RC Pavlicek - Slashdot User

Comment Re:"A high-energy, 'metastable' state"? (Score 2) 259

by davemc on Thursday April 18, 2013 @12:25PM (#43483697) Attached to: Higgs Data Could Spell Trouble For Leading Big Bang Theory

That sounds like a cosmic catastrophe in the making. Or has it already happened?

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

"There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Comment Re:Won't Help Big Three (Score 1) 740

by davemc on Sunday January 18, 2009 @12:42PM (#26506813) Attached to: Feds To Offer Cash For Your Clunker

I've got two cars over twenty years old Both are in perfect condition, both are considered collectibles. Why would I give them up for $4.5K?

If the bounty was equal to the value, then I'd consider at least one of them becoming "redundant".

Feed Engadget: iTunes now serving-up Ringtones (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @02:52AM

Filed under: Cellphones

If paying for ringtone snippets of the songs you already own is your idea of a good time, then get on over to iTunes trust funders, Apple's now serving up ringtones at $1.98 a pop. But they're only $0.99 you say? Nope, remember, you have to buy the rights to the song too. Fun. Keep it safe, kids.

[Thanks, Pinsleric, Michael F. and everyone who sent this in]

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AMD Considering Getting Out of Fabrication Business 229

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:40PM from the say-hey-hey-goodbye dept.

mytrip writes "2007 has not been kind to AMD, but it's surprising to hear rumours that they might be considering outsourcing chip fabrication. Analysts are predicting that AMD will try to cut costs by moving some fabrication elements out of the company by early next year. 'One Citigroup analyst is predicting a "transformational move" that would result in AMD's lower-end CPUs being manufactured by a third party and possibly selling off part or all of its Dresden, Germany facility. Another report from Goldman Sachs outlines the investment firm's belief that the company will leave manufacturing completely in the hands of third parties.'"

Feed Nota bene: World goes notebook crazy (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:32PM

Can't get enough of 'em

iSuppli, the tech market researcher, has raised its forecast for PC shipments this, following a surge in notebook sales in the first quarter. It now estimates that PC makers will ship 264 million units in 2007, up 11.2 per cent on 2006's 239 million units. Previously it pegged market growth for the year at 10.7 per cent.

Feed Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Microsoft: not really buddies (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:32PM

Filed under: Desktops

If you keep abreast of technology news (and we know you do!) then you've surely been following the latest chapter of the Microsoft vs. Linux struggle, wherein Microsoft gets Novell, Linspire and Xandros to put pen to paper on shadowy and vaguely suspicious agreements concerning "interoperability" and "indemnification", more than likely stemming from the 235 undisclosed patents Redmond claims Linux infringes upon. While some have bent to the will of Ballmer and Co., Red Hat and Canonical (makers of Ubuntu) are holding their ground. Red Hat says it will not pay "innovation tax" to Microsoft, while Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth more poetically describes the aforementioned deals as, "Trinkets in exchange for air kisses." As far as we can tell, that's the kind of talk that immediately precedes a bar brawl.

[Via Digg]

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Comment Re:Nifty but confusing. (Score 1) 134

by davemc on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:51PM (#18886873) Attached to: Adobe Open Sources Flex SDK Under MPL

Check out this video clip from Scoble talking with the Flex team, It's prety clear what you get.

http://www.podtech.net/home/podtech/2827/the-archi tecture-of-flash

Comment Re:Linux solutions? (Score 1) 199

by RC Pavlicek on Monday October 28, 2002 @05:22PM (#4551002) Attached to: Panasonic Combined DVD-R & PVR Device

> 15 FPS. No thanks.

Spend a few bucks more than I did on the TV capture card and you can get the full framerate. I've had at least one other person write me to say that he gets the full PAL framerate (25 fps, I think; I do NTSC) just by going with a slightly more expensive card. All the rest of the project stays the same, with a tweak to the "rec" script and "modules.conf" for the higher capacity card.

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