Tanmi-Daiow - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Nebraska (Score 1) 338

by Tanmi-Daiow on Thursday August 04, 2011 @04:54PM (#36990666) Attached to: Rare Earth Deposit Discovered In US

That reminds me of a joke we have next door in Iowa: If you shave off the top and bottom tiers of Iowa's counties and give them to Minnesota and Missouri, respectively, you'll raise the average IQ of all three states.

Comment Re:DROID App (Score 1) 534

by Tanmi-Daiow on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:15PM (#30479244) Attached to: $26 of Software Defeats American Military

Obligatory xkcd

Comment Re:And why should they care? (Score 1) 441

by Tanmi-Daiow on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @04:22PM (#29673991) Attached to: MIT Axes the 500-Word Application Essay

I'm not sure whether to feel relieved or scared by your post seeing as how I am currently in the middle of applying to a PhD program at Carnegie-Mellon.

Mozilla and Google — Exchange Killers At Last? 336

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 14, 2007 @03:33PM from the so-happy-together dept.

phase_9 writes "The latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird may still only be in beta but already the user community have started creating an extensive set of viable Exchange killers. One such example is the latest mashup between Thunderbird and Google Calendars, providing bi-directional syncing of calendar information from both the client and internet. How long will it be before open-source software can provide a complete, accessible office suite for a fraction of the cost that Microsoft current imposes?"

Internet Blackout Threat for Music Thieves in AU 244

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 14, 2007 @01:35PM from the that-seems-a-little-harsh dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com.au is reporting that the ARIA [Australia's Version of the RIAA] is making plans to have ISPs cancel or terminate the accounts of those who download music illegally. If the user is on dialup, that's not a problem: their telephone line will be disconnected. 'Fed up with falling sales, the industry — which claims Australians download more than one billion songs illegally each year — has been discussing tough new guidelines with internet service providers (ISPs) since late last year. The music industry is lobbying for a three strikes and you're out policy to enforce their copyright. Under this system, people who illegally download songs would be given three written warnings by their Internet service provider. If they continued to illegally download songs, their internet account would be suspended or terminated.'"

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