CommentRe:Thankfully... (Score 1)103
i can probably count the number of cab rides i've taken in my life using my hands and feet.
So 2^20 then? 1048576 is a lot of cab rides.
CommentRe:Morse Code (Score 1)620
And Bruce, I love you for it. Big thanks from me.
Funny thing is - now I don't have to learn Morse, I'm learning it for fun on lcwo.net!
CommentPersonal location tracker (Score 1)450
I've written a little Android app that updates a webpage with your location. I've thought that people with an expensive sports car might like to use it by leaving it in their glove box when their car is serviced, and seeing if the garage takes it on a "Ferris Bueller" style jaunt around town.
CommentRe: Almost first post! (Score 1)114
I didn't think this was possible (as I run NoScript, Firefox and Linux), but apparently it might be, under IE on Windows, with WMI.
var locator = new ActiveXObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator");
var service = locator.ConnectServer(".");
var properties = service.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
var e = new Enumerator (properties);
Jesus, that looks horrible. I would hope that you have to add sites to your Local Intranet zone or whatever it's called these days before it'll work.
var locator = new ActiveXObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator");
var service = locator.ConnectServer(".");
var properties = service.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
var e = new Enumerator (properties);
Jesus, that looks horrible. I would hope that you have to add sites to your Local Intranet zone or whatever it's called these days before it'll work.
CommentRe:Almost first post! (Score 1)114
Your MAC address isn't visible outside your local subnet. Slashdot has no way of knowing your MAC address. (Unless perhaps you're using IPv6 without privacy extensions enabled, but I'm guessing Slashdot is years away from IPv6.)
CommentRe:Amnesic? (Score 1)171
Interesting - so an amnesiac would also be amnesic? Are there any other words that have similar examples like this?
CommentRe:What about a re-implementation... (Score 1)304
I think we need an OS written entirely in Java...
CommentAmnesic? (Score 1)171
The Amnesic Operating System. Shouldn't it be amnesiac? Or is this another English/American English difference like aluminium?
CommentComment subjects suck (Score 1)171
And it's Slashdotted.
CommentRe:I wouldn't want to be Mark Karpeles at all. (Score 1)134
And how do you know where anonymous money has come from?
CommentI wouldn't want to be Mark Karpeles at all. (Score 4, Insightful)134
I wouldn't want to be Mark Karpeles at all. He's going to have annoyed a lot of dodgy characters who want their money back. I think he'll be looking over his shoulder for the rest of of his life.
CommentRe:Good stuff? (Score 1)54
Well, that's what I get for jumping to conclusions!
CommentGood stuff? (Score 1)54
Nicotine also helps patients with Parkinsons - maybe it's worth using patches?
CommentRe:A simpler cure (Score 1)240
300 million people
It also happens in other countries.
Submission+-Mt. Gox Questioned by Employees for at Least 2-years
Rambo Tribble writes: Reuters reports that Mt. Gox employees began to question the handling of funds at least two years ago. Although only CEO Mark Karpeles had full access to financial records, a group of a half-dozen employees began to suspect client funds were being diverted to cover operating costs, which included Karpeles' toys, such as 'racing version of the Honda Civic imported from Britain'. Employees confronted Karpeles in early 2012, only to be given vague assurances with a "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" ring. Unfortunately, since Mt. Gox was not regulated as a financial institution under Japanese law, it is unclear what recourse might be gained in pursuing this question.
