Glenn Rubenstein - Slashdot User

Comment What's worse is NOT knowing if... (Score 1) 308

by Glenn Rubenstein on Thursday May 15, 2008 @05:05AM (#23415288) Attached to: Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade

What's worse is not knowing if you've been throttled or not.

Every time I've had a series of slow connections, I start to worry.

Not that I've ever downloaded anything over Bit Torrent that was copyrighted, of course!

Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing 247

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @06:32PM from the no-passenger-airbags-no-hybrid-engine dept.

NotBornYesterday writes "After spending $190,000 and 'countless hours' building a set of jet-powered wings, a Swiss man has successfully demoed this ultimate mother-of-all-toys. After jumping from a plane like a skydiver, he then lit the four jet engines and proceeded to fly around a valley in the Alps at up to 186 miles per hour. His site is here, if you want to see shots of him in action. 'I still haven't used the full potential,' he said."

Youngsters Skip DVR Ads Less Than Seniors 460

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @03:11AM from the thumb-cramps dept.

Dekortage writes "Analyzing DVR viewing research, Ad Age has noted something unexpected: older DVR users are more likely to skip ads than younger DVR users. The skew is particularly apparent among men: 50% of seniors skipping all the ads, but only 20% of teens do so. Women of any age group tend to be around 35%. Ad Age hypothesizes that younger viewers 'just pay attention to other media when the ads are on TV or, worse yet, perhaps the TV is just 'background music'... I always thought that ad skipping was a major benefit of DVRs. Do you skip all the ads?"

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