Comment Re: Been waiting for this (Score 1) 99
We already have this ram from 1985 is significantly slower than a current SSD - but we choose to use even faster RAM instead.
Comment Re: relative safety considered (Score 1) 120
The e-Bike do have a battery so no need for dynamo.
Comment Who cooks at 800C ? (Score 1) 228
I usually cook at maximum 225C except for thin pizza which likes 250-270C. I canÃt understand what you are supposed to cook at 300C or above. This normal ovens never gets into radiant energy territory.
What am I missing here?
Comment Re:bfd (Score 1) 226
€35.71/MWh from the generator is not exactly cheap by US experience.
Only thing I could find on US electricity prices where http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/wholesale_markets.cfm
What is cheap and what is expensive electricity in the US?
Comment Re:I want my free encryption (Score 1) 243
Say you want to check your mail at https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F - if you do not know if you talk to the entity owning real google.com, then you risk talking to a man in the middle attacker - which may snatch your password pretending to be mail.google.com. So with encryption without identity you end up talking encrypted to anyone wanting to pretend they are mail.google.com.
Or do you have a solution for preventing man in the middle attacks?
Comment Re:I want my free encryption (Score 2) 243
I want my free encryption because I don't trust some 3rd party to tell me whether I should trust the web site that I am visiting. Encryption and identity should never have been tied together in the first place. It's unfortunate that this business method has succeeded as long as it has.
I dont see how you can separate encryption and identity - if you do not know who you are talking to then encryption has no value?
Lets say a man in the middle says - Im your bank, please talk encrypted with me. Then the man in the middle just repeat what you say to your bank until you are logged in.
The download certificate on first meet might provide some security, but would make it difficult to do business with unknown entities.
Comment Re:How do people pay eachother? (Score 1) 796
In my world I have to pay about $10 to use a check (not that I used one ever in my entire life).
Paying by bank to bank or debit card is free.
What pricing model the future has is not set in stone.
Comment Re:If the legal code is too confusing (Score 4, Insightful) 334
If programming languages was written in plain words we wouldn't need programmers, but the secret order of computer programmers refuse to do it that way - simple programming is not possible they claim. What they really are afraid of is the fact that normal humans (non programmers) could just diff the text to look for bugs and even make their own software.
PS! A lot of the people here at slashdot.org are members of this secret order so they will probably mod me down and try to shut me up - BUT justice will prevail.
Comment Re:e-Ink? (Score 1) 78
You could have e-Ink technology behind the lcd tech. When you turn off the lcd layer you would reveal the e-ink screen.
e-Ink particles layer -> LIGHT -> lcd layer
or if you had semitransparent particles:
BACKLIGHT -> e-Ink particles layer -> lcd layer
I really cannot see what technology is used from those blurry pictures.
Comment Re:LAfEU as in beer (Score 1) 312
Yes, if EULA = evil then LAfEU = ilfev.
And ilfev isn't a real word so how could that be evil?
LAfEU (pronounced life) - License Agreement for End User
Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? 406
willyhill writes "I'm a Sci-Fi and Fantasy book nut, but in the last few years I've found it more and more difficult to find the time to read. Contrary to what most people would think, I actually have a hard time finding books, rather than cuddling up with them. In reality, I don't have time to mess around at my local Barnes & Noble and browse books, and I find it dicey and expensive to do the same at Amazon or other online retailers. I was looking at a magazine the other day and I found an advert for the Science Fiction Book Club. While my experience with CD clubs and the like in the past has not been entirely positive, I was prepared to give it a shot given the fact that it would be less expensive than Amazon in the long run. The problem was that their selection is not exactly grand. Having read the Simmons Hyperion Cantos, for example, I was ready to give Ilium a go, but I could only find its sequel. How do other readers get their hands on Sci-Fi books? I tried Googling for book clubs and the like, but there's too much static out there, mostly caused by Oprah. Any suggestions would be appreciated!"
Does ODF Have a Future? 402
qedramania writes "Linuxworld seems to think ODF is a dead duck. Is the Windows monopoly too big and too entrenched? Other than diehard Linux fans, does anyone really care if they have to keep paying Microsoft to do basic word processing? It seems as though the momentum is towards a complete Microsoft monoculture in software for business and government. You can bet that big business and governments will want more than just reliability from Microsoft in return for their acquiescence. Does ODF have a future?"
Feed Science Daily: Reading Ability Protects Brain From Lead Exposure (sciencedaily.com)
Lead smelter workers who are better readers have more protection against the effect of lead exposure on the brain than those who do not read as well, according to a study on the impact of cognitive reserve.
Submission + - Futurama Movie Set for November 27th (tvsquad.com)
kevin_conaway writes: "TV Squad informs us that the new Futurama movie will be available on November 27th. The show will return as a full-length high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes each to be aired on Comedy Central. So, that's 4 DVD movies or 16 new episodes depending on how you look at it."
Feed Hacking My Child's Brain, Part 4 (wired.com)
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