Comment Re:Redundant (Score 1) 334
or The Los Angeles Angels baseball team.
Comment Re:What the hell is the fuss about (Score 3, Interesting) 309
the dead cannot own property.
Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams 114
An anonymous reader writes "During several months of 2009, Moscow police looked at fake pictures displayed on their monitors instead of what was supposed to be video from the city surveillance cams. The subcontractor providing the cams was paid on the basis of 'the number of working cams,' so he delivered pre-cooked pictures stored on his servers. The camera company CEO has been arrested."
Comment Re:Don't worry about the quality, feel the cost (Score 1) 215
Not just the UK...
France has a very good system for this, apparently.
My personal experience with NHS Direct was actually (all things considered) pretty damn good. Mind you I am a strong proponent of the NHS, despite its neglect over the past decade, Its still a valid and potent solution, and one which I am grateful for! And have been a lot throughout my life!
Driving a motorbike, having a son, and an accident prone girlfriend makes you very happy that a relatively small proportion of your income goes to those fellas!
Comment Re:Slashvertisement (Score 1) 215
One might hope that it is pretty close to the "auto euthanise" button.....
Comment Any self respecting slashdotting husband from t'UK (Score 1) 346
Would say quite honestly that its her job to make sure that the sprogs are doing their schoolwork.
Ruckus Closes Down 125
An anonymous reader writes "According to TechCrunch, Ruckus, the ad-supported music service targeted at college students, has closed down for good. Ruckus was notable for its poorly-designed client software and .wma-only DRM-laden catalog of 3,000,000 tracks, somewhat less than half the size of the iTunes catalog."
Comment Re:fappable? (Score 1) 1239
not exactly: Fap is the sound of one solitary masterbat.
fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfa ahhhh. Is the sound of masturbation.
fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfa ahhhh. Is the sound of masturbation.
Comment Industrial Rev? (Score 1) 632
er ... a marked movement for us as humans ... how'd their ears weather?
Just asking.
Your damange from your iPod isn't changing the planet ... at this time.
Just asking.
Your damange from your iPod isn't changing the planet
Journal Journal: Back to Slashdot.
Well, back to Slashdot for me. Had to take a break for a while ... and from Michael's dribble. Well, he's gone, looks like the Eds are paying a little more attention to things.
Journal Journal: Michael.
Well, i normally rip on the guy for posting the stuff he does, but ya know what? Tonight, he is on target and picking well.
Seriously, he's been balanced and posting stuff the geeks wanna know about (or at least this geek). It is more on target and /.-like - fitting with the rest of the Ed's. i used to bitch a lot about it - but, hey, you know what? Fuck that noise, people can change, morph, and listen (to me? heh, why do that?).
Seriously, he's been balanced and posting stuff the geeks wanna know about (or at least this geek). It is more on target and
Journal Journal: Fuck OpenOffice 1
Fuck OO. Fuck it. And here's why:
i use blosxom for my journal-style CMS. So, i write a loooooooooooong ass piece that i want to post at my site. i'd like to spellcheck it as i like to do - no sense in posting shit if it's riddled with a mess of errors (hell, i'm typing this directly as i don't have AbiWord in yet). So i type up all my thoughts and links and reasons and refs in emacs...just my style. It's only text, wtf, why not? i'd run into probs with OO fucking up my quotes, so emacs
i use blosxom for my journal-style CMS. So, i write a loooooooooooong ass piece that i want to post at my site. i'd like to spellcheck it as i like to do - no sense in posting shit if it's riddled with a mess of errors (hell, i'm typing this directly as i don't have AbiWord in yet). So i type up all my thoughts and links and reasons and refs in emacs...just my style. It's only text, wtf, why not? i'd run into probs with OO fucking up my quotes, so emacs
Journal Journal: Michael sucks.
Goddamn, take a look at the stories posted today/tonight by him. Slashdot - Ads for Nerds, Stuff that makes OSDN Money. Or something stupid like that. And then his little "gnutella-still-free-for-all dept." comment on the Real Player story (and the stupid title that he let go through...yet again painting Real as the bad guy). Not that i'm a fan of Real, but fucking christ, if Slashdot wants to keep whatever street-cred it used to have, this moron has got to go. Read
Journal Journal: Yeah, FlashBlock, kids.
Yep, we got it: FlashBlock!
Journal Journal: Microsoft Flash Ads on Slashdot. 2
In case you haven't noticed Slashdot is now running shitty Microsoft ads at the top of the page. "Nothing odd, they do that all the time," you may say.
