Comment Nuclear *fission*, not fusion (Score 5, Informative) 111
Error in summary. From the article: "This time NASA engineers want to create something deceptively simple: a rocket engine powered by nuclear *fission*."
Comment This is fantastic (Score 1) 74
All the companies we really hate, bundled up into one convenient easy-to-loathe marketing partnership. Truly we live in the future.
Comment "Don't complain about lack of options" (Score 1) 125
From the standard Slashdot poll footer: "Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks."
How sadly, quintessentially appropriate that text is in a poll about the ISP cartel system.
Roku Finally Gets a 2D Menu System 80
DeviceGuru writes "Many of us have griped for years about Roku's retro one-dimensional user interface. Finally, in conjunction with the release of the new Roku 3 model, the Linux-based media streaming player is getting a two-dimensional facelift, making it quicker and easier to access favorite channels and find new ones. Current Roku users, who will now begin suffering from UI-envy, will be glad to learn that Roku plans to push out a firmware update next month to many earlier models, including the Roku LT, Roku HD (model 2500R), Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2 XS, and Roku Streaming Stick. A short demo of the new 2D Roku menu system is available in this YouTube video."
Comment Re:Phi (Score 1) 573
I'll "third" this option; it's such an amazingly elegant number. I'd probably have to give overall coolness rankings of first and second to e and pi, but phi is way up there. Then again, it's just sqrt(5) all gussied up..
