tehsoul - Slashdot User

Comment well... (Score 1) 530

by tehsoul on Thursday August 16, 2007 @11:07AM (#20249651) Attached to: How Pirated Software Impacts Free Software

i guess i can safely say, this is yet another article i was definitely not waiting for. isn't anyone else getting tired of this linuxwindowsmac bs?
de gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est... let it go hippies

Scientists to Build 'Brain Box' 187

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday July 18, 2006 @09:35PM from the steel-matter dept.

lee1 writes "Researchers at the University of Manchester are constructing a 'brain box' using large numbers of microprocessors to model the way networks of neurons interact. They hope to learn how to engineer fail-safe electronics. Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, hopes that biology will teach them how to build computer systems. He said: 'Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this "fault-tolerant" characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable. [...] Our aim is to use the computer to understand better how the brain works [...] and to see if biology can help us see how to build computer systems that continue functioning despite component failures.'"

Paint-on Antennas for Mile-High Airships 77

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday July 18, 2006 @12:21AM from the body-paint-of-tomorrow dept.

Bravoc writes to tell us RTI International is reporting that a group of researchers are testing a "paint-on antenna" for high-altitude airships. From the article: "'The successful airship test flights demonstrate exciting possibilities for "paint-on" antenna technologies,' said David Myers, vice president of RTI's Engineering and Technology Unit. 'This new technology can be used to assist with hurricane disaster relief, provide enhanced security of ports and borders, perform science observation missions and improve military communications.'"

Re-Inventing Hotwheels 216

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 17, 2006 @09:32PM from the fun-bits-of-plastic dept.

garzpacho writes "BusinessWeek has an interview with Gary Swisher, Mattel's Vice-President of Wheel Design, who talks about the challenges of designing new toys for today's tech-savvy kids. In addition to discussing 'the challenge of stewarding an old-school brand like HotWheels in our tech-driven age, the emerging technologies that will affect the toy industry, and Mattel's Web strategy,' he also talks about the effect that video games have had on toy design, and argues that exciting the imagination is the most important role that a toy can fill."

Cheap, Open-design Humanoid Bot - Runs Linux, Too 167

Posted by timothy on Monday July 17, 2006 @06:18PM from the small-in-japan dept.

An anonymous reader points out Linux Devices' coverage of a new Linux-based humanoid robot: "Four companies in Japan have created a low-cost, user-programmable humanoid robot targeting educational and research applications. ... The HRP-2m Choromet stands about 14 inches tall, and is capable of walking upright on two legs. It can also assume supine or prone positions, and stand up from either." As the reader summarizes, "It runs user-space humanoid motion application software and real-time Linux on a business-card-sized computer with a SuperH processor. Be sure to check out the video of the little guy without his plastic batman suit."

Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads 88

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday May 03, 2006 @08:30AM from the double-whammy dept.

An anonymous reader writes to mention a Yahoo! suit involving allegations of spyware and typosquatting-based ads. From the article: "The suit claims that Yahoo displayed these advertisers' online ads via spyware and adware products and on so-called 'typosquatter' Web sites that capitalize on misspellings of popular trademarks or company names. Potentially more explosive is the plaintiff's claim that Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with adware and typosquatting sites to gin up extra revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost revenue by partnering with some of the Internet's seamier characters."

Triple Boot on MacBooks Working 242

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 15, 2006 @09:45AM from the os-challenge dept.

MikeTheMan writes "By now, everyone probably heard that Apple's recently-released Boot Camp software allows users to install Windows XP alongside OS X. But now, people at OnMac.net have discovered how to triple-boot OS X, Windows XP, and Linux. There are instructions on the Wiki for getting Gentoo running, but it is probably trivial to get other distros working as well."

Plans For .xxx Domain For p0rn Scrapped 361

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 03, 2006 @10:25AM from the back-to-surfing-google-images dept.

William Robinson writes "ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has once again scrapped the plan for a new internet "domain" .xxx for pornography. Supporters of the .xxx address suffix argued that it would have helped to protect children and others from accidental exposure to internet pornography, particularly if stronger filters were used to screen out explicit material from other internet domains. Pressure from conservative Christian groups in the US, which has a veto over the internet addressing system, led the organisation last year to put off introducing a new ".xxx" domain for pornography on the internet. That drew international complaints that the US exercised too much power over the internet and added to a European-backed movement to shift control of the online medium to an international group."

Slashdot Top Deals