Uncle Mark (AUS) - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The US is clearly very screwed up (Score 1) 1431

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @09:17PM (#45960289) Attached to: Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie

. ..and what kind of parent gives their 3 year old kid a cellphone anyway?

This alone makes me feel less empathy towards the guy.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 171

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:09PM (#45615161) Attached to: Two Supermassive Black Holes About To Embrace

Black Holes, not assholes.

Black Assholes

Comment Brotein (Score 1) 21

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @08:56PM (#45021269) Attached to: Proteins Help Researchers Build a Flash Memory Device

Proteins help researches...build the muscle, MANG!?!

Comment Mercedes always ahead in the trends (Score 1) 226

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Thursday September 12, 2013 @10:36AM (#44830003) Attached to: Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast

The McLarens have been using this for a couple of years now already.

Comment Something's fishy... (Score 1) 83

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Monday August 12, 2013 @07:07AM (#44540437) Attached to: Dogs Trained To Sniff Out Ovarian Cancer

I'll get a dog to determine if I have ovarian cancer. I'll get a cat to determine if I have a bacterial infection.

Comment Search and Rescue (Score 1) 52

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Sunday August 11, 2013 @11:50PM (#44539387) Attached to: AquaTop Immersive Display System: Get Your Hands Wet to Sink Some Files

I'm wondering if this technology could be up-scaled to be useful for detecting persons lost at sea during the night? Although the cloudy texture isn't quite there...it is salt water...

Comment Jump Ship (Score 1) 86

by Uncle Mark (AUS) on Thursday July 04, 2013 @08:56PM (#44191739) Attached to: Digia Releases Qt 5.1 With Preliminary Support For Android and iOS

I can see a lot of potential to seamlessly develop native (fast) apps which are ALSO cross platform. It sounds like a win-win for me with the user's usability experience being faster as well as a familiar environment for app developers. As long as they can keep up to speed with the core platform features and changes..

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