Otonotachibana - Slashdot User

Comment Workaround (Score 1) 137

by Otonotachibana on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @10:38AM (#38148086) Attached to: Internet Water Army On the March

Might as well use that stupid Great Firewall of China to do some good. Add "Free Tibet", "Ai Weiwei is innocent", and "Taiwan is a country" to your site to avoid this spam.

Comment Re:Is it good? (Score 1) 183

by Otonotachibana on Thursday May 14, 2009 @01:08PM (#27953007) Attached to: Video Game Adaptation In the Works For <em>A Song of Fire and Ice</em>

Malazan Books of the Fallen deserves a shout-out. It's gritty fantasy that often focuses on military companies. The non-human characters are more than 2dimensional plot devices. Maturely written, puts alot of faith in the reader (there is little exposition, you're expected to keep up).

First Flight of Jet Powered By Algae-Fuel 255

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 09, 2009 @01:02PM from the fish-tanks-for-fuel-tanks dept.

s31523 writes "Today a US airline carrier conducted a 90 minute test flight with one of its engines powered by a 50/50 blend of biofuel and normal aircraft fuel. This was the first flight by a US carrier after other airlines have reported trying similar flights. In February 2008, a Virgin 747 flew from London to Amsterdam partly using a fuel derived from a blend of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts. At the end of December, one engine of an Air New Zealand 747 was powered by a 50/50 blend of jatropha plant oil and standard A1 jet fuel."

Microsoft's Ethical Guidelines 271

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @05:30AM from the oxy-meet-moron dept.

hankwang writes "Did you know that Microsoft has ethical guidelines? It's good to know that 'Microsoft did not make any payments to foreign government officials' while lobbying for OOXML, and that 'Microsoft conducts its business in compliance with laws designed to promote fair competition' every time they suppressed competitors. In their Corporate Citizenship section, they discuss how the customer-focused approach creates products that work well with those of competitors and open-source solutions. So all the reverse-engineering by Samba and OpenOffice.org developers wasn't really necessary."

Comment Re:Not just about Good vs. Evil (Score 1) 217

by Otonotachibana on Thursday May 18, 2006 @06:32PM (#15361536) Attached to: Stereotyping the Horde

What does it mean when a person chooses play as an orc, troll, or tauren? How much do they want to play a fantasy species and how much do they want to incorporate themselves into another culture?

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