Comment Re:Over the course of 10 years (Score 1) 621
"12 months a year, every day of the school year"?
*waits expectantly*
Comment But the real question is... (Score 2, Funny) 831
Has anyone implemented Go in Go yet?
Comment Re:Here they are. (Score 1) 635
HPL FTW.
Comment Re:yeah, I agree with that (Score 1) 115
Somebody nominated Khan Noonien Singh for deletion -- a year later, it was a Featured Article.
Comment Re:Public availability (Score 2, Funny) 295
Should be instructive to compare the number of grey hairs now and in 8 years. With this shot, you actually can count them...
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 248
Ah, good, someone got it.
Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 2, Funny) 248
No, you don't want a Beowulf forest, because then you have to worry about Grendel showing up.
Submission + - Bank Officers Emailing Your Info In The Clear..
Austin writes: "I recently received a email from a loan officer at a major national bank regarding the final documents to my condo closing. The only problem is I am not buying a condo at all, the loan officer made a mistake in the email address domain. I replied and informed her of the mistake. The next day I received thirteen more documents, all unencrypted, non-password protected. The docs pertained to income statements, closing worksheets containing all identifying information (ssn, dob), and, this is good, complete routing instructions for the payment. If banks are going to send this information to external entities like your broker or title lawyer shouldn't they have to protect it in some manner?"
Submission + - 300th Anniversary of Linnaeus birth
Anonymous Coward writes: "300th Anniversary of Linnaeus birth;
Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy would have been 300 years old on May 23rd.
New Scientist has a story about it:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426043.500 -sweden-celebrates-300th-birthday-of-linnaeus.html
(The jubilee is seen by many as a good opportunity to stimulate the public's interest in Science, as it coincides with a period of reduced interest in science and an increase of support for non-scientific concepts like "intelligent design")
Yours Birger Johansson —"
Submission + - How to survive in a black hole
Submission + - BBN Technologies to oversee internet redesign.
DelMinor writes: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/05/22/tech -bbn.html
A government contractor that played a key role in the internet's birth will oversee efforts to redesign the network from scratch.
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced Monday that BBN Technologies Inc. will get up to $10 million US over four years to oversee the planning and design of the Global Environment for Network Innovations, or GENI.
Submission + - Using Viagra to combat jet-lag
SpeedyGonz writes: A research team from the Quilmes National University in Argentina has found that a light to moderate dose of Viagra helps recover from jet lag a 50% faster. According to reuters, a group of male hamsters were subjected to changing lighting patterns to simulate the effect known as jet-lag, then a portion of them received the drug. Viagra interferes with an enzyme that lowers levels of a naturally occurring compound that plays a role in the regulation of the circadian cycle, the body's internal clock, the researchers said.
