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Comment When is an investment lost... (Score 1) 64

The investors sent their money to the wrong address. Coindash will do its best to make good by still issuing tokens (shares) to investors. Now it's up to Coindash to tighten their budget and make a go with a $7M liability. Either way, the investors knew that their investments were always at the risk of Coindash failing. This setback just happened very early in the ICO lifecycle.

Comment Re:DreamSpark (formerly MSDNAA) (Score 1) 570

by redengin (#42826555) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Buying a Laptop That Doesn't Have Windows 8
As someone that recently installed windows 7 on a windows 8 laptop, do not expect it to be straightforward. My windows 7 installation media from digitalriver lacked the necessary drivers to get either lan or wifi working (and usb was flakey, but finally worked). Once USB figured itself out I was able to download the wifi drivers and proceed after getting the windows 7 updates.
Mars

Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Trip 356

Posted by timothy from the represent-slashdot-there dept.
anglico writes 'Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a sealed facility in Moscow, Russia, to investigate the psychological and medical aspects of a long-duration space mission. ESA is looking for European volunteers to take part.'
Government

Porn Surfing Rampant At US Science Foundation 504

Posted by samzenpus from the when-science-gets-dirty dept.
schwit1 writes "The Washington Times reports, 'The problems at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were so pervasive they swamped the agency's inspector general and forced the internal watchdog to cut back on its primary mission of investigating grant fraud and recovering misspent tax dollars.' One senior executive at the National Science Foundation spent at least 331 days looking at pornography on his government computer, records show. The cost to taxpayers: up to $58,000. Why aren't they running a product like Websense?"
Programming

Android Modder Tries To Outmaneuver Google 152

Posted by timothy from the only-a-link-to-a-url dept.
itwbennett writes "Google recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to Steve Kondik, the creator of Cyanogen, a popular souped-up version of Android, asking him to stop distributing applications such as Gmail with his modified software. 'We make some of these apps available to users of any Android-powered device via Android Market, and others are pre-installed on some phones through business deals,' wrote Dan Morrill on the Android developer blog. 'Either way, these apps aren't open source, and that's why they aren't included in the Android source code repository.' Now, Kondik thinks he's found a workaround. He plans to release a 'bare bones' version of Cyanogen without the applications, leaving it to modders to make a backup copy of the Google applications that shipped with their phone for later reinstallation before hacking away at the Android software. 'The idea is that you'll be able to Google-ify your CyanogenMod installation with the applications and files that shipped on your device already,' Kondik wrote."

Comment Re:Respect rules of the road, not just the officia (Score 1) 882

by redengin (#28899645) Attached to: Rude Drivers Reduce Traffic Jams
If switching lanes is a dangerous manuever for you, perhaps you need to take public transportation or hire a driver. I bet you avoid the right hand lanes as well to avoid merging. If you're unable to match the skills of the general population of drivers please stop increasing my risk of delays and accidents by your subpar driving abilities.

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