Comment Re:Nothing is impentrable (Score 1) 152
We're talking about Switzerland here... Oh dear $deity, why are americans so friends with the courts?
Comment Re:E-Series Nokia or other WiFi-capable Symbian ph (Score 1) 289
I got a 5800 Xpress Music for $250, and it works great: WiFi calls using skype/fring work almost flawlessly (ofc depends on your internet connection)
Also, GPS with free OVI maps & navigation for life makes the phone a sweet deal.
What Scientists Really Think About Religion 1123
Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Post has a book review of Science and Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Rice University sociologist Elaine Ecklund, who spent four years doing a detailed survey of 1,646 scientists at elite American research universities. The study reveals that scientists often practice a closeted faith, worrying about how their peers would react to learning about their religious views. 'After four years of research, at least one thing became clear: Much of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong. The '"insurmountable hostility" between science and religion is a caricature, a thought-cliche, perhaps useful as a satire on groupthink, but hardly representative of reality,' writes Ecklund. Unsurprisingly, Ecklund found that 64% of scientists are either atheists (34%) or agnostic (30%). But only five of the 275 in-depth interviewees actively oppose religion; and even among the third who are atheists, many consider themselves 'spiritual.' 'According to the scientists I interviewed, the academy seems to have a "strong culture" that suppresses discussion about religion in many areas,' says Ecklund. 'To remove the perceived stigma, we would need to have more scientists talking openly about issues of religion, where such issues are particularly relevant to their discipline.'"
Comment Re:Overblown much? (Score 1) 118
Actually, you're the only one that got this somewhat right. It isn't Clippy 2.0. But it isn't fancy AI either.
see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_Assisted_Living
see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_Assisted_Living
Comment Windows Help F1 (Score 5, Informative) 324
This won't affect anybody: those users that aren't very computer literate don't even know that help exists and is one key away... the other ones already know that windows help won't lead you anywhere!
Comment Re:Title wrong (Score 2, Interesting) 527
And as former state legislator guess what legislation he pressed on.....
Wait for it....
While Ted Klaudt served in the legislature, his name was attached to several bills designed to protect children from sex abuse. Klaudt served in the South Dakota House from 1998 to 2006. He served on the appropriations as well as the government operations and audit committees. And while in office, he co-sponsored several bills that took aim at sex offenders.
Comment about:robots (Score 1) 496
Seriously, get your Firefox and type about:robots. I specially like the faces who uses my computer to check email :D
Comment Re:Legal obligation to dub? (Score 1) 256
I don't believe there are any requirements that the programs be dubbed in EU states (but I'm willing to look at any evidence to the contrary).
Don't need to. I'm from Portugal, and in here, every movie or tv-show (except Shrek's and other kids movies) is presented in its original language, let it be english, french, chinese or martian, (with subtitles of course).
Comment Re:non of th abov (Score 1) 939
you lost your "e" key?
You made quite an effort to write lookEd then.
Comment Re:Fahrenheit: It's for telling temperature (Score 1) 1233
What a big woooooooooooooooosh for all this fellow replies. More like sound of boiling water .....
Comment Wrong comments? (Score 5, Informative) 366
What the hell is going here? I see a story about Corona CA evading the law on red-light cameras and comments (and tags) are about some MS story?
Comment Re:Where can I see the contest's questions? (Score 2, Informative) 141
check the website: http://www.ioi2009.org/
The problems are right there.
The problems are right there.
Comment Re:This is really curious (Score 0, Offtopic) 394
but I did just spend the better part of a week at Defcon.
He does not need to cite sources.
Comment Re:Haha, good (Score 1) 185
Check Winamp, or Amarok, or foobar2000. All good media players with smart playlists and capable to synchronize with MP3 players.
Comment Re:Spoiled ! (Score 2, Informative) 412
You didn't know you were born!
We had to lay sandy-coloured rocks next to slightly lighter-coloured shells on a sandy beach to encode our programsin binary. Which nothing could run. And it was lost whenever the tide came in. Or a hermit crab walked off with oneof the shells.
If we were lucky, we'd get to lick the hermit crab residue off of a shell for food.
And yes, you're the only one who's reading this now...
