Comment Re:So which application? (Score 1) 282
Perhaps that Furious Birds clone that promises a hand grenade for each level mastered?
Comment Newscast? (Score 1) 289
Using the Newscast as the standard is fine in peacetime. Advertisers are gonna love war-time volume skewing though.
I guess we should just be happy they didn't choose Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" show as the standard.
Comment Re:effectiveness in 2011 (Score 1) 271
My Series III TiVo (I'd assume the Premiere, too) regularly aborts playback and jumps to live programming whenever this area gets a EBS (e.g. Tornado Warning) message from Time-Warner cable. The first interruption was freaky (and irritating), but now I really rather appreciate it, since I rarely ever watch live programming.
Submission + - Sony Announces Android-based Tablets
trawg writes: "Sony have officially announced a new line of "Sony tablets". There are two models, both offering 3G/4G and WiFi running Android 3.0 — one is a typical tablet with a 9.4 inch screen and the other is an "unprecedented dual screen" type. Digital content is a big focus: music, books and first generation PlayStation titles will all be available (subject to the usual region restrictions for content)."
Submission + - QWERTYUIOP (theatlantic.com)
Comment Uninstall ? (Score 1) 285
Obviously, Microsoft issuing an update that would allow uninstalling IE6 from every platform where it lurks is unthinkable.
Comment More research (Score 1) 360
First and foremost, we need more practice -- uhh, research.
Add "Have you ever been a calendar model" to the astronaut screening form.
Comment Re:Already been done . . . (Score 1) 107
Is is too much to say I'm on pins and needles waiting to see which site wins?
Feed news.com: Bush admin. forced to turn over spying documents by Nov. 30 (news.com)
Feds had claimed documents related to giving telecom companies retroactive immunity from spying-related lawsuits couldn't be ready until December 31, but a judge disagreed.
Comment Foul? ball (Score 1) 276
Kinda reminds me of a Left Fielder running towards a baseball he can't possibly catch while yelling "Foul Ball" -- 99% Hope, and 1% denying reality.
Submission + - Get ready for the high-tech beach (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "Ocean City, New Jersey is a nice, family-oriented beach that will apparently soon be the high-tech model for seashore lovers and now perhaps geeks everywhere. The city has on its plate a $3 million myriad public services and Internet access using radio-frequency identification chips (RFID) and Wi-Fi wireless technology. A wireless network will let Ocean City expand economic development and control the cost of local services. Wireless allows the City to save on cell phone usage, T-1 lines, and it adds efficiency. The city is looking to replace its ubiquitous but mostly annoying beach tags — which indicate you paid to get on the beach $5 per day, $10 for a week, or $20 for the whole summer — with wristbands that contain an RFID chip. Yet another cool feature of the high-tech beach will be the ability to track beachgoers — an application that is being touted by parents.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17841"
Future Ships Could Float On Bubbles 314
MattSparkes writes, "Creating a layer of bubbles underneath a ship's hull could improve fuel efficiency by 20%. When you consider that 90% of the world's goods are transported by sea, the importance of this discovery is obvious. 'Conjured up from thin air at the flick of a switch, this slippery blanket will help transport a fully laden tanker or container ship across the ocean at higher speed, and using far less fuel, than ever before... There is currently no other technique in naval architecture that can promise such savings.'" The article looks in some detail at the engineering problems that will need to be overcome before this technique is practical.
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