InkDancer - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Bad Idea, Really Bad Idea (Score 2) 167

by InkDancer on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:55AM (#52869143) Attached to: Amazon Will Open 100 Retail Stores

One thing to note, LL Bean has had a similar business model for a very long time. My parents used to write down an order on a piece of paper pulled out of a catalog, send it away, wait a while and get clothes back. Returns were hassle-free. They are forward thinking so they've switched to ordering from the internet, but effectively the same process.

Submission + - $80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes in Kenya (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by

kkleiner

on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @03:48PM

kkleiner writes: "Earlier this year, the Chinese firm Huawei unveiled IDEOS through Kenya’s telecom titan, Safaricom. So far, this $80 smartphone has found its way into the hands of 350,000+ Kenyans, an impressive sales number in a country where 40% of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The smartphone is the exemplar of a truly liberating device, and thanks to Android and Huawei, it has the potential to reach virtually untapped markets."

Comment Re:A veteran Civilization fan... (Score 5, Insightful) 380

by InkDancer on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @03:06PM (#33654058) Attached to: First Reviews of Civilization V

You are in grad school and have three kids. When were you planning on playing video games?

Comment Where can I download an HD version? (Score 1) 1656

by InkDancer on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @08:49PM (#26539643) Attached to: Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US

I work at a school, and am looking to download a HD version of the swearing in / speech / anything else interested & related (I've already got a few other inaugurations)

I want to project them on our big auditorium screen (so, the better the resolution and less flash videoish the better) and also hand them out to teachers on DVD for use in class.

Anyone got anything going on?

Making Old Sound Recordings Audible Again 172

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @08:51PM from the does-it-work-on-8-track dept.

orgelspieler writes "NPR is running a story on a safe way to reproduce sound from ancient phonographs that would otherwise be unplayable. The system, called IRENE, was installed in the Library of Congress last year. It can be used to replay records that are scratched, worn, broken, or just too fragile to play with a needle. It scans the groves optically and processes them into a sound file at speeds approaching real time. IRENE is great at removing pops and skips, but can add some hiss. Researchers are also working on a 3D model that is better at removing hiss."

Slashdot Top Deals