Comment Apple IIe (Score 1) 632
Basic 'Hello World' stuff on an Apple IIe starting around 9th grade. This would have been fall of 1983.
Submission + - Bessel beam "tractor beam" concept theoretically demonstrated (gizmag.com)
cylonlover writes: Last year, NASA revealed it was evaluating three potential “tractor beam” technologies to deliver planetary or atmospheric particles to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft. At the time, the third of these, which involved the use of a Bessel beam, only existed on paper. Researchers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have now proven the theory behind the concept, demonstrating how a tractor beam can be realized in the real world – albeit on a very small scale.
Submission + - Court ruling shuts down Australian cloud TV recorders (zdnet.com.au)
joshgnosis writes: In the wake of an Australian Federal Court ruling last month that free-to-air TV recording app Optus TV Now was infringing on the copyright of some of the country's biggest sports broadcasts, two other services — Beem and MyTVR have also been forced to suspend their services.
Beem lashed out at the ruling, telling customers that their rights had been "diminished' by the judgment and rights owners were "scared" of cloud-based TV recording services in the same way they once were of VCRs.
Beem lashed out at the ruling, telling customers that their rights had been "diminished' by the judgment and rights owners were "scared" of cloud-based TV recording services in the same way they once were of VCRs.
Submission + - BitTorrent Traffic Falls In The U.S. (torrentfreak.com)
CAKAS writes: After legal actions taken by several industry outfits, BitTorrent traffic has fallen in the United States to the all time low of 12.7 percent of internet traffic. However, this trend seems to be unique to the U.S. — In other parts of the world, like Europe and Asia, BitTorrent traffic continues to rise. "According to Sandvine, the absence of legal alternatives is one of the reasons for these high P2P traffic shares". In the U.S. legal content delivery has flourished and provided customers easy access to content. This seems to suggest that due to these alternatives, people are less willing to pirate and pay the publishers for entertainment.
Comment Re:No shit sherlock (Score 1) 500
I remember this little company called AOL that locked it's users down too...
Comment Re:Indeed (Score 1) 238
So the complex task of landing a rover on Mars just isn't good enough for you?
All of those wonderful pictures from Hubble, advancing our knowledge of how stars are born and how celestial bodies interact with each other just don't cut it?
There is nothing wrong with allowing technology and automation to stand in for flesh and blood. No families will mourn the loss of a probe.
The media coverage is out there on that new fangled invention called the internet. It's up to you to stop and gaze in wonderment.
I'd rethink your stance on the scientific advances (or perceived lack thereof) of your generation if I were you.
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