Comment Re:Plants eventually die (Score 1) 211
So you think. There's actually more going on due to ocean salinity changes then you would like to think.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20031117204012data_trunc_sys.shtml
Comment Wow, the word "The" has become so trendy.... (Score 1) 629
What on earth is going on?
Pizza Hut is now "The Hut" and Radio Shack is now "The Shack"? There's a couple other things that renamed themselves in such a matter but I can't remember.
This is a little ridiculous...
Comment Re:Factual and legal errors in the summary (Score 1) 646
Are you dumb? You write this long winded post in a seeming attempt to justify Amazon's position, and yet make no points.
1) Recalls are always optional for end users. Thus they can't be used in the case of licensing problems since the books wouldn't get returned. In that case Amazon would need to provide the correct owner of the books with some agreed upon monetary settlement.
2) Nothing in the EULA gives amazon the right to REMOVE data from YOUR Kindle. This fact has nothing to do with their right to license the book in the first place.
Amazon needs to replace the books, and pay up for a license to said book.
Comment Re:Ok, I'm sold, but that's just the first year. (Score 1) 243
Styrofoam(Polystyrene) doesn't BIOdegrade, but it does PHOTOdegrade into styrene which is toxic.
Comment Re:Hair... factory? (Score 1) 243
Have you seen the peanut butter solution? Well, it's actually a documentary...
Comment Re:Hay's cheaper and works well, too (Score 1) 243
Or you could do no-till farming and have mulch already on the ground! Then just use seeding equipment to poke through the mulch to plant your seeds!
Problems solved! No pesticides, better yields, and the like.
Myself, I'm a plan of Aquaponic Greenhouses though.... Soil farming is obsolete.
Comment Re:Makes me wonder (Score 1) 884
As an American Physicist, I have to say you have your head squarely up your ass.
Most of those countries didn't have anything in place when they put in those "technologically advanced" public works. Current projects in America are the best in the world.
It takes a lot of money, and requires a lot of political justification to rip out a metro system that's working just fine to replace it with some fancy sparkly new POS.
The fact that we're don't choose to spend our tax funds on such projects says nothing about our ABILITY to apply technology, or the quality of the scientific papers being produced here.
I keep hearing this tired "Asian is so much better and more amazing" crap over and over. By the way people talk about laptops available in Japan you'd think Japanese Laptops were designed by space aliens and powered themselves through fusion crystals or some BS -- when in reality they run the same American MADE OS and have the same AMERICAN MADE CPUs as every other fucking laptop in the world.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Comment Re:Scary (Score 1) 214
enormous?
This word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
(A prion in a single protein, instead of a collection of proteins and RNA like viruses)
Vendor CES - AMD's Hester touts PC, graphics convergence
IDG News Service had a chance to talk with AMD's Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester
at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Hester spoke about: "trends in new technologies he was seeing on the show floor, the progress of AMD's acquisition of ATI, and the new technologies that are needed to deliver the long-promised goal of sharing Internet and television content bet
Submission + - Google Contributing Thousands to Conservatives
Googlebot writes: "Google is contributing some serious money to some of the most conservative members of congress, looks like the 'Do No Evil' slogan of Google may have finally given way to political pressure."
Submission + - Two Stargate SG1 Films Announced
Presence2 writes: MGM announced today that the Stargate franchise will migrate to the big screen, carrying with it the ending of the last two season's Ori plot-line. From the article:
"Stargate: The Ark of Truth": As SG-1 searches for an Ancient artifact which they hope can defeat the armies of the Ori, they learn more Ori ships are about to be sent through the supergate to launch a final assault on Earth. Daniel discovers that the artifact, the Ark of Truth, may be in the Ori home galaxy, and SG-1 embarks aboard the Odyssey to find it, and pre-empt the attack. The IOA has a plan of their own and SG-1 ends up in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
"Stargate: Continuum": While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the goa'uld system lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Katesh, (Vala) and his first prime, Teal'c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the goa'uld.
Still no word if Sam will end up the one and only "Sir!"
"Stargate: The Ark of Truth": As SG-1 searches for an Ancient artifact which they hope can defeat the armies of the Ori, they learn more Ori ships are about to be sent through the supergate to launch a final assault on Earth. Daniel discovers that the artifact, the Ark of Truth, may be in the Ori home galaxy, and SG-1 embarks aboard the Odyssey to find it, and pre-empt the attack. The IOA has a plan of their own and SG-1 ends up in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
"Stargate: Continuum": While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the goa'uld system lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Katesh, (Vala) and his first prime, Teal'c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the goa'uld.
Still no word if Sam will end up the one and only "Sir!"
China Frustrated In Encryption Talks 252
mikesd81 writes "According to an AP article, the Chinese are pushing for the encryption standard called WAPI. It's not going so well, as the majority of countries are taking the IEEE standard 802.11i. From the article: 'An international dispute over a wireless computing standard took a bitter turn this past week with the Chinese delegation walking out of a global meeting to discuss the technology. The delegation's walkout from Wednesday's opening of a two-day meeting in the Czech Republic escalated an already rancorous struggle by China to gain international acceptance for its homegrown encryption technology known as WAPI. It follows Chinese accusations that a U.S.-based standards body used underhanded tactics to prevent global approval of WAPI.'"
Microsoft Providing Virtual Server Free 401
liliafan writes "In an effort to gain a market majority over VMware Microsoft announced it is giving Virtual Server away for free, additionally they will provide customer support for Linux. In a related move VMware have opened their partition file format to the community, aggressive and suprising moves in the virtualisation market."
Britannica Attacks - Nature Returns Fire 217
An anonymous reader writes "Just in case you missed it, Nature has replied to Britannica's criticism of the Nature Britannica-Wikipedia comparison. I think it is fair to say Nature is not sympathetic to Britannica's complaints." The original piece regarding the accuracy comparison, along with the response from Britannica.
