Comment Re:What's funny is (Score 1) 428
I think you mean they could have used one with a HIGHER LD50 value... meaning it would take a higher dose to be deadly.
Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed 1352
A survey of American voters by World Public Opinion shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. One of the most interesting questions was about President Obama's birthplace. 63 percent of Fox viewers believe Obama was not born in the US (or that it is unclear). In 2003 a similar study about the Iraq war showed that Fox viewers were once again less knowledgeable on the subject than average. Let the flame war begin!
Comment Re:why not both? (Score 1) 570
s/engines/motors/g
Could CA Violent Game Law Lead To an Industry Exodus? 142
donniebaseball23 writes "Oral arguments for the California games law are set to begin on November 2. It's a hugely important court case for the industry, and if the Supreme Court sides with the legislators it could lead to an exodus of talent from the games business, says one attorney. 'Certainly less games would be produced and there would be a corresponding job loss,' said Patrick Sweeney, who leads the Video Game practice at Reed Smith LLP. 'But I expect the impact will likely be significantly deeper. I believe the independent development community would be severely impacted. Innovation, both from a creative and technological aspect, would also be stifled. The companies, brands and individuals that we should be embracing as the visionaries of this creative and collaborative industry will migrate their talents to a more expressive medium.' Meanwhile, Dr. Cheryl K. Olson, author of Grand Theft Childhood, notes that even if California gets its way, it could backfire."
Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data 80
smellsofbikes writes "GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company, is putting thousands of possible malaria-treating drugs into the public domain in a move that the Wall Street Journal calls a 'Linux approach' to pharmaceutical screening. Andrew Witty, who is described as the boss of GSK, says the company thinks it is 'imperative to earn the trust of society, not just by meeting expectations but by exceeding them.' Of course, synthesis or discovery of new chemicals is cheap compared to efficacy and qualification studies, but this is a refreshing change from not handing out any information until after everything is patented."
Comment Re: Salt Spray? (Score 1) 116
Air blowing over sea water usually contains quite a bit of salt. I wonder how they will deal with the salt.
This is slashdot, where nobody RTFA, but it is really too much to ask that people RTF Summary?
"The Wynyard takes in the cool air, filters it accordingly..."
[emphasis mine]
Gee, thanks...
HOW?
Comment Re: 50,000? (Score 1) 162
Or 5 ly, like Alpha Centauri!
Comment Re:1 Hundredth of a Degree Kevin (Score 1) 156
But everyone has Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon!
Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next 193
ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."
Comment Re:Cryptographic Signing, Peer to peer (Score 1) 227
And slammer is still very active after 6 years...
Comment Re:tips (Score 1) 695
FWIW, if the furnace is in a basement/cellar, you don't need the blower... just use a car battery to run the thermostat and the heat will rise up through the ducts via convection.
Submission + - Masturbation! It's Doubly Good. 1
An anonymous reader writes: [From the grow-hair-on-your-palms-dept]
Australian researchers suggest that "men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation", as reported by the BBC. For people new to the game, Wikipedia has something to get you started. Let the fun begin.
Submission + - New study about Rat schizo behaviors in Lab (mit.edu)
An anonymous reader writes: MICE AND MEMORY
Tonegawa creates tools to explore the genetic underpinnings of the molecular mechanism for memory. Genetically engineered mice who are missing the brain
enzyme calcineurin were previously shown to have an impairment in short-term, day-to-day memory formation, known as working memory. This kind of memory
also is impaired in schizophrenia patients.
Genetically engineered mice also can show suicide or conspirative symptoms where caged and shown in front of other schyzophrenic mammals. Those
experiments
are perfect for the analisys of the escaping habilities from generation to generation of this tiny mammals, which when the schyzophrenic behavior starts to show up,
they become an interesting inter-discipline object to be tested for survival habilities inside a cage, and of course, those who survive the tests
are hopefully a great 'icon' for the rest of the lab rats.
The article can be found HERE
Tonegawa creates tools to explore the genetic underpinnings of the molecular mechanism for memory. Genetically engineered mice who are missing the brain
enzyme calcineurin were previously shown to have an impairment in short-term, day-to-day memory formation, known as working memory. This kind of memory
also is impaired in schizophrenia patients.
Genetically engineered mice also can show suicide or conspirative symptoms where caged and shown in front of other schyzophrenic mammals. Those
experiments
are perfect for the analisys of the escaping habilities from generation to generation of this tiny mammals, which when the schyzophrenic behavior starts to show up,
they become an interesting inter-discipline object to be tested for survival habilities inside a cage, and of course, those who survive the tests
are hopefully a great 'icon' for the rest of the lab rats.
The article can be found HERE
Submission + - MIT Engineers World's First Schizophrenic Mice
Frosty Piss writes: "MIT researchers have created a schizophrenic mouse that pinpoints a gene variation predisposing people to schizophrenia. Research with the mouse may lead to the first genetically targeted drugs for the disease, which affects 1 percent of the population worldwide. This is the first study that uses animals who demonstrate an array of symptoms observed in schizophrenic patients to identify specific genes that predispose people to the disease."
Submission + - Intel's Linux-powered mobile Internet device
An anonymous reader writes: Intel is set to launch an ultra-mobile PC dubbed Mobile Internet Device or MID which will run on Linux. The PDA-sized devices will target "consumers and prosumers" instead of mobile professionals.From the story: MID tablets will run a simplified 'finger-friendly' user interface optimised for the small screens, based on the Gnome desktop but with an Intel-developed 'master user interface' layer to serve as an equivalent to the desktop.
