Comment Re:That's certainly... (Score 1) 302
*facepalm*
Comment Re:Not that my opinion matters (Score 1) 323
As a big fan of Jack Benny's work I have to say CBS aren't a bunch of mother fuckers. They're a bunch of horse fuckers.
They can't be both? Mother fuckers don't have to be fucking a human mother.
um..
Palm Pre Development In the Browser 53
introspekt.i writes "Palm is building upon the Mozilla Bespin project to deliver an IDE for the Palm Pre entirely in the web browser. Apps can be developed on the server and then downloaded and deployed locally. It is an interesting tool, especially given that WebOS is so web-centric. This tool comes as a supplement to the existing development tools for Eclipse and the command line released by Palm earlier this year. The project is open to anyone who registers as a Palm developer, which is free to do."
Comment Re:The newspaper and police are being charitable (Score 1) 38
Also - if the car wouldn't turn off or shift into neutral when he was moving, how did he turn it off/drop it out of gear when he stopped it through mashing the pedal? Did it magically let him turn the key then? He's just a crying retard.
Comment Re:You think YOU have it bad?! (Score 1) 287
up-hill - both ways!
Comment Re:I'll never use Facebook (Score 1) 219
I tried to change mine to Doctor Rhys - no such luck.
Comment Re:Mod Parent Up!!! (Score 1) 64
On a more serious note, if you have sex with a sexbot... does that make you not a virgin?
Considering the circumstances, I'd say yes, you still would be. (sorry).
Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking 667
An anonymous reader writes "ABC News is reporting that a California woman is suing Toyota for $10 million for sending her email that appeared to be from a criminal stalker. The woman claims the emails terrified her to the point that she suffered sleeplessness, poor work performance, etc. Toyota says the ruse was part of a marketing campaign for the Toyota Matrix. A Toyota spokesman says they are not liable for the woman's distress, because 'The person who made this claim specifically opted in, granting her permission to receive campaign emails and other communications from Toyota.'"
Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse 465
laggist writes "A heart patient in Singapore has been implanted with an artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, allowing her to live without a pulse. From the article: '... the petite Madam Salina, who suffers from end-stage heart failure, would not have been able to use the older and bulkier models because they can only be implanted in patients 1.7m or taller. The 30-year-old administrative assistant is the first recipient here to get a new artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, the reason why there are no beats on her wrist.'"
The story is light on details, but an article from last year in MIT's Technology Review explains a bit more about how a pulse-less artificial heart works.
Comment Re:I've used one (Score 1) 501
The all have filtering software so no porn for you kids, even when at home.
Where there's a will there's a way. Especially with year 9 students and porn I would think.
Comment Re:Lets colonize! (Score 1) 179
I never have mod points when I need them! I would just waste them on piss funny stuff like that anyway, I guess.
Comment Re:Turbo Boost technology? (Score 1) 196
The TB settings on the earlier Core chips were much more conservative.
Intel want to stay inside the rated TDP of the chip, but overclocking increases power consumption. However, unlike the older i7 series these newer chips can cut their usage down to nearly nothing when idle. As such they have more headroom for clock frequency increases.
Intel want to stay inside the rated TDP of the chip, but overclocking increases power consumption. However, unlike the older i7 series these newer chips can cut their usage down to nearly nothing when idle. As such they have more headroom for clock frequency increases.
Comment Re:Who needs to be a billionaire? (Score 4, Interesting) 318
It's strange. Eternal weekends start to get boring after a while. You start running out of stuff to do. Then you don't do anything. Then a month down the line, you wonder what just happened to the month before.
Having a job isn't simply about money. It's also about the accomplishment, and feeling accomplished. Some people loathe their jobs. That's unfortunate. But for those who do something they like doing, that they feel is worthwhile doing, the money's just icing on the cake. Or it's really, an extra bonus for what they'd be doing for free anything.
What happens to people on an eternal weekend after a while is an accelerated mid-life crisis. Life itself becomes meaningless.
As to answer the question myself, I probably wouldn't code if I didn't have to. I have other interests and hobbies that I'd be interested in pursuing. It's nothing terribly grand, mind you, just things that I'd rather be doing that's not coding.
Comment Re:yarr (Score 3, Funny) 215
Yeah, I was tooootttally going to buy it in the shop before, but now I'll just have to pirate it.
Comment Re:Any more resolution in the prints? (Score 1) 147
Considering the size of the operation, it'd be stupid to store it at a low DPI. No way would they - think of things like google earth, youtube, obviously the storage is cheap enough in the bigger picture.
