Comment Possibly to be streamed live here (Score 1) 405
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
But I don't know for sure.
Comment So what? (Score 1) 146
There were grayscale image editing programs for Macintosh at that time, and color image editing software for mini computers even earlier.
Comment Re:In defense of Officer Bubbles... (Score 1) 594
She stopped when asked. Watch the video again. After he says "If the bubble touches me, you're going to be arrested for assault," no more bubbles are seen.
Apple vs. Google TVs 403
This SFGate article begins,
"Apple and Google just kicked off the first round of their battle for the living room. Based on what we've seen so far, Apple is in the lead. It's still early, and this could change, but it looks like Apple is making an all-around smarter bet than Google." I haven't tried out the Google device yet. The Apple unit is decent, but it's so focused on TV rental that it makes it difficult to work with an existing library of media; between the transcoding, and tedious menu navigation... well, it's a good thing it's only $99. It's a dang cheap way to get your stuff on your bigger screens, provided you're willing to jump through the necessary hoops.
Comment Direct link to the video (Score 1) 325
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4tyG4upFns
Why do people insist on linking to a blog that links to another blog when all we care about is the video?
Comment Re:OMG (Score 1) 356
Back when the rumored name for the iPad was iSlate, Ballmer whipped out this demo of Slate PCs
Comment Nope Re:60 years? (Score 1) 197
"An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962"
2010-1962=48, !60
"Corning set out in the late 1950s to find a glass as strong as steel."
2010-1958=52, !60
"Then in 1964, Corning devised an ingenious method called "fusion draw" to make super-thin, unvaryingly flat glass."
2010-1964=46, !60
Comment That was me, sorry! (Score 1) 107
I was downloading the torrented facebook files over verizon.
Scientists Discover Biggest Star 202
Hugh Pickens writes "Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered the most massive stellar giant, R136a1 measured at 265 solar masses, using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile and data from the Hubble Space Telescope. It's in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small 'satellite' galaxy which orbits the Milky Way. Previously, the heaviest known stars were around 150 times the mass of the Sun, known as the 'Eddington Limit,' and this was believed to be close to the cosmic size limit because as stars get larger, the amount of energy created in their cores grows faster than the force of gravity which holds them together. 'Because of their proximity to the Eddington Limit they lose mass at a pretty high rate,' says Professor Paul Crowther, the chief researcher in the Sheffield team. Hyper-stars like R136a1 are believed to be formed from several young stars merging together, and are only found in the very heart of stellar clusters. R136a1 is believed to have a surface temperature of more than 40,000 degrees Celsius, and is 10 million times brighter than the Sun. Crowther adds that R136a1 is about as big as stars can get. 'Owing to the rarity of these monsters, I think it is unlikely that this new record will be broken any time soon.'"
Comment In Soviet Russia (Score 1) 165
In Soviet Russia, law plagiarizes you!
In Argentina, Law Against Plagiarism Plagiarized 165
An anonymous reader writes "An Argentinian politician who introduced a law to send plagiarists to jail for three to eight years appears to have plagiarized the explanation of his bill directly from Wikipedia. The bulk of his explanation is three paragraphs that are taken, verbatim, from Wikipedia, without acknowledgment."
Purple Pokeberries Yield Cheap Solar Power 206
separsons writes "Researchers at Wake Forest's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials created a low-cost solar power system geared towards developing nations. By coating fiber-based solar cells with dye from purple pokeberries, a common weed, scientists created a cheap yet highly efficient solar system. Wake Forest researchers and their accompanying company, FiberCell Inc., have filed for a patent for fiber-based solar. Plastic sheets are stamped with plastic fibers, creating millions of tiny 'cans' that trap light until it is absorbed. The fibers create a huge surface area, meaning sunlight can be collected at any angle from the time the sun rises until it sets. Coating the system with pokeberry dye creates even greater absorption: researchers say the system can produce twice as much power as traditional flat-cell technology."
Comment Ze Bug Reports! I Has Filed Zem! (Score 1) 244
I file ze bugs reports just zhis morning!
Comment My eyes are not perfectly aligned (Score 1) 495
And whereas I do have some sensation of 3D vision, it's not quite as good as what most people have.
I was a forceps delivery baby, and my head and eye socket on one side were slightly misshapen. I say slightly because now at adulthood most people never notice anything off about my eyes or head unless I call it to their attention. Mt left eye droops a little relative to my right eye, but I can mentally pick which eye I favor at any given time. Sometimes it's a blessing, other times a curse. Like if I favor my left eye, my right eye aims oddly skyward. O_o
Son Sues Mother Over Facebook Posts
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Most kids hate having their parents join in on a discussion on Facebook, but one 16-year-old in Arkansas hates it so much he has filed suit against his mother, charging her with harassment. From the article: "An Arkadelphia mother is charged with harassment for making entries on her son's Facebook page. Denise New's 16-year-old son filed charges against her last month and requested a no-contact order after he claims she posted slanderous entries about him on the social networking site. New says she was just trying to monitor what he was posting." Seems like he could just unfriend her.
