Comment Re:Applications in chemistry (Score 2) 97
there could be a host of novel synthesis based on this bond.
I had a few novel ideas myself, but I'm too lazy to write that much.
Comment Re:Unknown? (Score 2) 154
When we visited in 2009, we were told by one of the guides that she was his personal fluffer (my words). That's gotta be hard to put on a resume.
Comment This will be doomed.... (Score 4, Informative) 350
to be a small 1 pointer at the bottom of an old thread, but in case anyone is still mining...
In addition to wasteland which was already mentioned (which finally has WL2 coming!!) I think there was another awesome RPGs not mentioned:
Alternate Reality (the dungeon)
This great game has it all - humor, great music, discovery, tons of monsters and items and a neat story. It's really hard, but worth it.
http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D101
and a modern reboot:
http://www.crpgdev.com/
Comment Re:Wasteland. (Score 5, Funny) 350
You see an IBM AT on the table. The screen says Wasteland 2. You shiver with anticipation.
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/
Submission + - Woman arrested for filming police in Rochester NY (rt.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Another instance of police violating of an American citizen's civil liberties has occurred in Rochester, NY. A woman records a routine traffic stop on her video camera, from the front lawn of her property, only to be put in cuffs and arrested by police who felt a citizen's oversight of their activity is punishable by law. The frequency of similar types of events are on the rise... My gut tells me it is only a matter of time before the supreme court is judging the constitutionality of recording a police force.
Submission + - Hulu for Sale: Is There Good News for Users? (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "The LA Times reports that Hulu, which is jointly owned by Comcast, News Corp., Disney, and Providence Equity, has retained investment banks Guggenheim Partners and Morgan Stanley to help them find a buyer. And Yahoo is said to have expressed an interest, but not made a firm offer. But what might this sale mean for users? GigaOm says we can expect to see more ads. But there are also 'indications that free Hulu users will have to be a cable subscriber in order to watch shows the day after they air,' says blogger Peter Smith."
Submission + - Police share Intelligence on innocent people (backup-technology.com)
doperative writes: Logica have worked alongside The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) to develop a new database which allows Police departments across England and Wales to share intelligence relating to crime ..
Advocates of the new database retort by arguing that it is the nature of police work which makes it essential to hold the records of innocent people ..
In total around 12,000 authorised officers will have access with secure access controls acting to ensure that only role relevant information can be searched.
Advocates of the new database retort by arguing that it is the nature of police work which makes it essential to hold the records of innocent people
In total around 12,000 authorised officers will have access with secure access controls acting to ensure that only role relevant information can be searched.
Submission + - Caltech Scientists Measure Dinosaur Body Temp (rdmag.com)
damn_registrars writes: "Using rare isotope ratios, a geology team at CalTech has determined body temperatures of sauropod dinosaurs. Their work finds temperatures that are roughly in line with modern mammals for body temperature. However, as the authors point out, this does not on its own confirm dinosaurs to be entirely warm-blooded, as they may have kept these temperatures by sheer mass.
The peer-reviewed paper is available online in PNAS, as they are NIH-supported, you can also get the article free through pubmed."
The peer-reviewed paper is available online in PNAS, as they are NIH-supported, you can also get the article free through pubmed."
Submission + - Japanese scientist creates edible meat from poop (digitaltrends.com)
Njoyda Sauce writes: "A researcher doing work with sewage mud has created a viable way to extract the protein from the waste and ... recycle it."
Comment Tolkien! (Score 1) 722
I can't believe I'm alone in naming machines after Tolkien characters from Hobbit/LoTR.
Comment Re:SEM (Score 1) 145
TFA mentions that they grow to a third of an inch. Huge, no, multicellular yes.
Comment Re:Do they account for hypothesis-mining? (Score 3, Funny) 226
Oblig XKCD: http://xkcd.com/882/
Comment Look out Script Kiddies! (Score 1) 375
You've got the Vatican's attention.
Submission + - Green Rust Could Help Clean Nuclear Waste (ibtimes.com)
RedEaredSlider writes: The nuclear disaster in Japan could leave many areas contaminated with radioactive heavy metals, and even after cleanup the contaminated material will have to be put somewhere. Wherever that is, there is the risk of groundwater contamination.
A Danish researcher says he may have found a way to solve that problem, using a form of rust to clean out groundwater. Bo C. Christiansen, a geochemist at the University of Copenhagen, says "green rust" can be used to trap atoms of heavy metals in magnetite crystals, and make it much easier to filter them out of water.
Green rust forms wherever there is iron, water, and little free oxygen. Ordinary rust takes on a red color and forms from the reaction of iron with oxygen. Green rust happens when the reactions aren't complete yet, so there are fewer electrons attached to the atoms of iron and oxygen. That makes it reactive, and it means that when it is exposed to heavy metals, such as those produced in fission reactions, it can trap the atoms of metals between the molecules of iron oxide, which precipitates out of solutions as magnetite.
A Danish researcher says he may have found a way to solve that problem, using a form of rust to clean out groundwater. Bo C. Christiansen, a geochemist at the University of Copenhagen, says "green rust" can be used to trap atoms of heavy metals in magnetite crystals, and make it much easier to filter them out of water.
Green rust forms wherever there is iron, water, and little free oxygen. Ordinary rust takes on a red color and forms from the reaction of iron with oxygen. Green rust happens when the reactions aren't complete yet, so there are fewer electrons attached to the atoms of iron and oxygen. That makes it reactive, and it means that when it is exposed to heavy metals, such as those produced in fission reactions, it can trap the atoms of metals between the molecules of iron oxide, which precipitates out of solutions as magnetite.
Submission + - Dutch court: stealing bandwidth not a crime (google.com)
Anonymous Coward writes: "Piggybacking on your neighbour's (password protected) (wifi) internet connection is merely socially undesirable, not a crime.
Google translation of the court's verdict"
Google translation of the court's verdict"
