Comment Re:Dosn't this cause rather then cure the problem (Score 1) 50
My dog is terrified of beer. I think it's the carbonation.
I have had a cockatoo that was addicted to coffee, though. Also pizza. Strange bird.
First Membrane Controlled By Light Developed 33
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt: "A new membrane developed at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used. It is the first time that scientists have developed a membrane that can be controlled in this way by light."
Comment Re:Or dont' throw money (Score 1) 305
CrashPlan is pretty great, but the Linux client was too much of a resource hog when I used it. Whether that's bad programming or that fact that it's a Java service, I don't know.
Comment Re:Not happening to me (Score 2, Informative) 527
Works for me in Chicago. I'm guessing it's his broadband router that's doing this, intercepting port 53 traffic and forwarding to the DNS servers it got from DHCP.
