Hamdog - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Quit bitching (Score -1, Troll) 1059

by Hamdog on Saturday August 05, 2006 @05:59AM (#15851529) Attached to: Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device?

You sir, who likes to call other people idiots, seem to lack a fundamental understanding of the relationship between frequency and wavelength, as well as the basics of using an internet search engine.

The wavelength of a 14 kilohertz sound is 21413.747 meters, not 2.5 centimeters.

2.5 cm is the wavelenth of a signal with a frequency of 11.99169832 gigahertz.

Why Web 2.0 Will End Your Privacy 233

Posted by timothy on Monday June 05, 2006 @02:59PM from the hot-local-girls-want-to-meet-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is a pretty good insight into some of the dangers of social networking and website customisation -- marketing and loss of privacy. When marketeers know who your friends are and what you are all into, it makes their advertising a lot more effective. From the article: "Why are the companies worth so much money? Why is MySpace worth over half a billion dollars without a proper revenue model? Why is Digg allegedly pitched at over $20m (at the last count) without any idea of where money is going to be pulled from? The answer is - data. Information. Marketing. Every detail about you and me. That is where the money is."

Free Nationwide Wireless Internet Access? 350

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday May 23, 2006 @02:17PM from the large-undertakings dept.

LiquidEdge writes "ISP-Planet is reporting that startup M2Z wants to offer 95% of America free wireless Internet access using the 20Mhz frequency allocation. They're backed by Kleiner Perkins, one of the most successful VC firms in history, and being started by the guy who built the @Home network and a former FCC Wireless Bureau Chief. 384/128 speeds will be free and they'll sell the higher speeds and the government will get a kickback of the revenue."

Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Search Offer 129

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 13, 2006 @07:28AM from the unfriendly-business dept.

mytrip writes to mention a Financial Times article detailing Microsoft's apparent interest in Yahoo!, and Yahoo!'s rude reaction to their interest. From the article: "The fight is on between the three internet search titans, after Yahoo's Terry Semel laid down the gauntlet to Microsoft saying the software giant's recently elevated ambitions in the search arena were a lost cause. 'My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance. The search business has been formed,' he said in an interview with the New Yorker's Ken Auletta."

U.S. Considers Anti-Satellite Laser 511

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 04, 2006 @09:51AM from the governmental-boondoggle-you-say dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "The U.S. government wants to develop a ground-based weapon to shoot down enemy satellites in orbit. The laser will be much more powerful and sophisticated than a similar endeavor a decade ago. From the article: '... some Congressional Democrats and other experts fault the research as potential fuel for an antisatellite arms race that could ultimately hurt this nation more than others because the United States relies so heavily on military satellites, which aid navigation, reconnaissance and attack warning.'"

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