Comment This makes it easier for terrorists (Score 4, Insightful) 222
They now just have to find somebody which would score as low risk and they won't have any trouble.
Submission + - Roundup tolerant GM maize linked to tumor development (heraldonline.com)
spirito writes: The first animal feeding trial studying the lifetime effects of exposure to Roundup tolerant GM maize, and Roundup, the world's best-selling weedkiller, shows that levels currently considered safe can cause tumors and multiple organ damage and lead to premature death in laboratory rats, according to research published online today by the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 132
It allows using a bigger fan rotating slower which greatly reduce noise.
Comment Re:Wow... (Score 4, Insightful) 614
Big finance people are already taking all the money, now they are also (indirectly) cutting down on education. Poor and uneducated people, rich and knowledgeable lords, well come back 500 years ago.
Submission + - Could AMD Be Building ARM Processors? (conceivablytech.com)
An anonymous reader writes: There is an interesting note from AMD that hints to a closer relationship with ARM. The company will be hosting a developer conference in June, ARM will be holding one of the major keynotes and it appears that AMD is making sure that we aren't ignoring the implications of this appearance. So, could AMD be building ARM processors, or is AMD just rubbing Intel's nose in it? ARM-based AMD processors for smartphones combined with AMD GPUs could be an enticing opportunity for AMD.
Comment Re:quick dupe... (Score 1) 247
It's no matter/antimatter problem.
I'm pretty sure these dupes are part of an experiment about transmitting information at speed greater then light by quantum entanglement of slashdot stories. It will make the headline in popsci next week...
StarCraft II To Be Released On July 27 220
Blizzard announced today that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first game in a series of three, will be released on July 27. The game will contain the Terran campaign (29 missions), the full multiplayer experience, and "several challenge-mode mini-games," with "focused goals designed to ease players into the basics of multiplayer strategies." It will launch alongside the revamped Battle.net, which we've previously discussed. Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said, "We've been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and we're excited that the time for that is almost here. Thanks to our beta testers, we're making great progress on the final stages of development, and we'll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.net in just a few months."
OpenTTD 1.0.0 Released 107
Gmer writes "Eming.com reports that OpenTTD, the open source clone of the Microprose game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, has reached a milestone. OpenTTD 1.0.0 has been released 6 years after work started on the first version, with the help of hundreds of contributors and thousands of testers/players. Over 30 language translations are considered complete, and OpenTTD is available for *BSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which the player is in control of a transport company and can compete against rival companies to make as much profit as possible by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail, sea or air."
Comment Twitter aware tweetting application (Score 2, Funny) 282
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Submission + - Google vows to develop cheap renewable electricity (ecommercetimes.com)
adminstring writes: Google cofounder Larry Page announces that the company aims to generate "renewable electricity at globally significant scale, and produce it cheaper than from coal." To achieve their stated goal of generating a gigawatt of power at 2 cents per kilowatt hour, they are partnering with eSolar on solar thermal technology and Makani Power on high-altitude wind power. The name of this new venture will be "REC" (Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal.)
Submission + - Asus corrects Eee PC source code issue. (blue-gnu.biz)
ozmanjusri writes: "Asus has corrected the availability of source code for its Eee PC, and reaffirmed its commitment to meeting the requirements of open source licenses, including the GPL.
They also announced the upcoming release of a new SDK to assist the Open Source community development on the Eee PC."
They also announced the upcoming release of a new SDK to assist the Open Source community development on the Eee PC."
Submission + - Are we ever going to see solar powered laptops?
Tom Pippington writes: I was recently reading about Nokia trying to develop alternative energy sources for cell phones and how complex the issue is. I've dug around a bit and at present it seems that all the possible solutions are too chunky, too dangerous or simply not effective enough. Are alternative energy sources, such as solar power, ever going to be good enough to power portable devices?
Submission + - Asus Eee PC 701 reviewed 1
An anonymous reader writes: CNET has a review up of the Asus Eee PC 701 and it looks like they like it a lot, "There's no two ways about it — the Asus Eee PC 701 is a great laptop. It's affordable, sexy and highly portable. If you're looking for a cheap second PC that can fit into a small bag, then there are few better options".
Submission + - Asus' Linux-based Eee PC 701 reviewed 3
Bongo Bob writes: CNET.co.uk has a review up of the Asus Eee PC 701 that runs Linux and according to the reviewer "It's hard to fault the Eee PC, mainly because of its price. It can be difficult to use because of the cramped keyboard, but it's better than similar-sized laptops like the Toshiba Libretto. If you're in the market for a second PC, or looking for something you can take with you almost anywhere, the Eee PC is definitely worth buying."
Submission + - Indian AI unmasked using second order turing test (daz.com)
jacquesm writes: "Indian IT experts have been testing a new generation of highly intelligent bots in IRC channels. One such bot was unmasked in an irc room after failing to pass a second order Turing Test. The bot had to be tricked into accepting the challenge and tried every trick in the book to avoid detection.
The full transcript of the interaction with the bot (called 'asterix') is here : http://ww.com/asterixbot.html , the really interesting breakthrough I think is the fact that the bot uses 'broken english' to masquerade its lack of genuine understanding, but we have become so accustomed to that because of the outsourcing of jobs that it is no longer politically correct to accept nothing less than passable english. This psychological loophole has been used to great profit by the team involved.
It's only a matter of time before you'll have to administer Turing Tests to your chat room friends to see if they are not too tired of communicating with you face to face and have replaced their online identities with bots to keep up appearances."
The full transcript of the interaction with the bot (called 'asterix') is here : http://ww.com/asterixbot.html , the really interesting breakthrough I think is the fact that the bot uses 'broken english' to masquerade its lack of genuine understanding, but we have become so accustomed to that because of the outsourcing of jobs that it is no longer politically correct to accept nothing less than passable english. This psychological loophole has been used to great profit by the team involved.
It's only a matter of time before you'll have to administer Turing Tests to your chat room friends to see if they are not too tired of communicating with you face to face and have replaced their online identities with bots to keep up appearances."
