Comment Re:just sayin' (Score 3, Interesting) 425
Windows 7 is GREAT for DAWs. ReWireing Reason 5 into Live 8 without a hitch, couldn't do that on XP.
Comment Pour it where?? (Score 2) 96
From TFA:
"They advised users to pour the solvent on "dry sand, earth, or ashes at a safe distance from occupied areas" to promote evaporation."
Wouldn't pouring it on porous materials cause it to get absorbed and not promote evaporation at all?
Basic physics would imply that to promote evaporation you'd want as large a surface to air ratio as possible, or am I doing it wrong?
"They advised users to pour the solvent on "dry sand, earth, or ashes at a safe distance from occupied areas" to promote evaporation."
Wouldn't pouring it on porous materials cause it to get absorbed and not promote evaporation at all?
Basic physics would imply that to promote evaporation you'd want as large a surface to air ratio as possible, or am I doing it wrong?
Comment Re:NYSE is more lucrative (Score 1) 376
The state always makes money. It's just that there's a second player here who knows the system and has a good chance of winning too.
Comment Re:That's what you get for exploiting your citizen (Score 1) 376
I was in one of the last high school classes in Florida to get Bright Futures, a scholarship that gives either 75% or 100% towards tuition in Florida schools.
They're cutting education, because, pffft, who needs it, right?
They're cutting education, because, pffft, who needs it, right?
Comment Re:Remember, remember (Score 1) 247
In many countries . is used like , in the USA.
Comment Re:Virus (Score 1) 322
Political Campaigns?
Hey maybe instead of ads they'll start printing out money for us so we vote for them!
Hey maybe instead of ads they'll start printing out money for us so we vote for them!
Comment Re:Won't go anywhere thanks to IP Law (Score 2) 322
I can imagine PirateBay hosting torrents for 3D printer 'blueprints'.
Then those "Would you steal a car?!?1/! You shouldn't pirate videos then!" commercials to actually be logically sound.
Then those "Would you steal a car?!?1/! You shouldn't pirate videos then!" commercials to actually be logically sound.
Comment Re:Hello IRS (Score 1) 384
Whatever country the person selling resides in will be in charge of taxing said person presumably.
Doesn't HAVE to be the IRS.
Comment Re:And of course (Score 2) 216
Only in California though.
Comment Re:Why does every story about US politics.... (Score 1) 844
You also forget that the Republicans HAVE to be Obama contrarians, even when he's spewing their own far right bullshit.
e.g.
Republicans: We should bring democracy to the people of Libya!
Obama: Send in the troops!
Republicans: Are you mad? We can't afford another war!
Comment Re:The best part... (Score 1) 844
Sad but true. The liberal vs. conservative push and pull only exists to distract us from the real elephant in the room, class warfare.
Submission + - Goodbye Linux 2.6, Hello Linux 3.0 (linuxplanet.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Linux 3.0 ushers in the third decade of Linux as Red Hat, SUSE and Oracle all push to advance their Linux efforts.
Submission + - Google plays the closed-open game with OK Go video (extremetech.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Curiously, despite being a major champion for HTML5, Google's latest Chrome music video — a masterpiece featuring geek rockers OK Go and interpretive dance troupe Pilobolus — doesn't work with any other browser. If Microsoft's IE Test Drive can be designed to work across every browser, why can't Google?
Does anyone remember when Apple created its 'HTML5 Showcase' which only worked in Safari? (http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/06/1344256/Apples-HTML5-and-Standards-Gallery-Not-Standard)
Does anyone remember when Apple created its 'HTML5 Showcase' which only worked in Safari? (http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/06/1344256/Apples-HTML5-and-Standards-Gallery-Not-Standard)
Submission + - OK Go goes HTML5. (nytimes.com) 1
edumacator writes: The YouTube sensation OK Go has just released their latest video using HTML5. The video is pretty cool itself, but the interactive feature is great.
OK Go premieres their latest video “All Is Not Lost,” which includes an interactive HTML5 version.
Submission + - Cryogenics founder is now Patient #106 (digitaljournal.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Digital Journal reports that Robert Ettinger, the pioneer of cryogenics, died last Saturday after several weeks of health problems; his body will be preserved frozen in liquid nitrogen at -196C with the hope that medical technology will allow him to continue living.
