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Comment Re:For fuck's sake (Score 1) 90

by f0dder on Friday November 14, 2008 @10:10PM (#25767877) Attached to: Pentagon Clears Flying-Car Project For Takeoff

commies & nukes are so much more pleasant. In the 50's the environment was much more polluted especially in the rust belt. People have it so much better now. But you wouldn't know it from the internets.

Submission + - Sun explosion: emission from gas at 1M degrees (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Wrik

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @02:40AM

Wrik writes: "A gorgeous picture (90 degrees rotation, North is to the left) shows a red hot filament lifting off from the Sun's surface. At it's peak, this growing structure measures approximately 75 thousand miles."

Submission + - Vista Search to be altered due to Google complaint

Submitted by

taoman1

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @02:15AM

taoman1 writes: "Microsoft agreed to modify its Vista search feature to resolve Google's complaints the program's design hurts competing search software in violation of a 2001 antitrust settlement. Microsoft is barred under a consent decree from taking steps to disadvantage desktop software made by rival companies."

Submission + - ASP.Net ORM tools article and comparison!

Submitted by

monkeytennis1

on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @06:44PM

monkeytennis1 writes: "http://www.errumm.co.uk/pages/ORMDiscussion.aspx Nice little article about ORM in ASP.Net"

Submission + - Computer science PhD is turnoff

Submitted by nbauman on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @04:36PM

nbauman writes: The prospects for PhDs in computer science look even more dismal. According to research done by Professor Richard Wiseman at the Edinburgh International Science Festival http://www.generationscience.co.uk/html/news_relea se.html, one of the worst pick-up lines is, 'I have a PhD in computing.' 100 members of the public took part in 500 speed dates. During the event, participants rated the attractiveness of their dates and indicated whether they would like to meet that person again. To uncover the best type of chat-up lines, researchers compared the conversations of participants rated as very desirable by their dates with those seen as especially undesirable. Those highly skilled in seduction encouraged their dates to talk about themselves in an unusual, quirky, way. The most memorable lines from the top-rated man and woman in the study illustrate the point. The top-rated male's best line was: 'If you were on Stars In Their Eyes, who would you be?', whilst the top-rated female asked: 'What's your favourite pizza topping?'. In contrast, failed Casanovas tended to be far less creative, employing old chestnuts like 'Do you come here often?' or struggling to impress with comments such as 'I have a PhD in computing'. "Whenever our couples spoke about films they really increased their chance of disagreement", commented Wiseman. "In contrast, conversations about travel tend to revolve around great holidays and dream destinations, and that makes people feel good and so appear more attractive to one another".

Submission + - Building An Open Source, Distributed Google Clone

Submitted by chord.wav on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @04:31PM

chord.wav writes: Google is like a young mammoth, already very strong but still growing. Healthy quarter results and rising expectations in the online advertising space are the biggest factors for Google to keep its pace in NASDAQ. But now let's think outside the square and try to figure out a Google killer scenario. You may know that I am obsessed with open source (e.g. my projects openhuman and simplekde), so my proposition will be open source based. Link to the article

Submission + - Why does Firefox crash so often?

Submitted by

s3x3s

on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @03:37PM

s3x3s writes: "I switched over to the Firefox camp a long time ago, and as long as I can remember there has always been a processor/memory leak. Does anyone know why Mozilla has yet to address this after several releases? Or is this just the price one has to pay for using open source?"

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