Comment Re:You lost me at vim (Score 5, Funny) 531
Actually, that reminds me, I was meaning to ask on Slashdot if anyone has any advice as to which is the better editor, Vi or Emacs.
I'd love to know.
Comment Re:Chatroulette Failed (Score 5, Funny) 137
The document estimates that between 3% and 11% of the Yahoo webcam imagery harvested by GCHQ contains "undesirable nudity".
But what percentage was desirable nudity?
Comment 'If you're under 40, you've not seen this stuff (Score 5, Funny) 684
Rubbish.
The Day after Tomorrow was released in 2004.
Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US 684
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Reuters reports that the Midwestern United States is shivering through the region's lowest temperatures in twenty years as forecasters warn that life-threatening cold is heading eastward as a polar vortex of freezing Arctic weather sweeps across the United States. 'The coldest temperatures in almost two decades will spread into the northern and central U.S. today behind an arctic cold front,' says the National Weather Service. 'Combined with gusty winds, these temperatures will result in life-threatening wind chill values as low as 60 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit/minus 51 degrees Celsius).' The coldest temperature reported in the lower 48 states on Sunday was minus 40 F (-40 C) in the towns of Babbitt and Embarrass, Minnesota. Meteorologists warn that the wind-chill factor could make it feel twice as cold, causing frostbite to exposed parts of the body within minutes. Eleven people have already died in weather-related incidents in the past week, including a 71-year-old woman with Alzheimer's who wandered from her home in upstate New York and was found frozen to death only 100m away. Polar vortexes occur seasonally at the North Pole, and their formation resembles that of hurricanes in more tropical regions: fast-moving winds build up around a calm center. Unlike a hurricane, these are frigid polar winds, circling the Arctic at more than 100 miles per hour. The spinning winds typically trap this cold air in the Arctic. But the problem comes when the polar vortex weakens or splits apart, essentially flinging these cold wind patterns out of the Arctic and into our backyards. 'All the ingredients are there for a near-record or historic cold outbreak,' says meteorologist Ryan Maue. 'If you're under 40, you've not seen this stuff before.'"
Comment Re:An Eternity of Torment, I ope (Score 2) 283
"I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work – for example a lawnmower."
The Kalashnikov Lawnmower. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to cut every motherf***ing blade of grass in the garden, accept no substitutes.
Comment Well... (Score 1) 381
The files are stored on the ISS, and can only be unlocked by a direct laser link communication channel.
Isn't that obvious?
Comment Fuck pigeons * (Score 2) 209
Bring back a mammoth.
* figuratively, not literally, please.
Comment Re:Unless you can give everyone birth control.... (Score 2, Insightful) 190
... they'll all die of starvation anyway.
Maybe a bit overdramatic - but the truth is that overpopulation is every bit as much of a problem as climate change - if not more so.
One could argue these two problems may eventually even each other out - but I wouldn't like to think of that as any kind of positive solution.
Submission + - Linus says Linux succeeded because of selfishness and trust (bbc.co.uk)
Comment Re:CPM=thousand not million? (Score 3, Informative) 203
Not really a mystery. M = 1000 in Latin
Comment Paging Bruce Willis.... (Score 0) 217
What size bomb will we need?
Comment "Can I write a script?" (Score 4, Funny) 338
I don't know. Can you?
Comment Stuxnet style (Score 1) 675
I wonder if "destructive pre-emtive force" means exactly what we initially think.
Perhaps the Russians are hinting of something more subtle, a stuxnet style attack on the systems there.
Of course, I'm not suggesting for one moment they could actually pull it off...
Jolyon
Google To Devs: Use Our Payment System Or Be Dropped 305
Meshach writes "Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet for quite some time. Now Google warned several developers in recent months that if they continued to use other payment methods — such as PayPal, Zong and Boku — their apps would be removed from Google Play. The move is seen as a way to cut costs for Google by using their own system."
Hackers Nab Unreleased Michael Jackson Tracks From Sony 192
wiredmikey writes "Sony once again has found itself in the news surrounding another hacking-related incident. This time around, the breach doesn't appear to involve any lost user data or customer accounts, but instead, some valuable property owned by the record company. Today, several British news outlets have reported that more than 50,000 music tracks have been illegally accessed and downloaded by hackers, including a large number from the late Michael Jackson. Sony bought the catalog from Jackson's estate for $250 million in 2010, giving the company distribution rights to the unreleased music. The attack reportedly occurred shortly after details of the massive PlayStation Network breach last April, but details were only revealed this past weekend."
