Comment Re:shiny clouds in the night? (Score 1) 227
Clouds are gay martians?
Comment Heard good things (Score 1) 116
My old university bookstore was one of the first places to get one of these machines, and the sales pitch was that it would be cheaper to get some textbooks from the machine than off of the shelf.
I left before I got a chance to see if that was the case, but people were excited about it.
I left before I got a chance to see if that was the case, but people were excited about it.
Comment Re:I have to ask (Score 2, Informative) 640
Interestingly enough, when the queen came to visit Canada a few years ago, protocol dictated that the Canadian Government send a plane to pick her up and bring her here. I don't know if that is just a Canadian thing, or if it's a commonwealth country thing, but there it is.
Comment Re:I have to ask (Score 1) 640
Here in Canada it is common for the press to purchase tickets on the Department of Defense plane that the Prime Minister uses to travel internationally, saving them the trouble of trying to make commercial arrangements fit with a usually tight schedule. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this happens in the states as well.
In Canada that means probably another 40 or so passengers; I'm sure there would be even more media along for a trip with the President.
In Canada that means probably another 40 or so passengers; I'm sure there would be even more media along for a trip with the President.
2007 ACM Contest Winners Announced 110
prostoalex writes "2007 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is over with Warsaw University (Poland) winning it this year and solving all of the problems. The runner-up, Tsinghua University (China), finished with 7 problems solved, while St. Petersburg University of IT, Mechanics and Optics (Russia) and MIT (USA) are tied up for the third place with 6 problems solved. There were 6000 teams initially in the running, and in the final round of the competition only 88 remained."
Submission + - Supreme Court to Hear 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Monday
theodp writes: "In 2002, 18-year-old Joseph Frederick held up a 14-foot banner saying 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' as the Olympic torch passed by his Juneau high school, sparking a feud with the principal that heads to the Supreme Court on Monday. Legal experts say Morse v. Frederick could be the most significant case on student free speech since the days of Vietnam War protests."
