Lotu - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Understood... (Score 1) 998

by Lotu on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @05:58PM (#18964009) Attached to: Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School

That depends on what you mean by evaluated. To me it means you call him down to the guidence councler and talk to him for half an hour. Mabey ask him to show you the map he made. Then ask him why he made it and a couple other non-theating questions. In all likellyhood you will realize he is a normal kid who wanted to do something creative. This way when the next parent calls up to complain you can have a nice prepared response that you evaluated the kid and determined that he was not a threat. On the off chance that he laughs manically or mumbles under his beath about dead people then you can look a finding pscyolgist. A

Why Do Computers Take So Long to Boot Up? 975

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 10, 2006 @09:48PM from the tired-hampsters dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Computers take too long to boot up, and it doesn't make sense to me. Mine takes around 30 seconds; it is double or triple that for some of my friends' computers that I have used. Why can't a computer turn on and off in an instant just like a TV? 99% of boots, my computer is doing the exact same thing. Then I get to Windows XP with maybe 50 to 75 megs of stuff in memory. My computer should be smart enough to just load that junk into memory and go with it. You could put this data right at the very start of the hard drive. Whenever you do something with the computer that actually changes what happens during boot, it could go through the real booting process and save the results. Doing this would also give you instant restarts. You just hit your restart button, the computer reloads the memory image, and you can be working again. Or am I wrong? Why haven't companies made it a priority to have 'instant on' desktops and laptops?"

UN Report Downgrades Human Impact on Climate 378

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 10, 2006 @06:35PM from the hot-air dept.

GodInHell writes to mention an article in the Telegraph, stating that man's impact on the environment has been 'downgraded'. A UN report has found that our species has not had as large effect on climate change as was previously thought. The average temperature is still due to rise almost 5 degrees C in the next 100 years, bringing drastic changes in weather patterns. From the article: "The panel, however, has lowered predictions of how much sea levels will rise in comparison with its last report in 2001. Climate change skeptics are expected to seize on the revised figures as evidence that action to combat global warming is less urgent. Scientists insist that the lower estimates for sea levels and the human impact on global warming are simply a refinement due to better data on how climate works rather than a reduction in the risk posed by global warming."

How to Protect a Home When Away in Winter? 433

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 09, 2006 @09:03PM from the i-suggest-unseen-servant dept.

kidMike writes "I have just accepted a new job in another state, requiring me to relocate. I'm going to keep my house in New England. As I watch the winter storm problems and electrical outages across the country, how do Slashdotters protect their houses (or cabins) when they are away in the winter? Is there a device that will call me if the temp in the house drops below a certain level? How about a broken pipe flooding the house? How can I keep advised of problems happening hundreds of miles away? (There will still be broadband at the house.)"

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