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Submission + - Google Chrome OS

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @02:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: Google's foray into operating systems using Chrome and a Linux kernel. Imagine the possibilities...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

Submission + - Children caught kissing face jail (scotsman.com)

Submitted by

SL Baur

on Thursday December 13, 2007 @01:01AM

SL Baur writes: "It wasn't very long ago in history that ages 14 and younger were considered adults enough to marry instead of "children".

GERMANY is poised to bring in a draconian law tomorrow that will effectively outlaw kissing and cuddling between children under 17 in public places.

While experts acknowledge that the bill has good intentions, they fear it will deprive teens of a sexual rite of passage, through flirting and experimentation.
Full story is here: http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1935372007"

Submission + - Home Surveillence How To

Submitted by

vb

on Thursday December 13, 2007 @12:59AM

vb writes: "So, I'm in the process of buying a house. I'll close on 7 January and have my very own first house. I'm interested in installing some sort of home security/surveillance system, but don't know a whole lot about what's out there. I'm interested in a few things: 1. Perimeter detection — motion, that sort of thing. 2. Video surveillance with day&night cameras and DVR capability 3. Glass breakage detection 4. Ability to see at least the video from work or some other external location. So, all you fellow geeks and do-it-yourselfers, lend me your knowledge"

Submission + - Mathematics, Mathematica and Certainty (wolfram.com)

Submitted by itsybitsy on Thursday December 13, 2007 @12:55AM

itsybitsy writes: http://blog.wolfram.com/2007/12/mathematics_mathematica_and_ce.html Mathematics likes to think of itself as a very certainty-based business. If you've "proved something mathematically", then it's supposed to just be true. No ifs or buts. Complete certainty.

But in practice that's not quite how it works — at least the way mathematics has traditionally been done. Because in reality a mathematical proof of the kind people publish in papers is something much more social. It's a vehicle for convincing other humans — one's fellow mathematicians — that something is true.

Submission + - What Are The Ten Best Wallpapers Of All Time?

Submitted by Josh Stovic on Thursday May 03, 2007 @05:13AM

Josh Stovic writes: CNet.co.uk has run an article asking readers to list the top ten desktop backgrounds of all time. Here are mine:

1. Rolling Stone Bart
2. Love Juice
3. '86, aka Feed Me Seymour
4. Alpha and Omega 3
5. Silence of The Storm
6. Second Dimension
7. Koi Wallpaper
8. Starlit Night
9. sheep
10. Natural Lighting 2

What are yours?

Submission + - AACS challenges to DIGG.COM backfire

Submitted by msblack on Thursday May 03, 2007 @04:52AM

msblack writes: Stories in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times talk about demanding DMCA take down letters sent to operators of DIGG.COM. Both articles were fairly clear on DIGG users' backlash to their initial stance against posts containing the 16-byte hex code. The LA Times article had an interesting reference to a DIGG post:

One Digg member, Grant Robertson, said the incident reminded him of a quote from "NewsRadio," the 1990s TV show: "You can't take something off the Internet. That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool."

Submission + - Thermal IR imaging suggest half of Mars has ice

Submitted by

Ixlr8

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @04:05AM

Ixlr8 writes: "BBC news is running a story that suggests up to half of Mars may have ice. From the article:

Up until now, scientists had been able to search for water deposits using a spectrometer fixed to the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft. However, only readings that are accurate to within several hundred kilometres can be obtained.
By comparing seasonal changes in thermal infrared patterns, detected by the same Odyssey spacecraft, (scientists)[ed] can make readings accurate to within just hundreds of metres."

Submission + - China - Technology Super Power by 2050

Submitted by

newsblaze

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @04:00AM

newsblaze writes: "China's economic boom is accompanied by developments in the field of strategic technologies such as satellite, missile and nuclear energy making it a possible tech super power by 2050. Already their economy is measured in trillions rather than billions. Can they ramp up their education system sufficiently? What could stop them?"

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