chocho99 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:So what (Score 1) 95

by chocho99 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:13PM (#54705727) Attached to: August Solar Eclipse Could Disrupt Roads and Cellular Networks

If you have a heart attack - you will appreciate the effort they are making to ensure communications. It's not about convenience - it's about liability.

A few million dumbfucks won't be able to use their phones for a few minutes/hours. This is a disaster scenario that companies are planning for well in advance? If you are so important that you can't be missed for a few hours while you go to see an eclipse obviously you shouldn't be going at all.

Comment Replica? (Score 2) 80

by chocho99 on Sunday February 15, 2015 @01:02PM (#49060399) Attached to: US Military Working On 3D Printing Exact Replicas of Bones & Limbs

Bones and hard tissues = easy. Vessels, nerves, supporting tissue = nigh impossible. If technology ever got to the point where we could do this, we wouldn't be using soldiers to do our fighting.

Comment With this line of reasoning... (Score 5, Interesting) 628

by chocho99 on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @03:04PM (#44698931) Attached to: NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash

...why not make the phone companies liable for transmitting the text to you while you are in a moving car. It's not like they don't already know where you are at all times.

Crazy Taxi Arrives For PSN, XBLA Version Coming Soon 56

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @11:42PM from the get-out-of-the-way dept.

Today a remake of the Dreamcast classic Crazy Taxi launched on the PlayStation Network, with the Xbox Live Arcade release coming November 24th. The graphics have been updated to 720p, but licensing issues for the soundtrack and some in-game locations resulted in noticeable changes. Quoting the Opposable Thumbs blog: "The Offspring, along with Bad Religion, provided the game's soundtrack in the original release. These songs, along with the sound of that announcer, went a long way toward creating the game's mood. In the new version, they have been replaced by completely forgettable pop-punk tracks, and it's a downgrade. ... That's not the only thing that's missing. The game originally featured licensed locations. Customers would need to be dropped off at the Pizza Hut, for instance. These companies didn't spring for the advertising in the game's rerelease, but the buildings weren't updated to look like anything else; the result is a game that looks like its filled with closed-down fast food restaurants. ... this is an interesting look at what went on to become a cult classic. Still, this is no replacement for my original copy."

Wolfenstein Gets Ray Traced 184

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @03:42AM from the ach-mein-framen dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After showcasing Quake Wars: Ray Traced a few years ago, Intel is now showing their latest graphics research project using Wolfenstein game content. The new and cool special effects are actually displayed on a laptop using a cloud-based gaming approach with servers that have an Intel Knights Ferry card (many-core) inside. Their blog post has a video and screenshots."

Frog Species Discovered Living In Elephant Dung 56

Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 12, 2009 @07:08PM from the I've-lived-in-worse-places dept.

rhettb writes "Three different species of frogs have been discovered living in the dung of the Asian elephant in southeastern Sri Lanka. The discovery — the first time anyone has recorded frogs living in elephant droppings — has widespread conservation implications both for frogs and Asian elephants, which are in decline. Apparently the frogs feed on the many invertebrates present in elephant dung."

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