Comment Maybe the odors acted to reduce anxiety (Score 1) 173
"Maybe"?
Maybe the pie was "accidentally" baked with a very special ingredient?
Comment Re:American Football is not Football (Score 0) 176
So... really we're talking about Handegg, not Football.
Comment Re:An apt reminder... (Score 1) 215
But doesn't acupuncture "mean": to stick with a needle?
Soooo... yeah.
Porn Ban Being Considered In South Africa 240
krou writes "Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has gone to South Africa's Law Reform Commission to see whether the law can be changed to allow a complete ban of digitally distributed pornography. Gigaba has also been in discussion with The Justice Alliance of South Africa, 'a coalition of corporations, individuals, and churches committed to upholding and fighting for justice and the highest moral standards in South African society,' which has written its own draft bill regarding the issue, which covers the banning of pornography on television, mobile phones, and the Web. Using a car analogy, Mr. Gigaba said, 'Cars are already provided with brakes and seatbelts.... There is no reason why the Internet should be provided without the necessary restrictive mechanisms built into it.' Related documents and the JASA's proposed bill can be found online, one of which has the wonderful title 'A reasonable and justifiable limitation on Freedom of Expression and Right to Privacy.'"
Comment is it.... (Score 5, Insightful) 651
Is it because yachts are expensive?
Comment Re:New unit of size.... (Score 1) 193
Since when is 'dust' a unit of size?
Since they made chopsticks out of monochromatic light.
Don't you mean....
*EXPLOSIONS*
Laser Chopsticks!! ?
Comment Re:How can maintaining the status quo cause job lo (Score 1) 187
They don't want it, so they find any old reason they can tie to it (however remotely) to say it shouldn't be implemented. I bet if they could say net neutrality causes paedophiles, they would.
Submission + - Can you hear me now? (newscientist.com)
grimwell writes: An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
Comment Re:Obligatory Simpsons (Score 1) 271
"Puffs"? Don't you mean "pus"?
Submission + - New Square Coca-Cola Bottle Concept (blogspot.com)
srinul writes: "Coca-Cola bottle concept by Andrew Kim takes up less space than traditional round bottles and comes with a cool collapsible design for easy recycling."
Comment Re:More deaths (Score 1) 555
...and if we repeat it a few more times, it will become gospel and will be preached in churches and quoted in political speeches and global warming documents.
Submission + - The First Bedtime Computer
theodp writes: In 1992, kids too young to read were dazzled and inspired by Living Books, whose CD-ROM offierings included titles like Just Grandma and Me. So, what will the kiddies make of the iPad? Jackson Fish Market's Hillel Cooperman calls the iPad the first real bedtime computer, and his company is locked-and-loaded with an iPad version of A Story Before Bed for Saturday's launch.
Comment Re:iPod-sized is just a reflex reaction (Score 1) 93
Yeah... why not 'pocket sized' or 'cellphone sized'? Maybe this is an attempt to appeal to today's younger market.
Submission + - Why IT Product Roadmaps Go Bad, and Warning Signs (enterprisestorageforum.com)
storagedude writes: How to spot signs that an IT vendor might not execute on its product strategy, including financial health, past history, and technological complexity. One thing to watch for — a timely testing plan for the product.
From the article:
"One of the first questions I always ask to get a feel if the vendor is up to the task is to ask about all of the new regression tests that must be developed. Who cares about the technology if it is not well tested? What I find is that vendors that have a realistic plan have already developed or are developing the new testing framework with new testers that know some of the issues in testing new technologies. A good percentage of projects that are late are late because of poor testing, poor test methodologies or, worst of all, lack of developed tests. I always laugh my hardest when a vendor says to me, 'We did not develop the complete testing suite in time.' Not the kind of thing I'd want to hear if I were a stock holder in the company. So for me, one of the most important questions if I do not understand the technology is what is the test plan and where are the tests? Complex technology can come out on time if the plan takes into account important details, and testing is a good benchmark for telling if those important details have been considered.
From the article:
"One of the first questions I always ask to get a feel if the vendor is up to the task is to ask about all of the new regression tests that must be developed. Who cares about the technology if it is not well tested? What I find is that vendors that have a realistic plan have already developed or are developing the new testing framework with new testers that know some of the issues in testing new technologies. A good percentage of projects that are late are late because of poor testing, poor test methodologies or, worst of all, lack of developed tests. I always laugh my hardest when a vendor says to me, 'We did not develop the complete testing suite in time.' Not the kind of thing I'd want to hear if I were a stock holder in the company. So for me, one of the most important questions if I do not understand the technology is what is the test plan and where are the tests? Complex technology can come out on time if the plan takes into account important details, and testing is a good benchmark for telling if those important details have been considered.
Submission + - Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs 4
Hugh Pickens writes: "Science Daily Headlines reports that a study has determined that young men who smoke are likely to have lower IQs than their non-smoking peers. In the study, the average IQ for a non-smoker was about 101, while the smokers' average was more than seven IQ points lower at about 94, and the IQs of young men who smoked more than a pack a day were lower still, at about 90. "In the health profession, we've generally thought that smokers are most likely the kind of people to have grown up in difficult neighborhoods, or who've been given less education at good schools," says Prof. Mark Weiser of Tel Aviv University's Department of Psychiatry, whose study was reported in a recent version of the journal Addiction. "Because our study included subjects with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, we've been able to rule out socio-economics as a major factor." Weiser says that the study illuminates a general trend in epidemiological studies. "People on the lower end of the average IQ tend to display poorer overall decision-making skills when it comes to their health," says Weiser. "Schoolchildren who have been found to have a lower IQ can be considered at risk to begin the habit, and can be targeted with special education and therapy to prevent them from starting or to break the habit after it sets in.""
