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Comment Re:Because.... (Score 1) 2288

by Zsub (#35890486) Attached to: Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements?

When things are done for the media (documentaries, etc), they are translated into Imperial units, because the majority of the (American) audience would have no idea how big or small of things we were talking about when talking in some strange units they aren't familiar with.

Really? I thought you translated to football fields and the distance to the moon and back, or something. Or Empire State Buildings. And that's only length!

Comment Re:Awesome (Score 1) 53

by Zsub (#35206998) Attached to: The World's Largest Touchscreen
I wouldn't know, but _probably_ something like "d'r goat niks boo'm Grunn" although that would be the city dialect which in the eyes of the people from the province has nothing to do with Gronings. Then again, there are a lot of different local variations, so I'm not even sure Gronings as such even exists :-P

Comment Awesome (Score 0) 53

by Zsub (#35200914) Attached to: The World's Largest Touchscreen
Go Groningen! Best city in the Netherlands! Er gaat niets boven Groningen! (There is nothing better than (litt. above, latt/long-joke combined with language pun) Groningen!)

Comment Re:Distance? (Score 3, Informative) 159

by Zsub (#34184214) Attached to: Dutch ISP Demos Symmetric 100Mbps DOCSIS3
Latency may once have been an issue. I ping to AMS-IX from Groningen (Netherlands) in less than 10 ms. Usually some 5-7 ms. I use a Ziggo connection (former @Home) and have never been so satisfied with performance. Only my previous ISP could match speed and latency. That was the university using ethernet and fiber connected to the educational backbone.
Biotech

Chip Allows Blind People To See 231

Posted by samzenpus from the bionic-eye dept.
crabel writes "3 blind people have been implanted with a retinal chip that allowed them to see shapes and objects within days of the procedure. From the article: 'One of the patients surprised researchers by identifying and locating objects on a table; he was also able to walk around a room unaided, approach specific people, tell the time from a clock face, and describe seven different shades of gray in front of him.'"
Businesses

Submission + - Can Google be considered a Monopoly? (tekgoblin.com)

Submitted by tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes: A monopoly is defined as "the exclusive posssession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service" does Google fall under this definition? You decide.

Submission + - Printer pushing to non-domain users on wifi 1

Submitted by mederbil
mederbil writes: We have a client who want to have a printer available to the general public over a wireless network (secured). Network is a domain, but they don’t want these wireless users on the domain. Basically, Joe Blow walks into the office, connects to the wireless network and then has the ability to easily add the specified printer to his laptopCan this be done easily (no drivers to worry about and fancy configurations)? Remember this will need to be set up for non-technical people.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Induction cooktop fun

Submitted by fishfrys
fishfrys writes: Besides generating heat quickly and efficiently in ferromagnetic pans, what sorts of fun things can you do with an induction cooktop? This seems like a pretty serious piece of electromagnetic equipment — boiling water can't be the only thing it's good for. I went to youtube expecting to find all sorts of crazy videos of unsafe induction cooktop shenanigans, but only found cooking. What sort of exciting, if not stupid, physics experiments can be performed with one? Hard drive scrubber... DIY Tesla coil? There's got to be something. Thanks.
Power

Submission + - TFETs as an alternative to MOSFTs in CMOS chips (idg.com.au)

Submitted by
angry tapir
angry tapir writes: "A number of chip manufacturers and European research institutions have banded together to figure out how redesign microprocessors so that they consume less energy when in use and leak less energy when in stand-by mode. Called Steeper, the three-year research project will explore an alternative design to the standard CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) designs used to build virtually all commercially available computer chips today. The new approach will use nanowire-based TFETs (tunnel field effect transistors), as an alternative to the MOSFTs (metal--oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors) used in CMOS chips."

Submission + - The AT&T breach is nothing compared to the Lux

Submitted by Napalm
Napalm writes: The AT&T breach may review email addresses, but the Luxor casino's website reveals much, much more.

Luxor sends out promos all the time. One of the latest promos involves custom URLs that take members to special promos. The problem is that there is no authentication required once you go to the custom URL. You will get the person's name, email address, mailing address, phone number, host's name, membership level, and of course — the special promo.

The URL is in the form of http://xxx.myluxor.com/ where xxx is the person's name. Try your favorite generic names. http://johnsmith.myluxor.com/ , http://michaeljones.myluxor.com/ , and http://amandajones.myluxor.com/ (she has a ton of free play credit!).

Just try various name combos, hit submit on the email address confirmation and you'll see the promo info. Click on Book Now from there, submit the preferences, and you'll see the full user details. There are no security measures to stop you from accessing the data outside of guessing name combinations.
Privacy

Submission + - O2 Network Threatened By Mass Protest (eweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The stability of O2's mobile network could be tested to the limit if a mass protest by O2 users, furious at the scrapping of unlimited data deals, takes place
Google

Submission + - Google Docs' Upgrades Now Live for Everyone (mashable.com)

Submitted by jerryjamesstone
jerryjamesstone writes: Google has recently made a slew of changes to their Docs office and productivity suite live for all users and all new documents. From now on, when you create a new spreadsheet, drawing, presentation or text document in Docs, you’ll be using the snazzy new interface and collaboration features as the default.
Iphone

Submission + - iPhone 4 Up For Pre-Order--Black Only (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by jerryjamesstone
jerryjamesstone writes: Just moments ago, Apple’s latest mobile device was put up for pre-sale on Apple’s Online Store. But as was rumored, it’s only available for pre-order in black. As the store notes, “White iPhone currently unavailable for pre-order or in-store pickup.” They don’t give an estimate as to when the white one will be available, but it will undoubtedly be at some point this Summer.

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