Comment Detail records since 1950 (Score 5, Informative) 387
previous temp high was in Dec 1978, detail records have been kept since mid 1950's.
approximate annual average temperature records through ice cores date back about 800,000 years.
Comment Free works w/o Credit card (Score 2) 523
I would never attach my Credit card to an app store, due to having a 6 yr old in my house who loves to play with my phone.
Having a threshold at $1 means other developers also wont try to undercut at $0.9 , and drag the whole pile of apps down to $0.05 eventually.
Comment Re:TFA is nothing new (Score 1) 133
You missed the part in the video where they turn the track upside down. If they were only using the meisner effect, the puck would drop to the ground. They have found a way to control the magnetic field more precisely, and pin the object in place. ( ie, a useful example of the engineering techniques now possible with the effect, instead of just ooh, shiny. )
Comment Re:"Speed" (Score 2) 315
The article states that because they moved the atomic clock used for measuring time, their time synchronization would be different for the clock while it was in italy, then when the clock was in switzerland. The difference in time synchronization is what they measured, not the speed of light.
Of course, they knew about this effect, & tried to off-set it by using GPS signals from the same satellite to correct. TFA says that GPS signal has error in time sync about 100ns, which is in scale with their measurement error.
Comment Global Government? (Score 0) 368
Should we aspire to a global government or just nuke them from orbit ?
Comment Rotational issue? (Score 1) 1088
I know they have tried to factor out obvious stuff, but wouldnt the rotation around the sun ( or galaxy) mean that its possible they're hitting a target that's moving "closer" to the source?
Google Warns Users About Active Malware Infection 80
dinscott writes "Google has begun notifying its users that a particular piece of malware is installed on their computers by showing a big yellow notification above their search results. The warning begun popping up yesterday, and does so only for users whose computers have been infected by a particular strain of malware that hijacks search results in order to drive users towards websites that use pay-per-click schemes."
Submission + - First Demonstration of Time Cloaking (technologyreview.com)
thebchuckster writes: Time cloaking is possible because of a kind of duality between space and time in electromagnetic theory. In particular, the diffraction of a beam of light in space is mathematically equivalent to the temporal propagation of light through a dispersive medium. In other words, diffraction and dispersion are symmetric in spacetime.
That immediately leads to an interesting idea. Just as its easy to make a lens that focuses light in space using diffraction, so it is possible to use dispersion to make a lens that focuses in time.
That immediately leads to an interesting idea. Just as its easy to make a lens that focuses light in space using diffraction, so it is possible to use dispersion to make a lens that focuses in time.
Submission + - Windows 8 on the prototype tablet (blogspot.com)
tabletnr writes: Microsoft presented at the conference its new operating system running on the tablet. Windows 8 interface looks very similar to that known from Windows Phone 7
Submission + - LulzSec hacks The Sun (theconversation.edu.au)
deneefau writes: An attack by computer hacker group LulzSec has shut down over 1000 websites owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News International, after the group posted a fake story the website of Murdoch tabloid The Sun declaring the media mogul dead.
Submission + - Petition to stop Richard O'Dwyer being extradited (gopetition.com)
stop.extradition writes: Richard O'Dwyers' Mother [Julia O'Dwyer] has set-up a petition to halt the extradition of her son [TV Shack Admin] Richard O'Dwyer to the USA for an alleged copyright offence.
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http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-extradition-fair-uk-trial-for-richard-o-dwyer.html
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I think this story and petition could do with some slashdot style/size support.
Please, everyone who reads this go and sign the petition now!
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http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-extradition-fair-uk-trial-for-richard-o-dwyer.html
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I think this story and petition could do with some slashdot style/size support.
Please, everyone who reads this go and sign the petition now!
Submission + - Flawed Forensics Explain Casey Anthony Acquittal
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "CNN reports that the strength of the state's forensic evidence, the stuff popularized in television dramas but widely misunderstood by the general public, has been a hot topic in the Casey Anthony trail, but trial observers who agree with the jury's verdict say holes in the state's forensic case in a trial based largely on circumstantial evidence help explain why she was acquitted in her daughter death. "A courtroom isn't a scientific lab and evidence shouldn't come in before it has been accepted in a relevant scientific community," says professor Adina Schwartz. Arguably, the most disputed testimony came from Dr. Arpad Vass, the inventor of a new method of testing air for chemicals indicative of decomposition who told the jury that testing of air samples, carpet, scrapings from the wheel well and a spare tire cover from the car found a handful of compounds associated with human decomposition. "He comes in and says, I have invented this new air analysis system and I can tell this is a decomposing body. He didn't say it was consistent, he said it had to be a decomposing body. That's the kind of grandiose claim that you can pretty much never make in forensic science because we don't yet have the research and facts to back it up," says Schwartz. A rare method of analyzing a strand of hair for signs of decomposition was also presented to the jury, much to the surprise of forensic scientists and lawyers watching the case. "I wouldn't call it all junk science, but it wasn't ready for court, and just by letting it in doesn't mean the jury's going to buy it," says defense lawyer and forensic consultant Keith Murray. "I'm sure we'll see more of this stuff down the road; hopefully it'll be more refined by then. It just wasn't ready for prime time.""
Submission + - NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police.. Again (nashuatelegraph.com) 1
OhPlz writes: Back in 2006, a resident of New Hampshire's second largest city was arrested while at the police station attempting to file a complaint against officers. His crime? He had video tape evidence of the officers' wrongdoings. According to the police, that's wiretapping.
After world wide attention, the police dropped the charges. His complaint was found to be valid, but the evidence never saw the light of day.
Well, guess what? Round two. There are differing reports, but again the police arrested Mr. Gannon and again, they seized his video camera. This time it's "falsifying evidence" because he tried to hand off the camera, most likely to protect its contents.
Once again, if the police are free to videotape us, why aren't we free to videotape them? If there's the potential of police wrongdoing, how is it that the law permits the police to seize the evidence?
After world wide attention, the police dropped the charges. His complaint was found to be valid, but the evidence never saw the light of day.
Well, guess what? Round two. There are differing reports, but again the police arrested Mr. Gannon and again, they seized his video camera. This time it's "falsifying evidence" because he tried to hand off the camera, most likely to protect its contents.
Once again, if the police are free to videotape us, why aren't we free to videotape them? If there's the potential of police wrongdoing, how is it that the law permits the police to seize the evidence?
Submission + - Gov't Funded Electric Car Co. Goes Out of Business (allcarselectric.com)
thecarchik writes: Consider today's collapse of electric car company Green Vehicles an object lesson in why it's a bad idea for cities to invest in the risky business of start-up car companies--perhaps especially start-up electric car companies. Even start up car companies with a viable product have seen their fair share of financial troubles , but Green Vehicles did not even have a product to sell off at a fire sale. The city of Salinas, California learned that lesson today as Green Vehicles shut its doors, costing the city more than $500,000.
Submission + - Earth's Population to Hit 7 Billion This Year (inhabitat.com)
MikeChino writes: The UN Population Division just announced that the world’s human population will hit 7 billion by Halloween 2011. The increase of one billion people in the past 12 years is worrying, especially since the global population only reached one billion total in the early 19th century. In the next 20 years, our population growth is predicted to rise to 8 billion people as our demand for food increases by 50 percent, water by 30 percent and energy by 50 percent.
