Comment Re: Earth isn't delicate, (Score 1) 414
"People don't need planets to live."
Agreed. O'Neill colonies.
Submission + - NRA Practice Range for Four Year Olds (apple.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The National Rifle Association has released a target practice range for ages four years and up. One of the ranges features targets in the shape of a coffin. The app is available for iphone and ipad. How tone deaf can one organization be?
Comment Re:Only in America... (Score 1) 709
"President Obama gave the guns to the Mexican drug cartels. Gun shop owners had to be convinced by the US government to participate in the 'sting' that really wasn't a sting. What kind of gun regulation would have prevented this?
Not true, in fact it's a damn lie. It was the Bush administration that instituted this dispersal of guns to Mexican drug runners, and it was Attorney General Holder who put a stop to it. I'm a Canadian and I know this, why is it you don't?
Comment Re:This is good news! (Score 1) 133
"nope, that is not correct. only a few devices are after finding exploit holes in android."
Can we please have a mod tag of
Comment Re:It should be something that can pay for itself. (Score 1) 128
Buddy was right when he said it was important to avoid gravity wells. Once you're out, why the hell go back down? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space/ Ask Gerard O'Neill. He provides methods of access, a reason for going and a means of staying there once you arrive. Works for me.
Comment Re:As soon as it goes somewhere I want to go to. (Score 1) 237
O'Neill where are you now? We need you...destination
Submission + - Archaeologists Find Oldest Settlement in America (foxnews.com)
Velcroman1 writes: The discovery of ancient stone tools at an archaeological dig in Texas could push back the presence of humans in North America, perhaps by as much as 2,500 years.
The find was located 5 feet below materials left by the well-known Clovis culture, which was once thought to have been the first American settlers around 13,000 years ago. It was "like finding the Holy Grail," Waters said in a telephone interview. To find what appears to be a large open-air campsite "is really gratifying. Lucky and gratifying."
The find was located 5 feet below materials left by the well-known Clovis culture, which was once thought to have been the first American settlers around 13,000 years ago. It was "like finding the Holy Grail," Waters said in a telephone interview. To find what appears to be a large open-air campsite "is really gratifying. Lucky and gratifying."
Comment Re:Pirate countries (Score 1) 277
"They should put a trade ban on those countries,"
Sounds good to me. Could you kindly stop importing oil, electrical power and comedians from Canada?
Oh and kindly stop waving your wee-wee over my cornflakes bowl.
Nvidia Unveils New Mid-Range GeForce Graphics Card 158
crookedvulture writes "Nvidia has uncorked another mid-range graphics card, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Every tech site on the web seems to have coverage of this new $250 offering, and The Tech Report's review will tell you all you need to know about the various flavors available, including how their performance compares to cards from 2-3 years ago. Interestingly, the review concludes that pretty much any modern mid-range graphics card offers smooth frame rates while playing the latest games at the common desktop resolution of 1920x1080. You may want to pay closer attention to power consumption and noise levels when selecting a new card."
Genghis Khan, History's Greenest Conqueror
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New research suggests that in addition to being one of history's cruelest conquerors, Genghis Khan may have been the greenest. It is estimated that the Mongol leader's invasions unintentionally scrubbed almost 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere. From the article: "Over the course of the century and a half run of the Mongol Empire, about 22 percent of the world's total land area had been conquered and an estimated 40 million people were slaughtered by the horse-driven, bow-wielding hordes. Depopulation over such a large swathe of land meant that countless numbers of cultivated fields eventually returned to forests. In other words, one effect of Genghis Khan's unrelenting invasion was widespread reforestation, and the re-growth of those forests meant that more carbon could be absorbed from the atmosphere." I guess everyone has their good points.
Euler's Partition Function Theory Finished 117
universegeek writes "Mathematician Ken Ono, from Emory, has solved a 250-year-old problem: how to exactly and explicitly generate partition numbers. Ono and colleagues were able to finally do this by realizing that the pattern of partition numbers is fractal (PDF). This pattern allowed them to find a finite, algebraic formula, which is like striking oil in mathematics."
Comment Re:When it comes to Apple and screwing (Score 1) 845
Why not take the I-phone back and tell the tech to put in Phillips screws or you'll beat his silly face flat?
"Farming" Amoebas Discovered
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Researchers from Rice University have found a type of amoeba that practices a sort of "primitive farming behavior." When their bacteria food become scarce, the Dictyostelium discoideum will group together and form a "fruiting body" that will disperse bacteria spores to a new area. From the article: "The behavior falls short of the kind of 'farming' that more advanced animals do; ants, for example, nurture a single fungus species that no longer exists in the wild. But the idea that an amoeba that spends much of its life as a single-celled organism could hold short of consuming a food supply before decamping is an astonishing one. More than just a snack for the journey of dispersal, the idea is that the bacteria that travel with the spores can 'seed' a new bacterial colony, and thus a food source in case the new locale should be lacking in bacteria." It's good to know that even a single celled creature is not immune to the pull of Farmville.
Comment Re:Sauce for the gander (Score 1) 794
I don't have any personal anecdotes about "bitches", just what I read in the papers, my friend. And yes, the proper term is butchered. Hunted down in the street in front of the neighbours and had her throat cut. Sounds like butchery to me - maybe not to you. (where on a woman's body would you find the steaks anyway?) I'm amazed that a street full of Canadians would stand by and watch it happen.
Up here the cops agitated for years until they were given the power to lay charges in cases of domestic abuse. They were tired of seeing women treated like punching bags with no recourse and no one on their side. I'm not sure what the law is down in the Excited States, but I'm pretty sure that in most states it's the same as in Canada - the police can lay charges in cases of domestic violence. Generally speaking, I find Americans are a step ahead of Canadians when it comes to liberal positions on social justice. YMMV.
Up here the cops agitated for years until they were given the power to lay charges in cases of domestic abuse. They were tired of seeing women treated like punching bags with no recourse and no one on their side. I'm not sure what the law is down in the Excited States, but I'm pretty sure that in most states it's the same as in Canada - the police can lay charges in cases of domestic violence. Generally speaking, I find Americans are a step ahead of Canadians when it comes to liberal positions on social justice. YMMV.
This case might fit your definition of butchery and it's just the top citation of a google search.
I'm not sure what women have ever done to you, but in your present state of mind, I doubt I'd introduce you to my sister.
Comment Re:Sauce for the gander (Score 1) 794
Citation please. I can point to any number of cases where wives have obtained restraining orders and been butchered in the street in front of the neighbours. The cops say there is little they can do until a crime has been committed.
