Comment Re:I, for one (Score 1) 197
Ok. Is this meme dead? I didn't get the e-mail.
Comment I, for one (Score 3, Funny) 197
would like to welcome our robotic driver overlords.
Comment Re:I don't fly anymore... (Score 1) 549
So true. Too bad not flying limits your options quite a bit. A meeting on other state tomorrow? A vacation on the other side of the pond?
Comment Re:Pilot's seat (Score 1) 549
Doesn't the pilot get uncomfortable after a while from being seated at?
Comment Re:Chuck Norris... (Score 4, Insightful) 319
That joke is so clever you get modded insightful for calling it clever. It had to be about Chuck Norris.
Comment Re:With sticky notes... (Score 1) 414
If a burglar is in my house and it is pitch black, he is likely to be eaten by a grue.
Comment Re:It's That Elusive Slashdot Demographic (Score 1) 395
Damn, busted!
Comment Re:Laws have become horribly, horribly complex (Score 3, Informative) 270
OK, I'm curious. Why Arizona? I'm not from the USA, so maybe I'm missing something there...
Arizona does not place the restriction that only members of the bar can practice law. Thus, anyone can provide you with legal advice... you just need to realize yourself when you can't, or can rely upon the information.
Comment Re:TFA (Score 1) 154
God tried to post on the articles website and communicate His wisdom on the people. But the site was slashdotted. Maybe next time, God.
Comment Already a disappointment (Score 1, Insightful) 309
Cryptic live up to their name, I searched their site in vain for this:
Cryptic has announced that they will release a Windows version of STO, and a possible console version also. During the August 10 Las Vegas conference, Cryptic announced that there would be neither Linux nor Mac versions for the original launch, though they did not rule out the possibility of later port releases.
They were just trying not to infuriate the Fek'lhr worshiping Linux fans, but the truth is that they will never release a Linux or Mac version of STO. After watching the trailers and finding out that there would be no Linux or Mac versions, Captain Picard decided to share his feelings about STO.
Submission + - Sponge-Like “Swelling Glass” Absorbs (inhabitat.com)
MikeChino writes: A company called Absorbent Materials has created a new kind of “swelling glass” that can clean up contaminated groundwater by soaking up volatile molecules like a sponge. Dubbed Obsorb, the material can hold up to 8 times its weight in fuel, oil, and solvents without sucking up any of the water itself. Once the material is full it floats to the surface and the pollutants can be skimmed off.
Comment Awkward (Score 1) 316
The "unbreakable" phone being actually breakable is nothing extraordinary, but the awkward position the reporter puts the guy on is priceless. And I have to tell you the reporter was pretty gentle with the phone.
Comment Re:bad writing. (Score 1) 226
I have, myself, reconsidered, after reading this summary, what good writing is.
Comment What's important (Score 5, Interesting) 198
Although drawling lines might be important to some, what really matters to most smartphone users is how the phone responds to misclicks. Is it able to detect it and adjust accordingly? There is more to it then the accuracy of the screen. You are using your phone while standing or walking so even if the screen is 100% accurate you probably won't be. What kind of correction algorithm the phone has to compensate for that?
Of course creating a considerate test is too much trouble and just saying that the iPhone touchscreen is more accurate then Google's scores you plenty of apple-love.
Of course creating a considerate test is too much trouble and just saying that the iPhone touchscreen is more accurate then Google's scores you plenty of apple-love.
Comment Re:Obviously... (Score 1, Informative) 198
Yes, the droid that most accurately responds to your finger can now be found at http://www.truecompanion.com/
