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Space

Russia Develops Spaceship With Nuclear Engine 297

Matt_dk writes "The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has developed a design for a piloted spacecraft powered by a nuclear engine, the head of the agency said on Wednesday. 'The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs,' Anatoly Perminov said at a meeting of the commission on the modernization of the Russian economy. He added that the development of Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS) for manned spacecraft was crucial for Russia if the country wanted to maintain a competitive edge in the space race, including the exploration of the Moon and Mars."
NASA

NASA Releases Cool, Free iPhone App 47

lenehey writes "A new free iPhone app provided by NASA was released today. The app lists each of NASA's missions, and allows you to see a brief description, the latest news updates, images, videos, etc., corresponding to that mission. A timer is also provided for each mission, logging the days, hours, and seconds until (or since) the mission launch."

Comment Re:Surprised? (Score -1) 762

How about you take an 18" serrated edge steel dildo up the ass and die, you low-class faggot-ass piece of shit, you. That's what we're going to do to the 99% of you useless eater shits we don't need. Like the New Jersualem coming out of the Heavens. Every single one of you goyim faggot pigfuckers should be impaled on a stake and will be. And don't ever talk about a real job ever again, you worthless, low-class piece of shit. If it wasn't for greedy Jew crybabies, worthless God-damned fagshits like you wouldn't have real jobs or computers. You'd all be running around the jungle like the worthless loser God-damned monkey buttfuck fags you all are.

Comment The problem is not piracy - the problem is Apple (Score -1) 762

Apple is allowing spammers to stuff the channel with complete shit that makes Flash web games look advanced and then putting it on the front page, which has choked all the life out of the ecosystem. As the cancer spreads, power users will abandon the iPhone for greener pastures and then the mass market will follow UNLESS Apple gets its act together.

Comment Re:A word of advice (Score -1) 266

I love how a good patent might not make you any money but a good article might. Actually it's more like a patent will make you money if it's good enough to steal and the best article isn't worth the electrons on the screen even with universal adoption.

Comment You don't need to choose (Score -1) 266

Thankfully, America allows 1st to invent so the lone inventor can profit. The danger of going public before patenting, as I've found out the hard way with 6uitar God, is that infringers from the third world will be at your doorstep before any customers will.
Biotech

Nanomedicine Kills Brain Cancer Cells 99

destinyland writes "Scientists from the University of Chicago and the US Department of Energy have developed the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy GMB brain cancer cells. Nanoparticles killed up to 80% of the brain cancer cells after just five minutes of exposure to white light, showing the promise of nanomedicine — highly-specific intervention at the molecular scale. Because nanomedicine could repair brain cells or damaged nerve and muscle tissue, the NIH has established eight Nanomedicine Development Centers around the country for their Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative. Researchers have also used gold nanospheres to search out and 'cook' skin cancer cells with light — 'It's basically like putting a cancer cell in hot water and boiling it to death,' says one researcher. And the NIH Roadmap ultimately predicts 'novel tiny sensors ... that search for, and destroy, infectious agents.'"
Programming

The Duct Tape Programmer 551

theodp writes "Joel Spolsky sings the praises of The Duct Tape Programmer, who delivers programming teams from the evil of 'architecture astronauts' who might otherwise derail a project with their faddish programming craziness. The say-no-to-over-engineering attitude of the Duct Tape Programmer stems not from orneriness, but from the realization that even a 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer than a 99% solution that nobody has because it's in your lab where you're endlessly polishing the damn thing. Like Steve Jobs, Duct Tape Programmers firmly believe that Real Artists Ship."

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