Comment Good One (Score 1) 162
"saving countless aspiring grad students thousands of clicks through university websites."
Yeah, that's what professors live for, making their drudges (aka doc/post doc students) lives easier.
Star Wars: The Old Republic Sarlacc Enforcer Class Unveiled 27
Today BioWare unveiled the most impressive new class yet seen for their upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Sarlacc Enforcers are "paragons of patience and planning, always waiting for the right moment to pounce on their quarry – even if it takes one thousand years." Gamespot had an interview with the game's developers to get a clear picture on how such a unique and innovative class was designed. Quoting: "Well, this is a stealth class, so the soloing experience of the Sarlacc enforcer is going to be a little slow. [This character] spends a lot of time slowly sneaking into position before unleashing potent close-ranged attacks, such as 'devour.' But once exposed, the enforcer heavily relies on companion characters to lure enemies close, so he/it can unleash his/its close-ranged attacks. However, the enforcer shines in a group, especially when paired with a Jedi consular that can knock enemies toward him. At this point, the Sarlacc enforcer can use his/its powerful suite of damage-over-time abilities, like 'digest' and 'regurgitate.'"
7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators 289
An anonymous reader writes "One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. These are often simple utilities that are perfectly adequate for basic use. They typically include trigonometric functions, logarithms, factorials, parentheses and a memory function. However, the calculators featured in this article are significantly more sophisticated with the ability to process difficult mathematical functions, to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, and much more. Occasionally, the calculator tool provided with an operating system did not engender any confidence. The classic example being the calculator shipped with Windows 3.1 which could not even reliably subtract two numbers. Rest assured, the calculators listed below are of precision quality."
US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum 1324
A US judge has granted political asylum to a family who said they fled Germany to avoid persecution for home schooling their children. Uwe Romeike and his wife, Hannelore, moved to Tennessee after German authorities fined them for keeping their children out of school and sent police to escort them to classes. Mike Connelly, attorney for the Home School Legal Defence Association, argued the case. He says, "Home schoolers in Germany are a particular social group, which is one of the protected grounds under the asylum law. This judge looked at the evidence, he heard their testimony, and he felt that the way Germany is treating home schoolers is wrong. The rights being violated here are basic human rights."
Comment just say no (Score 2, Interesting) 366
That's just crazy. Take a vacation, relax, enjoy life. There's plenty of time (51 weeks a year to be exact) that you can toil away at that grindstone.
Trust me, you (and your emotional/physical/mental well being) will thank me.
Comment Mikrotik (Score 1) 268
You say: " I've used Mikrotik's RouterOS for five years, but it just isn't built for what I need."
What exactly isn't it built for?
Mikrotik has numerous large WISP's (+5000 seats) running on Mikrotik Software and hardware.
Have you contacted Mikrotik's engineers with your "problem"?
Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone 643
JamJam writes "Air Canada has been told to create a special 'buffer zone' on flights for people who are allergic to nuts. The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled that passengers who have nut allergies should be considered disabled and accommodated by the airline. Air Canada has a month to come up with an appropriate section of seats where passengers with nut allergies would be seated. The ruling involved a complaint from Sophia Huyer, who has a severe nut allergy and travels frequently. Ms. Huyer once spent 40 minutes in the washroom during a flight while snacks were being served."
Comment And the Key Factor is.... (Score 0) 264
Lets cut to the chase - how much MONEY do you have. It's all well to ask pie-in-the-sky questions, but then reality sets in and we find you can't afford it.
Why don't you start with what you CAN afford, and then go from there (cause you know that's what your PHB and Bean Counters are going to tell you).
Comment Meh (Score 1) 67
Hard to get too excited. We are after all talking about the oh so NOT transparent China. Who knows what, if any of the data will be accurate or even real. The state run PR dept. of China is famous for their Science Fiction.
Comment Must be nice (Score 1) 545
Must be nice to be able to have your herd of sheeple pay your fine for you. They raked in millions and yet they still want someone else to pay the fine. That my friend is a true Pirate.
Comment Re:Oh dear (Score 0, Troll) 413
"The guy has achieved more than almost anyone on the planet"
Get real. Except for a few landmark papers VERY early in his career, he hasn't done anything special. He has a great marketing engine behind him, and he's good at selecting "assistant" writers to explain complex physics to the general public.
It's been decades since he's even peeked into the Top 100 physicists list (which is peer review based). His "achievements" are mostly honorary, and if he wasn't a cripple - he have been moved to the "has been" pile many many years ago.
Good for him to overcome his physical handicaps (and live way longer then predicted), but lets not start giving bonus points for scientific achievements based on the guys handicap (lets leave that to public schools).
Comment Re:So..... (Score 3, Insightful) 156
When it's more then a glorified pop-bottle rocket.
Which means it has to have active stabilization and a guidance package.
Comment One more reason (Score 2, Insightful) 204
Reason #9,382,329 NOT to waste time on those stupid "social" networking sites.
