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Re:Crowdfunding the Novena Open Laptop on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:48PM (#7517999)
The boards are a little out of my price range at the moment. But definitely wanted to support this project, so I have backed "Buy us a Beer" at $5.
Re:Organizing your OpenSCAD code: Part I on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @05:22PM (#6931300)
I not (yet) got ruby installed. Have you an example how https://github.com/Joaz/bulldozer/tree/master Builds in openSCAD format or .stl or even a jpg ?

Thanks, Brendan

I had though the Police is aiding and abetting a crime by paying ? In the (UK) not USA - paying a ransom is technically illegal.
Re:Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion on Friday November 22, 2013 @10:35AM (#6781300)
Clearly you should be in the next final of the world championship of chess.
Re:Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion on Friday November 22, 2013 @10:25AM (#6781208)
Have another go at Go. The handicap system is wonderful. It make two players of what ever standard have an equal match. There is a reason why Go is old and globally the uptake is far bigger than Chess - it combines very type of thinking. Strategic versus immediate tactical. Thinking globally versus locally. Chess appears too 1 dimensional now by comparison.
Re:Slashdot redesign is now in beta on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @06:53PM (#6479611)
OMG they killing it slowly. The new owners do not get that the most important part is able to read the comments. I dont^wdidn't go to /. because each article had photo. I wnet because it filter news to news for nerds and the comments were informative/funny/insightful/interesting or just plain troll.

Poor CmdrTaco

Re:Cmd.fm on Saturday September 21, 2013 @03:34AM (#6422258)
Current volume is 100, enter value between 0 and 100 > 100 [USER]: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined [[;#f00;;;TypeError: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined at playerVolume (http://cmd.fm/js/common.js:26:15) at setVol (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:182:3) at Object.term.push.prompt [as eval] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:358:11) at Object.z [as commands] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:70:18...) at HTMLHtmlElement.t (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:41:20...) at HTMLHtmlElement.x.event.dispatch (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:14129) at HTMLHtmlElement.v.handle (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:10866)]TypeError: Cannot call method 'setVolume' of undefined at playerVolume (http://cmd.fm/js/common.js:26:15) at setVol (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:182:3) at Object.term.push.prompt [as eval] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal.js:358:11) at Object.z [as commands] (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:70:18...) at HTMLHtmlElement.t (http://cmd.fm/js/terminal/jquery.terminal-0.5.4.min.js:41:20...) at HTMLHtmlElement.x.event.dispatch (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:14129) at HTMLHtmlElement.v.handle (http://cmd.fm/js/jquery.js:5:10866)] Current volume is 100, enter value between 0 and 100 >
Your VPS provider, can in effect, chroot in to your environment, so EncFS is vunerable.
Re:The secret button at pedestrian crossings on Thursday May 30, 2013 @06:18PM (#5795620)
technically is is call a tactile rotating cone (or tactile for short).

Traffic Signal Engineer.....

Re:The secret button at pedestrian crossings on Thursday May 30, 2013 @06:15PM (#5795599)
A Puffin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing may have a near-side detector, that will cancel the demand if you move way from the crossing. i.e. have crossed in the gap.
Re:The secret button at pedestrian crossings on Thursday May 30, 2013 @06:14PM (#5795592)
I am a traffic signal engineer. They don't.

They may have a detector (ir-red/mircowave/inductive loop) that detects your approach. At night, as they may be no conflicting demands - the side road will change Green ASAP.

Backward Chaining is a classic way to teach people with ASD. http://specialchildren.about.com/od/developmentalissues/g/ba...