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Comment Re:Easy (Score 1) 790

by AresRC (#48785355) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More?
My grandparents still have one. They're probably the last people in town who are still paying for a party line. And they don't want to get rid of it because the prices are locked in, so they're $14 phone bill would likely triple. The last time I went back home for a visit I asked about getting if they move or eventually pass away. Come to find out my mom has had dibs on it since before I was born.

Comment KISS Principle (Score 1) 269

by AresRC (#48587355) Attached to: Apple's iPod Classic Refuses To Die
Keep It Simple Stupid. The thing is a tank compared to the new models, and has a considerably larger capacity. Why the hell would anyone want to 'upgrade' to a shittier model? Until 2 years ago when I picked up my Galaxy S3, I was still rocking a flip phone. Why? Because most networks didn't have enough stable 3G coverage, and I wasn't sold on the durability of a touchscreen phone. Until Apple comes out with an actual upgrade to the iPod line, I'm quite happy to continue using my 5th gen Classic.

Comment No such thing in... (Score 1) 441

by AresRC (#42712989) Attached to: My cumulative GPA, thus far:
Unions and trade schools. Either you pass and eventually 'Journey out,' or fail and go in front of the examining board before getting kicked out. I'm a Journeyman Steamfitter out of UA Local 342, I completed a 5 year apprenticeship while never failing a class or missing a single class, yet was never given a GPA of any kind. All of my classes and tests were strictly pass-fail.
Government

IAEA Forms Nuclear Fuel Bank 224

Posted by timothy from the no-withdrawals dept.
Kemeno writes "The International Atomic Energy Agency voted on Friday to form a nuclear fuel bank to help developing countries acquire nuclear fuel without having to enrich uranium themselves. Warren Buffet contributed 50 million dollars to a pool of 150 million with contributions from many different countries. The goal of the program is to provide countries with a source of low-grade enriched uranium suitable for fueling reactors but not for creating nuclear weapons."
Censorship

Submission + - Oregon Senator Stops Internet Censorship Bill (osdir.com)

Submitted by comforteagle
comforteagle writes: Senator Wyden of Oregon has objected to a bill in committee that if passed would have given the government the ability to censor the Internet. His objection effectively stop its current passing forcing it to be introduced again if the bill is continue. Which it may not.Oregonians please send pats on the back to this man.
Lord of the Rings

Hobbit Film Finally Gets Green Light, To Be Shot in 3-D 261

Posted by timothy from the lighter-fare dept.
An anonymous reader writes with word that "after much kerfuffle and uncertainty, the Hobbit film has finally been greenlit," with Peter Jackson as director. Says the linked story: "The announcement did not state whether the two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings would be shot in New Zealand. Matt Dravitzki, Jackson's assistant at Wingnut Films, said an annoucement on the place of filming would be 'probably a week or two away.'"
The Military

Russian Army Upgrades Its Inflatable Weapons 197

Posted by samzenpus from the blowing-up dept.
jamax writes "According to the BBC: 'The Russian military has come up with an inventive way to deceive the enemy and save money at the same time: inflatable weapons. They look just like real ones: they are easy to transport and quick to deploy. You name it, the Russian army is blowing it up: from pretend tanks to entire radar stations.' But the interesting thing is these decoys are not dumb - actually they appear to be highly advanced for what I thought was a WWII-grade aerial photography countermeasures. Apparently they have heat signatures comparable with the military tech they represent, as well as the same radar signature."
Google

Google To Shut Down 411 Service 156

Posted by Soulskill from the guess-we're-back-to-calling-the-ghostbusters dept.
taco8982 writes "After three years of providing free directory assistance in exchange for voice samples, Google has announced plans to shut down the GOOG-411 service, in order to focus on 'speech-enabling the next generation of Google products and services across a multitude of languages.' The service will close on November 12th."

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