Comment iReincarnation (Score 2) 223
Those Buddhists are in trouble now. I have it on good authority that Apple has patented the iReincarnation app. They are going to have the same fate as Samsung in the next American trial!
Comment Re:Odds are low, but prize is big (Score 1) 301
I may only have a 1 in 28,633,528 chance of having a winning ticket, but really it's the only realistic chance I'll ever have to get $50 million.
Anyway I can afford to occasionally gamble the $5 for the minuscule chance of that $50 million.
If those are the odds, and a game cost $5, and you could win over $500M, then buying a lottery ticket starts to make statistical sense. I don't know anything about the lottery in question though... are those the actual odds or just a number you made up for illustrative purposes?
Those odds are for the Lotto MAX in Canada I believe. Top prize is capped at $50M with any extra being more $1M draws.
Comment Re:Those downloading LOIC... (Score 3, Insightful) 267
But, downloading LOIC is not a crime (Yet). Therefore why would Sourceforge hand over the IP requests if asked?
Comment Re:Man is an intriguing being... (Score 1) 140
I just wonder why someone would be willing to live in a place that is by all measures a risky place to establish a life. Why? When I think of the polar bear, the weather, the isolation and so on, I fail to see the reason why I would want to live there. Man is surely intriguing.
The same could be said for those living in Tornado Alley. People are weird, and they'll live anywhere on this planet.
Comment Re:Neanderthals All (Score 1) 294
Who in the world would want to live under and be governed by these Neanderthals? (I realize that this is an insult to true Neanderthals.)
The Taliban rule with guns. He with the most guns sets the laws.
Comment Re:Crazy idea, I know... (Score 1) 424
Steam also can act as a publisher. The game companies can just use steam to patch their games. You can then run the game from the install directory. No DRM needed.
Comment Re:bigger *hint* (Score 1) 195
Also, what about the animals that don't like the "hot zones" as much as us primates do?
It's called extinction.
Comment Re:two such devices failed in Denver this month (Score 1) 92
Guardians are supposed to check batteries and devices every week.
That there makes it unlikely to work. People will check these thing initially and then after a few months they won't check as often. Especially if there haven't been any problems.
Submission + - Laptop rescued by "Twitter posse" and Prey (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: Bad news: a Canadian who visited New York had his laptop stolen. Good news: it was outfitted with Prey, the open-source computer tracking application. Better news: a group in NYC made a "geek squad intervention", faced the culprit and retrieved the laptop safely.
This case naturally raises the usual sorts of questions about the "Twitter posse" culture.
This case naturally raises the usual sorts of questions about the "Twitter posse" culture.
Submission + - U.S. To Issue Terror Alerts On Facebook, Twitter (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: "The U.S. government may start issuing terror alerts using Facebook and Twitter, which were thrust again in the spotlight recently as lifelines in Japan. An AP report Thursday, based on a 19-page draft of the plan that the news service obtained, said DHS is working to overhaul the current color-coded terror alert system. 'The new terror alerts would ... be published online using Facebook and Twitter 'when appropriate,' AP reports, 'but only after federal, state and local government leaders have already been notified.' Zeus Kerravala, an analyst at the Yankee Group, said the government entrusting something as critical as terrorist alerts to Facebook and Twitter shows how important social networking sites have become to people's lives. 'There are hundreds of millions of people using Facebook and Twitter. For many of them, it's their primary communication tool,' Kerravala said. 'That means it's a great way to get information to a massive number of people. Maybe the best.'"
Comment Re:April 1st? (Score 1) 123
Because your friends don't want to see the 'lame' 2D version. Besides, this is /.. WE'd just download the 3D version to watch on our 2D monitors,
Comment Re:XKCD? (Score 1) 63
I only go to the mall because it has the only bookstore in town. I enjoy browsing books, rather then look for all the newest releases on Amazon.
Submission + - Wi-Fi proven to interfere with aircraft (zdnet.com.au) 1
lukehopewell1 writes: "It's official: using Wi-Fi on a plane can interfere with a pilot's navigational equipment, according to airline equipment manufacturers Honeywell Avionics and Boeing today.
Boeing confirmed to ZDNet Australia this afternoon that the issue does exist, but said that it has not delivered any planes suffering the fault.
"Blanking of the Phase 3 Display Units (DUs) has been reported during airline EMI (electromagnetic interference) certification testing of wireless broadband systems (Wi-Fi) on various Next-Generation 737 aeroplanes," Boeing told ZDNet Australia in a statement."
Boeing confirmed to ZDNet Australia this afternoon that the issue does exist, but said that it has not delivered any planes suffering the fault.
"Blanking of the Phase 3 Display Units (DUs) has been reported during airline EMI (electromagnetic interference) certification testing of wireless broadband systems (Wi-Fi) on various Next-Generation 737 aeroplanes," Boeing told ZDNet Australia in a statement."
Comment Better than not having it (Score 1) 138
Getting rid off all the crappy and misleading ads is a plus for IE 9. TFA was vague if it was turned on as default or not. Even if people will have to turn it on, they might realize the benefits.
Comment Plug-ins Bad. Here's ours (Score 2) 196
So, you got to install a plug-in to check if your other plug-ins are secure. Maybe the browsercheck plug-in isn't secure.
People need to update their software for security. That's not news.
