Comment NH - Paper ballot - busy but efficient - no lines (Score 1) 821
Voted this morning... Lots of people, parking lot nearly full, many booths taken, but no hassles (presented my ID) or lines.
Comment Re:Do you know what real animals eat? (Score 1) 386
True... Bat fish eat turtle poo:
http://fishileaks.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/turtle-crap-its-whats-for-dinner-if-youre-a-batfish/
But the bat fish evolved to do this. Dumping significant amounts of pig feces into a fish farm sounds like a good way to cause problems.
Comment Re:I'll believe it (Score 1) 122
I'm not sure your cynicism is warranted. Skepticism, sure. But given that there's already a AAA title available (Doom 3) and that what's promised is only a "dev kit" I think the chances for success are high.
Comment Re:Not in this particular case (Score 2) 1198
Weezul must have had a bad experience. His sample size is woefully inadequate to make such sweeping generalizations about Boston but at least three times in this thread he's made such remarks.
For the record, Boston is not in the top 20 U.S. cities when it comes to violent crime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate
Comment Re:Not quite as bad as the Summary seems (Score 1) 486
34% of MINIs are sold with a manual transmission. 50% in New England.
Comment Re:Not quite as bad as the Summary seems (Score 1) 486
It may depend on the model of the MINI. The Clubman is at the bottom of the list of stolen cars:
http://usedcars.about.com/od/avoidingproblems/a/Top-10-Least-Stolen-Cars.htm
The fact that many MINIs have manual transmissions may have something to do with it. Seeing a stick shift might be enough to deter the average punk joy rider.
Submission + - Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Muscle (ibtimes.com)
redletterdave writes: "Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition. The researchers based in Haifa, Israel, had their study published in the European Heart Journal on Wednesday, and said clinical trials of the technique could begin within 10 years. But even with more testing to go, the results meant they might eventually be able to reprogram patients' cells to repair their own damaged hearts."
Submission + - Oil Company Neste Tries to Shut Down Parody Site (greenpeace.org)
emakinen writes: "Environmental NGO Greenpeace has been campaiging against Finnish oil company Neste Oil. Recently, they published a parody site www.nestespoil.com about Neste biofuel impact on rain forests. Neste is now trying to shut the parody site down using a trademark complaint to WIPO. Furthermore, the Swedish ISP for Greenpeace, Loopia, has today shut down the original site, according to a newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). In a game of cat and mouse, Greenpeace has already opened a mirror site."
Comment Uh oh, looks like the Bobs are gonna visit HP. (Score 1) 291
Peter Gibbons: You're gonna lay off Samir and Michael?
Bob Slydell: Oh yeah, we're gonna bring in some entry-level graduates, farm some work out to Singapore, that's the usual deal.
Bob Porter: Standard operating procedure.
Comment Re:Get ready for it, Slashtards. (Score 1) 166
Get ready for the "bite my shiny tinfoil ass" Futurama jokes.
Comment David Byrne/Talking Heads and Charlie Crist (Score 1) 452
Yep, these guys have short memories...
I liked Charlie's court mandated apology though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4k13LmlcUE
Comment Steve may have learned this from Lord Acton (Score 1) 424
"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. "
-- Lord Acton
Comment Re:v_v (Score 1) 1014
It's pretty funny, actually. They take their smartest creationists, put them in a room together, and tell them to think about it for a while. The result? "Yeah, this can't actually be true."
What, exactly, did they think would happen?
They'd learn that "God is Dead". It's true. I saw it on TV.
Comment Brute Force Attacks from IPs in China (Score 3, Interesting) 122
I get several emails a day alerting me to the fact that yet another IP address has been banned for brute force attacking a server I have on the internet. For a while I tried to track down where these attacks were coming from and I was amazed at both the diversity of countries of origin and also the sheer number coming from China.
Now just because the attack is coming from an IP address in China doesn't mean all that much. It would be a stretch to conclude the attacks are state sponsored. But I find it odd that for a country with such authoritarian control over 'net usage somebody somewhere in their government isn't either aware of this. I tend to think that if they're not supporting they're at least sanctioning the attacks.
I fully admit that this is anecdotal at best and would love to hear from others who have servers on the 'net that have kept more detailed records.
Comment Re:Written by an industry insider? (Score 3) 262
Anything in excess leads to tragedy.
- Dan.
Except moderation. Take moderation to the extreme!
