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  1. What's Yahoo? on Yahoo Killing Maps, Pipes & More · · Score: 1

    Some sort of digital archive for cowboy yells?

  2. I'm feeling confident now that I have purchased on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    a semiconductor chip made out of wood. I wasn't about to repeat the same mistake when I purchased that semiconductor chip made of straw.

  3. Yea, but were they used? on Oldest Stone Tools Predate Previous Record Holder By 700,000 Years · · Score: 2
  4. A leading microbiome researcher speaks on 'Smart Sewer' Project Will Reveal a City's Microbiome · · Score: 2

    Here's Rob Knight talking about the highlights of recent microbiome research. Amazing stuff.

  5. Wow, I knew they were big on Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Could Land At Ellington Space Port Near Houston · · Score: 1

    what, with opening a second location in North Carolina and all. But they are definitely diversifying. Like most their beers I'm sure the lift body will be quite hoppy.

  6. This sounds like an episode of on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 1

    Better Call Saul

  7. What about snopes.com? on Google Wants To Rank Websites Based On Facts Not Links · · Score: 1

    Context plays a role in assessing factual information. What if my site documents historical inaccuracies (the world is flat) or catalogs conspiracy theories? Or what about slashdot itself in which "facts" are regularly debated in the comments?

  8. Although we have laptops, Cuba has on Cubans Allowed To Export Software and Software Services To the US · · Score: 1

    these portable computers. Their programmers should be able to help you with your R:Base project.

  9. Windows 9? on Bill Gates Endorses Water From Human Waste · · Score: 0

    Code name: water

  10. What is this new madness? on Docker Image Insecurity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm about to leave for Sears, inseam and waist measurements in hand. And here I read that my image security is at risk. I better find a new brand of pants I guess.

  11. I wonder when Guardians of Peace on Waze Causing Anger Among LA Residents · · Score: 1

    is going to reveal Sony's role in this. Despicable.

  12. I shudder to think what the system will order if on Pizza Hut Tests New "Subconscious Menu" That Reads Your Mind · · Score: 1

    the customer is an average male and the cashier is a lovely lady with a large bust.

    "Tests on the Subconscious Man have been incredibly predictible with 98%..."

  13. Specialized game controllers on Ask Slashdot: Making a 'Wife Friendly' Gaming PC? · · Score: 1

    All you need to keep her happy are game controllers in the shape of spatula and vacuum cleaner handles.

  14. Flaming periniums Batman! on Single Pixel Camera Takes Images Through Breast Tissue · · Score: 2

    Victorian doctors would look for testicular cancer by holding a candle behind the scrotum

    I hope that they actually held the candle in front of the scrotum and looked from behind.

  15. In other timely slashdot news... on Landfill Copies of Atari's 'E.T.' End Up On eBay · · Score: 1

    Atari has just published a new game based on the hit movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial!

  16. What if they made the ice really, really cold on An Algorithm to End the Lines for Ice at Burning Man · · Score: 1

    That would probably be the best solution.

  17. Ignore the paper, learn Rossi's history on Independent Researchers Test Rossi's Alleged Cold Fusion Device For 32 Days · · Score: 2

    Set aside the de/merits of this study of Rossi's E-Cat device. Instead, focus on Rossi's behavior over the past four years.
    From New Energy Times:

    ...Rossi responded to our and other scientific critiques, saying that he didn’t need scientific validation and that he would go directly into commercial production of a working 1 MW reactor...[Rossi] wrote on his blog, “We have arrived at a product that is ready for market...If somebody has a valid technology...he has to make a reactor that works and go and sell it, as we are doing."...A year later, on Feb. 17, 2012, he wrote on his blog, “In Autumn we will surely send the detailed offers to all the horde of pre-orderers. The deliveries will start hopefully within the next winter, surely within 18 months.”...There is no evidence that Rossi has produced and delivered a single working commercial reactor...Despite the fact that Rossi abandoned his attempt to obtain scientific credibility years ago in favor of delivering a commercially available reactor that has yet to materialize, he has gone back to seeking scientific validation. It’s been four years; there is still no truly independent scientific confirmation of Rossi’s claim [nor any fulfillment of preorders as promised 2-1/2 years ago.]

  18. For perspective, the 10 worst keyboards on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 2
  19. Modern buckling spring keyboards are being made on The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made · · Score: 1

    M style, and for the Mac user.

  20. Re:I'd rather use xpdf on Adobe Reader 7.0 Coming to Linux · · Score: 1

    While you are doing edit/compile/view iterations in LaTeX, xdvi is the fastest option. Merely giving the xdvi window focus automatically refreshes. So the process becomes (using vim with the LaTeX extensions):
    1)make text changes in vim
    2)key sequence: \ll
    3)switch to xdvi window:
    4)switch back to vim:

    Quick editing turnaround without ever reaching for a mouse.

  21. NLP would be nice on P2P Bibliographies with Bibster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    eTBlast is a bibliographic search engine to which you submit an entire abstract. A little natural language processing and the results returned are to articles which have similiar abstracts. Though the tool operates on the Medline database, there is no reason the algorithm couldn't be used with Bibster.

  22. Mushrooms vs. hooks on Metal Velcro · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Interesting quality about velcro. If you replace the hooks with mushrooms, the loops grab under the head of the mushrooms and the fastening becomes permanent (i.e. you can't separate the two pieces).

    I'm sure this version velcro is used in many areas. I became aware of it via a friend working in pest control. The nets he was using on buildings to prevent access by pigeons were fastened using this version of velcro.

  23. Customer service parking lot on Echostar/Dish Network Pulls Viacom Channels · · Score: 1

    I live just down the road from Echostar's customer service center. When I drove by it this evening it looked like every parking space in the lot was filled (very unusual). Looks like they're paying a lot of overtime to their customer service reps to handle the increased volume of calls.

  24. Dangerous Job on What's the Worst Job Posting You've Seen? · · Score: 1

    This job sounds pretty dangerous.

  25. Master's Thesis on Rubik's Cube Comeback · · Score: 1

    Here's a computer science Master's thesis that was done on solving the rubik's cube. And here's the accompanying presentation.