Comment Re:Short answer: no (Score 1, Offtopic) 400
Wish the kids would get off my
Comment Codecademy (Score 5, Informative) 183
Our daughter signed up for Codeademy (http://codeademy.com/)to help her with a CS course she was taking at UBC. She's in Arts but needed a science and CS fit the bill. She found Codeademy very helpful. She got an A+ in the CS course.
Comment Re:The leveling off was predicted (Score 1) 468
I'd love to see a source for that prediction.
Comment Re:Sales Opportunity, not a problem! (Score 1) 384
Bingo. Back in the day I did T&M at a reasonably high rate given I was just out of school, but once I was done bug fixes were free as long as I was working on another project there. We should have had a formal contract, but we didn't.
Comment Re:Why print photos? (Score 1) 350
5490? That's not old.
- Peace
Comment 6 genes just for height (Score 4, Informative) 254
I've been told, by a bio ethicist, that there at six genes that influence height. So the idea that's there's just one gene for IQ seems odd.
Comment We had this in the 70s (Score 1) 160
Major issue was the strange sounds that went with it when in operation, that and time seemed to slow down. Was somewhat expensive, costing ~6 million to out fit a person with a few limbs. Hope this is an improvement.
Comment 3D Printing? (Score 1) 399
Come up with a cool design and get it printed using a 3D printer in white plastic. Could be very high tech and classy. No idea on the cost.
Comment Re:Department of Security Theater (Score 1) 382
Get's my vote.
Comment Buzz (Score 1) 456
Only one thing from the summary wasn't in Google Buzz and well, 95% of Buzz is imported twitter posts, not using any of those features. Why would G+ be different?
Comment Re:Slashdotted before the first comment? (Score 1) 166
Yeah I'm old school, before the trolls.
Comment Slashdotted before the first comment? (Score 1) 166
Now that's sad.
Comment Re:News... (Score 1) 360
What is this 6 digit Slashdot account you speak of ???
Comment Adopt-a-Space-Lane? (Score 1) 210
This Stretch of Space Cleared by JAXA, keeping the space lanes beautiful.
Submission + - Engineer Designs His Own Heart Valve Implant (popsci.com)
nametaken writes: In 2000, Tal Golesworthy, a British engineer, was told that he suffers from Marfan syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissue that often causes rupturing of the aorta. The only solution then available was the pairing of a mechanical valve and a highly risky blood thinner. To an engineer like Golesworthy, that just wasn't good enough. So he constructed his own implant that does the job better than the existing solution--and became the first patient to try it.
