mike_of_the_weeds - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 454

by mike_of_the_weeds on Friday March 12, 2010 @07:53PM (#31458874) Attached to: FCC Asks You To Test Your Broadband Speeds

As often as cable modems break and cable networks switch IP addresses...

And I have been using the same cable modem for nearly 5 years. I don't pay for a static IP but I have only have 3 different IPs in that entire time frame. Go Go Anecdotal Evidence!

Comment Re:Obligatory... (Score 4, Informative) 413

by jedibfa on Monday February 01, 2010 @02:33AM (#30977968) Attached to: FOSS CAD and 3D Modeling Software?

Have you seen the list of Open Engineering Tools over at DevelopSpace (http://wiki.developspace.net/Open_Source_Engineering_Tools)? Not sure if it helps with the immediate need, but it is the most comprehensive list of open source tools for all things engineering I have found.

Comment Re:Does it come with software? (Score 1) 146

by mike_of_the_weeds on Saturday November 14, 2009 @06:28AM (#30096214) Attached to: Commodore 64 Runs Again On the iPhone

racing destruction set

God how I adored this game.

changing the gravity to like really wacky
MOON GRAVITY!

My friends all had Apple IIe systems and went home to Oregon Trails.

Oldest Human Hair Discovered In Fossilized Poop 50

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 11, 2009 @06:54PM from the near-the-top-of-the-food-chain dept.

goran72 writes "A new study has suggested that strands discovered in fossil hyena poop found in a South African cave could be the oldest-known human hairs. According to a report in National Geographic News, researchers discovered the rock-hard hyena dung near the Sterkfontein caves, where many early human ancestor fossils have been found."

New Google Favicon Deja Vu All Over Again? 227

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 11, 2009 @08:52PM from the matters-of-deep-significance dept.

theodp writes "Last June, Google rolled out a new favicon, the small branding icon that graces your URL bar when you visit Google. Which, as it turned out, bore a striking similarity to Garth Brooks' Circle-G logo. Well, Google went back to the drawing board and has come back with a new favicon, which it says was inspired by — not copied from, mind you — its users' submitted ideas. Some are also seeing inspiration elsewhere for the new favicon, which consists of white 'g' on a background of four color swatches. Take the AVG antivirus icon, for instance. Or everybody's favorite memory toy, Simon. Or — in perhaps the unkindest cut of all — the four-color Microsoft Windows logo, shown here with a superimposed white '7'. Anything else come to mind?" What comes to mind for me is just how obsessed many people are with the Google favicon.

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