Comment Re:19 miles isn't "space" (Score -1) 243
There is no clear "line" where the Earth's atmosphere ends and Space begins. I'd agree, 19 miles is still roughly in the upper atmosphere, but it's still pretty high.
Comment Re:As they should be. (Score 4, Insightful) 628
You don't get to make that determination yourself
Why the hell not? What, can only "experts" determine that? Funny how the experts are always government paid.
Comment Re:Video? (Score 3, Informative) 190
The video for the launch is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP5gykvTBpM
Submission + - Giant Guatemalan Sinkhole Isn't a Sinkhole (discovery.com)
reillymj writes: Despite hundreds of media reports to the contrary, a geologist whose life's work has been studying Guatemalan geology has plainly said that the dramatic "sinkhole" in Guatemala City that opened over the weekend isn't a sinkhole at all. Instead, he called it a "piping feature" and warned that because the country's capital city sits on a pile of loose volcanic ash, the over one million people living on top of the ash are in danger of having it happen again in the future.
Comment Re:Easy and Obvious answer (Score 2, Funny) 113
No.
If we were ready, no one would run stories on whether we are ready or not. Duh!
If we were ready, no one would run stories on whether we are ready or not. Duh!
Comment Re:When you control the market (Score 1) 651
You can always charge anything you want in business. True value is when you find how much the customer will pay.
Submission + - Russian Hacker Selling 1.5M Facebook Accounts (nzherald.co.nz)
Sir Codelot writes: A hacker who calls himself Kirllos has obtained and is now offering to sell 1.5 million Facebook IDs at astonishingly low prices — $25 per 1000 IDs for users with fewer than 10 friends and $45 per 1000 IDs for users with more than 10 friends. Looking at the numbers, Kirllos has stolen the IDs of one out of every 300 Facebook users.
Submission + - Mac versions of Valve's Steam and Games Coming (shacknews.com)
Dragoniz3r writes: It would seem that the rumors and speculation about a Mac version of Steam were true, as Shacknews reports that "The Mac client for Steam is scheduled to be released this month along with Mac versions of Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series." A video of Steam in action on a Mac is included.
Comment Re:People are fighting ACTA = Useless (Score 1) 351
You can only keep deluding yourself for so long...
I wish. "Some People Would Sooner Die Than Think. In Fact, They Do So."
Submission + - Unprecedented Censorship Bill Passes in UK (prisonplanet.com)
paltemalte writes: A draconian Internet censorship bill that has been long looming on the horizon finally passed the house of commons in the UK yesterday, legislating for government powers to restrict and filter any website that is deemed to be undesirable for public consumption. Only a pitiful handful of MPs (pictured below) were present to debate the bill, which was fully supported by the “opposition” Conservative party, and passed by 189 votes to 47 keeping the majority of its original clauses intact.
The bill will now go back to the House of Lords, where it originated, for a final formal approval.
The bill will now go back to the House of Lords, where it originated, for a final formal approval.
Comment Re:Gambling online is completely fucking stupid (Score 1) 296
On the contrary. I agree with you, but I see Online Gambling as a good thing. What better way to rid the world of fools? Or at least, rid the fools of their money.
Comment Re:Good publicity move (Score 1) 526
Then how is this a good publicity move if it is meaningless?
Comment Re:Cold war is over! (Score 1) 526
So when WWII was over, we scrapped our conventional armies, sunk our battle cruisers, and scrapped our tanks. Oh wait...
Just because they aren't useful at the moment doesn't they won't be useful again. History Repeats Itself, we will need nukes again.
Just because they aren't useful at the moment doesn't they won't be useful again. History Repeats Itself, we will need nukes again.
Submission + - Global Warming Spawned the "Age of Dinosaurs"
Hugh Pickens writes: "About 200 million years ago, the Triassic period ended with the fourth great mass extinction allowing dinosaurs to expand into many niches that had become unoccupied becoming increasingly dominant, abundant and diverse, and dominating the earth for the next 150 million years. One theory is that the end-Triassic extinction (ETE) came about after enormous flows of basalt burst to the earth's surface covering more than nine million square kilometers and although the theory is not new, Scientific American reports that for the first time scientists have linked this great volcanism to catastrophic climate change via an analysis of carbon isotopes in wood and soil preserved in rocks and found that that the extinction event at the end of the Triassic occurred at the same time as carbon dioxide levels jumped. Geologist Jessica Whiteside of Brown University and her team found a drop in carbon 13 suggesting that more of the lighter isotope of carbon (C 12) had suddenly become available, since plants prefer to use it, which in turn suggests soaring levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. All in all, it adds up to strong direct evidence that the eruption of a giant flood of basalt may have caused a climatic catastrophe resulting in the major mass extinction at the end of the Triassic creating new opportunities which early dinosaurs were apparently in a good position to exploit. "It does not paint a pretty picture of what happens when CO2 levels rise," writes David Biello adding that it remains to be seen which species might benefit from today's ongoing sixth extinction and its related climate change, as theropod dinosaurs benefited from the end-Triassic extinction. "It usually isn't the dominant life forms on the planet at the time.""
Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 258
If they knew beforehand, why would anyone spoof? I don't follow your logic here.
