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In Praise of the Sci-fi Corridor 171

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 03, 2009 @11:08AM from the getting-there-is-half-the-fun dept.

brumgrunt writes "Technically a corridor in a science-fiction movie should just be a means of getting from one big expensive set to the next, and yet Den Of Geek writes lovingly of the detailed conduits in films such as Alien, Outland, Solaris and even this year's Moon by Duncan Jones."

Apple Tablet Rumors Again (Still?) 165

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 21, 2009 @10:57AM from the never-ending-story dept.

LSU_ADT_Geek writes "With a conventional netbook clearly out of the question, researchers for Piper Jaffray said Thursday there's mounting evidence to suggest Apple next year will introduce its own take on the market in the form of a tablet-based device that will sell for $700 or less."

Comment Inaguration, Octoshape and post-Inaguration access (Score 1) 254

by youngjohn14 on Thursday February 05, 2009 @11:14PM (#26747731) Attached to: CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA

Hi All, living outside the US but anxious to watch the Obama Inaguration in all its glory I installed the octoshape application and used CNN, which was the most reliable video I found on my 1Mb DSL circuit. A few days later I noticed that my P2P would shut down after an hour or so, and I could not repair the internet connection. Have to reboot. I had not connected Octoshape with this behavior, but it started at about the same time and until this /. article I had not thought about Octoshape at all. (Thanks to FuturePower!). Wondered if anyone else had seen this...? I googled and did not spot anything. Thanks, YJ14

Comment Re:LA has amazing surplus (Score 1) 94

by youngjohn14 on Sunday March 25, 2007 @11:18PM (#18483753) Attached to: A Space Junkyard

APEX and C&H in Pasadena were my favorite places to hunt for robot parts in the 70s. Really miss it. Nothing comparable that I have seen in Singapore, where I now live.

Chemists Synthesize "Impossible" Molecule 9

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 16, 2002 @06:54PM from the but-that's-unpossible dept.

neilest writes "Organic chemistry textbooks will need to be revised to recognize a chemical species that chemists have discovered at Northwestern University. The species -- pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation -- was thought not to exist for long because theory said it was unstable. The full story can be found at this suntimes article"

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