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Comment NotepadConf (Score 1) 131

by eggsurplus on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @04:29PM (#47616915) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Good Technology Conferences To Attend?

Great list of speakers/sessions lined up for the next conference.

From the NotepadConf site: http://notepadconf.com/

NotepadConf: the textiest conference you'll attend! See the latest technological advancements in plaintext editing. Meet the luminaries of the market and some sneak peaks at what's coming next!

NotepadConf is the premier technology conference for Notepad.exe users and text enthusiasts.

Comment I'd love to give it a try (Score 1) 157

by eggsurplus on Friday November 08, 2013 @12:56PM (#45369347) Attached to: Credit Card Numbers Still Google-able

"using the simple trick of Googling the first 8 digits of your credit card number" What are the first 8 digits of your credit cart number?

Comment This story sums up our generation. (Score 1) 336

by eggsurplus on Thursday November 07, 2013 @05:43PM (#45361037) Attached to: Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Typical. Just ban everything that could potential result in a negative context. No longer have to worry about it. Dust hands off. Let's forget about all the positives that are now lost and the resulting negatives that will surely come about.

Giant Robotic Jellyfish Unveiled by Researchers 43

Posted by samzenpus on Friday March 29, 2013 @11:06AM from the thank-you-science dept.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, an anonymous reader writes in with news about a giant robot jellyfish. As if there weren't enough real jellyfish around to trigger our thalassophobia, researchers at Virginia Tech have created Cryo -- an eight-armed autonomous robot that mimics jelly movement with the help of a flexible silicone hat. The man-sized jellybot altogether dwarfs previous efforts, hence the upgrade from small tank to swimming pool for mock field tests. And unlike the passively propelled bots we've seen recently, Cryo runs on batteries, with the researchers hoping to better replicate the energy-efficient nature of jelly movement to eventually increase Cryo's charge cycle to months instead of hours. That's also the reason these robotic jellyfish are getting bigger -- because the larger they are, the further they can go."

Comment Proof - Re:BEWARE OF THE ORWELLIANS (Score 1) 1160

by eggsurplus on Monday October 15, 2012 @10:41PM (#41665499) Attached to: Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech

Found this petition to the Obama Administration created Sept 17 for prohibiting anything offensive of major religions: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpetitions.whitehouse.gov%2Fpetition%2Foutlaw-offending-prophets-major-religions%2F94kL1tsN This is a dangerously slippery slope.

Comment April fools already? (Score 1) 186

by eggsurplus on Friday February 10, 2012 @12:18PM (#38995877) Attached to: Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube

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Comment Re:Jesus H. Christ, (Score 1) 277

by eggsurplus on Friday November 25, 2011 @11:28AM (#38165544) Attached to: The Sports Footage You Won't See Today On TV

As a high school football coach I actually would love to see all 22 and yes you can show all 22 on film at once. It is called a wide angle and we use it to break down high school games all the time. Very possible to fit everyone in. We don't care to see details such as the blood and sweat flying off of people. Looking like little ants would be just fine for the purpose.

Comment ...being used consistently and appropriately... (Score 1) 209

by eggsurplus on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @02:46PM (#35292364) Attached to: Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended

I'll make it easy. It's never appropriate to ask and expect a username and password from anyone. It doesn't take 45 days to figure that out. OK, maybe in the government it might. Better make the review process 180 days instead and create a committee dedicated to this issue.

Comment Re:Skewed data? (Score 1) 37

by eggsurplus on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @06:30PM (#35000508) Attached to: PayPal Most Phished, Facebook Most Blocked

You can only report on the data that you have at hand. However, keep that in mind when trying to interpret the results.

Comment Re:Feature Comparison (Score 1) 369

by eggsurplus on Thursday October 14, 2010 @07:22PM (#33902258) Attached to: Convincing Your Employer To Go With FOSS?

Just to reiterate the obvious, this is because Confluence is a wiki...NOT a CMS. So saying Confluence is only 58% complete is untrue. It only makes up to 58% of a CMS comparison list. Which for a wiki is pretty good.

Hand Written Clock 86

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 14, 2009 @02:11PM from the up-to-the-minute dept.

a3buster writes "This clock does not actually have a man inside, but a flatscreen that plays a 24-hour loop of this video by the artist watching his own clock somewhere and painstakingly erasing and re-writing each minute. This video was taken at Design Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009."

Comment Here's a working url: (Score 1) 307

by eggsurplus on Thursday May 07, 2009 @10:21AM (#27859527) Attached to: An Early Look At What's Coming In PHP V6

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-future/

Comment Scratched a disc last night...shut the band down (Score 2, Interesting) 583

by eggsurplus on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @01:44PM (#26134605) Attached to: Microsoft Knew About Xbox 360 Damaging Discs

Funny, I just had this happen last night. The wife accidentally knocked it over when pulling out the drum kit as we were in the process of changing instruments for Rock Band 2. This caused it to start clicking like crazy. I tried to turn it off as soon as possible but it was too late! There goes my turn to dish out some serious Beastie Boys.

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