Comment Re:A hash of stacks of Least Recently Used disks . (Score 1) 371
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those!
Comment Re:Sensitive data... again? (Score 1) 304
Well, is the data that sensitive? Here is one they released:
http://pdfcast.org/pdf/nato-1
Old and dull.
And Sabu yesterday claimed they were about to release a bunch of Sun emails. Now they say they won't. There's a bit more smoke than fire.
Submission + - WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer r (cnn.com) 2
suraj.sun writes: Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.
A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
What that means is that right now there haven't been enough long-term studies conducted to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones are safe, but there is enough data showing a possible connection that consumers should be alerted.
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html
Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.
A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
What that means is that right now there haven't been enough long-term studies conducted to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones are safe, but there is enough data showing a possible connection that consumers should be alerted.
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html
Comment Sounds lame and jerk (Score 1) 387
Sorry I don't have any sympathy for LulzSec or whatever their name (Geeze at least get a cooler name or they are bunch of high school drop outs).
Comment Re:The Jews trying to get RMS at bargain prices? (Score 0) 609
Nice thread title. Racist much?
Comment Re:That's not real reform (Score 1) 362
I think it's a good idea
Submission + - Court Says WoW Users Don't Own Their Game Discs (eff.org)
slcdb writes: On Tuesday December 14th, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World of Warcraft users do not own their copies of the game discs, in effect robbing them of rights they would otherwise have under US copyright law. Because Blizzard's EULA for World of Warcraft is typical of EULAs used by other companies in the software industry, this decision likely affects virtually all other software sold over the counter. If you think you actually own the copies of software that you purchase at a store or online, think again.
Julian Assange's Online Dating Profile Leaked 334
Ponca City writes "The Telegraph reports that an online dating profile created by Julian Assange in 2006 has been unearthed from OKCupid disclosing that the WikiLeaks editor sought 'spirited, erotic' women 'from countries that have sustained political turmoil.' Writing under the pseudonym of British science fiction author Harry Harrison, Assange described himself as a 'passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual.' Assange said he was seeking a 'siren for [a] love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy' adding that he was 'directing a consuming, dangerous human rights project which is, as you might expect, male dominated' and added enigmatically: 'I am DANGER, ACHTUNG.' Among Assange's listed interests were the 'structure of reality' and 'chopping up human brains' – although he added the caveat '(neuroscience background)' lest the latter put off potential admirers. 'I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil,' Assange wrote. 'Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!'"
Submission + - Uncertainty sets limits on quantum nonlocality
An anonymous reader writes: Research in today's issue of the journal Science, helps explain why quantum theory is as weird as it is, but not weirder. Ex-hacker Stephanie Wehner, and physicist Jonathan Oppenheim show that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle sets limits on Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance'. Wired reports that the discovery was made by "thinking of things in the way a hacker might” to uncover a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Oppenheim describes how uncertainty and nonlocality are like coding problems, enabling us to make a quantitative link between two of the cornerstones of quantum theory.
Comment Re:panicking pornographers (Score 1) 374
Maybe they can go to Congress (as one group of wankers to another) and beg for a bailout?
Comment Re:Justifying piracy. (Score 1) 374
Is it groupthink to agree with the obvious?
Comment Re:download does NOT equal loss of sale (Score 1) 374
... and prolongs unicorn marriages..
/fap?
Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 374
Of course you have a lot of crap too, but thats why we have ratings systems.
Dude, just filter out that kind of stuff.
(What? It's the apocalypse and the puns are out in force. Live with it
Comment Re:Havent seen it. Let me go Download it... (Score 1) 374
*sputter* new keyboard. you. owe. me... (and paper towels?)
Comment Re:No, it means you don't understand irony. (Score 1) 547
What made you so mad at Christians in general? You are a true odd ball. Do you hate everything in this world that you are unable to achieve? I've known people like that, and you reek of it.
This blog entry is actually a good starting point, if you're sincere about wanting to know why people "hate" Christians. (Some ads on the page may be NSFW.)
*sigh* Thanks a lot for burning 2 hours of my time (supposed to be writing at the moment)
