Comment Re:I did it first ! (Score 1) 182
Kind of... the ability to resist cold for one...
Comment Re:I did it first ! (Score 1) 182
I have no idea. I was a student and just wanted to test some of my hardware at cold temperatures. The guys in charge of cryogenics were on vacation but other guys were all like "we know this stuff, we can run the test..." Yeah, right.
Comment I did it first ! (Score 5, Interesting) 182
In 1994 I had a liquid nitrogen tube break above my head while preparing an experiment for Antarctica. About 30 liters poured on my head in a second. I felt it go instantly trough my clothing, run over me, and on the floor. Everybody else in the lab ran away, but I couldn't because it formed a dense could, I couldn't see anything and I was behind a lot of equipment and cables. Then the floor exploded: I couldn't see what was going on but very loud cracking and banging noises later proved to be the tiles shattering. Fortunately I was wearing security shoes and just stood my ground. After the fog cleared I saw some faces at the door: "Are you still alive?"
First US Appeals Court Hears Arguments To Shut Down NSA Database 199
An anonymous reader writes: The second of two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government regarding domestic mass surveillance, ACLU vs. Clapper, was heard on Tuesday by "a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit." The proceeding took an unprecedented two hours (the norm is about 30 minutes), and C-SPAN was allowed to record the whole thing and make the footage available online (video). ACLU's lawyers argued that mass surveillance without warrants violates the 4th Amendment, while lawyers for the federal government argued that provisions within the Patriot Act that legalize mass surveillance without warrants have already been carefully considered and approved by all three branches of government. The judges have yet to issue their ruling.
Comment Re:many sites still dumb (Score 1) 107
Ha, for years my bank website used 4-digit pins as passwords... Fortunately that changed. After a major break-in I assume.
Comment Dorset ? (Score 1) 57
So is that about the Dorset which were finally wiped out... only 112 years ago by disease ?
Comment Re:Rules of war (Score 2) 254
Ukraine needs to STOP attacking it's own people and begin TALKING.
And Russia needs to stop attacking other people...
DNA Reveals History of Vanished "Paleo-Eskimos" 57
An anonymous reader writes The earliest people in the North American Arctic remained isolated from others in the region for over 4,000 years before vanishing around 700 years ago, new analysis shows. The study also reveals that today's Inuit and Native Americans of the Arctic are genetically distinct from the region's first settlers. "A single founding population settled, and endured the harsh environmental conditions of the Arctic, for almost 5,000 years — during which time the culture and lifestyle changed enough to be represented as distinct cultural units," explained Dr Maanasa Raghavan, first author of the new paper.
Comment Re:There are reasons for that (Score 1) 76
Honest typo in this case, I swear.
Comment There are reasons for that (Score 3, Insightful) 76
Going too deep and particularly up too fast will get you killed. Going underwater is dangerous. More so than being up in the air where the only risk is basically hitting the ground.
Comment Re:If a ruggedized camera breaks (Score 1) 455
as cops with guns cause more trouble than they prevent
[citation required]
England
Comment Re:They made the blocks into wheels (Score 1) 202
The key failing of the cradle and the (actually extremely similar) pole theory is that it does not explain how they moved the far larger slabs that were not square blocks.
So they had different methods for moving different shaped blocks. Big deal.
$75K Prosthetic Arm Is Bricked When Paired iPod Is Stolen 194
kdataman writes U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ben Eberle, who lost an arm and both legs in Afghanistan, had his Ipod Touch stolen on Friday. This particular Ipod Touch has an app on it that controls his $75,000 prosthetic arm. The robbery bricked his prosthesis: "That is because Eberle's prosthetic hand is programmed to only work with the stolen iPod, and vice versa. Now that the iPod is gone, he said he has to get a new hand and get it reprogrammed with his prosthesis." I see three possibilities: 1) The article is wrong, possibly to guilt the thief into returning the Ipod. 2) This is an incredibly bad design by Touch Bionics. Why would you make a $70,000 piece of equipment permanently dependent on a specific Ipod Touch? Ipods do fail or go missing. 3) This is an intentionally bad design to generate revenue. Maybe GM should do this with car keys? "Oops, lost the keys to the corvette. Better buy a new one."
Comment Re:My opinion on the matter. (Score 1) 826
did you know systemd is trying to replace ntpd?
Well, that is terrifying as ntpd is one of the most complex piece of code I know; and for such a seemingly easy task as setting the time. I worry about the rest !
Comment Re:Most are ill-prepared (Score 1) 191
Why would you use lightbulbs in the 21st century ? A LED lamp will last 10 times longer on the same battery and will also have a much longer lifetime. And there are now LEDs available that are more powerful than the best Maglight, just look for bike lights above 100$.
