They took the donations through a PayPal account. Turns out now, however, PayPal will not release the money due to the way the account was set up on their end.
Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada
With RFID chips costing a fraction of a cent apiece, the addition of such a chip must at least triple the value of whatever canadian currency you add it to.
The BBC is reporting that the OLPC will be available to the public early next year on a buy-2-get-1 basis through eBay... it sounds like an embedded-Linux hackers favorite new toy.
Between the Gates foundation, guys like mark cuban, the google billionaires, and this type of thing, I love how philanthropy in this millennium is poised to be dominated by nerds.
This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free, open, and available. It's a great resource for people looking to improve their knowledge of our world.
I'm going to combine this with my OpenGrading program. I predict a 4.0 this semester.
Microsoft released four bulletins with patches for 10 vulnerabilities but there are no fixes for known MS Word zero-day flaws that are under active attack
Well, that's because there aren't any zero-day flaws. Microsoft changed the name to ">1 day flaws", thereby solving the problem forever.
Yeah, well, I guarantee that before you know it, HP is going to tap into Schick or Gillette's marketing teams to market a 4-Dimensional printer. and shortly after, a 5-dimensional printer. They won't let themselves be beaten.
I just circled my desk, and it looks like the HP Laserjet I already have exists in 3 Dimensions. Surely this means HP has beaten this other company to market.
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Ritek is disclosing behind closed doors at CES its own achievements in multi-layer HD optical media.
not any more!
Wikileaks aims to be an anonymous and uncensorable repository of leaked documents, posted for commentary by interested parties.
They were going to name it LawyerMagnet.com, but that was already taken by a file-sharing service.
Well, if a job is created elsewhere that could have been created in the US, isn't that a job lost?
Who's saying the job could have been created in the U.S.?
If we can get enough exposure and get in the top 40 by the end of the week, do we necessarily need a large label? Probably nowadays, no you don't.
I'm sure some burly men in suits from the RIAA would have something to say about that. You wouldn't want anyone to get hurt, would you?
They took the donations through a PayPal account. Turns out now, however, PayPal will not release the money due to the way the account was set up on their end.
"Paypal: We don't care. We don't have to."
Cisco is suing Apple over trademark infringement.
iPhowned!
It's exciting to watch the Wine project progress
It is, and it's certainly a lot more useful than that other whine project.
gosh, to bad there's no vacuum out there, especially in space...
For a complete vacuum, it certainly has a lot of stuff in it to look at.
So, when I look at the sun, I am actually looking back in time 8 minutes?
Yes, and apparently, 8 minutes ago hurts like a motherfucker.
That's interesting, he explains, because given that light travels at a finite speed -- 300,000 km a second
...in a vacuum. When not in a vacuum, light can travel at a fraction of the speed of light.
Canadian coins containing tiny transmitters have mysteriously turned up in the pockets of at least three American contractors who visited Canada
With RFID chips costing a fraction of a cent apiece, the addition of such a chip must at least triple the value of whatever canadian currency you add it to.
The BBC is reporting that the OLPC will be available to the public early next year on a buy-2-get-1 basis through eBay ... it sounds like an embedded-Linux hackers favorite new toy.
Between the Gates foundation, guys like mark cuban, the google billionaires, and this type of thing, I love how philanthropy in this millennium is poised to be dominated by nerds.
This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free, open, and available. It's a great resource for people looking to improve their knowledge of our world.
I'm going to combine this with my OpenGrading program. I predict a 4.0 this semester.
yeah, or 1 day flaws. whatever. :)
Microsoft released four bulletins with patches for 10 vulnerabilities but there are no fixes for known MS Word zero-day flaws that are under active attack
Well, that's because there aren't any zero-day flaws. Microsoft changed the name to ">1 day flaws", thereby solving the problem forever.
Whenever you get close to running out of material, print another cartridge.
I see. So it's the type of situation where each cartridge contains ten cartridges' worth of print material. Excellent.
Yeah, well, I guarantee that before you know it, HP is going to tap into Schick or Gillette's marketing teams to market a 4-Dimensional printer. and shortly after, a 5-dimensional printer. They won't let themselves be beaten.
Here is a video showing a completed machine constructing a silicone bulb (16M-MB WMV).
Given the ungodly expense of regular inkjet cartridges, I can only wonder how much the refills for this thing will run.
A 3D Printer On Every Desktop?
I just circled my desk, and it looks like the HP Laserjet I already have exists in 3 Dimensions. Surely this means HP has beaten this other company to market.
This looks like the perfect robotics platform for hobbyists, schools, and universities alike.
I thought that was the ED-209?
The scientists believe the nanoparticles could also be used to carry drugs to the tumor.
I believe in a twelve-step program, they call that being an "enabler".
What do you mean? I already measure my condoms in liters.
I wonder how many cards will now be reported stolen
That excuse only works on your wife, or your girlfriend.
I know it works on my wife, and my girlfriend.
I imagine this will assist the U.S. is its conversion to the metric system, something it has been trying to do for many years now.
Yeah, they started with the 2-liter bottles of soda about 20 years ago, so it looks like they're working their way down the list.
I wonder what comes next, after beverage containers, and interplanetary spacecraft.
The loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter was blamed on an error converting between English units and metric units.
And to think when we were learning the metric system in school, the teacher told us it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.
I guess he was wrong.