Comment Re:Sad day (Score 1) 156
I agree. This was very useful, esp. when driving or otherwise unable to browse. Going to miss it.
Comment Starfall + a mouse (Score 1) 417
I second the above suggestion to use http://www.starfall.com/ and just hand over the mouse (but not the keyboard). Get a cheapo computer off of craigslist for this.
By the time your kid is four you're going to have to drag him away from the computer and all of the games he'll then be able to find on his own.
Seriously, the first word my 3-4 year old learned to type completely on his own was "games". Google is amazing when it comes to instant feedback and gratification.
Now, almost five, he'll ask us how to spell "iron" and then type "ironman games" into google on his own. I don't know whether this is good or not. But if it's what you want, you're asking the right questions.
Planned Nuclear Reactors Will Destroy Atomic Waste 344
separsons writes "A group of French scientists are developing a nuclear reactor that burns up actinides — highly radioactive uranium isotopes. They estimate that 'the volume of high-level nuclear waste produced by all of France’s 58 reactors over the past 40 years could fit in one Olympic-size swimming pool.' And they're not the only ones trying to eliminate atomic waste: Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin are working on a fusion-fission reactor. The reactor destroys waste by firing streams of neutrons at it, reducing atomic waste by up to 99 percent!"
Comment Re:If you are worried about it... (Score 5, Funny) 791
Agreed. Notice that you referred to the space as a "killer" apartment.
Comment Giving back to /. (Score 1) 146
http://www.starfall.com/ is a website that can significantly help your pre-schooler and early reader improve their literacy, based on my son's experience with it. (More self-reporting bias?)
I first learned about this site on slashdot a couple of years ago, and it is so good, I want to make sure it is shared.
Comment Why not give the reader the option? (Score 1) 635
Wikipedia could post the pictures "after the jump", and allow readers the choice to view them -- after reading a disclaimer that prior viewing could diminish their utility in therapy.
Comment Common root cause (Score 1) 921
I think the root cause here is a desire for greater control. Prayer is one way of expressing a desire for control. So is instructing doctors to take every measure possible to prolong your life, in whatever quality. If these two observations are not directly causal, they likely have a common root cause.
