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byCanEHdian
025 @10:50AM
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Attached to: 'Tron' Sequel Trailer Released by Disney
Back then, a way younger me was fascinated about the "computer world" in TRON as I (and many others) were just entering the worlds of both video games (arcades) and home computers and learning about CPUs, ROM and RAM, I/O, interrupts, etc. so to see this visualized was just magical and you were a user too! That feeling can never be replicated, to much younger me it was akin to seeing Star Wars for the first time. Movies are about evoking emotions first and foremost, and "tech demos" much further down the line, IMHO.
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byCanEHdian
2024 @08:41AM
(#64696340)
Attached to: Scientists Slam 'Indefensible' Axing of NASA's $450 Million Viper Moon Rover
"When Nasa announced its decision to abandon Viper, the space agency said it planned to disassemble..."
Disassemble? No! No disassemble!
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byCanEHdian
2024 @10:20AM
(#64623159)
Attached to: Christie's Likens Microsoft's Work On MS-DOS To Einstein's Work In Physics
"De Pretto asserted that mass is vibrating energy"
Not just that, he invented string theory as well.
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byCanEHdian
18, 2023 @10:19AM
(#63934235)
Attached to: IRS Will Pilot Free, Direct Tax Filing In 2024
In 1996 (for your 1995 return) in The Netherlands you could get a floppy disk (at no cost to you) from the Dutch tax service that was nothing more than a simple, electronic version of the tax return form, with some simple math functions, combined with the documents that came with it to do your return. You could either return the floppy disk itself, or use your modem to file the return. Commercial parties started adding computer versions in the 1980s that allowed you to do the math, but you still had to return the paper forms and would give you tips, etc. to minimize your amount owing.
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byCanEHdian
2023 @08:43AM
(#63909739)
Attached to: Lenovo PC Boss: 80% of Our Devices To Be Repairable By 2025
Stated differently, we need Lenovo (in cooperation with Samsung) to champion a new spec SO-DIMM that is specific to low-voltage (1.8v and lower) -- it wouldn't be the first time IBM... Lenovo introduced something and the rest followed.
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byCanEHdian
023 @09:49PM
(#63515463)
Attached to: Pure Storage: No More Hard Drives Will Be Sold After 2028
One thing HDD manufacturers can probably leverage is offering long-term storage. If you can't win on size anymore and especially not on speed, perhaps you can create hard drives that will hold the data for 100 years or longer when appropriately stored. Storage needs have outgrown the optical disc offerings for long-term storage.
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byCanEHdian
023 @11:06AM
(#63467218)
Attached to: Google Fi Gets Third Rebrand In 8 Years
And again when we see Unlimited we see "Unlimited high-speed data in the US (up to 10 GB "
That's like going to an "all you can eat" buffet where you can fill up 2 plates, but after that, you only get one (wing, or clam, or whatever) every 30 minutes. Correct would be to say "10 GB Limit per month of High-speed data, unlimited slow-speed data after that."
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byCanEHdian
1, 2021 @03:46PM
(#62103937)
Attached to: Libraries Enlist States in Fight Over ebook Rules
...when I was a kid, in the pre-computer days, library books had a card in them, this had the names of people who borrowed the book and was kept by the library at checkout, and a sheet of paper with 3 columns, and the return-by date would be stamped on there. Popular books would have well upwards of 30 stamps on them. Libraries would also buy soft-cover versions and convert them to hard-cover themselves, so they would be a lot more durable. And that was a good thing. Because "the government" wanted people to read books instead of hanging in front of their TVs. Where did that go?
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byCanEHdian
2021 @01:05PM
(#61647587)
Attached to: Hackers Leak Full EA Data After Failed Extortion Attempt
I'm sure if the hackers got away with the source code to the server-side software, even (and maybe especially) for a load of legacy games, there would be 12 pages of replies. I don't think people will get too excited anymore about the source code to a game anymore but being able to run your own server and revive legacy games, that would be.
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byCanEHdian
020 @06:07PM
(#59880076)
Attached to: Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software To Keep Tabs On Remote Workers
From: Your boss
To: You
Larry are you OK? It says here you only did 10 keystrokes in the last 5 minutes. Skype me.
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byCanEHdian
020 @10:48AM
(#59808376)
Attached to: Elon Musk Wants To Build a New Starship Every 72 Hours
I believe so too. Europe-US Pacific coast, Asia-US East Coast, Europe-Asia, Europe-Australia, etc. etc. is all going to be owned by Musk within 10 years of the first regular scheduled "flights". Once it's proven safe and cost will come down even further, nobody is going to be sitting on a regular airliner for 12 to 17 hours anymore.
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byCanEHdian
020 @10:39AM
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Attached to: EFF:<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Org Sale 'Threatens Instability and Dysfunction'
I've tried looking at a few domains I might be interesting and found out there's such a thing as "Premium" domains. Just the regular TLD, except many times the "standard" pricing (including renewal!), and not put up for sale by someone but "owned" by the registry itself. And that's apparently completely legal. Which proves you can't "trust" a registry any further than for instance Big Pharma.
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byCanEHdian
2020 @11:21AM
(#59675134)
Attached to: Delivery Apps Keep Adding Restaurants Without Their Consent
Alright, be right back, going to ____ and pick up something to eat.
Oh cool, can you grab me an ___, here's $__. Keep the change for your trouble.
At restaurant checkout: "Sir, can you confirm this food is only for your own personal consumption?" "Uh... well, the ___ is for my friend." "Did you receive any monetary compensation for this service?" "Well I got to keep the change..."
Restaurant employee presses red alarm button. Armed security agents in full tactical gear are rappelling down from the ceiling. A cadre of lawyers enters the premises.
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byCanEHdian
2020 @09:48AM
(#59615458)
Attached to: 'Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits', Argues Rolling Stone
The music industry is just fine. The problem is the *recording* industry.
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byCanEHdian
2019 @10:27AM
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Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Will the 2020s Bring Us?
AAA game publishers will take a page from the playbook of Adobe/Microsoft etc. and you won't be able to "buy" a game anymore, it'll be subscription based. Some AAA games will be Streaming-only as the Ultimate Anti-Piracy Scheme, for instance maybe Grand Theft Auto 6 might only be available on a streaming-service (maybe STREAM, Steam but for streaming).
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