Comment The reason behind the attacks (Score 1) 96
They attacked because they stopped giving Assange his money. Now who is the bad guy here?
Comment Re:I will still use my desktop computer (Score 1) 219
Oh I screwed up royally, I meant to write "How long until something will happen to this market segment; will it disappear as well?"
Comment I will still use my desktop computer (Score 5, Insightful) 219
I really need my high-end desktop computer to do my job. How long until something will happen to this market segment will disappear as well? I cannot, for the life of me, see me doing my graphics, game development and 3D on a tablet unless it gets powerful enough for my needs.
Comment Re:Honeypot (Score 1, Informative) 314
Since you couldn't understand what I meant: The feds, the music industry, the movie industry, the porn industry, the gaming industry and the software industry to name a few.
Comment Honeypot (Score 0) 314
This will obviously be watched very closely by some fellows with a lot of power.
Comment Re:Guess where will it be cheapest to operate Baxt (Score 1) 414
Formalities will unfortunately never be a thing of the past, it seems.
Comment Re:Guess what? (Score 1) 1591
I wrote it was one thing, which implies one of many. Anecdotal, but what happens when a mentally disturbed person has easy access to guns, and for some reason that day just forgot the medicine? Of course addressing mental issues is a big thing, but so is education, so is there sufficient education about gun handling in the US? Please tell me, I am not from there.
Comment Re:a month later ... (Score 1) 1591
It took them a very short time to get this bill passed. I wonder how that was possible.
Comment Re:Guess what? (Score 2) 1591
Enough guns already in circulation is one thing.
Submission + - Panasonic Debuts 4K OLED TV It's 3D Printed Too (engineering.com)
Kyle Maxey writes: In their CES 2013 keynote, Panasonic debuted the world’s largest 4K OLED TV. Measuring 56”, the set is only 1.5” thick and weights quite a bit less than previous generations of LED TVs.
While many of Panasonic’s new features are spectacular, the one that caught my eye was that the TV was manufactured using 3D printing technology.
While many of Panasonic’s new features are spectacular, the one that caught my eye was that the TV was manufactured using 3D printing technology.
Submission + - NIH neuroscientists: Junior Seau had brain disease caused by hits to the head (go.com)
McGruber writes: ABC News/ESPN broke the story that a team of scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) analyzed the brain tissue of renowned NFL linebacker Junior Seau and have concluded that the football player suffered a debilitating brain disease likely caused by two decades worth of hits to the head.
In May 2012, Seau, 43 — football's monster in the middle, a perennial all-star and defensive icon in the 1990s whose passionate hits made him a dominant figure in the NFL — shot himself in the chest at his home in Oceanside, Calif., leaving behind four children and many unanswered questions.
As slashdot earlier reported (http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/0130229/brain-disease-found-in-nfl-players), more than 30 NFL players have in recent years been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition once known as "punch drunk" because it affected boxers who had taken multiple blows to the head. Last year, 4,000 retired players joined a class-action lawsuit against the league over its alleged failure to protect players from brain injuries.
In May 2012, Seau, 43 — football's monster in the middle, a perennial all-star and defensive icon in the 1990s whose passionate hits made him a dominant figure in the NFL — shot himself in the chest at his home in Oceanside, Calif., leaving behind four children and many unanswered questions.
As slashdot earlier reported (http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/0130229/brain-disease-found-in-nfl-players), more than 30 NFL players have in recent years been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition once known as "punch drunk" because it affected boxers who had taken multiple blows to the head. Last year, 4,000 retired players joined a class-action lawsuit against the league over its alleged failure to protect players from brain injuries.
Submission + - 12 Interesting Penetration Testing Linux Distros (slashgeek.net)
pavs.ma writes: enetration Testing Linux distros are a group of special purpose Linux distros used for analyzing and evaluating security measures of a target. This kind of distributions are usually live-cd or usb drive based, but the newer ones has the ability to be installed as a standalone Linux distribution on your computer. The main users of pen-test distribution are network and computer security enthusiasts, security students and audit firms who does security audits with the customer’s permission on their network.
Submission + - Synthetic Poop Created to Treat Gastrointestinal Infections (gizmag.com)
Zothecula writes: If the clostridium difficile bacterium becomes over-abundant in a person’s colon, the results can include gastrointestinal problems such as severe diarrhea. Ordinarily, c. difficile populations are kept in check by the usually-present beneficial gut bacteria. If those “good” bacteria are killed off as a side effect of taking antibiotics, however, the nasties can take over. The treatment? Well ... it often involves having another person’s stool implanted in your gut via enema. Yikes. Fortunately, a less icky treatment is in the works, that involves the use of a “synthetic poop” known as RePOOPulate.
Submission + - Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? (royalsocietypublishing.org)
hessian writes: "Environmental problems have contributed to numerous collapses of civilizations in the past. Now, for the first time, a global collapse appears likely. Overpopulation, overconsumption by the rich and poor choices of technologies are major drivers; dramatic cultural change provides the main hope of averting calamity."
Submission + - Shark Embryos Sense Electric Fields (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Sharks are one of many marine creatures that can sense electrical fields emanating from other animals, and they use this sixth sense to find prey. Brown-banded bamboo sharks can sense these fields even before they've hatched from their egg cases, researchers report. Scientists hung 11 egg cases containing shark embryos 3 to 4 months old in a water tank in front of a bright light, exposing the developing sharks' silhouettes. Normally, an embryo pulses its gills actively. But when researchers turned on electrodes to produce an electric field near the egg cases, the unhatched sharks froze and stilled their gills for several seconds. The researchers suggest that freezing is a response to the presence of possible predators, such as other sharks. By freezing, the embryo may reduce its heart rate, which in turn may also reduce its own electric field, making it harder for predators to notice it.
