zardie - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 370

by zardie on Thursday February 15, 2018 @07:59AM (#56127592) Attached to: Even Apple and Google Engineers Can't Really Afford To Live Near Their Offices

Sounds just like Australia, then. No news here.

Comment Re:30%? That's cheap for Australia (Score 1) 370

by zardie on Thursday February 15, 2018 @07:55AM (#56127582) Attached to: Even Apple and Google Engineers Can't Really Afford To Live Near Their Offices

Came here to say this. Currently looking at something 40-50 minutes out from my office during peak hour (30mins outside of peak periods) and will be looking at approximately half my income on repayments. And that's with a 20% downpayment!

I had assumed that California was this impossible-to-buy-a-house place but 20 minute commute and spending 40% of my income on a house?!! Sign me up! This is the stuff dreams are made of.

Comment Re:Not really why you'd use a DSLR (Score 1) 408

by zardie on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:24AM (#54918925) Attached to: Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography?

Nope! I don't see my Canon 1DX Mark II + 35mm f/1.4L II being replaced by my iPhone any time soon... and the photos I get from family at restaurants are gorgeous compared to what I can do with a phone camera.

FCC Asked To Reassess Cell Phone Radiation Guidelines 78

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @05:58PM from the everybody-is-surprisingly-reasonable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A U.S. government report released on Tuesday says the Federal Communications Commission needs to update its guidelines for limiting cell phone radio-frequency exposure. The limit was set in 1996 to an exposure rate of 1.6 watts per kilogram, and has not been updated since. The report does not advocate in favor of any particular research, and actually points out that the limit could possibly be raised, but says the FCC's rules have not kept pace with recent studies on the subject one way or the other. An executive for The Wireless Association said, 'The FCC has been vigilant in its oversight in this area and has set safety standards to make sure that radio frequency fields from wireless phones remain at what it has determined are safe levels. The FCC's safety standards include a 50-fold safety factor and, as the FCC has noted, are the most conservative in the world.'"

Comment A380 a death-trap; cheap flights ahead! (Score 3, Funny) 394

by zardie on Sunday January 08, 2012 @08:32PM (#38633320) Attached to: World's Largest Passenger Plane May Be Unsafe, Some Say

This proves that the Airbus A380 is 100% unsafe to fly and will result in death if you board one.

Please tell all your friends - I'm hoping that I get some cheaper A380 seats when I travel later this year if we can lower demand.

Comment PowerBooks have had this for a while.... (Score 5, Informative) 383

by zardie on Thursday January 17, 2008 @07:06PM (#22086946) Attached to: New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock

The Apple PowerBook G4 aluminium systems have also suffered from this - but only when using the 2-pronged power plug. If I use the actual cable between the power adaptor and the wall (with three pins) then this is no longer an issue.

I believe the MacBook Pros also suffer from this however I haven't tested this.

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