Comment It would be worth it if.. (Score 1) 102
I had better get an Xbox Live Achievement for buying this. :)
Comment Re:Really need open source CAM (Score 1) 277
I entirely agree. EMC2 allows me to control my machine with open source software running on Ubuntu, but I have to fall back on MasterCAM to create the gcode properly.
It would be great if we could get an open source CAM software to compliment it.
Comment Re:Oblig. XKCD (Score 1) 105
It's all part of scientific outreach: http://xkcd.com/585/
Is it bad that I knew what XKCD you linked to, based on the topic?
Comment Wamu's site works in Lynx (Score 2, Informative) 220
I hope that Chase doesn't change that on me.
Though I normally, just use it on my phone, it's quite nice having access to my accounts from any browser.
Comment Re:Posting in the april fools article (Score 1) 1582
Really?
Comment Re:Hibernation? (Score 0) 440
My Dell inspiron e1505 uses 1 watt per hour in sleep mode.
Comment Malware threat GNOME to KDE (Score 1) 348
I misread the topic and was really scared for a moment there.
Leave my desktop choice alone you evil malware writers!
Comment Re:"and it will be rolled out free of charge. " (Score 1) 170
40 hours / week * 52 weeks / year = 2080 hours / year
Submission + - Slate: Casual Play on 360 Live Arcade
twoallbeefpatties writes: "Columnist Chris Suellentrop writes an article for Slate describing how his desire for casual gaming is fulfilled more by the 360 than the Wii due to the presence of simpler games available over Live Arcade, saying that the availability of oldschool Nintendo games on the Wii network fulfills his nostalgic hardcore gaming side, but when he really wants to just relax, he'd rather be trying to top his Live high score on Root Beer Tapper."
Online Storage 2.0: Six Sites Reviewed 142
mikemuch writes "Services like box.net, openomy, and eSnips are more than just places to access your files from the web. Some include media organization tools, Windows shell integration, drag-and-drop uploading, tagging, and social content sharing. ExtremeTech has a review up of six online storage services with Web 2.0 twists."
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