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Submission + - Detroit and the Big "Two"

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16, 2007 @02:38PM

An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday, "The Economist" reports, "Now Daimler, chafing at Chrysler's mounting losses and slumping market share, is contemplating divorce." Today, investors awoke to interesting news. Marketwatch reports that General Motors is discussing, with DaimlerChrysler, the terms for purchasing the entire Chrysler group. Decades earlier, Chrysler had purchased American Motors. Now, GM will likely purchase Chrysler.

Journal SPAM: Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia 12

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Friday February 16, 2007 @01:53PM

India, China and Russia account for 40 per cent of the world's population, a fifth of its economy and more than half of its nuclear warheads. Now they appear to be forming a partnership to challenge the US-dominated world order that has prevailed since the end of the Cold War.

Journal Journal: Bush STILL can't get basic strategy and tactics down right 5

Journal by Marxist Hacker 42 on Friday February 16, 2007 @01:47PM

President Bush gave a talk to the AEI on the subject of the War in Afghanistan recently- and showed that he still doesn't understand basic deny travel to terrorists or secure perimeter attack tactics. From the speech I linked to above:

Submission + - Weaving cartilage in 3-D

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Friday February 16, 2007 @01:05PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "Today, people who suffer from cartilage damage don't have effective therapies at their disposal. But now, researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have developed a weaving machine to repair cartilage. Using a patient's own stem cells in conjunction with their new three-dimensional fabric "scaffold" could lead to a better way to repair damaged joints. And the new cartilage created by using this method has the same mechanical properties as native cartilage, which is not the case of today's laboratory-grown cartilage. The researchers expect to start clinical trials in three or four years. Read more for additional references and pictures of this weaving machine and what it can build."

Submission + - How do you learn new languages?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16, 2007 @12:24PM

An anonymous reader writes: How do you go about learning a new (programming) language? Do you buy a book? Use online tutorials? Message boards? Take a class?

Submission + - Bionic eye could restore vision

Submitted by

MattSparkes

on Friday February 16, 2007 @11:24AM

MattSparkes writes: "A new bionic eye could restore vision to the profoundly blind. A prototype was tested on six patients and "within a few weeks all could detect light, identify objects and even perceive motion again. For one patient, this was the first time he had seen anything in half a century." The user wears a pair of glasses that contain a miniature camera and that wirelessly transmits video to a cellphone-sized computer in the wearer's pocket. This computer processes the image information and wirelessly transmits it to a tiny electronic receiver implanted in the wearer's head."

Submission + - Hacks no longer joking matter at MIT

Submitted by ecklesweb on Friday February 16, 2007 @10:40AM

ecklesweb writes: The Boston Globe reprots that Hacks are no longer a joke at MIT. Three students tripped an alarm while "exploring" the Faculty Club under the cover of dark. Instead of fines or community service, the three students face up to 20 years in prison on charges of felony breaking and entering and trespassing. Of course, maybe it's just *botched* hacks that are no joke at MIT...

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