Comment Re:Obvious choice (Score 1) 481
Truth. Most penguin species don't live in Antarctica, but the Emperor penguin does, and they get all the love.
Comment Glory (Score 1) 623
"'There's glory for you!'
'I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'
'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice objected.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-that's all.'"
-Lewis Carroll (Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There)
'I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'
'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice objected.
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-that's all.'"
-Lewis Carroll (Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There)
Submission + - Shapeshifting? Researchers use heat to restore cru
coondoggie writes: "It's not quite Terminator 2's T-1000 but it sounds eerily close.
Scientists at the University of Illinois this week detailed how they can make crumpled kitchen aluminum foil lay flat for reuse, straighten crumpled car bumpers overnight and remove dents in car doors with a hairdryer. Normally, when a piece of metal is bent, the change in shape becomes permanent, but when heat is added to bent metal films having the right microstructure, the researchers found, the metal return to its original shapes researchers said in a release. The higher the temperature, the sooner the metal films revert.
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Feed In-car iPod handling hinders driving ability - study (theregister.com)
Impacts driver performance as much as phones do
A US university has proved what most of us realised already: using an iPod while driving makes you more likely to have an accident. According to a study conducted by Philadelphia's Drexel University, it's as dangerous as handling a mobile phone.
Submission + - Sega of Japan Developing new Mario, Sonic Games
acgrissom writes: "Sega and Nintendo have announced that Hell has, indeed, frozen over. Sonic and Mario are to co-star in two new games, based on the 2008 Olympics, for the Nintendo Wii and DS, respectively. This is probably the game which would "surprise absolutely everyone" at which Sega had hinted recently. The games are being developed by Sega of Japan, but not by Sonic Team. The development is being supervised by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto."
