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Sci-fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87 91

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @05:17PM from the rest-in-peace dept.

tmjva writes "Per BBC's Entertainment page, author Harry Harrison died today at the age of 87. His body of work included Make Room! Make Room!, (the inspiration for Soylent Green), The Stainless Steel Rat, and Bill the Galactic Hero. From the article: 'Harrison's first novel, Deathworld, was published in 1960, while the first book in the Stainless Steel Rat series was published a year later. The last of the series was published just two years ago in 2010 and the books are widely regarded as producing one of science fiction's great anti-heroes, Slippery Jim diGriz, aka The Stainless Steel Rat. The author also parodied the sci-fi genre in his seven Bill the Galactic Hero books, which were first seen in 1965. He saw his work as anti-war and anti-militaristic.'"

Comment Re:A false choice, of course... (Score 1, Insightful) 2044

by alatar_b on Friday March 19, 2010 @12:36PM (#31539788) Attached to: Health Care Reform

Government is why these things cost so much. And yet we are about to add MORE government into the system?

Gaming With GPS On Your Smartphone 43

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 27, 2010 @03:33AM from the getting-lost-despite-two-meter-precision dept.

Barence writes "If your handset doesn't get you out and about, tramping through mud, climbing around and hunting for hidden treasure, then something needs an upgrade. The iPhone, Blackberry's Storm and Bold lines, and many Symbian and Android handsets, now sport GPS, which makes your smartphone the ticket to join a global movement of outdoor games. These are outbound challenges that pit teams and solo players against themselves and each other in the search for hidden treasure, undiscovered landmarks, and hidden spots all over the world. This article delves into several of the best smartphone-friendly real-world games, each of which is a bridge between the online and offline worlds."

Ocean-Crossing Dragonflies Discovered 95

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @10:45PM from the incredible-journey dept.

grrlscientist writes "While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the Globe Skimmer, Pantala flavescens, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world."

Comment Cybergenie (Score 2, Informative) 405

by alatar_b on Thursday November 05, 2009 @04:48PM (#29999452) Attached to: Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer?

http://www.cygnion.net/ It did exist, and there are still some available out there if you look hard enough. It had some issues, the main one being lack of sales hampering the development of the technology any further, but it worked pretty well all being said.

Comment Re:FW (Score 2, Informative) 177

by alatar_b on Sunday June 14, 2009 @07:58PM (#28330281) Attached to: A Twitter Client For the Commodore 64

Yes, you can overclock it, in a fashion. Check out the SuperCPU http://www.cmdweb.de/scpu.htm It is a replacement CPU for the stock and also allows adding memory to the system.

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