lthown - Slashdot User

Comment It's already being done in the United States (Score 1) 127

by lthown on Monday September 10, 2012 @03:49PM (#41292059) Attached to: QR Codes For Memorials

http://www.memorymedallion.com/ (I bought one for my Mother In Law's headstone) puts a portion of the monies into an escrow account to keep the servers running. I'm happy with the service and customer support.

SA's Largest Telecomms Provider vs. a Pigeon 149

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @10:56AM from the may-the-best-bird-win dept.

dagwud writes "Just a few days after this Slashdot article, South Africa's largest telecoms provider, Telkom (which has been taking flak for years for its shoddy and overpriced service), is being pitted against a homing pigeon to see which can deliver 4GB of call centre data logs quickest over a distance of around 80km (50 miles). According to the official website, the race is set to take place September 10."

Antarctic Ice Bridge Finally Breaks Off 505

Posted by timothy on Monday April 06, 2009 @01:50AM from the invest-in-arizona-beaches dept.

GreennMann writes "An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped. Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence of rapid change in the region. Sited on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Wilkins shelf has been retreating since the 1990s. Researchers regarded the ice bridge as an important barrier, holding the remnant shelf structure in place. Its removal will allow ice to move more freely between Charcot and Latady islands, into the open ocean."

Comment Re:Buy a real SSL cert, with location info (Score 1) 183

by lthown on Friday April 25, 2008 @01:58PM (#23200412) Attached to: Choosing an SSL Provider?

I literally laughed out loud. Good summary.

Submission + - Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" is out (indiana.edu) 1

Submitted by

lthown

on Thursday October 18, 2007 @08:44AM

lthown writes: "It's October 18th so go get it. You can choose from a Mirror, use their download page or get the torrent (i386 desktop) — a complete list of the available torrents is at http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/ (scroll down to the "ubuntu-7.10" section)."

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