BlewScreen - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Fuel for the improbability drive (Score 1) 180

by BlewScreen on Monday January 20, 2014 @05:38PM (#46018067) Attached to: More Details About Mars Mystery Rock

But is it not a rock, or at a minimum, 'like a rock'? Have they never seen a rock before? Doesn't sound like they've been paying all that much attention to what that rover's been doing up there....

[haven't commented on /. in 5+ years - but I saw your sig and had to check mine to see if they were the same... then I figured I'd say something]

Comment new unit of measure (Score 1) 161

by BlewScreen on Friday October 10, 2008 @02:20PM (#25330493) Attached to: 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies

$365 billion, more than half the financial bailout package

Is "financial bailout package" going to join "library of congress" as a standard slashdot UOM?

Don't Worry, Ma'am, I'm From the Internet 2

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 14, 2008 @11:50AM from the to-protect-and-serve dept.

The internet protects the ladies, too.

Sailing Robots To Attempt Atlantic Crossing 122

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 12, 2008 @08:04AM from the seriously-cheerful dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University in Wales. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of four knots (about 7.4 kph). Its designers hope the Pinta will become the first robot to cross an ocean using only wind power. This 150-kilogram sailing robot costs only $4,900. The transatlantic race will start between September 29 and October 5, 2008 from Portugal. The winner will be the first boat to reach a finishing line between the northern tip of St. Lucia and the southern tip of Martinique in the Caribbean. Here are additional details and links."

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