Comment Caucasians are too damn tall (Score 0) 326
Google shouldn't do it, Caucasians are too damn tall as we learned from the movie Crazy People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iJsdGkl44
Comment Recent DRM Headache (Score 1) 299
I recently purchased the novel Triggers on Kobo's website. On the book's page it listed both Smartphone and Kobo eReaders as compatible devices. Clicking on the Smartphone it shows Blackberry, clicking on Kobo eReaders it shows my 1st Gen Kobo eReader. So I purchase the book, the first book I had purchased in about a year. The book automatically shows up on my Blackberry but I can't open it. It shows up in my Kobo Desktop software where I can read it and when I plug in my eReader it says it has finished transferring it to my eReader but it isn't there after the sync. I ended up needing to use Adobe Digital Editions to transfer it over. This was kind of frustrating as there were scant instructions at all. And I was never able to read it on my Blackberry. (The Blackberry is from work)
Comment The Wal-Mart Affect (Score 1) 271
Most people I know window shop at places like HMV, EB Games and then buy at Wal-Mart, you just can't beat the prices.
HMV has always been over priced, I've avoided it like the pluage for the past decade (Odd thats the same time mp3s starting popping up)
HMV has always been over priced, I've avoided it like the pluage for the past decade (Odd thats the same time mp3s starting popping up)
Feed Science Daily: New Target For HIV/AIDS Drugs And Vaccine Discovered (sciencedaily.com)
A new finding could lead to new drugs to fight the HIV/AIDS virus, as well as new vaccines to prevent infection. Researchers demonstrate for the first time how the HIV-1 Nef viral protein delivers a one-two punch to the body's innate immune system.
Journal Journal: Scientists announce stem cell line from new source
Scientists have created a new stem cell line from a clinically unusable human egg in a development that could have major implications for research into illnesses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, liver disease and diabetes. The breakthrough, by Roslin Cells Ltd, a spin out company established in 2006 by Roslin Institute, and scientists at The University of Manchester, demonstrates for the first time that eggs which are incapable of becoming viable embryos can be used as a source for stem cells.
Submission + - Companies Hang Up on Apple's iPhone (wsj.com)
WSJdpatton writes: "IPhones can be used for email, but many businesses don't plan to sync them with internal systems used to power Blackberries and Microsoft mobile devices. Employees eager to use the cool new gadget, however, may pressure IT departments to support iPhones even if it means incurring more costs and changing policies."
Journal Journal: Feds Armored Vehicle seen outside Ed and Elaine Brown's home
The Feds are preparing for a Waco style attack on Ed and Elaine Brown's home in Plainfield, NH
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Feed Rullemarie robot shot, bludgeoned with axe after attempted arrest (engadget.com)
Filed under: Robots
As we've seen, robots can be quite capable of making arrests (or at least helping police make arrests). But even the best robots sometimes meet their match, as evidenced by this latest turn of events out of the Netherlands. It seems that police were having trouble contacting a man that was holding out in a cottage, so they decided to send in their trusty "Rullemarie" robot on a mission of peace. The criminal doesn't appear to have been in a mood to negotiate, however, and promptly shot the unarmed bot a few times before bludgeoning it with an axe. Sadly, the damage appears to have so extensive that even a robot MASH unit would likely not have been of any help.
[Thanks, J]
[Thanks, J]
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Feed Self-assembly could simplify nanotech construction (pheedo.com)
"Molecular origami" could become the latest nanotech construction technique, thanks to the first detailed study of how sheets fold
Feed Cannabis compound reduces skin allergies in mice (pheedo.com)
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Submission + - Is parallel programming just too hard?
pcause writes: There has been a lot of
talk recently about the need for programmers to shift paradigms and begin building more parallel applications and systems. The need to do this and the hardware and systems to support it have been around for a while, but we haven't seen a lot of progress. The article says that gaming systems have made progress, but MMOGs are typically years late and I'll bet part of the problem is trying to be more parallel/distributed.
Since this discussion has been going on for over a decade with little progress in terms of widespread change, one has to ask is parallel programming just too difficult for most programmers? Are the tools inadequate or perhaps is it that it is very difficult to think about parallel systems. Maybe it is a fundamental human limit. Will we really see progress in the next 10 years that matches the progress of the silicon?
Since this discussion has been going on for over a decade with little progress in terms of widespread change, one has to ask is parallel programming just too difficult for most programmers? Are the tools inadequate or perhaps is it that it is very difficult to think about parallel systems. Maybe it is a fundamental human limit. Will we really see progress in the next 10 years that matches the progress of the silicon?
Feed Any port in a storm: the display tech battle (theregister.com)
HDMI. DisplayPort. UDI. Three rivals, only one winner. Which will it be?
Feature Take a look at the back of a typical HDTV, and you'll almost certainly see at the very least one or more Scart connectors; a handful of RCA jacks to feed in stereo audio, composite video and component video; and at least one High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port...
Journal Journal: Phrack
Phrack is back. This means I need to get a new floppy disk to store files on..
http://www.phrack.org
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