Picard_1701 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Tone Deaf (Score 2) 63

by Picard_1701 on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @01:12PM (#64685486) Attached to: Google Unveils $99 TV Streamer To Replace Chromecast

4K streaming inside a browser running Linux? I thought they specifically disallowed this. https://news.ycombinator.com/i.... https://help.netflix.com/en/no...

Tremulous Switching To Xbox Live, Exclusively 43

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 01, 2010 @03:20PM from the console-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Darklegion Development and Microsoft have apparently been working on a new version of Tremulous for the Xbox 360. Timbor, project founder and a main developer of Tremulous, said this in a recent announcement: 'What does this mean for you? You will now be able to play Tremulous on Xbox Live with thousands of other gamers, earning achievements and showing off your gaming skill. In the best interest of maintaining a steady and secure Tremulous playerbase, Tremulous is going to be exclusively available for Xbox Live. Existing infrastructure will no longer receive official support. Players who have already been playing for at least three months can apply for a €5/$7 coupon as a show of our appreciation of your enthusiasm so far! What does this mean for the community? Hopefully nothing! While the production of Tremulous switches from its current open source development to a closed source environment handled by the very capable and experienced Microsoft engineers, the efforts of the community will still be valued. In this collaboration we have made it very clear that the Tremulous community is very important to the game, and Microsoft agrees with us on this point. We are confident that this move will not stifle the creative output of the community.'"

Lord British Claims He Owns the Moon 144

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 29, 2010 @05:14PM from the enjoy-the-property-tax dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following the recent discovery of Richard Garriott's old moon rover, the man known as Lord British has laid claim to his own lunar territory. Moon dwellers, all hail your new overlord!"

Comment Re:reasons this may not catch on in the US (Score 1) 533

by Picard_1701 on Tuesday February 02, 2010 @05:34PM (#31001508) Attached to: Electric Bicycles Surging In Popularity

Let's do a thought experiment!

Let's say I had a samurai sword, and I was swinging it wildly in public. If someone with no arms slowly walks into my blind spot and I injure them, am I more or less responsible than the other person? Note especially that this person can't harm me, while I can kill them without thinking.

Replace sword with car, and the armless walker with bicycle, and the moral argument is the exact same. It's the ethos of Spiderman: with greater power comes greater responsibility.

Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers 149

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 23, 2010 @04:03AM from the love-the-gold-mylar dept.

krou writes "Amateur astronomer Peter Shah has stunned astronomers around the world with amazing photos of the universe taken from his garden shed. Shah spent £20,000 on the equipment, hooking up a telescope in his shed to his home computer, and the results are being compared to images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. 'Most men like to putter about in their garden shed,' said Shah, 'but mine is a bit more high tech than most. I have fitted it with a sliding roof so I can sit in comfort and look at the heavens. I have a very modest set up, but it just goes to show that a window to the universe is there for all of us – even with the smallest budgets. I had to be patient and take the images over a period of several months because the skies in Britain are often clouded over and you need clear conditions.' His images include the Monkey's head nebula, M33 Pinwheel Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and the Flaming Star Nebula, and are being put together for a book."

Comment Re:That's easier said than done. (Score 1) 260

by Picard_1701 on Friday October 30, 2009 @04:04PM (#29928167) Attached to: EPA To Buy Small Town In Kansas

One thing is for certain: you gotta pay when somebody else was responsible. That's just how your betters and masters like it. Hey, did you know that a threat to injustice anywhere is a threat to injustice everywhere?

Comment Re:Environmentalism means losing your mind (Score 1) 942

by Picard_1701 on Monday October 26, 2009 @09:13AM (#29871393) Attached to: Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog

Hey, buddy, in general I agree with you. It's mostly a cash grab spun really well. But. The water thing is real. We are messing with the fresh water cycle in a way that has, historically, ended civilizations. Overview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm Most shocking to me are the Aral Sea and Mexico City. Aral Sea because it already happened, and Mexico City because if it destabilizes, well, North America gets a hell of a lot more interesting. Aral Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea Mexico City http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125270169029204249.html

Comment Re:Environmentalist nonsense (Score 1) 942

by Picard_1701 on Monday October 26, 2009 @08:42AM (#29871153) Attached to: Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog

They haven't even done anything yet you douche.

Comment Re:No, It's Not (Score 1) 879

by Picard_1701 on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @01:53PM (#18858287) Attached to: Is Windows Vista in Trouble?

Well, sort of... IBM ran into trouble competing against itself. When you're a monopoly in a consumer durable, your competition is... your previous products.

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