Comment Re:Argggggg. (Score 3, Informative) 57
It's a learning management system which has a major release, Moodle 2.0, last week...
Comment Re:Why does someone have a $300-$400 console but n (Score 1) 200
SD widescreen sets are still 720x576. All SD sets will then stretch the image to get the correct aspect ratio. A 4:3 set stretches 720x576 => 768x576; whilst a widescreen set stretches 720x576 => 1024x576.
Comment Re:Random vs Heuristic (Score 2, Insightful) 847
Evolution is defined as natural selection of random mutations.
Haven't you just defined a specific form of evolution, known as evolution by natural selection ?
Most domesticated species (eg dogs) have evolved over the centuries as a direct result of human selection. Of course, until the twentieth century that selection was entirely based on external phenotypes, but this was still selection indirectly based on genetic information.
Submission + - Patient bleeds dark green blood (bbc.co.uk)
throup writes: "BBC News is reporting a story (originally from The Lancet — registration required) about a patient who bled dark green blood in the operating theatre. Unlike Mr Spock, this case is nothing to do with Vulcan heritage but apparently linked to a medical condition, brought on by the patient's medication, where sulphur is combined in haemoglobin molecules."
Submission + - Very in depth look at video codecs (atomicmpc.com.au)
johnsee writes: "Atomicmpc has an incredibly in depth look at a wide range of video codecs. It looks not only at their inner workings in depth, but also shows the quality produced by each at a variety of settings and situations."
