Comment Well written (Score 5, Insightful) 236
I don't care when it happens as long as it is not poorly written.
Comment Should have named it rock lobster. (Score 1) 153
Then we could have had fun with the "It wasn't a rock it was a ...Rock Lobster! comments.
Comment Re:HELP!!! (Score 3, Informative) 95
As per the article.
Searches will continue for minors, and for those who disappear in worrying circumstances -- for example those with suicidal intent, or victims of a crime -- as they are conducted under a different procedure.
Comment I am incredibly saddened (Score 5, Insightful) 2987
I cannot believe that someone could target children like that. My two daughters are the same age as the dead and I will have to hug and hold them for a long while tonight. My heart goes out to those parents.
Comment And this is why HTML5 apps will make it big. (Score 1) 724
You avoid having to pay for different developper licenses and losing a cut of the costs.
As browsers and javascript engines get better and developpers get smarter then we won't have to be tied into walled gardens.
Then we will just have to work at getting pricing down for wireless plans.
Comment Convert to a renewable resource. (Score 1) 467
We should all be looking at burning Zombies from now on in. It will become the biggest renewable resource in the near future. If you get the loading mechanism right you can even refuel on the run.
Comment Wow a lot of demands frmo EU. (Score 1) 225
As a Canadian it looks like the EU is trying to butthurt me through this agreement. I hope Mr Geist gets on this.
Comment Re:I wake up at it? (Score 1) 566
Rolling out of bed is human power. Especially if it your wife doing it for you.
Comment Let's blame clothing manufacturers as well (Score 1) 682
Hoodies and scarves allow these people to do things in plain view without being identified.
Submission + - Phase change memory points to future of storage (scienceblog.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A UC San Diego team is about to demonstrate a solid state storage device that it says provides performance thousands of times faster than a conventional hard drive and up to seven times faster than current state-of-the-art solid-state drives (SSDs). The drive uses first-of-its kind, phase-change memory, which stores data in the crystal structure of a metal alloy called a chalcogenide. To store data, the PCM memory chips switch the alloy between a crystalline and amorphous state based on the application of heat through an electrical current. To read the data, the chips use a smaller current to determine which state the chalcogenide is in.
Submission + - OnLive to launch in UK this Autumn (bit-tech.net)
arcticstoat writes: Cloud-based gaming platform OnLive has announced plans to launch in the UK this Autumn, with Onlive.co.uk opening for OnLive player tag registration on 7 June.
OnLive runs games on remote servers and streams them back to subscribers, but until now it's only been available in some areas of the US.
OnLive runs games on remote servers and streams them back to subscribers, but until now it's only been available in some areas of the US.
Submission + - World Internet Traffic to Top 966Exabytes in 2015 (ispreview.co.uk)
Mark.JUK writes: "Networking giant Cisco has released its latest annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) today, which forecasts that world internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 to reach 965.5 ExaBytes per year (up from 242.4 ExaBytes in 2010); when 40% of the world's population will be online (i.e. 3bn Internet users). Internet video will account for 61% of all consumer traffic in the same year, while P2P (File Sharing) will decline significantly to just 16%.
Meanwhile the average fixed line broadband ISP download speed, which stood at 7Mbps (Megabits per second) in 2010, will increase four-fold to 28Mbps in 2015, at which point an estimated 40% of broadband connections will be faster than 10Mbps (up from 24% today). Western Europe will have the fastest speeds, promoting a headline figure of 36Mbps for 2015."
Meanwhile the average fixed line broadband ISP download speed, which stood at 7Mbps (Megabits per second) in 2010, will increase four-fold to 28Mbps in 2015, at which point an estimated 40% of broadband connections will be faster than 10Mbps (up from 24% today). Western Europe will have the fastest speeds, promoting a headline figure of 36Mbps for 2015."
Submission + - Microsoft Said to Limit Device Makers' Partners (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has asked chipmakers that want to use the next version of Windows for tablets to work with no more than one computer manufacturer, three people with knowledge of the plan said.
Seeking to limit variations may help Microsoft speed the delivery of new Windows tablets by keeping tighter control over partners and accelerating development and testing. Though the program isn’t mandatory, the restrictions may impede chip- and computer makers from building a variety of Windows-based models to vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad, the people said. In past versions of Windows software, chipmakers could work with multiple computer manufacturers. "
Seeking to limit variations may help Microsoft speed the delivery of new Windows tablets by keeping tighter control over partners and accelerating development and testing. Though the program isn’t mandatory, the restrictions may impede chip- and computer makers from building a variety of Windows-based models to vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad, the people said. In past versions of Windows software, chipmakers could work with multiple computer manufacturers. "
Submission + - Kororaa 14 - Linux Mint of Fedora? (ostatic.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Kororaa is based on Fedora 14. Users have a choice between a KDE 4.6.3 or GNOME 2.32 Live DVD in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. But Susam Linton finds out some other queer facts about it.
Submission + - StunRay Incapacitates with a Flash of Light
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Scientific American reports that a newly patented method of non-lethal incapacitation can render an assailant helpless for several minutes by overloading the neural networks connected to the retina with a brief flash of high-intensity light. “It’s the inverse of blindness—the technical term is a loss of contrast sensitivity,” says Todd Eisenberg, the engineer who invented the device. “The typical response is for the person to freeze. Law enforcement can easily walk up and apprehend [the suspect].” The device consists of a 75-watt lamp, combined with optics that collect and focus the visible light into a targeted beam, which can be aimed like a flashlight to project a controlled beam of white light more than 10 times more intense than an aircraft landing light with a range as far away as 150 feet. Recovery time ranges from “seconds to 20 minutes,” says Eisenberg. “It’s very analogous to walking from a very bright room into a very dark room.”"
