeds of Intel's SATA 2.0 SSDs. The drives offer sequential write speeds of up to 315MB/sec."
Crime

Submission + - FBI activates electronic posse to go after rapist (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie
coondoggie writes: The FBI today said it helped activate a website and pinged its network of digital billboards with new wanted signs in an effort to nab a nasty criminal it calls the east coast rapist.

The FBI posted a new wanted poster across electronic billboards in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, where the attacks and attempts have occurred, as well as in New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. A website, eastcoastrapist.com, went live to publicize the case and collect tips on the case.

Submission + - Cyanobacterium Produces Diesel Directly (dailytech.com) 1

Submitted by olsmeister
olsmeister writes: A Massachusetts based company has developed a form of cyanobacteria that can take water, sunlight, and CO2, and turn it into diesel fuel. Not only that, but they claim they can do it efficiently and at $30 per barrel. They say they can be operating commercially in 2 years.
Ubuntu

Submission + - Jono Bacon Defends Ubuntu's Honor (earthweb.com)

Submitted by inkscapee
inkscapee writes: Jono Bacon takes exception to Bruce Byfield's Ubuntu: Where Did the Love Go?, and in classic Jono fashion using hundreds of words where a few would suffice, asserts that Canonical has good relations with important upstreams such as Debian and Gnome, that any perceived frictions are exaggerated by the tech press, and that Canonical "operating in an environment that is rarely driven by corporate requirements. The vast majority of decisions about what goes into a new Ubuntu release is driven by the community..."

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