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From feed by feedfeeder on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @06:32PM

A large flying saucer stored outside at the International UFO Museum didn't just get up and fly away. Police are looking for a group of brazen spacecraft thieves.

Comment Re:Damage control (Score 5, Insightful) 611

by Noland150 on Sunday June 16, 2013 @10:03PM (#44025395) Attached to: Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One

I care about the broadband internet requirement since I live where none is available. I know we are a minority, but there are millions of us.

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks: report - Reuters (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Sunday June 16, 2013 @08:52PM

Newsday

Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks: report
Reuters
DUBAI | Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:40am EDT. DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to block Internet-based communication tool WhatsApp within weeks if the U.S.-based firm fails to comply with requirements set by the kingdom's telecom regulator, local...
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Submission + - How to start reading other's code?

Submitted by BorgeStrand on Sunday June 16, 2013 @03:48PM

BorgeStrand writes: I'm reviving an open source project and need to read up on a lot of existing code written by others. What are your tricks for quickly getting to grips with code written by others? The project is written in C++ using several APIs which are unknown to me. I know embedded C pretty well, so both the syntax, the APIs and the general functionality are things I wish to explore before I can contribute to the project.

Comment Re:Next up: tiered pricing (Score 0) 314

by Noland150 on Friday September 02, 2011 @08:27AM (#37284692) Attached to: Starz To Pull Content From Netflix

The Slashdot Channel looks vastly over priced by comparison.

Comment He didn't need to go through all of that trouble (Score 0) 299

by Noland150 on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:28AM (#33607468) Attached to: Nicholas Sze of Yahoo Finds Two-Quadrillionth Digit of Pi

He could have just asked Yahoo! Answers

Comment Re:well.. (Score 0) 383

by Noland150 on Thursday August 05, 2010 @05:26PM (#33155026) Attached to: Steve Furber On Why Kids Are Turned Off To Computing Classes

My wife can type over 70 wpm but can't set up an email client, let alone anything related to programming. No correlation twixt the two.

Comment Move along (Score 0) 356

by Noland150 on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @10:45PM (#32427150) Attached to: Rumor of Betelgeuse's Death Greatly Exaggerated

All this stuff took place hundreds of years ago..and here you guys are still talking about it.

Comment At long last. (Score 0) 143

by Noland150 on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @10:38PM (#32273962) Attached to: OpenBSD 4.7 Released

This will be the year of OpenBSD on the desktop.

Comment It's a brilliant marketing ploy. (Score 1) 106

by Noland150 on Monday April 26, 2010 @11:15PM (#31994074) Attached to: Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times

She will soon be selling an SVO service. Search Vehicle Optimization.

Comment Oh my. (Score 5, Funny) 248

by Noland150 on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @07:38PM (#31605416) Attached to: Best Buy Offers Bogus "3D Sync" Service

I hope this doesn't hurt the Geek Squad's reputation.

Comment And best of all.. (Score 4, Funny) 316

by Noland150 on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @09:27PM (#31353222) Attached to: North Korea's Own OS, Red Star

It has a nifty daemon that keeps system clocks set back by 50 years.

Comment I hate being called a goat humper. (Score 1) 736

by Noland150 on Sunday November 29, 2009 @05:49PM (#30264004) Attached to: Do You Hate Being Called an "IT Guy?"

A one-time event should not define a person's life.

Comment Re:please repost on a non-piratebay site so can re (Score 1) 327

by Noland150 on Tuesday November 17, 2009 @12:21PM (#30130082) Attached to: Pirate Bay Shuts Down Tracker, Switches To Distributed Hash Table

Your company shields you from TPB but exposes you to Slashdot? What kind of hell-hole do you work in?

Comment Re:Can I avoid this simply by avoiding Disney? (Score 3, Funny) 498

by Noland150 on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @09:22PM (#29831001) Attached to: Disney Close To Unveiling New "DVD Killer"

A peek inside the famous Disney vault: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/disney-vault-vt/27139/

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