Comment Quick! Get that code into your robot vacums! (Score 2) 5
You deserve to be able to use the toilet in peace without getting cammed by your electronic slave.
Comment Good story element (Score 1) 64
This would be a killer beat in a bank robbing story.
Comment Looks like we need a fetus-powered AI stat! (Score 2) 78
Looks like we need a fetus-powered AI stat! Next big startup idea!
Comment What about womp rats? (Score 1) 431
They're not much bigger than two meters
Mount Everest Gets 3G Service 150
bossanovalithium writes "It's what every mountaineer wants when they reach the summit of Mount Everest: a 3G high-speed communication. Those who have trekked to the top will soon able to call their mates, go on Facebook or Twitter, and boast that they got there thanks to TeliaSonera and its subsidiary in Nepal, Ncell, which have brought 3G to the Mount Everest area. Climbers who reached Everest's 8,848-meter-high peak previously depended on expensive and erratic satellite phone coverage and a voice-only network set up by China Mobile in 2007 on the Chinese side of the mountain."
Comment At least it's a worthy upgrade (Score 1) 238
I don't mind waiting for FF, because it comes with a lot of versions. Unlike Chrome, which changes their version up an entire whole number every 11 minutes.
For Firefox 4, You'll Need To Wait Until 2011 238
An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla said that it will not be releasing Firefox 4 RC, or the final version, before early 2011. Apparently, the bugfixes in the current beta take up much more time than anticipated. Mozilla is working on the feature freeze release Beta 7, which has 14 bugs left. The beta 7 is about six weeks behind schedule and will be released 'when it is ready,' according to Mozilla. It seems as if the original schedule, which estimated that Firefox 4 RC would be released in the second half of October was a bit too optimistic. Microsoft, by the way, released a new IE9 platform preview (PP6) at PDC 20910 today."
Comment these students need support! (Score 1) 84
"We have a number of initiatives to support school communities". Looks like they'll need some more if they want to support these students weighty dilemma.
Comment Uhhum.. for some of us this is old news. (Score 1) 84
Glad they are fixing the real problem by ordering some chunky desks.
Comment She's got RSS feeds? (Score 1) 549
Am I only allowed to get one news post on my RSS before they shut me down?
Comment That load of crap == fart apps (Score 1) 298
"Apple apologists say that Apple needs this control to maintain the "specialness" of the device. I say that's a load of crap"
That load of crap == fart apps
Comment Previous Record Holder (Score 1, Offtopic) 145
The previous record holder for a gas bubble discharge was the Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent. This was done over a seven hour period while reciting his award-winning poem, "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning."
Google To Steal Office Web Apps' Thunder? 151
Barence writes "Google has stepped up its assault on Microsoft's productivity software with the acquisition of a start-up company that allows Office users to edit and share their documents on the Web. The search giant has acquired DocVerse for an undisclosed sum. Product manager Jonathan Rochelle said DocVerse software makes it easier for users and businesses to move their existing PC documents to the cloud, and that Google 'fell in love with what they were doing to make that transition easier.' Microsoft said in an emailed statement that Google's acquisition of DocVerse acknowledges that customers want to use and collaborate with Office documents. 'Furthermore, it reinforces that customers are embracing Microsoft's long-stated strategy of software plus services, which combines rich client software with cloud services.'"
Gas Wants To Kill the Wind 479
RABarnes writes "Scientific American has posted an article about the political efforts of natural gas and electric utilities to limit the growth of wind-generated electricity. Although several of the points raised by the utilities and carbon-based generators are valid, the basic driver behind their efforts is that wind-generation has now successfully penetrated the wholesale electricity market. Wind was okay until it became a meaningful competitor to the carbon dioxide-producing entities. Among the valid points raised by the carbon-based generators are concerns about how the cost of electricity transmission are allocated and how power quality can be improved (wind generation — from individual sites — is hopelessly variable). But there are fixes for all of the concerns raised by the carbon-based entities and in almost all cases they have been on the other side of the question in the past."
Valve Confirms Mac Versions of Steam, Valve Games 541
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Gamasutra:
"Valve will release a version of its Steam digital distribution service for Mac next month, along with Mac-native versions of its own games, the company confirmed today after days of hints — and owners of Valve games will have access to both platform versions. The Source engine, which Valve uses to develop all its internal titles and also licenses to third-party developers, will incorporate OpenGL in addition to DirectX, to allow Mac support for all Source developers. ... 'We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform, so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360,' said Cook. 'Updates for the Mac will be available simultaneously with the Windows updates.'"
