mindbender.ca - Slashdot User

Comment Re:new jobs (Score 1) 32

by mindbender.ca on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:23PM (#63406812) Attached to: GitHub Slashes Its Entire Engineering Team in India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Microsoft continues to be concerned with Lenny's computer!

Comment Re:More like 30000000% (Score 1) 80

by mindbender.ca on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:25PM (#57824684) Attached to: Spam Calls Jumped Over 300% Globally in 2018

Yeah, this week has been especially bad. I went from 1-2 a week to 1-2 daily.

Comment I've had some fun with my Lennybot (Score 1) 80

by mindbender.ca on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @11:21AM (#57824228) Attached to: Spam Calls Jumped Over 300% Globally in 2018

I try to check the Caller ID against multiple websites to determine if they are spam calls and send them to Lenny. I've had some good results:

Lenny vs Tech Support
Lenny on a 16 minute call with Visa/Mastercard Services
Lenny taking a survey

Lately they seem to generate random CIDs and are getting past my CID checks.

Comment I send them to Lenny (Score 4, Informative) 77

by mindbender.ca on Friday November 30, 2018 @09:36AM (#57725388) Attached to: After Microsoft Complaints, Indian Police Arrest Tech Support Scammers At 26 Call Centers

Like this one time time

Ancient Ecosystem Found In Ice Pocket 49

Posted by timothy on Friday April 17, 2009 @09:21AM from the so-it's-not-a-traditional-honeymoon-suite dept.

ApharmdB writes "Beneath a glacier in Antarctica, scientists have discovered a community of microbes growing in frigid pools of salty water. It's a particularly tough environment, with no light, no oxygen, and extremely cold temperatures. But the microbes appear to live — and thrive — off a combination of iron and sulfur, according to a new study. The result of that strange metabolism is a brilliant red streak of cascading ice called Blood Falls."

Comment Re:Alternatives (Score 2, Interesting) 288

by mindbender.ca on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @02:01PM (#26269511) Attached to: The Fight Over NASA's Future

I'd like to see a move away from the Ares-Orion stack and a move towards the more versatile Jupitor plan.

Huh? How is Jupiter more versatile? Its a single rocket that would not have the lift capability of Ares 5, nor the safety of Ares 1... You Jupiter freaks need to stop drinking that cool-aid.

Comment Re:Why the Ares I? (Score 2, Insightful) 344

by mindbender.ca on Thursday July 17, 2008 @12:27PM (#24229513) Attached to: NASA Shuttle Replacement's Problems Are Worsening

Because none of those launchers you mentioned could lift the Orion capsule, which is the whole idea for the project (even though the current Ares I design cant do that either). If we scrap Ares now and cancel Shuttle, the US wont be launching people until 2018 at the earliest.

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