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And when the company's C-levels are going to work on driverless motorcycles, then I'll believe driverless technology is ready.

http://media1.break.com/dnet/m...

Have you seen how your average taxi driver drives around cities?
I can just see how their flying will be.

Like this?

That's nothing. When I was bored at lunch I tried to work out the math of the low frequency vibration mode of paired loosely coupled lightly damped hemispheres. Trouble was I never got to the math, my mind just got stuck at the mental image of what I was trying to model

Does that also include the "Super Vagina" from Prometheus? Was he responsible for that? Truly disturbing...

Ayayay!!!

I hope they do

I think it was Superman II in which he gave up his powers to be with Louis.

Probably this one. http://www.break.com/video/ugc/gay-superman-403821

Ants in Weird/Odd Places:

Bugs in the computer: Sun
Microsystems, Inc. knows why Brazil is known to its native inhabitants as the kingdom of the ants.

Ants in yer... Pants? NOT!
(Toshiba notebook/laptop); Ants
Invade Apple iBook; "Yep, those are ants in that laptop".

(Tele)phones: Panasonic Cordless Phone and Ants In My Nokia Mobile Phone (A Yahoo! account is required).

Ants in Omniview switchboxes: An e-mail story of ants invading a network
switchbox.

Argentine ants invade a network hub.

Computerworld on "Ants had taken up residence in a guy's external hard drive. Seen on /.).

A photograph showing ants nesting in a guy's phone box, affecting his
digital subscriber line (DSL) connection and phone system.

A 38 seconds YouTube video showing crazy ants in a computer mouse.

One minute and 19 seconds Break video, from VideoSift: "Creepy Surprise. -- Wife asked me to try to get the printer to work, since she was having some problems with it. Imagine my surprise when I looked inside..."

Help,
A Colony Of Ants Attacked My Enterprise Rental Car And Ruined My
Vacation!

Next best thing

Leroy did get up for chicken. Here's an interview:
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/8/leeroy-jenkins-interview-352074

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/10/Chamelion-XLE-383947

Spokesman V/O: If you're a luxury car owner, there's something you should know. Luxury sedans are stolen at the rate of four per minute.

[ show couple walking to curb from restaurant; his car is nowhere to be found ]

Man: My brand new BMW! I just got this car two days ago!

[ Spokesman enters foreground ]

Spokesman: Frightening, isn't it? Suddenly, the idea of buying a car for the cache of a hood ornament seems outdated. In the 90's, you don't need a car to tell the world you're wealthy; you need a car to tell the world you're smart.

[ show luxury car under wraps, as a breeze sends the cloth flying to reveal a junky-looking vehicle underneath ]

Spokesman: Introducing the Chameleon XLE for 1993. Finally, a luxury car that doesn't look like a luxury car.

Inside, the Chameloen XLE has everything you would expect in a luxury sedan of its class. Soft leather seating, a contoured instrument panel, and fine wood. But there's more - much more.

Authentically distressed fenders give way to a partially padded roof of blistered vinyl. While under the hood, a simulated transmission-fluid drip whispers, "Hey, not worth the trouble." This is craftsmanship no one will steal. GThis is engineering for the inner-city driving experience.

[ Spokesman places marble at the top of hood, which rolls forward into a hole at the bottom of the hood ]

Spokesman: Every inch of the Chameleon XLE is a pinnacle of urban design.

There's attention to detail. Like three mismatched wheel covers, and one exposed rim in school-bus yellow. Standard.

A broken taillight repaired with duct tape. Standard.

Retractable antenna. Standard.

The body of a Pontiac with a driver's-side door from an Oldsmobile Delta '88. All standard.

A car thief takes one look at this, and keeps right on walking. Of course, it's equipped with an automatic alarm system - but do you really think you'll need it?

[ Spokesman turns on alarm, which renders the car even more useless ]

Spokesman: The Chameleon XLE. They might tow it away, but they'll never steal it.

We need more sample data.
Kitty.

Let the Slashdot commenting sample commence.

Here is a video of an Air Force deceleration test at 40g. http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/10/40G-Stop-Test-581623

Let the market decide.

We tried that with house loans, Remember how that went?
As a side note: http://www.break.com/index/too-big-to-fail-1999-warning-in-congress-2193451

I wonder what he has actually been charged with?

Bringing Goatse candy to the party.

i think it is the same
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/5/Daniel-Floyd-Video-Games-and-Sex-511450

On the other hand, I've been expecting an Democrat to be murdered for political reasons since the 2008 election campaign.

In other words, Palin kills Democrats fits the narrative while video games cause rape doesn't.

It was obvious that it was going to happen when you have half of the political spectrum calling their opponents terrorists, traitors, and murderers.

Which half are you referring to?

This is you.

I don't have any problem with this but I hope the simulation is realistic i.e as Taliban I want to be able to stone teenage girls to death, bury homosexuals alive, dynamite priceless historic monuments and beat people for listening to music. Are those options available?

Don't forget having carnal relations with a donkey (don't worry it's not the video). That'll show those hot coffee guys how it's done. Anyways, Taliban are bad, but they're not worse than Nazis, at least not in my book. If people are ok playing Nazis then the point is moot.

Java vs. Microsoft movie trailer

YouTube now says "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by chris." This seems to be the same video: iPhone 3G Vs Solar Death RayVideo.

Trinchera Ranch has been the source of some of these kind of troubles, I remember seeing a 60 minutes on something like this too, can't find it right now or remember if it's the same place (I think that was on a place in New Mexico, probably had turtles).

Protip: Read more than the first editorial returned, like how Trinchera Ranch was the single largest real estate purchase by an Environmentalist ... Hedge Fund Manager.

source for that one too: http://origin.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7577768

BING

Halle Berry: Oscar for Monster's Ball and Razzie for Catwoman (she actually went to the show to get the award, same as Bullock).

http://www.break.com/index/russian-tsar-hydrogen-bomb-explosion.html

http://www.break.com/index/burger_king_911.html

>the fact that free speech is merely an illusion there...

Forgot to take on your pills? You are just plain full of shit. No really, this typical American notion deserves no better words. How dare any of you stupid fucktards to say about the rest of the world they have 'just an illusion of free speech'? Let me repeat, you are full of shit. And an arrogant little twat. Have a nice day, asshole.

BTW, this: http://www.break.com/index/officer-slams-dude-through-window.html

Germany's a police state, lalalala, I can't hear you, Germans are Nazis, Chinese are Commies, lalalala ...

Tom lost his job

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/4/Office-Space-I-have-people-skills-488721.html

http://www.break.com/index/the-power-of-photoshop.html

Silly Raytheon.

There aren't going to be any terrorist attacks.

You just throw money at congressmen.

But seriously, this is horseshit. The only bad guys they catch will be the ones up in the nosebleed section sitting alone with their girlfriends who are discretely giving them head or playing "bouncy-horse" on their laps.

Wake me up with there is something worth posting to Slashdot

Try this.

Holy hell.. This is clearly proof that the Gene Pool is in serious need of a fungicide.

Wake me up with there is something worth posting to Slashdot

Try this.

Then this should do just fine.

Don't get caught by your mom, though.

"Oh, FFS. I have Aspergers and am disorganised beyond belief to the point where I have to automate payments to take care I don't end up in arrears. I had a crap father (have, but to me he's dead), but I rank in Mensa tests in the top 1% of the country. So IQ doesn't impress me much - it's EQ"

That an interesting point, some others have suggested that Gates displays the symptoms of an Aspergers sufferer.

GOP = 100% Neocon. The OG Republicans hang around because they are theo-blinded and do not realize it. The Libertarians have all but abandoned the GOP because they know the Neocons are running the show now.

Until the republicans can induce the loss of net-neutrality and allow for corporate control of the last open media source --- they will not regain a foothold in this country.

Old Ideas are dying as new information becomes available. The more reality becomes apparent, the less religion will influence people. The more corporate actions are understood, the less people will side with them. The more people shy away from mainstream televised media, the less likely they will continue to follow the silly ideals they push.

Let's face it, in today's technologically advanced, generally educated, highly overpopulated world -- the idea that god controls everything, that the free market will solve everything, and that America and corporations can do no harm, is quickly fading.

The news tried to tell me that Canadians hate their social healthcare system. Unfortunately, I had the internet and about two dozen Canadians I could immediately contact about it. Not one of them was even displeased, let alone hateful of their system. Half of them laughed at my question and already knew it was driven by TV-media lies. With the internet I could probably find a ton of information regarding any topic that corporate conservative media has tried to lie to me about.

Hell, I have a break.com video here that will blow your mind. Its about a guy who passes out, which is not funny. But what is funny is the actual show! They talk about complex things in such simple ways and attach commonly understood words with heavy connotations (like 'cancer') to influence their sheeple! It is so hilarious, and while this media format was popular in the last decade, more and more people are waking up and logging onto the internet for information because crap like this is becoming WAY too obvious.
http://www.break.com/index/economist-passes-out-on-news.html

Good luck GOP. Whatever the hell you think you used to be...

The GOP is 95% neocon now. OG republicans are theo-blinded and don't realize it and the Libertarians are too wise to hang around the GOP anymore.

Unless the republicans can induce the loss of net neutrality and bias the last open media platform -- they stand very little chance in the future. The only reason old ideas were resurgent in the last few elections was largely due to the lack of widespread free information that people now find on the internet. As internet use rises, people lose interest in the corporate media garbage they use to rely on for information.

I have a Break.com video here that should open your eyes. Its about a guy who passes out, but that's not funny. The funny thing is how ridiculous these puppets attempt to simplify and convey information in ways to influence their sheeple. http://www.break.com/index/economist-passes-out-on-news.html

Now imagine this garbage is your sole source of information... yes this is slashdot, we're beyond this, but in the last 10 years this is what people have been addicted to yet are gradually moving away from.

Kill the last free speech of the internet and the old ideas may once again be mashed into the wee sheeple brains. Until then, be prepared for diverse opinion, new ideas, Truth, and international understanding.

On the subject of the OP, watch all of this it's worth it.

This is like asking how to make a small, fluffy puppy look intimidating.

Pretty easy: http://break.com/index/death-metal-puppy.html

1. Develop console containing pretty cool hardware.

2. Make it hard to develop, while Microsoft and Nintendo have the opposite goal.

3. In the early years of the console, have many fewer good games than XBox360 does. So constantly be at risk of not reaching critical mass.

4. ???

5. Profit!

Sounds like Sony turned this into a SDK philosophy.

A post saying essentially "eclipse doesn't know how to use git" does not equate to "git sucks balls"

It does if your primary dev tool is Eclipse.

Not at all. NetBeans doesn't know how to use git either, but that's no hindrance at all to using NetBeans and git. Sure, you have to be comfortable with the command line, but using the command line is pretty easy in git.

(In fact, I think it should be pretty trivial to write a generic git GUI or IDE plugin that does everything you need in an easy way. I have no idea why nobody has done that yet, and why so many have failed. It really doesn't look al that hard.)

If anything, it's a commentary on Eclipse, as it is completely unreasonable to expect the developers of a version control system to create plugins for popular IDEs.

Where there is demand, there is generally supply. Given the difficulty for creating a plugin should be roughly equal, there simply appears to be more demand for SVN than git.

No, SVN is merely older than git.

Given that Eclipse is a heavily Java-oriented system, and that git was created by Linus for Linux, I think it's clear where you fit into the hierarchy.

Right, java programmer. Calling java programmers stupid because they don't run software that is broken/incompatible/unsupported with the most popular java IDE available indicates OP has some serious people skills.

git isn't broken or incompatible at all. It's just not integrated. Subclipse, on the other hand, is integrated but also broken. I have to jump through lots of stupid hoops if I want to rename or move a directory, or copy it to another project. In git all of that works fine with no pain whatsoever.

A post saying essentially "eclipse doesn't know how to use git" does not equate to "git sucks balls"

It does if your primary dev tool is Eclipse.

If anything, it's a commentary on Eclipse, as it is completely unreasonable to expect the developers of a version control system to create plugins for popular IDEs.

Where there is demand, there is generally supply. Given the difficulty for creating a plugin should be roughly equal, there simply appears to be more demand for SVN than git.

Given that Eclipse is a heavily Java-oriented system, and that git was created by Linus for Linux, I think it's clear where you fit into the hierarchy.

Right, java programmer. Calling java programmers stupid because they don't run software that is broken/incompatible/unsupported with the most popular java IDE available indicates OP has some serious people skills.

Israel bombs the hell out of them and the Palestinians shoot a few rockets back and deface a couple websites.

Let's see how you deal with eight years of rockets randomly landing around you, at any time.

You wouldn't put up with it. You'd demand something be done. Israel is now doing it - in retaliation.

They're being suppressed by Israel who is systematically cutting off all food, water, and medicine into the region

I'm not aware of the definition of "repressed" where one sends over truckloads of supplies. I guess you must buy a different dictionary.

I'm not particularly pro-Israel, nor am i jewish. But I realize it's only rational that if you attack someone for years they may well eventually fight back - and I think Israel is being too cautious about the whole thing out of some misguided fear of people who already hate them liking them less. I just can't see justification for a group randomly firing large explosives into civilized territories primarily targeting civilians, from anyone.

Deathtrap? I think after watching these videos, most people will agree you are being a bit generous.

http://www.break.com/index/failed-chinese-crash-test.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWy_fASSiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwmuQqN46g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEeqxq7EtQU
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brilliance-bs6s-adac-crash-test-is-anything-but/
http://www.leftlanenews.com/chinese-sedan-flunks-german-crash-test-with-video.html

Integrating video games into the work day: A great idea!

What about Clown cars??? For example:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/msi/lowres/msin139l.jpg
http://www.break.com/pictures/bark-banger-clown-car514174.html
http://www.skooogle.com/content/binary/motivation_clown_car.jpg

Sometimes they do: ;-)

http://www.break.com/index/dana_carvey_snl_gerald_ford_is_dead.html

Most likely, because advertisers would NEVER use sex appeal / cool facor to sell a product or use an unappealing actor to represent the consumer of another product. Never.

Of course not. Just like they didn't do on http://www.break.com/index/ps3_vs_nintendos_wii.html (warning: flash video, and the fat bitch is ugly).

Like conservatives have a monopoly on creepy?

Nah, vote for Ralph Wiggum!.

I find that looking at female US newreaders (and increasingly British ones too) sets off 'uncanny valley' for me. The nose is just to small, the hair doesn't move, and the facial expressions are just wrong

Yeah the old ones with a thing for Botox are certainly unnerving. However some of the local newsgirls...