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Comment Re:DragonCon (Score 1) 82

by DeusInnomen on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @02:04PM (#30299768) Attached to: Musical Tesla Coils Perform Zelda

They also show up every year at Duckon in Naperville, IL, in June. That show's held in the parking lot, so it's easy to get a huge crowd. It's tons of fun, you can really tell these guys are having a blast the whole time.

3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations 628

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @12:37PM from the but-they-ARE-out-to-get-me dept.

PearsSoap writes "The Telegraph and other sources are pointing out a study on 200 students which has found that a high caffeine intake can cause visual and auditory hallucinations, and can make people think that others are 'out to get them.' The abstract (and full version if you have access) is available. 'The volunteers were questioned about their caffeine intake from products including coffee, tea, energy drinks, chocolate bars and caffeine tablets.'"

Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents 773

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 09, 2008 @10:55AM from the lotta-finger-pointing dept.

musther writes "An Australian airline Qantas Airbus A330-300, suffered 'a sudden change of altitude' on Tuesday. "The mid-air incident resulted in injuries to 74 people, with 51 of them treated by three hospitals in Perth for fractures, lacerations and suspected spinal injuries when the flight bound from Singapore to Perth had a dramatic drop in altitude that hurled passengers around the cabin." Now it seems Qantas is seeking to blame interference from passenger electronics, and it's not the first time; 'In July, a passenger clicking on a wireless mouse mid-flight was blamed for causing a Qantas jet to be thrown off course.' Is there any precedent for wireless electronics interfering with aircraft systems? Interfering with navigation instruments is one thing, but causing changes in the 'elevator control system' — I would be quite worried if I thought the aircraft could be flown with a bluetooth mouse."

Obama Beats McCain In Spam Landslide 154

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @08:50AM from the well-isn't-that-unfortunate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times runs an article about the spammers' choice of presidential candidate. From the article: 'According to Secure Computing Corp., spammers were nearly seven times more likely to slap Obama's name in the subject line than McCain's during September. The bulk of Obama's lead in the spam wars came from a massive blitz early in the month.' Secure Computing released additonal numbers for the past weeks, and McCain was able to close the gap in the latest spammers' poll."

Comment Re:Psychic mode (Score 5, Informative) 249

by DeusInnomen on Friday May 04, 2007 @08:46AM (#18986721) Attached to: Pidgin 2.0 Released

The Psychic mode feature opens an IM window as soon as you get notification that the remote user is typing. So, you get an empty window with a typing notification before you actually receive an IM. Apparently, it works with the AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Sametime and Yahoo protocols.

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