Comment Ah the world's nanny state is also present. (Score 2) 135
'An overtly negative or critical connotation.'
Yeah imagine people being critical.
Even worse: People being critical with a frown on their face!
Comment Re:What this means (Score 1) 259
Question:
So if CPT is the true symmetry of the universe, then doesn't that solve the matter/antimatter problem (the problem that we observe more matter then antimatter)?
Say that the Big bang didn't create 'just' our universe, but a second that is a complete CPT reversal from ours. That universe would have the same kind of physics but with the arrow of time reversed relative to ours and would consist primarily of antimatter with minute quantities of matter. And 'left' probably being our universe equivalent of 'right'.
To my understanding this would be the true symmetry of our universe then. There is not 1 (ours) but 2.
Comment Fuggled up Start (Score 1) 857
Aah the good old Start button.
Why did I stop using it? Oh yeah! Because since Windows Vista the way the Start menu, and in specifically the 'All programs' feature works, is completely messed up.
Way to go Microsoft! I always was fond of the Start Menu workings of Windows XP. A real shame I can't replicate the behavior since the Vista era without 3rd party tools. Without these tools, I don't use it either. It becomes a cluttered mess when you have more then 10 programs installed and 'All programs' LIST it underneath each other.
I prefer to have the listing of my programs spread out so I have a general overview of all my installed applications so I am able to find the application I need quickly. Why is that forbidden and taboo in the Microsoft world?
Please Microsoft, explain this to me.
Submission + - Lessons Learned From Cracking 2M LinkedIn Passwords (net-security.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Qualys researcher Francois Pesce used open source password cracker John the Ripper to try to crack SHA-1 hashes of leaked LinkedIn passwords. He ran the John the Ripper default command on a small default password dictionary of less than 4,000 words. The program then switched to incremental mode based on statistical analysis of known password structures, which generated more probable passwords. The results? After 4 hours, approximately 900,000 passwords had been cracked. Francois then ran numerous iterations, incorporating older dictionaries to uncover less common passwords and ended up cracking a total of 2,000,000 passwords.
Submission + - Build the Enterprise! (buildtheenterprise.org)
MistrX writes: How about building a real life size USS-Enterprise in the next couple of decades? This project aims to do just this. With existing technologies available today and researching new ones.
"This website proposes something truly inspiring. It is this: We have the technological reach to build the first generation of the spaceship known as the USS Enterprise – so let’s do it. The ship can be similar in size and will have the same look as the USS Enterprise that we know from the Star Trek science fiction. It ends up that this ship configuration is quite functional. This first generation Enterprise can have 1g artificial gravity and ample living space. It can be as comfortable to live in as being on earth. A thousand people can be on board at once – either as crew members or as adventurous visitors. While the ship will not travel at warp speed, it can travel at a constant acceleration such that the ship can easily get to key points of interest in our solar system."
"This website proposes something truly inspiring. It is this: We have the technological reach to build the first generation of the spaceship known as the USS Enterprise – so let’s do it. The ship can be similar in size and will have the same look as the USS Enterprise that we know from the Star Trek science fiction. It ends up that this ship configuration is quite functional. This first generation Enterprise can have 1g artificial gravity and ample living space. It can be as comfortable to live in as being on earth. A thousand people can be on board at once – either as crew members or as adventurous visitors. While the ship will not travel at warp speed, it can travel at a constant acceleration such that the ship can easily get to key points of interest in our solar system."
Comment Re:Well, then that settles it. (Score 1) 285
I love to agree with you but there is one little detail:
Without demand, there will not be jobs.
No jobs, there is no demand.
It's a vicious cycle.
That said, space exploration might create a ton of jobs in all fields but since this is not a guarantee and in the short term cost a lot of money, governments rather invest in waging war due to the short term money it produces for them (oil etc.).
Politicians are only concerned with their terms as politicians. When they made the money, they leave and another one fills the spot with their own agenda.
I get this feeling that the politician as public servant doesn't really exist anymore.
In the last few decades, were there any politicians of importance in the western world with a longterm vision? Please name them so they can duly be credited.
Submission + - Moon Methone meets Cassini (nasa.gov)
MistrX writes: "NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place on May 20 at a distance of about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers). It was Cassini's closest flyby of the 2-mile-wide (3-kilometer-wide) moon. The best previous Cassini images were taken on June 8, 2005, at a distance of about 140,000 miles (225,000 kilometers), and they barely resolved this object."
Submission + - Chemical reaction eating CO2, producing energy (acs.org)
MistrX writes: "While there are plenty of ways to make carbon-based products from CO2, these methods usually require a lot of energy because the CO2 molecules are so stable. If the energy comes from the burning of fossil fuels, then the net result will be more CO2 entering the atmosphere. Now a material scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only soaks up CO2, but also produces useful chemicals along with significant amounts of energy."
http://www.gizmag.com/co2-li3n-reaction/22620/
http://www.gizmag.com/co2-li3n-reaction/22620/
Submission + - First testflights with flying car succesful. (pal-v.com)
MistrX writes: The Dutch company PAL-V completed it's first series of testflights with it's flying car, the PAL-V One, successfully. The PAL-V One flies like a gyrocopter, with a minimal runway length of 165 meters, and drives around like a trike on the road. Furthermore it offers 2 passengers at a maximum speed of 180km/h on both on land and in the air.
The company aims with the PAL-V One on usage within the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, because private flying is more commonplace.
The company aims with the PAL-V One on usage within the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, because private flying is more commonplace.
Comment Laura helps me explain the context of Sci-Fi (Score 1) 210
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaahhn!!!!
Comment Hax! (Score 1) 421
Usage of aimbots is considered cheating. How is that solved in the Geneva treaty?
Comment HAARP (Score 1) 363
If with 'long trip' Alaska is also included, then you could visit HAARP.
Might be interesting to see what all the 'new age' fuss is about in a scientific perspective.
Comment Game over (Score 3, Insightful) 213
Well people, the age of your relative freedom is definitely over when this is ratified.
Welcome to the neo dark age. This time not ruled by the church but by Megacorp & co that is called the western world.
Comment Re:Holy Fucking Gravy Christ! (Score 1) 111
I prefer a car analogy actually.
Comment No shit Sherlock (Score 2) 862
When they changed the way Start works since Vista, it sucks bigtime. Having lot's of programs installed makes that list too long and the hassle of finding your program becomes too great to bother with it. The way XP works was better to me: Expand it all over your desktop. Nice a grid of all your installed apps in one sight.
Switching to classic isn't an option, it removes the shortcuts aswell. It really goes into primitive mode, 98 style.
Now I use 3rd party tools to get my OS to do what I want with it. How absurd is that?
Microsoft! Stop telling me on how to use my pc please! And bring some legacy options back that WILL enhance usability.
