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  1. Re:$150,000 For a Burger Flipper!?! on Robotic Short Order Cook · · Score: 1
    In the article Mustapha says "All I get is inexperienced people, and they want $10 to $15 an hour"

    $12.5 an hour * 40 hour week * 46 weeks a year = $23000 a year per employee
    $150000 / 5 years = 30000 a year for flippy
    They said the robot does the job of two employees so 23000*2 = $46000 a year

    Using the robot saves you 46000-30000=$16000 a year.

    Dunno about you but I'm getting one.

  2. Re:Linux on AS/400 (not yet?) on IBM Announces New AS/400s With SOI Chips · · Score: 1
    > an xml compliant processor

    Umm, I don't think they're saying the processor is XML compliant. XML is a text based language; most processors can handle character data. They're talking about data storage and communications with AS/400 using XML.

    Great idea though, let's build a processor that uses SAX to handle instruction executuion!

  3. Re:Just in case anyone thinks this is real... on Potato-Powered Web Server · · Score: 1

    Running a chip that low could work, the thing is they are running with an x86, was it a 386?, which have notoriously poor power consumption, I suppose if it is only a 386 the transistor count will be low so it wont suck too much juice. The current low power champ is a DSP from TI ( Check it out at http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/products/dsp/c5000/index .htm ), which does 0.05 mW/MIPS and 800 MIPS so 0.4 mW. I guess that this is considerably more high tech than a 386 so it would seem on the edge of possibility due to smaller chip (lower power) to low tech (higher power) ratio. But with my engineers head on, I would go on the side of disbelief, but would like to believe it. Notably Intel, Analog Devices and TI have all recently opened R&D facitilites in Ireland, and we all know what thie economy is traditionally based on, do I see pieces of a jigsaw falling into place?

  4. Re:Who will be the hero.. A more high level method on New, More Destructive Love Bug Variant · · Score: 2
    Or, since M$ provides the high level functionality try:

    1. Click Start:Settings:Control Panel;
    2. double click "Add/Remove Programs";
    3. click on the "Setup" tab;
    4. double click "Accessories";
    5. scroll down and uncheck the box for "Windows Scripting Host" (if the is no box it's not installed).
  5. Re:go england? on UK's Demon Settles Usenet Libel Case · · Score: 2
    No, ISP's cannot be held responsible for what is posted through them otherwise every single post would have to be hand checked for content.

    The point here is that demon were told that there was defamatory material and refused to take it down. I say screw them.

  6. Re:X on Trolltech Developing Qt That Doesn't Need X · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Censorship, Cybersitter and Solid Oak on Web Censors Prompt College To Consider Name Change · · Score: 1
    Goddammit what is on beavers.com? Both my University and my local library filter it! Why can't I see nature at it's finest?

    The following error was encountered:

    Access Prohibited. Unsuitable use of University Facilities.
  8. Re:microcore - can already do it on Magnetic Microchips · · Score: 3
    Orthogonally persistent operating systems can be unplugged on a whim and will restart where you left off. They use similar technology to DBMS with transactions, logging, rollbacks etc. There is one called Grasshopper that was developed as a joint project between Sydney (Oz) and Stirling (Scotland) Universities.

    That's old hat these days. The latest joy in systems research is nanokernels for OPJS.
    Charming

  9. Hot Grits - A Public Service Announcement on Slashdot's 10,000th Story · · Score: 1
    Due to the publishing of the 10,000th story HOT GRITS IS UNDERGOING A MAJOR CHANGE. CONTRARY TO RUMOR WE ARE NOT DEAD, JUST REORGANIZING.

    Hot Grits - "No one Can Eat Just One!"&#8482

  10. Re:Watching the deluge begin... on Slashdot's 10,000th Story · · Score: 1

    1st reply! (well you gotta start somewhere!)

  11. Re:Wierd? on Seagate Spins 15k RPM HDs · · Score: 1
    Dyslexics. Try deliberately spelling words wrongly. This way at least you have a chance of spelling them correctly.

    Thank you.

  12. Re:Amazing! on The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences · · Score: 1
    An hour? This is the first I've seen of slashdot for almost 5 hours. Look at the times:
    POSTED: 11:52pm (TZ?)
    FIRST POST: 10:38am EST

    ./ server responded to ping requests okay but I've been getting request time outs all day

    Can anyone say DDoS?

  13. Re:What the hell's wrong with MPEG? on Yahoo Putting Movies Online · · Score: 1

    > Not to mention the interface sucks ass (no rewind? wtf?)

    In normal view the little left arrow next to the progress meter is rewind. Or ctrl-left arrow.

    Yep, I installed realpoor and can't get rid of the bugger either. Oh well if you can't beat 'em...

  14. Re:Use the source.... on Negative Webmonkey Editorial on Andover/VA Merger · · Score: 1

    Then we'll just set up FlashBot.org and make more ca$h. In one fell swoop we can solve the global poverty crisis and wipe out the national debt!

    "Rich I tell you, we're all going to be RICH!"

  15. Re:haiku - try a Tanka on More DoS Attacks: CNN, Amazon, eBay, Buy.com... · · Score: 1

    The troll gets one up
    On fauxpas' posting (score 2)
    Whilst fires burn a glow
    Flame begets flame as you know
    Smoke the fuckwits blow

  16. Re: Just like dram - more stable than your memory? on Better Holographic Data Storage · · Score: 1

    The act of re-reading does not scramble data nor does a few seconds mean decay. That is why this story is of any interest at all.

    It says they "have now developed a material which is stable for hours and across multiple rereadings."

  17. Re: How Much? on Sneaky Satellite Photos Available Online · · Score: 1
    "Update - Just found some prices... mmm, very expensive..."

    How expensive?

  18. Re:first on Obfuscated C Code Contest Begins · · Score: 1

    ... and the missing semi-colon;