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Comment Other particles? (Score 2) 23

by tamuct01 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:36AM (#61179220) Attached to: Plastic Particles Pass From Mothers Into Foetuses, Rat Study Shows

Microplastics embedded in our bodies are certainly concerning, but I have to ask if there are other, more natural, particles that exhibit similar properties? Volcanic dust? Microparticles of silica sand? I've seen numerous studies on microplastics, but none that compare the effects to similar-sized particles of foreign material.

Comment Crashplan (Score 1) 283

by tamuct01 on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:00AM (#61135946) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Do You Use for Backups at Home?

I've stuck with Crashplan from Code42 even after they dropped the home users. I now use the Business edition with a single user that backs up everything from my QNAP NAS. Periodically, I make a secondary backup of critical files and store that in my safe deposit box at the bank. I go get it about once a quarter to update the files in case of an emergency.

Comment Many ways... (Score 1) 680

by tamuct01 on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:16PM (#34945522) Attached to: How Do You Store Your Personal Photos?

All photos are uploaded to the server into my Gallery app. The gallery is rsync'd to an external USB HDD 2x per day. I have an external USB HDD locked away in my safe deposit box that I update every quarter or so.

Sony Gets Nasty With PSBreak Buyers 246

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @06:38AM from the give-it-a-rest dept.

YokimaSun writes "The war between hackers and Sony over the PlayStation 3 has now taken an even more sinister turn, with Sony going after not just shops but actual buyers of the PSBreak dongle, threatening them with fines of many thousands of Euros and forcing them to sign cease-and-desist letters. It seems Sony will use any means necessary to thwart both homebrew and piracy on the PS3."

Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths 449

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @10:32AM from the kids-say-the-#@^*est-things dept.

tetrahedrassface writes "When the Sociolinguistics Symposium met earlier this month swearing scholar Timothy Jay revealed that an increase in child swearing is directly related to an increase in adult swearing. It seems that vulgarity is increasing as pop culture continues to popularize vulgarities. The blame lies with media, public figures, politicians, but mostly ourselves. From the article: 'Children as young as two are now dropping f-bombs, with researchers reporting that more kids are using profanity — and at earlier ages — than has been recorded in at least three decades.'"

Comment Seasons? What seasons? (Score 1) 451

by tamuct01 on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @10:07AM (#29425859) Attached to: Favorite seasonal transition?

Here in south Texas we have two seasons: hot and not so hot. I really enjoy the transition from hot to not so hot. At some point in my life I really should move somewhere where they actually have 4 seasons.

0 A.D. Goes Open Source 88

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @01:40PM from the good-on-ya dept.

DoubleRing writes "Wildfire Games has announced that it will be moving its previously closed development process for 0 A.D. to open source. All code will be released under the GPL and all art under CC-BY-SA. 0 A.D. is a historically-based RTS, and while it's not yet complete, this trailer is purportedly actual gameplay footage. With a codebase of over 150k lines of C++ code plus 25k lines in development tools, this is looking like a fairly promising entrant into the open source RTS field. The screenshots are definitely pretty, to say the least."

DHS To Kill Domestic Satellite Spying Program 150

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @10:26AM from the right-sporting dept.

mcgrew writes "The Bush administration had plans in place to use spy satellites to spy on American citizens. This morning the AP reports that new DHS head Janet Napolitano has axed those plans. 'The program was announced in 2007 and was to have the Homeland Security Department use overhead and mapping imagery from existing satellites for homeland security and law enforcement purposes. The program, called the National Applications Office, has been delayed because of privacy and civil liberty concerns. The program was included in the Obama administration's 2010 budget request, according to Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat and House homeland security committee member who was briefed on the department's classified intelligence budget.'"

Comment Re:MythTV increasingly impractical (digital and HD (Score 1) 254

by tamuct01 on Friday August 15, 2008 @05:51PM (#24621871) Attached to: MythTV Allows Multiple Front-Ends On Wide Range of Platforms

bah! With OTA HDTV capture cards available, those of us who don't spend a fortune every month to the cable gods get great 1080i picture with all the MythTV bells and whistles. Yes, digital cable or satellite TV makes it more difficult to use MythTV, but for those who don't have to have 200+ channels of mostly crap can do just fine with MythTV and 5-10 channels of mostly crap.

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