altrent2003 - Slashdot User

Comment Couldn't agree more (Score 1) 209

by altrent2003 on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @03:10PM (#53649401) Attached to: Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable

This is the same exact reason I cancelled my Sling subscription earlier this week.
Not gonna pay $20 for the only one channel we're watching from time to time. And no, sorry, your free roku offer is not winning me back.

Comment Not automation (Score 5, Insightful) 540

by altrent2003 on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:42AM (#53325869) Attached to: Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers

"There was never a job opening for a drone pilot until there was something to fly,"
A drone is not automation. A self driving drone that knows what to pick up and where to deliver it autonomously is automation. It doesn't need a pilot.
I'd be concerned ordering market research studies from this man's company.

Comment Seriously... (Score 1) 66

by altrent2003 on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @12:50PM (#48803785) Attached to: South Africa Begins Ambitious Tablets In Schools Pilot Project

Do they expect to fix education problems by throwing more tablets at it?

North Korea's Own OS, Red Star 316

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @06:00PM from the linux-is-sometimes-for-communists dept.

klaasb writes "North Korea's self-developed computer operating system, named 'Red Star,' was brought to light for the first time by a Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday. North Korea's top IT experts began developing the Red Star in 2006, but its composition and operation mechanisms were unknown until the internet version of the Russia Today TV program featured the system, citing the blog of a Russian student who goes to the Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang."

Youtube Pulls Original "Rickroll" Video 97

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:13PM from the keep-rolling dept.

@VentureBeat writes "Youtube pulled the original 'Rickroll' video Wednesday night. Don't worry, after a lot of email about the loss of such an important piece of cultural history, Youtube put it back up, saying that they're never gonna say goodbye to the video that's had over 30 million views."

Seinfeld's Good Samaritan Law Now Reality? 735

Posted by samzenpus on Friday January 29, 2010 @12:48AM from the not-that-there-is-anything-wrong-with-that dept.

e3m4n writes "The fictitious 'good samaritan' law from the final episode of Seinfeld (the one that landed them in jail for a year) appears to be headed toward reality for California residents after the house passed this bill. There are some differences, such as direct action is not required, but the concept of guilt by association for not doing the right thing is still on the face of the bill."

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs 161

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 20, 2009 @01:01AM from the say-goodnight-folks dept.

lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it was closing the studio as part of a recently announced plan to eliminate 1,500 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce. Pandemic has about 220 employees, but an EA spokesman said that a core team, estimated by two people close to the studio to be about 25, will be integrated into the publisher's other Los Angeles studio, in Playa Vista.' An ex-developer for Pandemic attributed the studio's struggles to poor decisions from the management."

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