impala - Slashdot User

Comment Prison is more than punishment (Score 2) 914

by impala on Thursday March 20, 2014 @08:51AM (#46532751) Attached to: Time Dilation Drug Could Let Heinous Criminals Serve 1,000 Year Sentences

Imprisoning criminals is trying to do a few things:
* punishment for the criminal
* deterrent for would-be criminals
* protecting the public from re-offence
* rehabilitation of prisoners
Drugs could be used in all these areas?

Comment Re:Sometime the old ways (Score 2) 330

by impala on Friday February 10, 2012 @06:30PM (#39000625) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Allow Test Takers Internet Access, But Minimize Cheating?

Force them through a logged proxy, and tell them if they cheat they'll get zero.

Submission + - Tyres selection tool online

Submitted by

blackcirclesuk

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @04:43AM

blackcirclesuk writes: "Blackcircles.com allows motorists in the UK to choose their tyres online. Just enter your tyre size, width, profile, and speed rating, and the tyre selector tool does the rest. After getting a quote for your tyres, you can them delivered to your home or have them fitted at your local garage."

Submission + - Secrets of Successful Software Requirements

Submitted by

Igor Jese

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @04:30AM

Igor Jese writes: "Although most companies do some form of requirements, there is often a lack of understanding as to exactly why the requirements need to be created and how. This article looks at some secrets to improve your requirements process even under tight deadlines. Read more..."

Submission + - Holocaust Dropped From UK Schools

Submitted by

dteichman2

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:52AM

dteichman2 writes: "It appears that UK schools are ignoring The Holocaust. A government-backed study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills, found that some teachers are reluctant to teach history lessons on The Holocaust for fear of offending Muslim students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial. As such, many schools are not covering the subject. Additionally, similar problems are being met with lessons on The Crusades because these lessons contradict teachings from local mosques.

Isn't there a law that requires UK schools to cover these topics? Should there be?"

Submission + - Implications of Peak Oil for Global Warming.

Submitted by

msevior

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:27AM

msevior writes: "The OilDrum is running a story about a paper by Climate expert Jim Hansen, who examines the implications of the finite reserves of Oil, Gas and Coal on the total Global Warming effect. He finds that conservative (large) estimates of the total world Oil and Gas reserves place substantial constraints on the eventual CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. However unrestrained use of coal will put the world into dangerous a warming scenario."

Submission + - Star Wars fan creates security scare in Melbourne

Submitted by

svunt

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:07AM

svunt writes: "A Star Wars fan in costume (blaster included) was swooped on by a number of police today in a Melbourne shopping centre. From the article

"The replica gun appeared to have what resembled a battery pack connected to the gun by a coiled wire, while boots and a laptop were also in the bag. The man was clad in black with unusual logos on his sleeve and breast pocket, and had what appeared to be a hands-free mobile phone earphone in one ear.
The man was later charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm. It appears that he was en route to a photo shoot to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Star Wars."

Submission + - Star Wars Goes USB!

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:35AM

An anonymous reader writes: Maybe we'll never see a new Star Wars movie, but at least we can comfort ourselves with Darth Vader USB drives. That's right, four Star Wars characters- Chewbacca, Darth Vader, R2-D2, and the Stormtrooper- have made they way onto USB drives. These special edition Mimobots are available in 1, 2, or 4GB and only 2500 (Chewbacca and Stormtrooper) and 3500 (Darth and R2-D2) individually numbered units will be sold.

Comment Re:Do you post linux questions on WebMD? (Score 1) 1128

by impala on Friday May 21, 2004 @09:49PM (#9222268) Attached to: Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions?

> The average /. reader is an idiot.

This is possible, most are yanks, I guess :-)

> Half of /. readers are below average.

This does not follow, try this sample of IQs
80 105,105,105,106,107,108,109,110,110,110
Average is 104.5, only 10% of the sample is
below average.

You are below average :-)

The term you are looking for is median, I think.

I have also heard that 80% of guys think they are above average at sport, which is also possible.

> Are you scared yet?

No.

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