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Submission + - Mageia: Is It A Kind Of Magic? (darkduck.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Few months ago I promised to dump Mandriva Linux. I was not happy with it and did not want to return to it. But later I came back to it, because I had an opportunity to try another flavour, new release. This time I almost broke my promise again. Today's specie is Mageia..
Science

Submission + - New Superbug Found in Cows and People (sciencemag.org)

sciencehabit writes: A novel form of deadly drug-resistant bacteria that hides from a standard test has turned up in Europe. Researchers found the so-called MRSA strain in both dairy cows and humans in the United Kingdom, suggesting that it might be passed from dairies to the general population. But before you toss your milk, don't panic: The superbug isn't a concern in pasteurized dairy products.
Technology

Submission + - World's largest OLED globe from Mitsubishi (gizmag.com)

cylonlover writes: Mitsubishi Electric will unveil a huge, 19.7 foot (6 m) wide OLED globe at Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on June 11. Billed as the world's first large-scale spherical OLED screen, "Geo-Cosmos" is made up of an aluminum frame covered with 10,362 tiny OLED panels, each measuring 3.7 x 3.7 inches. The sphere will display images of clouds and other views of the Earth coming from a meteorological satellite as it hangs almost 60 feet (18 m) above the museum floor.
Power

Submission + - Solar Impulse took off for its first intl. flight (timeslive.co.za)

piripiri writes: The prototype plane Solar Impulse, which draws its power from the sun, has took off today at 06:40 GMT from Payerne, Switzerland and is expected to pass over Luxembourg and land at Brussels airport at approximately 9pm (GMT+2). Once again, the plane will be piloted by André Borschberg, who achieved the world's first manned 26 hour solar flight in 2010. The event can be tracked via the official iOS and Android smart phone applications or online via the Solar Impulse website or follow the project on twitter or YouTube.

Submission + - KPN Admits To Using Deep Packet Inspection (wsj.com)

stiller writes: In order to make up for the loss of income on its mobile network due to services such as whatsapp and skype, KPN — the largest fixed-line and mobile operator in the Netherlands — has taken severe measures: deep packet inspection of all mobile traffic in order to bill various services at different rates.

Comment Re:Big difference (Score 1) 1486

I don't think you would find many people who disagree with the existence of gravity as a point of religion.

You have no idea how wrong you are. And I don't just mean the flat earth society (yes, there still is one). For many, many of the faithful, the basic laws of physics, biology, geology, and yes, mathematics, exist only at the mercy of their favorite omnipotent invisible buddy. Ask an "educated" bible believer how the impossibilities of a seven day creation, halting the sun in the sky, or changing water into wine are possible, and they don't say that gravity (momentum, conservation of energy, etc.) don't exist, just that they were temporarily suspended for the particular instance, and then put right back in place if necessary. And the less well educated have more faith in the miracle than willingness to disturb their comfortable worldview with the facts. Even in countries with a strong public education system, given the choice between some miracle and gravity, evolution, conservation of mass/energy etc. I think, to the contrary, science gets thrown out by a BIG majority.

Comment Re:Duh? (Score 1) 633

"We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars"

                                                                                                      -Oscar Wilde

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