plik - Slashdot User

Comment It never worked? Functionally, really, never... (Score 2) 149

by plik on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @01:49PM (#46336247) Attached to: Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System

When they launched this feature I was very curious how the integration would work, so I sent myself test emails from a few accounts. I never got them. I tried maybe a year (?) later? I also never got them. So I would consider that to be somewhat of a patent failure.

Submission + - Iranian cyber army strikes again -- hitting VoA (techworld.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @06:54PM

angry tapir writes: "The pro-Iran hacktivist group that defaced the Baidu and Twitter Web sites a year ago has hit another target: the U.S. Government's Voice of America news site. Voice of America was knocked offline temporarily after hackers were able to change the organization's DNS (Domain Name System) settings, redirecting Web traffic hitting Voice of America sites to another site controlled by the hackers."

Submission + - Cell Phone Use Tied to Changes in Brain Activity (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Takichi on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @06:53PM

Takichi writes: The New York Times is reporting on research linking cell phone use and increased metabolism, with high statistical significance, in the areas of the brain close to the antenna. The study was led by Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The impact, good or bad, of the increased stimulation is speculative, but this research shows there is a direct relationship between cell phone signals and the brain that warrants further study.

Submission + - New Video Game Controlled by Kissing (time.com)

Submitted by unassimilatible on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @06:48PM

unassimilatible writes: Artist Hye Yeon Nam has put her video game where her mouth is -" literally — with the creation of a new bowling game that's controlled only by passionate (and awkward) French kissing. The Kiss Controller, as it's so called, has two components: a headset that functions as a sensor receiver and a magnet that provides the sensor input, Time reports. Could this be the first example of technology that Slashdotters will be unable to use, as they likely won't be able to get a controller?

Comment Interesting piece out of Canada (Score 1) 360

by plik on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @12:19PM (#34255402) Attached to: Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book?

I find it interesting that the Yellow Pages aren't mentioned, which may as well have an even lower saturation rate. I really enjoyed this post on GOOD yesterday.

Video: Canadians Return Hundreds of Phone Books to Yellow Pages Office
http://www.good.is/post/video-canadians-return-hundreds-of-phone-books-to-yellow-pages-office/

Comment Great book (Score 1) 312

by plik on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @03:27PM (#33512210) Attached to: Cooking For Geeks

I met this guy at HOPE, and he was actually really interesting. I wish he would up some demos of some of his recipes online. He can make jello shots that you can nail to a wall!! What?!?! The book is actually quite interesting.

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