Comment Re:Japan still HAS car companies. (Score 2) 293
The most insightful comment this year
Comment Angry Birds' exCEO? (Score 1) 88
There is an misunderstand they wanted Angry Ballmer exCEO. from they beloved MS.
Comment Chickens in the altiplano (Score 1) 317
I doubt that raise chickens in the altiplano is a good idea. The most poor population in Bolivia are the altiplano over 3000 m. about sea level. If they did a real field check of the plan they would be donating Llamas or Alpacas and Tools needed for fiber produce.
Comment Re:Scaling is the Key! (Score 4, Informative) 365
It's not going to suddenly escape to the surfaces, it's miles down and under unfathomable pressure. If we had an earthquake strong enough to crack that, we'd have far more to worry about.
If you think that nothing could happen, read about Lake Nyos disaster.
Comment TSA training (Score 4, Funny) 73
I just read that the TSA is training their agents in this techniques.
Comment Coral Symbiosis (Score 1) 107
Isn't this insect doing something like this coral symbiosis?
Comment Re:Really one a sample size of 1 website? (Score 1) 423
Although the article could be deceiving, the trend is very clear in any client counting site. IE is going from over 90% to a 3rd and below. On the server side IIS share is going down too. The MS
Comment Better ? Why? (Score 1) 265
If you think redheads are inherently different, well, you'd be right; they're better than you.
Who said that less pain is better?. People that not feel pain (analgesia disease), can't live normally.
Comment Re:0 is heavier than 1? (Score 2) 243
With the same reasoning one could argue that batteries increase in mass when charged as they take up energy - a probably much larger quantity of mass as the energies involved are so much greater.
But when you charge batteries the temperature of the appliance will climb few points. If we take account of the molecules of air displaced out of the appliance by the raising in the temperature an expansion of the air inside, the total weight of the appliance will decrease.
Comment The New American Dream (Score 1) 114
They'll call the project "The New American Dream".
Submission + - Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011 (boingboing.net)
An anonymous reader writes: Computer scientist Dennis Ritchie is reported to have died at his home this past weekend, after a long battle against an unspecified illness. No further details are available at the time of this blog post. [...]
The news of Ritchie's death was first made public by way of Rob Pike's Google+.
The news of Ritchie's death was first made public by way of Rob Pike's Google+.
Submission + - Dennis Ritchie, father of C and Unix reported dead (theregister.co.uk)
sl4shd0rk writes: Rob Pike, a Google engineer and former colleague of Ritchie, said on Google+ that the 70-year-old, who was a founding developer of Unix and known as dmr, died at home over the weekend after a long illness.
Submission + - Dennis Ritchie, creator of C and developer of UNIX (google.com)
Claudix writes: Rob Pike, co-creator of Inferno OS that worked with Ritchie in the past, has confirmed it. The creator of C and developer of UNIX has died at age of 70. This man is completely unknown by the general public but all of we know that Ritchie's programming language and OS made Linux, Macintosh, Android, web technology and a big etcetera possible. RIP.
Submission + - Dennis Ritchie died. (google.com)
Alex Belits writes: "Dennis Ritchie, creator of C and co-creator of Unix, died this weekend"
Comment For the record (Score 1) 285
I always center click MS adv. when I see them. I like to send MS money to the Pages I visit. Maybe like me a lot of people is doing the same thing.
