Comment Re:Slashdot does it again! (Score 1) 49

by dhoonlee on Saturday July 22, 2006 @11:46AM (#15763057) Attached to: Howard Rheingold On Our Mobile World

S/N on Slashdot is getting pretty low now...

Is this how websites die?

Stallman Selling Autographs 335

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 30, 2006 @09:14AM from the happy-hacking-should-be-trademarked dept.

UltimaGuy writes "Sports stars, musicians, and other celebrities have been charging for autographs for years, but who would have thought Richard Stallman would be doing the same? Is this just for fun, or a clever, highly effective protest? Hackers, geeks and nerds gathered together at the 7th FISL - Internacional Free Software Forum, in Porto Alegre (Brazil) last week, were astounded when they got word that Richard Stallman, the founding father of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GPL, was charging R$ 10 (about US$ 3) for an autograph and R$ 5 (less than US$ 2) to get his picture taken by free software enthusiasts at the event floor."

Missing Link Fossil Discovered 864

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 06, 2006 @12:03AM from the intelligent-fossil-design dept.

choongiri writes "The Guardian is reporting the discovery of a missing link of evolution. From the article: "Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago.""

Implants Allow the Blind to See 354

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 05, 2006 @09:39PM from the cyber-eyes dept.

gihan_ripper writes "Neurosurgeon Kenneth Smith has performed a revolutionary operation on St Louis resident Cheri Robertson, connecting a camera directly to her optic nerve. The rig is in principle similar to Geordi La Forge's visor, albeit in very rudimentary form. At present, the 'image' consists of a number of white dots, as on an LED display. There are also governmental restrictions on this research, forcing Kenneth and his team to fly to Portugal to carry out the operation. If this technology takes off, the future will be bright for the sight-impaired."

Gamespot Previews World of Starcraft 116

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 01, 2006 @07:04PM from the zerg-rush dept.

ScaryFroMan writes "Gamespot has a preview up of Blizzard's new MMO, World of Starcraft. From the article: "To put it mildly, the human brain cannot possibly fathom and the English language cannot possibly express how amazingly incredible the next massively multiplayer game from Blizzard is going to be. First screens and details!""

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