Comment Re: Why is it worth that much? (Score 0) 143
You're a tool. All of them should be preserved when possible.
Comment Re: I'm betting that... (Score 3, Insightful) 143
She dropped the computer off for recycling. If you throw out a bunch of stuff, and unbeknownst to you there is a mint copy of Action Comics #1 in that stuff, them once you throw it out it is no longer yours. In fact, the local municipaloty may have a stronger claim than you do in such a case.
I have no sympathy for her if she tries to push for more than the $100,0000. She's lucky the recycling center is ethical enough to offer it to her, as they're otherwise not obligated to give her a penny.
Comment Fuck you T2 (Score 1) 81
Time to go pirate some GTA games.
Comment Re:Why no high motion LD/ED? (Score 1) 60
Pretty much, because Youtube sucks. They haven't rolled out 60fps to the mobile apps yet, even though many mobile devices can easily handle 60fps (I know for a fact that the iPad Air supports up to 1080p60).
Comment Re:Force his hand..."Sue me! Sooner than later..." (Score 1) 379
Nope. Detention was after school. ISS is during the school day - instead of reporting to your normal first period class, you report to the ISS room.
Comment Hyperbole much? (Score 1) 392
I fail to see how USB-C to Lightning cables would be indicative in any way of a dystopia. I quite enjoy the Lightning port, myself. It's compact, reversible, and robust. As long as the cable connects to standard USB, I fail to see the issue. The only issue I see is the rabid anti-Apple zealots who would seek to force Apple away from Lightning.
Comment Re: Gain Control of Your iPhone Environment? (Score 1) 223
Or jailbreak (stay off 8.1.3!) and enjoy the style and smoothness of even the current base-level device (currently, iPhone 5c) with the freedom and customization available when you knock down the wall. Hell, my iPad has a command-line multi-system assembler that can, among others, handle 6502 and 68000 code. Can your mobile device assemble Sega Genesis code? Mine can
Comment Re: You're not supposed to ask that (Score 1) 223
Jailbreak for packages distributed via Cydia (or
Say again that sideloading is impossible on iOS without mentioning 8.1.3 and you're not telling the whole story.
Comment Re: Because (Score 1) 263
Motion detection is a horrible idea. It just needs to be set to snap pics as often as they normally change the menu (or have it be triggered manually in a simple, push-button fashion).
Comment Re: thatsracist.gif (Score 1) 823
Well, that escalated quickly.
Comment Re: any repercussions? (Score 1) 165
[citation needed]
Comment Re:Comfort Women Documentary (Score 1) 176
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an American company. Always has been. Except for Sony, they've even always been owned by American companies.
Comment Re: Best idea ever! (Score 1) 130
LGBTP? Oh hell no. There is no such thing as the "LGBTP" community.
How the World's First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap 126
anavictoriasaavedra sends this quote from Wired:
"Eccentric billionaires are tough to impress, so their minions must always think big when handed vague assignments. Ross Perot's staffers did just that in 2006, when their boss declared that he wanted to decorate his Plano, Texas, headquarters with relics from computing history. Aware that a few measly Apple I's and Altair 880's wouldn't be enough to satisfy a former presidential candidate, Perot's people decided to acquire a more singular prize: a big chunk of ENIAC, the "Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer." The ENIAC was a 27-ton, 1,800-square-foot bundle of vacuum tubes and diodes that was arguably the world's first true computer. The hardware that Perot's team diligently unearthed and lovingly refurbished is now accessible to the general public for the first time, back at the same Army base where it almost rotted into oblivion.
Oxytocin Regulates Sociosexual Behavior In Female Mice 216
Chipmunk100 writes In a research article in the journal Cell scientists report that there is a subset of neurons that are vital in social interest of female mice for males during estrus, the sexually receptive phase of their cycle. They say that these neurons are responsive to oxytocin. The level of oxytocin rise when we hug or kiss a loved one. The BBC has an article on the findings as well, and reports that
Without [oxytocin], female mice were no more attracted to a mate than to a block of Lego ... [The affected] neurons are situated in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain important for personality, learning and social behaviour.
Both when the hormone was withheld and when the cells were silenced, the females lost interest in mating during oestrous, which is when female mice are sexually active.
