Carthain - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Always about squeezing out more profits (Score 1) 303

by Carthain on Friday May 20, 2011 @01:29PM (#36193520) Attached to: Verizon Customers: Say So Long To Unlimited Data

. There is no possible way that any person humanly possible uses less than 250MB of data on their iPhone unless they don't have an iPhone.

Really? Out of curiosity, are you getting those numbers from your Service Provider? Or from your phone? (I've heard of providers claiming higher amounts than the phones indicate.)

My phone (yes it is an iPhone - 3GS) says that I've sent and recieved 4GB of data ... since Sept 09. That's an average of ~180GB per month (assuming I didn't punt horribly on the math somewhere.)

Granted, that's higher than I expected, but it's well enough below the 250MB per month cap that, if that were my cap, I would still have some room to do more each month (on average.)

Comment Re:Not necessarily a contradiction (Score 1) 79

by Carthain on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @10:40AM (#34241640) Attached to: Video Games Found To Enhance Visual Attention

Enhanced visual attention is also useful for your everyday person -- such as anyone who drives a car.

Wiimote Turns TV into Touchless MS Surface 104

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @11:11AM from the now-thats-what-i'm-talking-about dept.

RemyBR writes "User interface project allows you to control objects on a display using gestures, working like Microsoft's Surface but without touching the screen at all. Inspired by Johnny Chung Lee's work, the system requires you to wear Minority Report-style gloves equipped with infrared emitters on your fingertips. A Wiimote on top of the display keeps track of these IR LEDs, while the software can read the motion down to two-finger pinching gestures for image zooming."

World of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers 450

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @09:45AM from the that's-a-lotta-bored-paladins dept.

technirvana writes "Blizzard Entertainment, owners of World of Warcraft, announced today that the game now has more than 10 million paying subscribers around the world. Online gameplay costs an average of $15 USD per month. Those 10 million paying subscribers include 5.5 million players in Asia, 2.5 million in the US and 2 million in Europe. The Warcraft brand was first introduced in 1994 and World of Warcraft was launched in 2001."

Slashdot Top Deals