Comment Re:Pathetic. (Score 1) 841

by r0n0c on Friday February 15, 2013 @01:29PM (#42912279) Attached to: Elon Musk Lays Out His Evidence That NYT Tesla Test Drive Was Staged

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/john_m_broder/index.html?match=any&query=oil&submit.x=14&submit.y=11&submit=Search This does show that he has written over 418 of his 1877 total articles with the word 'oil' in it. Most of his articles I scanned through deal with piplines and climate changes. No real history of automotive reviews. I wonder why he decided to do a review of the Tesla, or he was picked to do the review?

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 816

by r0n0c on Wednesday October 31, 2012 @12:24PM (#41831369) Attached to: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, <em>Star Wars</em> Episode 7 Due In 2015

Good guess: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nEFkMNuGCSg/UJDpHCW4-DI/AAAAAAAAe50/p17nbSQHynw/s640/disnay.jpg

Comment Re:There's always a downside (Score 1) 533

by r0n0c on Thursday April 05, 2012 @01:41PM (#39588045) Attached to: Canadians Protest Wind Turbines

Shadow Flicker. If you are near the turbine it can be quite annoying. To what levels that is is up to the individual.

Comment Re:How would this work? (Score 1) 48

by r0n0c on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @01:27PM (#35152118) Attached to: HTC Invests $40 Million In OnLive

Maybe HTC fancies making its own OnLive box with some extra home-cooked features - Apple TV with games anyone?

OnLive already sells this $99 box. http://www.onlive.com/game-system I bought one during their CES promotion for $66. Worth it. I don't own a gaming console above my ps2, and my "gaming" pc is pretty old. (more than 4 years) This purchase has allowed me to play high res new games on my 50" plasma. I like it. However their service really needs a broader spectrum of games.

Comment Dr. Ian Malcolm's take on this. (Score 1) 312

by r0n0c on Monday January 17, 2011 @01:10PM (#34905806) Attached to: Extinct Mammoth, Coming To a Zoo Near You

"The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me." - Dr. Ian Malcolm

Comment Re:Ancient Hearing Aid (Score 1) 685

by r0n0c on Friday October 29, 2010 @10:07AM (#34062012) Attached to: 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film?

I found this hearing aid made in 1925 which would line up with the time period http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Carbon/WesternElectric/info/westelect34a.htm She/he was probably incorrectly using this new device her kids gave her. I know my grandma would talk to an iPod if I gave her one.

Comment Re:Right now? (Score 1) 717

by r0n0c on Thursday September 30, 2010 @12:36PM (#33748620) Attached to: There Is No Plan B, the Ugly Transition To IPv6

Actually you might say we've been running out of them since the moment the first one was assigned...

We are running out of IPv6 addresses.

Comment Three Patents per year per company (Score 1) 159

by r0n0c on Thursday May 13, 2010 @12:16PM (#32194648) Attached to: Apple vs. Nokia vs. Google vs. HTC

From here on out, each company is allowed to file for three patents per year, on what they believe are their most innovative advances. Better make them count.

Comment Suggestions to the Key Ring problem (Score 1) 763

by r0n0c on Friday May 07, 2010 @08:58AM (#32125090) Attached to: How Do You Handle Your Keys?

Here are a few ways lifehacker has posted about new options to keychains; http://lifehacker.com/349647/diy-compact-keychain - Pop rivet your keys together, only helpful if you have less than 5 keys or so. http://lifehacker.com/399031/diy-leatherman-key-mod - Might work better with a pocket knife and no blades. Again limited to the number of keys.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced 110

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday May 02, 2010 @12:07PM from the all-aboard-the-hype-train dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "In amongst all the lawsuits and signings, Activision and Treyarch have found the time to announce the latest in one of the world's best-selling video game franchises: Call of Duty: Black Ops is due to hit shelves November 9." The official site has a trailer, which has been dissected for details by the folks at GameTrailers.

Comment Re:Just give us a name (Score 1) 1204

by r0n0c on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @08:54AM (#31997986) Attached to: Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor

A jury could probably go either way, but my gut tells me they'd get off.

Anyone remember ThinkSecret.com? Popping the cork on Steve's new toys gets your site shut down.

Japan Holds Annual Baby Crying Contest 4

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:10PM from the fatty-feberization dept.

Do you love to hear crying babies but wish you could somehow mix in some Sumo wrestler with each wail? Then the annual Naki Sumo (crying baby contest) in Japan might be for you. From the article: "Eager mothers bring the babies to the event where Sumo wrestlers and high priests are on hand to coax babies into a maddened state of wailing. The event, which marks the high point of spring, is held each year at the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo. The baby to cry loudest and longest wins the contest. The competition is also intended to generate good health for the babies. This year Sumo wrestlers coaxed 80 babies, all less than a year old, to cry.

Submission + - South Park Censored (southparkstudios.com) 1

Submitted by penguinman1337 on Thursday April 22, 2010 @04:39PM

penguinman1337 writes: Apparently, all is not well over at comedy central. The heavily censored version of "201" that aired last night has a lot of people angry, including the show's creators. Apparently its ok to make fun of a religion as long as its followers don't carry AK-47's and plastic explosive.