Oirad - Slashdot User

Comment Dear Anonymous Reader... (Score 1) 767

by Oirad on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:40PM (#45958243) Attached to: Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve

If you're going to directly copy and paste the words from an Ars Technica article (http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/01/as-part-of-budget-deal-congress-blacks-light-bulb-efficiency-standards), at least have the decency to credit it.

Comment Re:Hey! T-shirts are here :) (Score 1) 10

by Oirad on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @12:41PM (#41753653) Attached to: Slashdot Anniversary: Austin, TX, US

Any extra special treats for those of us with lower ids than the /. staff hosting? ;)

Comment Re:Java still there (Score 1) 309

by Oirad on Thursday September 29, 2011 @10:11AM (#37553410) Attached to: To Stop BEAST, Mozilla Developer Proposes Blocking Java Framework

Not to pick nits, but that's your "antique" jetdirect card, not the printer...

Comment Re:A vendetta against Java and Flash? (Score 1) 451

by Oirad on Thursday October 21, 2010 @10:11AM (#33973036) Attached to: Apple Deprecates Their JVM

This comes the same day that users report the new MacBook Air doesn't have Flash preinstalled; and while you can install it yourself, Safari doesn't prompt you to do so (just displays a generic "missing plugin" over Flash content and ads).

Is that different from "normal" Macs up to now?

Comment Re:Sevens Sins (Score 1) 366

by Oirad on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @12:00PM (#33436774) Attached to: India Now Wants Access To Google and Skype

Gordon Gekko does not agree with one of your seven sins...

Submission + - Government funds new computer forensic institute

Submitted by Quincy on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @01:26PM

Quincy writes: The DHS and Secret Service are setting up a new computer forensic institute in Alabama. Set to open in mid-2008, the new National Computer Forensic Institute will be able to train over 900 law enforcement officers per year. 'It will initially be staffed by 18 Secret Service agents and will feature classrooms, a forensic laboratory, an evidence vault, and server rooms. Courses will be offered in the investigation of electronic crimes, network intrusion investigation, and computer forensics.'

Feed SXSW: Personal Data Gets Small (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @12:12PM

Want to know who's doing what at SXSW? Get busy with microformats. Listening Post reports from Austin, Texas.

Submission + - Sanyo blamed in Lenovo battery recall

Submitted by ukhackster on Thursday March 01, 2007 @12:34PM

ukhackster writes: Those overheating laptop batteries are back. Lenovo is recalling 205,000 "extended" batteries which shipped with its ThinkPad machines, or were bought as replacements.

Slashdot readers will doubtless remember the flak which Sony attracted last year, after it was blamed for exploding Dell notebooks and several massive recalls. This time, the batteries were made by Sanyo. Could this be the start of another recall franzy?

Submission + - Sweet and Sour Network: $10 Wok == $20,000 DIsh

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: The New Zealand Herald reports: "Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television station when a $10 kitchen wok from the Warehouse is just as effective? This is exactly how North Otago's newest television station 45 South is transmitting its signal from its studio to the top of Cape Wanbrow, in a bid to keep costs down."

Feed Basics: Coaxing More Bars Out of That Cellphone (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @10:12PM

Some recent products are designed to improve cellular reception, and, in some cases, even extend coverage.

Feed First Look: Photoshop Lightroom (feedburner.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @12:12PM

Adobe's newest addition to the Photoshop family is a workflow manager for professional photogs, Flickr-heads and camera nerds of all stripes. By Scott Gilbertson.

Journal Journal: Virginian State Legislature at Work

Journal by janeowit on Monday February 26, 2007 @12:02AM

I think it's a little overdue, but Virginia says it's sorry about the whole slavery thing.

Journal Journal: Lose weight while you work 20

Journal by nizo on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @07:21PM

At the Mayo Clinic in Rochester they have developed "The Office of the Future". From the article:

Most visitors think they've walked into a gym.
The creator of the "Office of the Future" is quick to correct them.

Submission + - Possible cure for autism

Submitted by Henry V .009 on Monday February 19, 2007 @11:25AM

Henry V .009 writes: New Jersey scientists are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids which fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids.

Journal Journal: Lucas: 'Empire' Was the Worst of the Trilogy

Journal by anaesthetica on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @03:55PM

Entertainment blogger David Poland recently attended a Publicists' Guild luncheon which George Lucas attended. Lucas was present to give an award to Sid Ganis, the in-house publicist for Empire. Lucas credits Sid for creating the aura around Empire as the best of the three original Star Wars films, when, according to Lucas, "it was actually the worst one."

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