Comment fiction and science fiction (Score 2) 647
Check out the Millennium Series by Stieg Larsson (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, et.all) and some Heinlein - Stranger in a Strang Land, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers.
Comment Re:This Is Pointless (Score 1) 385
Okay. You go do something else then. I'll be a financially-secure multimillionaire. It's going to suck so bad...
Comment Re:How do you exchange stuff in the first place? (Score 1) 370
This site lets you create QR codes with various info in them: http://www.qrstuff.com/
Google Maps Adds Drone Imagery 141
joshuadugie writes "Slashdot carried a story a while ago that Google had purchased drones for unknown purposes. Google Maps has now added new non-satellite imagery (at UT Austin, for example) when you zoom in close enough. Mystery solved!" I'd like to think that there really are (or were) drones over Austin, but would also like to see Google's explanation for the close-up images.
Comment shouldn't it be... (Score 1) 183
GNU/FSF?
First Google Voice App Hits the App Store 95
silverpig writes "The first Google Voice app has hit the app store, and it's called GV Connect. Providing a front end to the Google Voice service, GV Connect allows users of devices running Apple iOS platform to have a native app with which to interact with Google Voice. What will be interesting to note is the order that these apps are approved in. I know Sean Kovacs was first out with GV Mobile back before Apple banned Google Voice, and while he is in the approval pipeline, this other app has some first mover advantage. I wonder what it means when Google gets their app officially approved, as surely it'll be free."
Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half 414
bonch writes "A new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's crust called glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at approximately half the speed originally predicted,' said researcher Bert Vermeeersen."
Comment Re:Science or Engineering, huh? (Score 1) 434
It's called "Enter the Gladiators".
Comment Re:Can you try both methods? (Score 1) 181
Data Analists?
Comment Re:An artform. (Score 2, Informative) 421
ascetic
Comment I have a solution (Score 1, Insightful) 307
Go outside.
Comment Re:Whoever came to that conclusion doesn't know sh (Score 1) 121
Comment Re:This is just FUD (Score 5, Informative) 284
"just plain old FUD."
You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Comment Sweet. Iron? (Score 1) 197
Now it's time for the Iron devs to get cracking.
Google Voice Controls Giant LED Display 66
compumike writes "What geek among us has never thought about how cool it would be if you could call your computer and have it do stuff? Josh Davis put together a quick video demo and source code of his Voice Controlled LED Marquee, powered by Google Voice speech recognition and a DIY LED Array Kit. Imagine using the same display for monitoring server uptime, or RSS feeds!"
