Comment Re:And still some religions ban birth control (Score 1) 759
Wow, that was good. That made my day. Thanks!
Comment Re:large animals (Score 2) 236
this would be great for horses. its nearly impossible to allow multi-leg fractures to heal properly with a large animal
This is the first thing I thought of too. There's big money around horses that could move this technology along.
Comment Re:Nice distro but they messed up the desktop (Score 1) 244
The Debian silliness is the cold adherence to free software. A Debian desktop needs a lot of tweeking before stuff "just works" (like Flash). Debian also lags behind other distributions because they prioritize stability over cutting edge features. (
I understand and accept that I have to do those tweeks, but I think I'm the exception.
On the server side, I really appreciate the stodgy Debian way. Solid uptime rocks!
Comment Alarmis[tm] is used 18 times in the article (Score 1) 954
It felt like the word "alarmist" was being pounded into my skull.
How does the new data compare to non-alarmist computer models?
Journal Journal: Why? 1
Why would anyone write in their journal?
It's 2/3/11. How long before I read this again?
Comment Re:As a voter who normally leans Democrat... (Score 2, Informative) 1128
Although he sounds stupid, "Dubya" had a measured IQ of 132. If you consider that stupid, then I tip my hat to your loft intelligence.
Comment Re:Why not use dogs? (Score 1) 239
Though a good dog is also a good judge of when a human is acting in a strange way, e.g. nervous, scared, aggressive etc.
What if you are scared of dogs?
Comment Re:Windows ME (Score 1) 763
It must be CowboyNeal's favorite OS!
Xbox Live Pricing To Go Up To $60 Per Year 199
donniebaseball23 writes "Microsoft has raised the annual price of Xbox Live Gold to $60, which is a price hike of $10. The new price goes into effect on November 1, but gamers can lock in the current Xbox Live price by renewing now. EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich is not surprised by the move, nor does he think it will really have much impact on the Xbox momentum."
Prince Says Internet Is Over 450
the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"
Comment Re:He Won! (Score 1) 467
I love it if something so noble was at play here, but c'mon...
Handling Money Brings Pain Relief 103
Psychologists at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management have found that handling money can alleviate both physical and emotional pain. In one experiment, test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money. Lead author Kathleen Vohs said, "When people are reminded of money in a subtle manner by counting out hard currency, they experience painful situations as being not very painful. You could think about being able to charge yourself up before you encounter pain. When I used to run marathons, I would've maybe wanted to be reminded of money first."
New I/O Standard Bids To Replace Mini PCI Express 31
DeviceGuru writes "LinuxDevices reports that a group of companies today unveiled — and demonstrated products based on — a tiny new PCI Express expansion standard. Although it's somewhat larger than the PCI Express Mini Card, the tiny new 43mm x 65mm FeaturePak card's high density 230-pin edgecard connector provides twice the number of PCI Express and USB 2.0 channels to the host computer, plus 100 lines dedicated to general purpose I/O, of which 34 signal pairs are implemented with enhanced isolation for use in applications such as gigabit Ethernet or high-precision analog I/O. While FeaturePaks will certainly be used in all sorts of embedded devices (medical instruments, test equipment, etc.), the tiny cards could also be used for developing configurable consumer devices, for example to add an embedded firewall/router or security processor to laptop or notebook computers, or for modular functionality in TV set-top-boxes and Internet edge devices." The president of Diamond Systems, which invented the new card, said "Following the FeaturePak initiative's initial launch, we intend to turn the FeaturePak specification, trademark, and logo over to a suitable standards organization so it can become an industry-wide, open-architecture, embedded standard" (but to use the logo you have to join the organization).
Comment Re:The Norse Were Right! (Score 5, Funny) 418
Has anyone considered that this is just an NVidia ad for their new Blu-Ray 3D format?
Am I posting to the correct story?
Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331
Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."
