marcfonline - Slashdot User

Comment And then there are indecisive people like me... (Score 1) 587

by marcfonline on Sunday February 10, 2013 @09:41AM (#42849601) Attached to: Woz Says iPhone Features Are 'Behind'

I guess I'm a bit of an odd case, but I have both an iPhone 5 and a Galaxy S III, and there are things I like and dislike about them both (the battery life and overall polish of the user interface is better on the iPhone, but I love the widgets, customizability, and Google Now on my GS3). I preordered my GS3 as soon as they were announced in 2012, and then I started a new job and they provided me with an iPhone. So far I'm enjoying my two-phone life, and I'm enough of a nerd that nobody is really surprised that I'm the guy who would enjoy that kind of thing.

Sony Ericsson Develops Contact Headphones 173

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 21, 2009 @03:30PM from the sounds-like-another-point-of-failure dept.

TechnologyResource writes "Sony Ericsson has just introduced the MH907 headphones. The headphones will pause or play your music based on contact; eliminating the use of a pause or stop button. Removing one ear bud will pause the music. Removing both ear buds will stop the music. Both ear buds have to be in your ear to play the music. According to Sony Ericsson, this will allow you to 'play your music and answer phone calls just by inserting the buds into your ear or taking them out.'"

Vegetative Patients Can Still Learn 159

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 21, 2009 @01:46PM from the better-than-some-biz-folks-i-have-known dept.

enigma48 writes to mention that a collaborative study between the Universities of Buenos Aires and Cambridge have demonstrated that individuals in a vegetative state can still learn and demonstrate at least a partial consciousness. Their findings are reported in a recent online edition of Nature Neuroscience. "It is the first time that scientists have tested whether patients in vegetative and minimally conscious states can learn. By establishing that they can, it is believed that this simple test will enable practitioners to assess the patient's consciousness without the need of imaging. The abstract is also available in the advance issue of Nature."

Comment Re:I have no idea... (Score 1) 1246

by marcfonline on Saturday March 26, 2005 @10:42AM (#12053941) Attached to: Distance from birthplace?

The state of New Hampshire tends to post things in both KM and miles along I-93. The closer you get to Canada, I've seen a few signs that are just in KM. And I've always wondered why things like the "Walk for Hunger" or cross-country races are measured in KM. For instance, high school X-C teams do 5K runs, and the usual "Walk" is 10km.

Slashdot Top Deals