Comment Re:WOW!!! The Feds must be really working overtime (Score 4, Insightful) 658
Emmanuel Goldstein would agree
Comment six micrometer is pretty high resolution for this (Score 1) 207
and 3d has nothing to do with it
Comment It is worth it (Score 1) 1040
disclaimer: I'm in and from the States.
It sounds like you would like to do a lot of things here in the U.S. Each of those activities could take days, if not weeks. I would guess that the hassle you might receive entering (a few hours delay? LESS than the flight over) would be worth it for the experiences available to you once here. The cities, the diversity of people, the scenery (Niagra / Grand Canyon / etc.,) are all really amazing and quite accessible.
Yes, border crossing into the U.S., especially by air, can be "harrowing" sometimes - but the experiences can be very rewarding. Reconsider putting a trip over-the-pond back onto your to-do list.
It sounds like you would like to do a lot of things here in the U.S. Each of those activities could take days, if not weeks. I would guess that the hassle you might receive entering (a few hours delay? LESS than the flight over) would be worth it for the experiences available to you once here. The cities, the diversity of people, the scenery (Niagra / Grand Canyon / etc.,) are all really amazing and quite accessible.
Yes, border crossing into the U.S., especially by air, can be "harrowing" sometimes - but the experiences can be very rewarding. Reconsider putting a trip over-the-pond back onto your to-do list.
Comment Huh? (Score 1) 630
As a conscientious observer from Pittsburgh, all I can ask is:
WHAT? SPEAK UP!
Also, Why are my ears ringing, and my nose bleeding?
WHAT? SPEAK UP!
Also, Why are my ears ringing, and my nose bleeding?
Comment Re:Oh good (Score 1) 143
Thank you for the Halloween costume idea!
Comment the difference between religion and cult (Score 4, Interesting) 665
A cult is a small, unpopular religion.
A religion is a large, popular cult.
YMMV
A religion is a large, popular cult.
YMMV
Comment Leaked Album (Score 1) 334
(1), (2) and (3) are irrelevant if the music is from a leaked album.
This goes back to the U2 album that popped up on torrent sites a couple of weeks before its official release.
If you scrobbled those tracks, you had them illegally. Period.
This goes back to the U2 album that popped up on torrent sites a couple of weeks before its official release.
If you scrobbled those tracks, you had them illegally. Period.
Comment Nuking Neighboring Nations (Score 1) 153
Canada? Mexico? Cuba?
IIRC, the USA has never nuked a neighboring nation.
IIRC, the USA has never nuked a neighboring nation.
Comment Linux right-click workaround... (Score 1) 493
And here I thought that the right-click issue was something that only I enjoyed. Wow.
I found that in Linux (specifically, Ubuntu,) you can get the Windows right-click functionality by holding down (not releasing) the button. The menu pops up, select function, and then release the button.
Yeah, it is kind of wonky to do it this way, but I've learned to use it pretty quickly so as to get around the random saveas-showlink-email-etc behavior. Note that this same method doesn't work in Windows, where you need to release the button before the menu pops up. *shrug*
This has nothing to do with mouse quality, btw. Unless this MX is an expensive AND POS mouse.
I found that in Linux (specifically, Ubuntu,) you can get the Windows right-click functionality by holding down (not releasing) the button. The menu pops up, select function, and then release the button.
Yeah, it is kind of wonky to do it this way, but I've learned to use it pretty quickly so as to get around the random saveas-showlink-email-etc behavior. Note that this same method doesn't work in Windows, where you need to release the button before the menu pops up. *shrug*
This has nothing to do with mouse quality, btw. Unless this MX is an expensive AND POS mouse.
Comment Re:FP (Score 1) 182
Unfortunately, they had an 855,001 lb. payload.
Submission + - The Methane Timebomb 2
J_Omega writes: Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide. ... The first evidence that millions of tons of a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere from beneath the Arctic seabed has been discovered by scientists.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/exclusive-the-methane-time-bomb-938932.html
If so, this is really, really, REALLY bad news.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/exclusive-the-methane-time-bomb-938932.html
If so, this is really, really, REALLY bad news.
LHC Offline Until April 2009 (Or Longer) 298
rufey writes "The recent problems at the Large Hadron Collider will now keep it idle until spring 2009. The official press release is here. The LHC went offline due to a suspected failure in a superconducting connection, which overheated and caused around 100 of the LHC's super-cooled magnets to heat up by as much as 100 degrees. This resulted in the accidental release of a ton of liquid helium. The process required to repair the failed superconducting connection involves weeks of warming up the affected area from -456 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature, and then several more weeks to cool it back down after the repair is made. The total amount of time to do this will spill over into CERN's scheduled winter maintenance/shutdown period, which is partly done to save money on electricity during the period of peak demand."
Submission + - Linux to be installed in every Russian school (cnews.ru) 2
J_Omega writes: According to the Russian IT site CNews, Linux is slated to be installed in every Russian school by 2009. The article makes it appear that it will be going by the (unimaginative and nationalist) name "Russian OS." As stated in the article: "The main aim of the given work is to reduce dependence on foreign commercial software and provide education institutions with the possibility to choose whether to pay for commercial items or to use the software, provided by the government." Initial testing installations are supposed to begin next year in select districts. Is 2008/09 the year of Linux on the (Russian) desktop?
Rumsfeld Stepping Down 899
macinrack writes to tell us that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon. Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld.
