CNN has recently posted a story about a company (EEStor) that plans on offering UltraCapacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultracapacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately $9 of electricity and then drive 500 miles.
The game Second Life -- a simulated world with more than 700,000 'residents,' or players, who sometimes refer to their offline existence as their 'first life' -- is breeding a virtual world of fashion design
And right along with that is the herds of fashionistas, strutting and posing. It's ironic that despite being a "virtual" world, Second life is one of the most shallow, materialistic communities I've ever experienced.
Roger Shawyer has developed an engine with no moving parts that he believes can replace rockets and make trains, planes and automobiles obsolete... The device that has sparked their interest is an engine that generates thrust purely from electromagnetic radiation
Of course, his first effort was to create a drive that ran purely on improbability, but you could never be sure where you'd end up or even what species you'd be when you get there.
Apple quietly released a pair of patches today to its wireless drivers.
What, you expect them to loudly release a pair of patches? "Hey, everybody, our products have a flaw which allows them to be wirelessly rooted in under a minute! Better apply this patch!!!1!!one!"
Somehow I don't think that would go over too well on Wall Street.
Gumstix is launching a whole line of dinky little PCs little larger than a Big Red Plenty Pack. The first Netstix model targets server, sniffing, and network simulation.
These guys seriously need to take a page out of the book of Apple. Listen guys, it's not "dinky" and "little". You gotta jazz it up a little bit. Throw in some "nano" and a bit of "micro" and "mini" for good measure.
The "infamous" directive mentioned in the writeup failed, so the law still specifically disallows software patents. The patent office issues them anyway.
Right. Which means the law is broken, because the penalties aren't a deterrent.
ZDNet UK has a detailed article on the heating-up of the software patent debate in Europe. A new motion before the European Parliament calls for a harmonised patent court (EPLA) that would be able to enforce software patents across Europe.
Yes, because clearly the best solution isn't to simply fix the law, but to create an entirely new governmental bureacracy.
With plans to unveil the project at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the network is part of a plan to leap ahead of the United States in innovation and technology.
Given that ours is made of tubes, it can't be hard to come up with something better.
'Spaceballs: The Animated Series' will spoof current blockbusters as well as every genre of entertainment from movies and reality TV to culture and politics.
But will it spoof the spoof genre? Or is that like crossing the streams?
NewScientistTech has an article up on the way 3D models of real cities are being uploaded into Google Earth to help town planners and architects envisage their designs.
That sounds like it would be good if you wanted to, say, judge building altitude and approach angle for flying a plan^^#$@%^^^^NOCARRIER
We all know that this is just a ploy so they can spy on you... "Please, think of the children!" seems to be the most abused reasoning for spying... it's just bs that anyone would buy this.
And their logic is always "If you don't have anything to hide, you don't have anything to worry about". To which I say, "If I don't have anything to hide, why do they need to spy on me?"
Today the crew discovered potassium hydroxide leaking into the space station. This comes right after delivery of new ISS components and right before the arrival of a new crew and first female space tourist.
Now that she's around, they'll have to make sure to put the seat down after making a leak.
The Internets and it's vast network of tubes is far superior to email.
Is it really superior to email??? I mean, it's certainly not a truck that you can just dump something on! My staff sent me an internet last week and I didn't get it until today!
Slashdot Mirror
Genetic Mapping of Mouse Brain Complete
Then they can get started on mapping Pinky, and then they can take over the world!
An anonymous reader writes to mention a MarketWatch article revealing MySpace is actually the largest video provider on the internet.
In other news, Universal has announced that they plan to sue MySpace first, then YouTube.
ZDNet is reporting that OpenSSL versions up to 0.9.7j and 0.9.8b are vulnerable to a signature forgery technique.
Who knew that OpenSSL would have ever had anything in common with a Wal-Mart cashier?
Code-name: Easy Gate. It's a computer, working under the Linux OS. It's a router. It's a DSL modem. It's also a telephone. All in one.
Well, so then it's not a "free PC", it's a "free internet access terminal". I doubt anyone's going to be running half-life or photoshop on that thing.
Passing that in 9 minutes gives you an average rate of 1.2 megawatts. What the hell knid of household has the circuit to handle that?
Well, possibly Doc Brown's house, for one. And then there's the town hall....
CNN has recently posted a story about a company (EEStor) that plans on offering UltraCapacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultracapacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately $9 of electricity and then drive 500 miles.
This is simply shocking news.
The game Second Life -- a simulated world with more than 700,000 'residents,' or players, who sometimes refer to their offline existence as their 'first life' -- is breeding a virtual world of fashion design
And right along with that is the herds of fashionistas, strutting and posing. It's ironic that despite being a "virtual" world, Second life is one of the most shallow, materialistic communities I've ever experienced.
Roger Shawyer has developed an engine with no moving parts that he believes can replace rockets and make trains, planes and automobiles obsolete ... The device that has sparked their interest is an engine that generates thrust purely from electromagnetic radiation
Of course, his first effort was to create a drive that ran purely on improbability, but you could never be sure where you'd end up or even what species you'd be when you get there.
"The latest New Scientist has an article about an engine that exploits relativity and microwaves to generate thrust.
That sounds a bit more advanced than these two guys, who exploit explosives and a microwave to generate thrust.
Apple quietly released a pair of patches today to its wireless drivers.
What, you expect them to loudly release a pair of patches? "Hey, everybody, our products have a flaw which allows them to be wirelessly rooted in under a minute! Better apply this patch!!!1!!one!"
Somehow I don't think that would go over too well on Wall Street.
Gumstix is launching a whole line of dinky little PCs little larger than a Big Red Plenty Pack. The first Netstix model targets server, sniffing, and network simulation.
These guys seriously need to take a page out of the book of Apple. Listen guys, it's not "dinky" and "little". You gotta jazz it up a little bit. Throw in some "nano" and a bit of "micro" and "mini" for good measure.
Instead of being dropped into a tray, apparently a robotic arm will 'gently deliver' the product to consumers.
That's much better than the prototype I saw, where the robot arm disembowels the customer and spills their entrails all over the linoleum.
The "infamous" directive mentioned in the writeup failed, so the law still specifically disallows software patents. The patent office issues them anyway.
Right. Which means the law is broken, because the penalties aren't a deterrent.
ZDNet UK has a detailed article on the heating-up of the software patent debate in Europe. A new motion before the European Parliament calls for a harmonised patent court (EPLA) that would be able to enforce software patents across Europe.
Yes, because clearly the best solution isn't to simply fix the law, but to create an entirely new governmental bureacracy.
With plans to unveil the project at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the network is part of a plan to leap ahead of the United States in innovation and technology.
Given that ours is made of tubes, it can't be hard to come up with something better.
'Spaceballs: The Animated Series' will spoof current blockbusters as well as every genre of entertainment from movies and reality TV to culture and politics.
But will it spoof the spoof genre? Or is that like crossing the streams?
NewScientistTech has an article up on the way 3D models of real cities are being uploaded into Google Earth to help town planners and architects envisage their designs.
That sounds like it would be good if you wanted to, say, judge building altitude and approach angle for flying a plan^^#$@%^^^^NOCARRIER
i'd rather be called a whiny bitch than live my life as a cowardly bitch. cowardly bitch.
it is. but apparently, making a robot joke in a discussion thread about robots is "offtopic". go figure.
one more step towards the glorious rule of Robot Nixon.
We all know that this is just a ploy so they can spy on you... "Please, think of the children!" seems to be the most abused reasoning for spying... it's just bs that anyone would buy this.
And their logic is always "If you don't have anything to hide, you don't have anything to worry about". To which I say, "If I don't have anything to hide, why do they need to spy on me?"
The Sunbelt blog notes, "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting."
It can also be mitigated by using firefox.
Today the crew discovered potassium hydroxide leaking into the space station. This comes right after delivery of new ISS components and right before the arrival of a new crew and first female space tourist.
Now that she's around, they'll have to make sure to put the seat down after making a leak.
It's indisputable that reality has a well-known liberal bias.
The Internets and it's vast network of tubes is far superior to email.
Is it really superior to email??? I mean, it's certainly not a truck that you can just dump something on! My staff sent me an internet last week and I didn't get it until today!