Comment OK, I'll wait. (Score 2) 411
If his speach is to be considered an important part of American history, it should be in the public domain.
I'll listen to it when it is.
Comment Wrong! (Score 2) 532
Actually, soured by the BS from companys like Nokia and HP.
"We're releasing this product in a few months"
"No, wait, next year"
"Oh, never mind. We're changing directions"
"Oops, changed out mind again..."
A year or two goes by and then they release a piece of garbage without half the promised features. They tease and tease with carrots, but in the end deliver an overpriced rutabega. I have my issues w/ both iphone and android, but the alternatives offered are garbage.
"We're releasing this product in a few months"
"No, wait, next year"
"Oh, never mind. We're changing directions"
"Oops, changed out mind again..."
A year or two goes by and then they release a piece of garbage without half the promised features. They tease and tease with carrots, but in the end deliver an overpriced rutabega. I have my issues w/ both iphone and android, but the alternatives offered are garbage.
Comment Re:Last I checked... (Score 1) 848
I thought the federal government stated explicitly that it IS LEGAL to jailbreak your iphone.
Have I misread or misunderstood something?
Have I misread or misunderstood something?
Comment Re:Agreed Dr. Wolfram is anything but a nut (Score 1) 214
I don't know the particulars, but wasn't there a crontroversy with claims of plagiarism regarding A New Kind Of Science. That aside, the book is fascinating. I didn't read it, but flipped through most of the photos and illustrations.
Comment Shit or get off the pot (Score 1) 99
This is starting to get old - hp is doing this, now they're not, then again, but wait, but no.
C'mon, make a decision!
C'mon, make a decision!
Comment Lawrence Lessig (Score 2) 343
Lawrence Lessig is a Harvard law professor. He is bright, articulate, technically savvy and an excellent speaker/presenter.
For those unfamiliar with him, he spent a decade focused on Law and Technology, especially related to copyright. More recently, he has shifted his focus to Institutional and Political Corruption.
He has taken a break from his blogging site, but its still a good read and his books are listed here:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/
His contact information is:
http://republic.lessig.org/contact.php/
For those unfamiliar with him, he spent a decade focused on Law and Technology, especially related to copyright. More recently, he has shifted his focus to Institutional and Political Corruption.
He has taken a break from his blogging site, but its still a good read and his books are listed here:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/
His contact information is:
http://republic.lessig.org/contact.php/
Submission + - The Physics of Jump Rope (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Last year, Jeffrey Aristoff and Howard Stone, mechanical engineers at Princeton University, were at the gym waiting for a pickup game of basketball. To warm up, Stone started jumping rope. As the rope whizzed over the head of his colleague, Aristoff wondered, "Is it known how jump ropes bend in the wind?" A few literature searches later, he concluded that the answer was, "not really." Now, the two have solved the problem themselves.
Submission + - 10k Raspberry Pi units available in December (geek.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A tweet appeared from Raspberry Pi stating the launch of the $25 wasn't happening in November as expected. So I decided to investigate further and contacted Raspberry Pi to see what was going on. Eben Upton was kind enough to email me back and give us some good and bad news. The bad news is, we aren’t getting the $25 PC this month as expected. But that’s where the bad news ends as it is still arriving in 2011 for some people.
Eben confirmed that an order has been placed for 10,000 units, but they won’t arrive until the end of November. That means we will see Raspberry Pi go up for sale in December, but it won’t be a typical “get as many out the door as you can” launch. Those first 10k are earmarked for programmers as software is desperately required before a full consumer launch.
Eben confirmed that an order has been placed for 10,000 units, but they won’t arrive until the end of November. That means we will see Raspberry Pi go up for sale in December, but it won’t be a typical “get as many out the door as you can” launch. Those first 10k are earmarked for programmers as software is desperately required before a full consumer launch.
Submission + - Gecko-Inspired Robot Rolls Up Walls (discovery.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: "We all love climbing robots. A group of researchers in Canada has decided to combine the mechanism geckos use to stick to walls with the simplicity of a tank tread. The result is a 'bot that can roll up smooth (and some not so smooth) surfaces. Such robots are easier to control than those that try to simulate walking directly."
Submission + - US Marshals Sicced on Righthaven for $63,720.80 (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Troubled times ahead for Righthaven as Ars Technica reports that the US Marshals have been instructed "to use 'reasonable force' to seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets from the Las Vegas copyright troll after Righthaven failed to pay a court judgment from August 15."
Comment The Navy? (Score 1) 105
Interesting robot. However, why is this sponsored by the Navy? I could see if it had three fins, but it looks like its a landlubbing robot?
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