Comment Re:Now he's building a mothership. This will end w (Score 4, Funny) 279
The Leader is good, the Leader is great, we surrender our will as of this date!
Comment Re:Link to Wikipedia (Score 4, Informative) 767
There's stuff about it on the discussion page
Comment Re:Great Opertunity For Google (Score 1) 199
It seems to have lots of value in some places. "Face time is an English idiom for direct personal interaction or contact between two or more people at the same time and physical location."
Comment Re:is it just me? (Score 2) 145
Comment Re:When will there be too many "i"s? (Score 5, Funny) 201
They should call it "Apple Mac OS X Cloud 2011 Premium Home Edition R2 SP1"
Submission + - WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer r (cnn.com) 2
suraj.sun writes: Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.
A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
What that means is that right now there haven't been enough long-term studies conducted to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones are safe, but there is enough data showing a possible connection that consumers should be alerted.
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html
Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.
A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
What that means is that right now there haven't been enough long-term studies conducted to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones are safe, but there is enough data showing a possible connection that consumers should be alerted.
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html
Comment Japan Solves Aging Population Problem! (Score 2) 242
Prime Minister re-elected in landslide victory getting all robot votes.
Comment Re:Orange Laser?? (Score 1) 105
Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense now :)
Comment Orange Laser?? (Score 1) 105
Beautiful video! Does anyone know what the orange laser is used for? Pointing things out to others? Bouncing off the moon? Shooting those pesky UFOs?
Submission + - Comcast and Rogers block The Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com) 1
iONiUM writes: "Starting yesterday, it seems Comcast and Rogers have blocked access to the pirate bay. This would not be the first time Comcast has blocked the pirate bay (and denied it). From the article: "The traceroute from Comcast connections stops at thepiratebay.piratpartiet.se, as it’s supposed to, but The Pirate Bay website does not appear. Further tests show that the blockade is not DNS related. What is actually causing the issue is uncertain at this point.""
Submission + - PSN won't be restored this week (geekword.net) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Bad news continue to come for the Playstation users. Sony has announced via its official PlayStation blog that the PlayStation Network services which went down in late April , won’t be restored this week as promised earlier.
Based on the statement given by Patrick Seybold, the head PR representative of Sony Playstation, the gaming giants require time to do more testing as they seek to come to terms with the extent of the attack:
We were unaware of the extent of the attack on Sony Online Entertainment servers, and we are taking this opportunity to conduct further testing of the incredibly complex system.
Submission + - Titan May Have Water Ocean Under The Surface (ibtimes.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: NASA's Cassini probe, in orbit around Saturn, may have discovered evidence for a liquid ocean under the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
The data comes from radar observations of the surface that measure Titan's rotation and tell how it is oriented relative to the plane of its orbit — its axial tilt. According to a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the new data showed that the many of the planet's surface features were in the wrong place, sometimes off by as much as 30 kilometers (19 miles).
Titan always presents the same face toward Saturn, just like the Moon does to Earth. But in those situations one expects that the moon will be in the "Cassini state," which means that the axial tilt will have a certain value. In Titan's case, the axial tilt was measured at 0.3 degrees. That seemed too high if one assumed Titan
The data comes from radar observations of the surface that measure Titan's rotation and tell how it is oriented relative to the plane of its orbit — its axial tilt. According to a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the new data showed that the many of the planet's surface features were in the wrong place, sometimes off by as much as 30 kilometers (19 miles).
Titan always presents the same face toward Saturn, just like the Moon does to Earth. But in those situations one expects that the moon will be in the "Cassini state," which means that the axial tilt will have a certain value. In Titan's case, the axial tilt was measured at 0.3 degrees. That seemed too high if one assumed Titan
Comment Re:I'm tired of Matt Welsh (Score 1) 139
every time i try to mod your comment the page jumps lol
Submission + - Police dress up as doctors to test citizens (yahoo.com)
InsertWittyNameHere writes: Turkish police disguised themselves as doctors, then knocked on people's doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam. They told residents they were screening for high blood pressure and handed out pills.
They were alarmed when residents at 86 out of 100 households visited on Tuesday swallowed the pills immediately.
A local gang had been using the same technique to give people heavy sedatives and then burgle them.
They were alarmed when residents at 86 out of 100 households visited on Tuesday swallowed the pills immediately.
A local gang had been using the same technique to give people heavy sedatives and then burgle them.
Comment Re:Paying back those Hollywood donors (Score 5, Interesting) 652
It reminds me of that anti-piracy commercial from The IT Crowd.
