Comment not a real tractor beam (Score 5, Informative) 111
They use this to PUSH particles around, not PULL them.
Comment Protection (Score 4, Interesting) 250
I think it would be more accurate to say we need to protect ourselves from the Internet vs. we should protect the Internet.
Submission + - Common Herbicide Suspected in Frog Sex Changes
shmG writes: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will present findings in September on the safety of atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the U.S. But some studies seem to show that the chemical affects the sexual development of amphibians, raising concerns about its effect on people.
Submission + - Nanoparticles blast their way into cancer cells (fiercedrugdelivery.com)
hlovy writes: Nanoparticles are moving in like Star Wars storm troopers, lasers blasting, to punch holes in cells and force them to take in anti-cancer therapeutic agents. No, it's not the latest summer action thriller in your local megaplex. It's research that will be reported in the August issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Submission + - Nuclear energy now more expensive than solar (nytimes.com)
js_sebastian writes: According to an article on the New York Times, a historical cross-over has occurred because of the declining costs of solar vs the increasing costs of nuclear energy: solar (hardly the cheapest of renewable technologies, is now cheaper than nuclear, at around 16 cents per kilowatt hour. Furthermore, the NY Times reports that financial markets will not finance the construction of nuclear power plants unless the risk of default (which is historically as high as 50 percent for the nuclear industry) is externalized to someone else through federal loan guarantees or ratepayer funding. The bottom line seems to be that nuclear is simply not competitive, and the push from the US government to subsidize it seems to be forcing the wrong choice on the market.
Comment Rebuttal (Score 1) 497
By Lance Spitzner. Too bad most /.ers won't see this post.
http://www.honeytech.com/blog/rebuttal/
Comment One step closer to... (Score 1) 110
The Running Man!
Comment Proposal (Score 1) 470
I don't remember if it was Valentine's Day but there was this geeky guy on Slashdot who proposed marriage ON SLASHDOT! Wonder how that turned out for him.
Comment Brilliant move AT&T! (Score 3, Insightful) 275
Add another device to your overladen 3G network!
Comment Always been this way (Score 3, Interesting) 536
Relative to the 1970's and 80's the prices now are a real bargain. I recall Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 being something like $50 at first.
Comment Re:Oh, this sounds like a good idea... (Score 1) 209
First, it is way too easy to hide information from the PCI assessors. BTW, they are NOT auditors, they are assessors, there is a big difference. But it is too easy to hide stuff because to really dig into a complex system for every last detail is already cost prohibitive.
Which brings me to my second point. If liability gets pushed to the assessors (or SOX auditors which are real auditors) then the cost of being assessed/audited are going to skyrocket because they will just pass the cost of liability right back to the company that hired them. The companies being assessed/audited are being held at 'legal gunpoint' to comply and pay whatever cost. Then, the cost of being assessed will be passed on to the consumers or the company will go out of business.
Comment Re:The age I live to may vary (Score 0, Flamebait) 575
If you believe the Christians, then the most recent bottleneck was 8 humans after the flood.
Comment Re:Only as much as you need (Score 4, Insightful) 168
This is what PMI says to do, cherry pick what you need out of the vast standardized body of knowledge (PMBOK in PMI terms). However, if you don't have a good grip on the BOK, how do you know what to cherry pick and what to ignore? I'm not saying you need complete mastery of the PMBOK, but a course in the groundings of it helps immensely. I'm working on my SANS GIAC certification in PM and would be lost just picking up the PMBOK without the background of the class. The work project I'm doing right now is small and so some things like Budget Management and HR Management don't apply, but that might not be the case for the submitter.
Comment Site with templates (Score 1) 168
Here is one site I found yesterday with templates, white papers, articles, etc.
http://www.brighthub.com/office/project-management.aspx
