Comment Re:Killer feature. (Score 1) 314
Here ya go. I used this to power my G1 while I was down in the Grand Canyon this summer.
http://www.scosche.com/products/productID/1905
There was no T-Mo signal, but was using the GPS.
Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons 142
Lanxon writes "An architecture and design firm called Choi+Shine has submitted a design for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition which proposes giant human-shaped pylons carrying electricity cables across the country's landscape, reports Wired. The enormous figures would only require slight alterations to existing pylon designs, says the firm, which was awarded an Honorable mention for its design by the competition's judging board. It also won an award from the Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture competition."
Man Takes Up Internal Farming 136
RockDoctor writes "'A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.' Just that summary should tell you enough to work out most of the rest of the details, but it does raise a number of questions unaddressed by the article: How did the pea roots deal with the patient's immune system? What would have happened if the situation had continued un-treated? I bet the guy has a career awaiting him in PR for a pea-growing company."
Inmates Escape As Guard Plays Plants Vs. Zombies 87
dotarray writes "Everybody knows that there's a certain risk one takes when playing addictive, engrossing games can be trouble when you're meant to be doing something else. The prevalence of awesome games on the iPhone hasn't helped that risk. A Plants Vs. Zombies loving police officer has learned this the hard way after an escape."
Comment Re:Get ready to Bend over America (Score 2, Interesting) 410
"People get confused about Net neutrality," Schmidt said. "I want to make sure that everybody understands what we mean about it. What we mean is that if you have one data type, like video, you don't discriminate against one person's video in favor of another. It's OK to discriminate across different types...There is general agreement with Verizon and Google on this issue..."
And what if Verizon decides to prioritize a particular type of data that Google just so happens to use a lot of, at the expense of slowing down other types of data like P2P traffic?
Verizon: We'll speed up latency-sensitive data streams, like online video.
Google: What a coincidence! YouTube uses that kind of data.
Hulu: Hey, our users use video too.
Verizon: Ah, but that's not the kind of video we're prioritizing.
PirateBay: Torrent traffic seem to be almost completely blocked.
Verizon: Quiet, you.
Comment Re:What a schmuck. (Score 5, Funny) 680
It's a
Comment Re:The E-cigs aren't exactly GOOD for your lungs.. (Score 1) 790
Like traditional "analog" cigarettes, the vast majority of the "smoke" is water vapor.
Comment Re:Late to the party (Score 1) 211
I rooted my G1 for wifi tether, which I believe is still a root-only function, and to work on a little WEP hacking app.
A stock Android phone is still a ways from a real Linux computer, even on parts that have little if nothing to do with the actual cellular phone functions of the device.
Comment Late to the party (Score 1) 211
Tethering is awesome, as many non-iPhone smartphone users have known for years.
I used to tether my Sprint Treo with PDANet, when I swore I'd never pay Comcast another red cent. My sister uses PDANet on her G1 to avoid signing up for an internet connection she doesn't use much, and I used my rooted G1 to look up geocaches on the road from my g/f's laptop. The rooting process is pretty painless now, so I'd imagine that it's just a matter of time before the telcos start clamping down with usage caps.
Comment Re:The solution.. (Score 1) 484
'Irregardless' is a double negative and is thusly illogical by construction
Thusly is not a word either. Thus is already an anderb, so adding the "ly" suffix to the end doesn't make sense.
Comment Re:fmt (Score 5, Insightful) 831
People will read a piece of code more times than they will write it, so it makes sense to optimize for readability. Besides, I end up autocompleting most type/method names in the IDE anyway.
Comment Re:Might I be the first (Score 4, Funny) 675
And the Internet connection required to make any of that less than worthless come from where exactly?
My neighbor's WEP-protected access point.
Comment G1 owners left out in the cold (Score 1) 121
There's a lot of speculation that T-Mobile G1 owners might not get the update, which would suck.
Comment If you're too lazy to RTFA... (Score 5, Informative) 216
Just look at the pics. Changing the name of the executable changed the results dramatically. The driver is apparently detecting when it's running a 3DMark (or some other specific apps) and switches to some other mode to boost its scores/FPS markings.
Comment Re:One sentence that summarized it all for me (Score 1) 598
Java is still widely used for teaching, but it's turning into the 21st century Pascal: used for teaching but loathed for real work by people who have a choice.
Beg yer pardon?
