User: cohort

Re:Well, duh.

On: Worry Over VZW, Sprint Phones' 911 Alarm

Verizon cited that they were following a specific FCC rule. According to that FCC rule, there just needs to be some indicator that it's in emergency mode. Examples include an audible or visible cue. My Nokia (with a different provider) replaced all visible indicators but signal strength and battery from the display with a big, bold 'EMERGENCY MODE' indicator.

Re:Questions of feedstock

On: Echeria Coli Co-Opted To Make Gasoline

Seattle's Green Lake has a problem with Eurasian water milfoil - and has for quite some time. They use a 'lake mower' to help deal with the issue, carting off many, many tons of plant matter monthly.

If you look closely at this, you can see a lake mower at work: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.6,-122.316667&sp n=0.1,0.1&t=k&q=47.6,-122.316667 (of course, you can't see it very well, but it's the only shot I can find.) (the green stuff is an algae bloom, not the plants)

There are a great many lakes with this problem, why not use it to our advantage?

Certainly may be useful, even for playing games

On: Using Your Head As A Joystick

I recall a while back (was it 93?) having access to an SGI Indigo, and my roommie brought home a game for it called "Serenity"... One of the things noted with that game was that no matter how hard one tried, you could not avoid using body english.

Re:Games!

On: More on the Samsung Linux Handheld

Speeking of games, anyone notice that the games submenu on it uses the Starcraft Icon?