Comment Re:"Daunting" (Score 1) 143
Take mine too.
Comment Radmind (Score 1) 202
Comment http://supergenpass.com/ (Score 1) 175
http://supergenpass.com/
It's hella easy to use. Portable and device/application independent.
Been using it for quite awhile.
Every site has a unique password based on a passphrase. You can have as many passphrases as you can remember. I tend to use a different passphrase based on the type of site.
It's pretty cool since I don't technically know the password to any site. So even I can't be compromised.
Comment Turning in my slashdot card (Score 1) 246
Wow, when did this site become news for middle management? Sadly off to reddit. Kbythx, Ummon.
Comment Re:sucky DVRs (Score 1) 397
What the hell are you babbling about? I've been using MythTV with Comcast HDTV via Firewire and the commercial autoskip works great. I agree the content tends to be lacking but I'm stuck since Comcast is the only ISP who can get me decent speeds. I'm still pissed that I'm unable to get any thing other than cable Internet despite being located between two major tech hubs.
Comment Do I pay twice (Score 4, Interesting) 355
So what if my ISP is my cable provider (effing Comcast)? Am I effectively paying twice for this content?
Comment target disk mode (Score 1) 375
One reason I've been reluctant to give up my 12" Powerbook is that I can't find any non-Apple laptops that have a target disk mode.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
Does anyone know of any non-apple laptops that can do this?
Top Ten Open Source Innovators 152
42istheanswer writes "Open source is so much more than Linux these days. A lot is happening beyond the popular operating system. Open source models are thriving in CRM (SugarCRM), messaging (Scalix), and systems management (Zenoss). Datamation has identified ten leading commercial open-source innovators and the projects they are working on in their article, Ten Leading Open Source Innovators."
Submission + - Selling Homeowners a Solar Dream
slugo writes: "Instead of making you spring for $25,000 or more in gear, Citizenr says it will loan you a complete rooftop solar power system, install it for free and sell you back the power it generates at a fixed rate below what your utility charges. The company hopes to make back its investment with those monthly payments, augmented by federal tax credits and rebates."
Submission + - Old islamic tile patterns show modern math insight
arbitraryaardvark writes: "Reuters reports Medieval Muslims made mega math marvel.
Tile patterns on middle eastern mosques display a kind of quasicrystalline effect that was unknown in the west until rediscovered by Penrose in the 1970s.
"Quasicrystalline patterns comprise a set of interlocking units whose pattern never repeats, even when extended infinitely in all directions, and possess a special form of symmetry."
It isn't known if the mosque designers understood the math behind the patterns.
page 2 of story."
Tile patterns on middle eastern mosques display a kind of quasicrystalline effect that was unknown in the west until rediscovered by Penrose in the 1970s.
"Quasicrystalline patterns comprise a set of interlocking units whose pattern never repeats, even when extended infinitely in all directions, and possess a special form of symmetry."
It isn't known if the mosque designers understood the math behind the patterns.
page 2 of story."
Comment Re:Horse Hockey! (Score 1) 220
Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones.
The above is a direct quote from the article being discussed, which is what I was responding to. You may want to RTFA more closely yourself... do you really think all this discussion and excitement would have been generated solely from an engineer making a gadget small enough to fit in someone's mouth? I think you missed the point of the article. Also, the gadget was scaled down to fit inside a person's MOUTH, not inside a tooth. RTFA.
The only dentist mentioned, Dr. El-Bialy, did not "invent" the concept of using ultra-sonic technology in dentistry; it's been used for many more years than since the '90's. He does appear to have used it in a different way and to treat a different problem than before, which is highly commendable (search for his abstract on PubMed). BUT he used it in the 1990's to treat root resorption that occurred after orthodontic treatment, NOT to completely regrow a brand new tooth. My point was that Chen, who is an engineer, is the one saying that this technology can be used to regrow a whole tooth. That hasn't been shown yet. The article does not say that the dentist backs up that statement. In my OPINION, Chen is getting a little too excited about ultrasonic technology and his scaled-down gadget. My guess is that he doesn't know a whole lot about dentistry and what is needed in order for teeth to grow. As I said before.
The above is a direct quote from the article being discussed, which is what I was responding to. You may want to RTFA more closely yourself... do you really think all this discussion and excitement would have been generated solely from an engineer making a gadget small enough to fit in someone's mouth? I think you missed the point of the article. Also, the gadget was scaled down to fit inside a person's MOUTH, not inside a tooth. RTFA.
The only dentist mentioned, Dr. El-Bialy, did not "invent" the concept of using ultra-sonic technology in dentistry; it's been used for many more years than since the '90's. He does appear to have used it in a different way and to treat a different problem than before, which is highly commendable (search for his abstract on PubMed). BUT he used it in the 1990's to treat root resorption that occurred after orthodontic treatment, NOT to completely regrow a brand new tooth. My point was that Chen, who is an engineer, is the one saying that this technology can be used to regrow a whole tooth. That hasn't been shown yet. The article does not say that the dentist backs up that statement. In my OPINION, Chen is getting a little too excited about ultrasonic technology and his scaled-down gadget. My guess is that he doesn't know a whole lot about dentistry and what is needed in order for teeth to grow. As I said before.
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