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Comment Personal privacy (Score 1) 119

Because Mr. Bilal is an active professor, teaching three courses this semester and scheduled to teach this spring, his special camera could capture not just his personal activity, but also his interactions with students.

That could make for really awkward viewing by the selection committee as they look through his private life.

Comment Needlessly Elaborate (Score 1) 309

Most countries have an abundance of land making this fantasy of a city completely redundant. While Japan is noted as having far less usable land than say the U.S., Europe or continental Asia, skyscrapers, land reclamation and urban sprawl usually do the trick in making room for population growth.

To conceive of this mammoth project might be an architect's wet dream, but realistically, the global population is not so extreme that this needless reallocation of resources is warranted.

In terms of generating renewable energy and minimizing resource use, one only needs to look in our backyards - we've the technology to go carbon neutral/negative now. It's the political and societal will that's lacking.

Submission + - Breakthrough portends cure for the common cold (independent.co.uk) 1

breadboy21 writes: Scientists have been able to show for the first time that the body's immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has actually invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, a feat that was believed until now to be impossible.

The discovery opens the door to the development of a new class of antiviral drugs that work by enhancing this natural virus-killing machinery of the cell. Scientists believe the first clinical trials of new drugs based on the findings could begin within two to five years.

Comment No, it hasn't (Score 1) 381

Nolan is one of many directors working for one of many studios. His decision, while interesting, does not mean the industry will be so stunned, so shaken, that they would suddenly stop charging an extra $3-5 because the movie is 3D, no matter how good or bad it was executed.

There is money in offering 3D movies hence 3D movies will be made.

To think otherwise is naive.

Comment PVZ Endless (Score 1) 854

Plants v Zombies, hardly an old game, has a survival mode that can potentially go on forever, getting more difficult with each turn.

That should appeal to your penchant for difficult gaming.

HP

Submission + - HP unveils the Slate 500 8.9-inch Win 7 tablet

An anonymous reader writes: After almost a year of rumors and waiting, HP’s Slate is official. As leaked, the HP Slate 500 runs Windows 7 (not webOS) and it has a Ctrl-Alt-Del button built right in. If you’ve been following the rumors then you already know a lot about the Slate 500, but what you might not know is that HP is promoting it as a business product.
HP

Submission + - HP Slate 500 Now Official, Priced at $799 (engadget.com) 1

omnibit writes: HP have finally said they would release a Window 7 Professional tablet. The HP Slate 500 is aimed at business and enterprise users. It comes with a 8.9-inch capacitive touch screen at 1024x600 resolution, 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB SSD and packs Broadcom's Crystal HD accelerator for handling 1080p video. It weighs 1.5 pounds and also sports an active digitizer, case and dock. All this for $799.
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Submission + - Giant Lab Replicates Category 3 Hurricanes

Pickens writes: "The WSJ reports that a new $40 million research center built by the Institute for Business & Home Safety in Richburg, SC features a massive test chamber as tall as a six-story building that can hold nine 2,300-square-foot homes on a turntable where they can be subjected to tornado-strength winds generated by 105 giant fans to simulate a Category 3 hurricane. The goal is to improve building codes and maintenance practices in disaster-prone regions even though each large hurricane simulation costs about $100,000. The new IBHS lab will be the first to replicate hurricanes with winds channeling water through homes and ripping off roofs, doors and windows. The new facility will give insurers the ability to carefully videotape what happens as powerful winds blow over structures instead of relying on wind data from universities or computer simulations. The center will also be used to test commercial buildings, agriculture structures, tractor-trailers, wind turbines and airplanes. "We will be the only lab on the planet that can do what we do," says Julie Rochman, chief executive of IBHS. "We will just put them on a turntable and test them under a very realistic replication of natural hazard conditions." However there are still some disasters beyond the capabilities of the lab. Tsunamis, for one. "You have to have an earthquake under the seabed to cause the tsunami itself," says Joseph King. "We're not able to do it and certainly don't know anyone who can.""

Submission + - Apple to stop serving Java (theregister.co.uk)

An anonymous reader writes: The Register reports today that Apple are going to stop supporting Java on their desktop. I wish I could think of something funny to say about this.

Submission + - Where Can I Find a Web Developer? 1

omnibit writes: I've been wanting to start a new online business for a while. My dilemma is in sourcing a web designer/developer that offers a history of great design, functionality and back end server structure. My budget for design and development is somewhat flexible, but I don't want to spend more than $75,000. The site would be of an e-commerce nature with subscribing members receiving additional offers and discounts. The search function would have to anticipate plurals when customers search for products. I'd also want faceted search. My suppliers would have access on how well their products are selling so some automated report generation would be needed.

Ultimately, where does one go to source a web developer with some acclaim? Are there sites, developer groups or organizations that specialize in these kind of medium budget solutions? Does anyone have any recommended design houses of note?

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