Kenbo - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Good, affordable sports cars have gone extinct (Score 1) 672

by Kenbo on Thursday February 23, 2012 @07:06AM (#39135033) Attached to: Have Bad Cars Gone Extinct?

Umm, Miata? There are many used models available for as cheap as you want. Light, good handling and reliable (for a sports car). If it's underpowered for you there are aftermarket kits from companies like Flyin' Miata to pump up the power. These things are actively raced all over the country so there's plenty of experience and go fast parts available.

Comment Just Damn (Score 1) 1521

by Kenbo on Thursday August 25, 2011 @01:36PM (#37209020) Attached to: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

I remember my friend Kristin (one of the coolest and smartest people I've known) told me about this site that her friend who was a Slackware maintainer had recommended. She suggested that I should check it out.

I did check it out and as a result, like many others, /. was my daily go to site for over a decade.

I remember that slashdot was one of the few 'news' outlets that were able to keep serving data and updates during 9/11. I remember the countless memes, the flirtation with creating stories (hello John Katz) instead of links and comments and the bazillion polls (hello Cowboy Neal). But most of all I remember and think of /. as the place to go to find out what was really happening in the nerd world. There are many other sites that have followed that built on what you all started but I will always think of your cool little site as the foundation of all the nerd news sites out there.

There aren't many folks that will have such an impact on so many people doing something they love. Though I am sorry to see you go I wish you the best of luck with whatever adventure awaits you.

Peace.

Feed New York Times: Samsung Stops Consumer Sales in Japan (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Friday November 09, 2007 @11:53AM

Samsung Electronics said it had stopped selling flat panel televisions and other consumer products in Japan, citing poor profitability.

Feed Solar Flashlight Lets Africa’s Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poor (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Sunday May 20, 2007 @03:12AM

Mark Bent has spent $250,000 to develop and manufacture a solar-powered flashlight that gives up to seven hours of light on a daily solar recharge.

Where Are All of the HDTV Tuners? 208

Posted by Cliff on Monday February 26, 2007 @12:45PM from the in-case-you-forgot-to-buy-one dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Today I read about rabbit ears making a comeback with OTA HTDV. I want to purchase a standalone ATSC HDTV tuner to go with my projector, but I am having a very hard time finding one. The big-box stores seem to only stock one or two models and are frequently sold out. Searching online yields similar results. It would seem that there would be ever increasing demand for these tuners given that many HDTVs were sold without internal tuners in years past, and these tuners will be necessary for all old NTSC TVs after the February, 2009 shutdown of analog broadcasts. Where should I look to buy one of these devices? Of the currently available models, which are the best? Will the standalone HDTV tuner become a ubiquitous item as the 2009 deadline approaches?"

Pthreads vs Win32 threads 385

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 26, 2007 @11:00AM from the different-situations,-different-needs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's interesting when different people have different opinions. While I was searching for something on Intel's website, I came across an article on why Windows threads are better than Posix threads. Curiously, I also came across this article on why Posix Pthreads are better that Win32 threads. The thing is, both of these articles are written by the same author!

So who is right (metaphorically speaking?), or what has changed since the first article was written?"

Comment Re:1080i - yuk (Score 1) 323

by Kenbo on Thursday January 05, 2006 @05:00PM (#14403674) Attached to: Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players

"1080i looks great on a 1080i CRT display, but you can't buy one that has a HDMI connector. It is an old standard that is on its way out."

Actually you can buy 1080i CRT displays with HDMI connectors. I have one (Sony) sitting in my living room that I bought less than a month ago. A cursory look at HD crt tv's on BestBuy.com seems to indicate that all of them have HDMI inputs.

Don't be too sure that tube televisions are out yet. There are still significant advantages to a CRT in picture quality/set longevity/price over flat panel technologies. Of course there are also size/weight/coolness disadvantages so as in most things there are trade offs.

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