Fritz the CopyCat - Slashdot User

Comment Re:If only Hitler knew... (Score 1) 269

by Fritz the CopyCat on Sunday October 16, 2011 @08:41AM (#37729710) Attached to: Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing?

No, it isn't. It's fitting if anything.

Brian Eno Releases Second iPhone App 196

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 21, 2009 @12:53PM from the oblique-strategies-ftw dept.

Brian Eno, or as he is known to many in my office, "God," has released his second iPhone App. A followup to Bloom, this one is called Trope and supposedly creates darker music. You create music by drawing shapes on the iPhone's screen.

Comment Re:Thailand is just off-the-rails. (Score 1) 82

by Fritz the CopyCat on Sunday May 24, 2009 @01:03AM (#28072241) Attached to: Thai Gaming Sites Ordered Shut Down After Suicide

Schapelle Corby is imprisoned in Indonesia for carrying cannabis into Indonesia. Thailand has nothing to do with Corby's situation.

Paro the Therapeutic Robot Baby Seal 52

Posted by samzenpus on Friday May 22, 2009 @07:47PM from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-club dept.

Mike writes "Paro is a therapeutic baby seal robot that is exploring new dimensions in animal therapy. Created to act as a companion for hospital patients and the elderly, the adorable baby harp seal bot aims to increase relaxation and decrease stress. Paro can sense and respond to its immediate environment through five integrated sensors that detect touch, light, sound, temperature, and posture, and it is even capable of learning and responding to a name."

Comment Re:Here's (Score 1) 125

by Fritz the CopyCat on Sunday April 26, 2009 @11:47PM (#27726157) Attached to: The Making of the PlayStation

Haoie is obviously referring to the first PlayStation console, released in North America in 1995 (that's 14 years ago).

UK Politician Criticised For Using Hotmail 151

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 26, 2009 @05:51AM from the make-better-choices dept.

nk497 writes "The UK justice secretary Jack Straw has been criticised for using Hotmail as his official government email account after he apparently fell foul of a Nigerian spammer in a phishing attack. A security researcher said using such an account not only left the government in security trouble, but meant any emails sent could not be necessarily accessed via the Freedom of Information Act."

Comment Re:Exactly! -- MOD PARENT UP (Score 1) 554

by Fritz the CopyCat on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @11:48PM (#26720895) Attached to: Human-Animal Hybrids Fail

Actually, a jackass is just a male donkey (ass). You seem to be thinking of either the mule (offspring of a male donkey and female horse), or the hinny (offspring of a female donkey and a male horse).

Comment Re:Seen it coming (Score 1) 252

by Fritz the CopyCat on Wednesday November 26, 2008 @11:41PM (#25906041) Attached to: Gaming In Sweden Bigger Than Football and Hockey

The code developed from the game played at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England.

Comment Re:Plasma? (Score 1) 417

by Fritz the CopyCat on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @11:39PM (#25742613) Attached to: 3 Firms Confess To Fixing LCD Prices, Agree To Pay $585M Fine

The best explanation I've heard is that the extra vertical real estate is there to allow media player control bars to appear on the screen without obstructing the video. This also applies to 16:10 monitors, which one would expect to be 16:9.

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