Comment I got this.. (Score 1) 1
I got the same email a couple of months ago here in Oklahoma City.
Comment I love these! (Score 1) 1
A lot of the original types of this game were before my time, but I spent hours and hours playing some of the "newer" versions like Mordor and Demise.
Comment Masters (Score 1) 3
I'd get a masters degree in something before I got two bachelors.
Comment Better link (Score 1) 1
Better link here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14262276
Comment Schools? (Score 1) 4
What types of schools are you seeing online degrees from? I'm starting to see some of the major state schools offer online degrees in engineering related fields. I think over the next 10 years or so it'll become more and more common.
I've got to say I agree with you about the people with B.S. degrees. I wouldn't hire most of the people I went to school with.
Comment Re:"May be" "Possibly" "Calm down" "Sleep" (Score 1) 280
Not that I don't have some of the same concerns about editorial staff as the next person, but I think the article was changed after I submitted the link. I think the headline on the Slashdot article is a direct copy and paste of the Routers story when I submitted it.
Submission + - Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor (reuters.com) 1
SillySnake writes: Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in the pit at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima, generating readings 1,000 millisieverts of radiation per hour in the air inside the pit.
"With radiation levels rising in the seawater near the plant, we have been trying to confirm the reason why, and in that context, this could be one source," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), said on Saturday.
"With radiation levels rising in the seawater near the plant, we have been trying to confirm the reason why, and in that context, this could be one source," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), said on Saturday.
Submission + - Cable Channels Panic Over iPad Streaming App (itworld.com) 1
jfruhlinger writes: "Time Warner Cable this month released an iPad app that would allow its subscribers to stream (some of) the channels they already pay for to their iPad, so long as they're connected to home Internet service provided by Time Warner Cable. The app probably seems like a baby step to most Slashdotters, and was extremely popular among subscribers — but it's thrown the owners of those channels into a panic, and they're threatening lawsuits. Time Warner says the contracts they've signed with the channel allows broadcast to any device in the home — "I don't know what a TV is anymore" says one company exec — but the channel owners fear that this will disrupt current and future revenue streams and that they need to stop it now. "If we allow this without litigation, everyone will do it tomorrow," says an anonymous source. "If we litigate, we have a chance to win.""
Submission + - HP Unveils Palm Powered Devices (bbc.co.uk)
SillySnake writes: HP announced a palm powered tablet and Pre3 cell phone for a summer release. Also announced was a smaller cell phone named Veer with 2.6 inch screen for a spring release.
Comment Re:To jack up the price for HP (Score 1) 117
I think they had $500 million or more in cash.
Comment Addons or Mods (Score 1) 704
Try to get him pointed towards an addon or mod for whatever game he plays. If he writes something successful he'll start to spend more time maintaining that than playing.
If he does it as a project with you or some of his peers it'll be more fun.
Submission + - Rockstar uses no-cd patch for Max Payne 2 on Steam (steampowered.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Liamaj posted on the steam forums a screenshot of the Max Payne 2 exe as viewed on Notepad ++.
As you can see there's an ASCII "Myth" logo, which is an old cracking team that were quite prevelent a while back. Seems Rockstar got a little lazy and used this crack instead of recompilling their executable without DRM.
As you can see there's an ASCII "Myth" logo, which is an old cracking team that were quite prevelent a while back. Seems Rockstar got a little lazy and used this crack instead of recompilling their executable without DRM.
Submission + - China Considering Cuts on Rare-Earth Metal Exports
SillySnake writes: A draft report by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. Other metals such as neodymium, europium, cerium, and lanthanum will be restricted to a combined export quota of 35,000 tonnes a year, far below global needs.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6082464/World-faces-hi-tech-crunch-as-China-eyes-ban-on-rare-metal-exports.html
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6082464/World-faces-hi-tech-crunch-as-China-eyes-ban-on-rare-metal-exports.html
Submission + - AT&T blocks img.4chan.org from customers (reddit.com) 11
bmecoli writes: "AT&T seems to be blocking img.4chan.net which hosts the infamous /b/ (random) board, as well as /r9k/. Those who have contacted AT&T representatives were told that the site is in fact blocked, so this isn't a technical problem, and all the other 4chan subdomains work fine."
Comment Re:Slashdot achievements (Score 1) 1582
ITS A PARTY!
