Comment Man with handheld... (Score 1) 187
... as seen in the first photo in the link, does it imply, there is cellphone reception at that depth ? hmm ...
Comment Priority Inbox overloaded.... (Score 1) 242
just as, everything used to be filed in the file cabinet marked as 'Misc'. :-D
Comment Re:There's still better privacy (Score 1) 161
I am not talking or writing but, I am 'thinking'. Perhaps, there is some work in progress there too.
Ha ! But, I am dreaming. oh, that has been cracked by Dom and his team quite some time ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception_(film)/
Comment Calvin and Hobbes ? (Score 1) 412
Get the children read Calvin and Hobbes. Then, trying breaking the reality gently to them.
Example :
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/499738698/calvin-and-hobbes-on-war/
Submission + - Space is the final frontier for evolution, study c (bbc.co.uk)
ProgramErgoSum writes: Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force of evolution.
But new research identifies the availability of "living space", rather than competition, as being of key importance for evolution. The study conducted by PhD student Sarda Sahney and colleagues at the University of Bristol is published in Biology Letters. ...
Professor Mike Benton, a co-author on the study, explained that "competition did not play a big role in the overall pattern of evolution".
"For example, even though mammals lived beside dinosaurs for 60 million years, they were not able to out-compete the dominant reptiles. But when the dinosaurs went extinct, mammals quickly filled the empty niches they left and today mammals dominate the land," he told BBC News.
But new research identifies the availability of "living space", rather than competition, as being of key importance for evolution. The study conducted by PhD student Sarda Sahney and colleagues at the University of Bristol is published in Biology Letters.
Professor Mike Benton, a co-author on the study, explained that "competition did not play a big role in the overall pattern of evolution".
"For example, even though mammals lived beside dinosaurs for 60 million years, they were not able to out-compete the dominant reptiles. But when the dinosaurs went extinct, mammals quickly filled the empty niches they left and today mammals dominate the land," he told BBC News.
Submission + - India not taking American jobs: US Chamber of Comm (ndtv.com)
ProgramErgoSum writes: Corporate America has come down heavily against all those in US who of late have been alleging that Indian companies grab most of the H-1B work visas thus taking away most jobs from Americans.
In a latest report on immigration, US Chamber of Commerce, which is world's largest chamber with more than three million members, asserted that such an allegation against Indian companies is "hyperbole".
"While some have expressed fears that H-1B professionals hired by Indian companies threaten the US workforce or have expressed concern that Indian companies do not sponsor many of their employees for green cards the actual numbers are such as to make any concerns overwrought, even if using a simplistic, zero-sum view of the labour market," US Chamber of Commerce said in its latest report.
In a latest report on immigration, US Chamber of Commerce, which is world's largest chamber with more than three million members, asserted that such an allegation against Indian companies is "hyperbole".
"While some have expressed fears that H-1B professionals hired by Indian companies threaten the US workforce or have expressed concern that Indian companies do not sponsor many of their employees for green cards the actual numbers are such as to make any concerns overwrought, even if using a simplistic, zero-sum view of the labour market," US Chamber of Commerce said in its latest report.
Submission + - Windmill generates electricity at any elevation. (oneindia.in)
ProgramErgoSum writes: Birudev Hazare, a 34-year-old from Manjari village in Pune has invented a unique windmill, which generates electricity in any desired quantity.
The innovation can be constructed anywhere, he says, unlike regular windmills that require elevated areas for their installation.
The 50-horsepower windmill, which initially requires electricity to start, does not need any fuel to run.
Link to Australian patent : http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2009100798
The innovation can be constructed anywhere, he says, unlike regular windmills that require elevated areas for their installation.
The 50-horsepower windmill, which initially requires electricity to start, does not need any fuel to run.
Link to Australian patent : http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/applicationDetails.do?applicationNo=2009100798
Comment The mainframe... (Score 1) 874
is the most secure, sacrosanct computer at a top secret location in most movies. There might be an element of truth, but somehow an ultra-secure computer has to be a mainframe in the movies.
Submission + - Indian scientists hail 'multi-purpose' chillis (bbc.co.uk)
ProgramErgoSum writes: "Scientists in India say their chilli stun grenade for fighting terrorists could be adapted for other purposes. They say that "civilian variants" include the use of chillis for crowd control and chilli-based aerosol sprays as a "safety device" for women. But the scientists say that the main aim of their work with chillis will still be to neutralise terrorists and insurgents. ... Classic Tabasco sauce and Jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000 Scoville units. One bhut jolokia packs more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measure for a chilli's spiciness."
Comment Re:It's time... (Score 1) 459
Some part is open sourced already. http://www.theoscarproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=18.The OSCar. An OSCar has already debuted in Geneva road show.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10193838-16.html/
Submission + - Microsoft shuts down global spam network (bbc.co.uk)
ProgramErgoSum writes: Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day.
A US judge granted the firm's request to shut down 277 internet domains, which it said were used to "command and control" the so-called Waledac botnet.
A US judge granted the firm's request to shut down 277 internet domains, which it said were used to "command and control" the so-called Waledac botnet.
Submission + - IBM hits graphene transistor breakthrough (tinyurl.com)
ProgramErgoSum writes: IBM Research on Friday will announce that it has demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest frequency (100 GigaHertz) so far.
Graphene is a special form of graphite, consisting of a layer of carbon atoms packed in honeycomb lattice. In a nutshell, graphene is like a 'atomic scale chick wire''. Graphene's properties could lead to faster transistors.
IBM's paper, which will be published in Science, details how the latest graphene breakthrough could enable new communications devices and electronics. The paper was penned by Phaedon Avouris, IBM Fellow and manager of the company's nanometer scale science and technology research team.
Graphene is a special form of graphite, consisting of a layer of carbon atoms packed in honeycomb lattice. In a nutshell, graphene is like a 'atomic scale chick wire''. Graphene's properties could lead to faster transistors.
IBM's paper, which will be published in Science, details how the latest graphene breakthrough could enable new communications devices and electronics. The paper was penned by Phaedon Avouris, IBM Fellow and manager of the company's nanometer scale science and technology research team.
Is Working For the Gambling Industry a Black Mark? 467
An anonymous reader writes 'I'm a recent university graduate and I have been offered a software developer position in a company that supplies software to the gambling and betting industry. At first I was very excited about the opportunity, however, a few of my friends have told me that working for the gambling industry will put a permanent black mark on my career as a software developer. I don't know that many people in the industry with experience in hiring. Google has not helped, and everybody else I ask doesn't know. So I'm asking Slashdot. In your experience is this true? When you hire developers, is the fact that they worked for a gambling company a big turn off? Also, I'm currently in the UK, but would like the freedom of working in US or somewhere else later on in life. So experience from anywhere in the world is welcome.'
Submission + - Google Sued by Indian Portal for Trademark Infring (pcworld.com)
ProgramErgoSum writes: "Google has been sued for trademark infringement by an Indian portal company, Consim Info, which claims that the search company uses its trademarks to drive business to its competitors.
Consim Info runs a number of portals including a popular matrimonial portal called BharatMatrimony.com. The company also targets different communities and castes in India with matrimonial portals designed for each of these groups.
When a user does a search on Google for BharatMatrimony.com or related matrimonial sites of the company, the user is served up advertisements of its competitors, Consim CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said in a telephone interview on Monday.
Consim objects to Google offering Consim trademarks as keywords for bidding in its advertising program, Janakiraman said. "This certainly translates into loss of business for us," he added."
Consim Info runs a number of portals including a popular matrimonial portal called BharatMatrimony.com. The company also targets different communities and castes in India with matrimonial portals designed for each of these groups.
When a user does a search on Google for BharatMatrimony.com or related matrimonial sites of the company, the user is served up advertisements of its competitors, Consim CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said in a telephone interview on Monday.
Consim objects to Google offering Consim trademarks as keywords for bidding in its advertising program, Janakiraman said. "This certainly translates into loss of business for us," he added."
Submission + - Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 - US to Canada (1700 mi) (hydrogenroadtour.com)
ProgramErgoSum writes: Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 brings fuel cell vehicles to the West Coast. Traveling 1,700 miles from Chula Vista, California to Vancouver, British Columbia, the Hydrogen Road Tour 2009 highlights the communities where fuel cells and hydrogen stations are entering early commercial markets. Join the caravan as it stops along the way and get a hands-on experience with fuel cell passenger vehicles, fuel cell buses, hydrogen stations, and fuel cells for stationary, off-road and portable power.
