Comment Re:What happened to the theory about... (Score 1) 306
I've read the same.
Why Time Flies By As You Get Older 252
Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and that each interval of time represents a diminishing fraction of life as we age.
Using EMP To Punch Holes In Steel 165
angrytuna writes "The Economist is running a story about a group of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, who've found a way to use an EMP device to shape and punch holes through steel. The process enjoys advantages over both lasers, which take more time to bore the hole (0.2 vs. 1.4 seconds), and by metal presses, which can leave burrs that must be removed by hand."
FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linux 206
dnaumov writes "FreeNAS, a popular, free NAS solution, is moving away from using FreeBSD as its underlying core OS and switching to Debian Linux. Version 0.8 of FreeNAS as well as all further releases are going to be based on Linux, while the FreeBSD-based 0.7 branch of FreeNAS is going into maintenance-only mode, according to main developer Volker Theile. A discussion about the switch, including comments from the developers, can be found on the FreeNAS SourceForge discussion forum. Some users applaud the change, which promises improved hardware compatibility, while others voice concerns regarding the future of their existing setups and lack of ZFS support in Linux."
Comment Why does baseball get to set policy? (Score 2, Insightful) 278
Really, three strikes and you are out is straight from a game someone sat down and created out of thin air one day. Now people are basing laws on the concept? WTF?
Comment Should there be a GPL project for this? (Score 1) 52
Seems like this would be a good community project? Have a GPL'd proposal set up for others to use and customize as needed?
Comment Re:return it (Score 1) 543
I would think a court would find this to be a deceptive practice at best. Charging for someone elses FREE software and not requiring payment up front so that it was clear, not just hiding the charge somewhere it may not be seen.
Comment return it (Score 1) 543
Just return it. Let them cancel her license. They did NOTHING for the money.
Submission + - Cheap Hydrogen? (yahoo.com)
outofoptions writes: "US researchers have developed a method of producing hydrogen gas from biodegradable organic material, potentially providing an abundant source of this clean-burning fuel, according to a study released Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071112/ts_alt_afp/ussciencefuel;_ylt=AtsR4CkLSeNTGh1IRTTG0jkDW7oF"
Submission + - AMD to produce 3 core processors
outofoptions writes: Choice is good. But a three core chip?
"Preceding the opening of the Intel Developer Forum by one day, AMD made a rather surprising announcement today. The upcoming Phenom 2x (dual-core) and 4x (quad-core) desktop processors will be joined by a 3x model (triple-core) in the first quarter of 2008. AMD said that these new CPUs, code-named Toliman", are expected to be the world's first PC processors to integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon." Full story here: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33895/135/
