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Slashback: Simpsons, Buyouts, Droid
Shooting down those trial balloons. Glitch Tybalt writes with an update to the report that German ISP T-Online might acquire AOL: "This just in from The Register: apparently the buyout wasn't really going to be a buyout, only 70%, and there haven't been any confirmed reports on this. One spokesman for T-Online said '[Such a deal] is more unlikely than likely,'"
On a similar note, gletham writes "A flurry of reports [like this one] over the past day indicated that Nokia was talking with Psion and was seeking to buy the company. This latest piece from Reuters confirms that the topic was merely a rumor and speculation gone rampant. Mind you, with Psion's stock jumping 10% and discussion on Nokia lists and forums quite brisk, you can't help but speculate that Nokia may in fact consider this in the future. The timing is very good, particularly considering Motorola's recent selloff of Symbian ownership. I can't wait to here an official report from Nokia on this one! If all works out, we may even witness a rebirth of the Psion handheld using Series 90!"
Hey, maybe they just hadn't thought of it yet ... wo1verin3 writes "Previously reported was that Fox News Considered Suing Fox's 'The Simpsons' for using a news ticker spoofing the news service. Apparently this was only satire and an apology has been issued.
'Nonetheless, "The Simpsons" (the show, not the characters) issued an apology yesterday: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion.'"
At this rate, it'll be #1 by March! An anonymous reader writes "According to the latest round of leaked information to reach The Register, the Virginia Tech Big Mac has reached 10.28 teraflops. A solid #3 win, 'This places it behind the 5,120 processor Earth Simulator system - 35.9 teraflops - and the 8,160 processor ASCI Q system - 13.8 teraflops.'"
Hold tight, though: Elysdir points to a AP article, pointing out that "the Top 500 list will be officially announced Nov. 18, so it's not clear to me whether the #3 ranking is official or not."
A Droid You Can Build From Downloadable Plans. In this article, LinuxDevices checks out OAP, an open source droid. OAP shares the same VIA Mini-ITX mainboard as the VIA-Roboteq "PC-bot" featured in an earlier Slashdot story, but OAP's project goals seem a little more ambitious. According to the FAQ, OAP will eventually be able to 'Read your favourite news web pages or blogs aloud to you.' A personal droid that reads Slashdot aloud to you -- what more could you ask for?"
(A girlfriend?)
Uh, excuse me but ALL these stories have been posted before. (I would look up the links but I'm too lazy). Slashdot editors have hit a new all-time low with this one... and you guys are actually paying for this stuff?? Please.
Now I can have the worlds most powerful "Hello World" ever!
Stop the Slashdot effect! Don't read the articles!
Just persuade RealDoll to build a model with an enclosure for a controller, and it can be your robotic project and your girlfriend!
"Previously reported was that Fox News Considered Suing Fox's 'The Simpsons' for using a news ticker spoofing the news service. Apparently this was only satire and an apology has been issued.
'Nonetheless, "The Simpsons" (the show, not the characters) issued an apology yesterday: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion.'"
Does anyone really believe that?
I live in a giant bucket.
In Britain + Ireland, anyway, OAP means Old Age Pensioner. Not the image you want to associate with your robot?
HAHA - Rupert "Nelson" Murdoch
mitch
Give the OAP a '70s bowl haircut, spray it silver and call it Twiggy
*beedeebeedeebeedee* Hey, Buck, I'm open source!
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
If you can't handle reading the friggin' article, you're posting on the right website!
Red Hat Linux 9 was installed using mostly default installation options (you can download the ISO images for this GNU/Linux distribution free of charge from redhat.com). The exceptions to the default installation choices are listed here:
* Custom (as opposed to Personal Desktop) installation type.
* Automatic Partitioning.
* System Clock uses UTC.
* No Firewall.
All your robot are belong to me, baby. Oh, I'm sorry, you didn't want to be woken up at 2am to learn about the new FDA approved, no prescription needed Viagara alternative?
So sorry. Won't happen again. At least not for another hour...
-Adam
Given that this is /., I'd think that the answer would be obvious:
There's no point in questioning authority if you aren't going to listen to the answers.
Just persuade RealDoll to build a model with an enclosure for a controller
I don't know about you, but I don't want my make-believe girlfriend to have a joystick.