Lusitania River - Slashdot User

Comment Very old news (Score 2) 185

by Lusitania River on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @08:55AM (#42954665) Attached to: You Can Navigate Between Any Two Websites In 19 Clicks Or Fewer

How is this news? The author has a book called Linked (published in 2002 and actually a very good book) that already mentioned, in chapter 3, that the degree of separation is 19 (18.59 to be exact). It's interesting that it has not changed in 11 years but it's certainly not news !!!!

Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Booster 197

Posted by timothy on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:10PM from the yeah-well-I-get-better-mileage dept.

MikeChino writes "Porsche has just unveiled its 911 GT3 R Hybrid, a 480 horsepower track vehicle ready to rock the 24-hour Nurburgring race this May. Porsche's latest supercar will use the same 911 production platform available to consumers today, with a few race-ready features including front-wheel hybrid drive and an innovative flywheel system that stores kinetic energy from braking and then uses it to provide a 160 horsepower burst of speed. The setup is sure to offer an advantage when powering out of turns and passing by other racers."

Novell Bringing .Net Developers To Apple iPad 315

Posted by timothy on Friday January 29, 2010 @10:50PM from the odd-confluence dept.

GMGruman writes "Paul Krill reports that Apple's new iPad could be easier to write apps for, thanks to Novell's MonoTouch development platform, which helps .Net developers create code for the iPad and fully comply with Apple's licensing requirements — without having to use Apple's preferred Objective-C. This news falls on the footsteps of news that Citrix will release an iPad app that lets users run Windows sessions on the iPad. These two developments bolster an argument that the iPad could eventually displace the netbook."

Comment Re:IQeye (Score 1) 700

by Lusitania River on Monday April 28, 2008 @05:42AM (#23221358) Attached to: Is Cheap Video Surveillance Possible?

Sometimes I wonder why people even bother to send emails like this. "You NEED to move" ?!??! Do you realise that some people cannot afford to move ?

And no, it is not only in the states. Many places in the UK (some council housing in London for example), France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, etc are incredibly unsafe. And not to mention Africa (South Africa is particularly scary).

Maybe you live in Sweden or you live in a good area (like me) but don't realise that security is the major problem for many poor people.

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