feyhunde - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects (Score 1) 366

by feyhunde on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @05:32AM (#26277947) Attached to: Terry Pratchett Knighted

That's why we have medals. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given to people who have enriched America through their works. Yeah it's a bit political, but Fred Rogers, Frank Sinatra and a mess of other folks.

Although I don't have a problem with constitutional monarchy, with a bit more power than the British do. It seems to me there's some merits when you have a decent Royal line that needs to think on a much longer scale than election cycles

Comment Re:Who will replace her? (Score 1) 356

by feyhunde on Friday December 19, 2008 @05:30AM (#26170631) Attached to: Majel Roddenberry Dies At 76

Alot of the rights were saved by Roddenberry. She as his widow got everything. I think their son gets everything now. That's creative rights versus $$$ rights. Although I'm sure the son will be fithly rich off all the stuff for ages.

Submission + - Serendipitous eclipse allows black hole estimate

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers observed NGC 1365 six times over a course of two weeks in April 2006. During five of the observations, high energy X-rays generated by swirling material in the accretion disk was visible. However, in the second observation-which corresponded to the eclipse-no radiation could be detected. 'Thanks to this eclipse, we were able to probe much closer to the edge of this black hole than anyone has been able to before,' said study team member Martin Elvis. The researchers now think the black hole's accretion disk is about seven AU in diameter. One AU is equal to the distance between the Sun and Earth. This suggests the disk is about 2 billion times smaller than NGC 1365 itself, and only about 10 times larger than the estimated size of the black hole's event horizon, the sphere inside which everything is trapped. The finding is consistent with theoretical predictions. 'For years, we've been struggling to confirm the size of this X-ray structure,' said study team member Guido Risaliti of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Italian Institute of Astronomy (INAF). 'This serendipitous eclipse enabled us to make this breakthrough.'

Submission + - GC 2007: Bigger than Ever Before

Submitted by Dr. Eggman on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:21PM

Dr. Eggman writes: According to gamedev.net, This year's Game Convention, GC 2007, held annually in Leipzig, Germany, is sent to be their biggest show yet. With more exhibitors (390), 28% more area, and open even longer, GC 2007 may well become a new E3. The article also describes some of the activities, including a computer game music concert and developer conferences.

Submission + - Joost gets a boost from CBS

Submitted by thefickler on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:08PM

thefickler writes: Programming from the US CBS television network will be available on the Joost Internet television service when it is launched later this year. The only catch is that the CBS content will only be available to US viewers.

Content to be made available includes new and previously-aired, full episodes from current CBS programs, including:

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY and CSI: Miami

NCIS

NUMB3RS

Survivor

Showtime

Showtime Championship Boxing

Jericho

Fat Actress

Free for All

CSTV, CBS Evening News With Katie Couric and

CBS Sportsline.

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