Comment Simple (Score 3, Insightful) 1521
Thanks. Really. Make sure you have a towel going forwards.
Comment Late Again? (Score 2, Interesting) 162
So, it appears to be not true programming, but just script manipulation? Wouldn't that be like Tasker for Android?
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
Comment Truth (Score 1) 1277
Well.. it is.
Republic : we elect people to go make decisions for us.
Democracy: everyone votes on everything.
Democracy is kinda like communism, it sounds good on paper but it's unworkable on any large scale.
Comment Re:At-Will (Score 1) 340
To add on, we are NOT easily replaceable drones... this is a healthcare environment, at a high enough level to make it difficult to replace us.
Comment At-Will (Score 0, Offtopic) 340
I'm at an organization where a similar situation is proceeding through the HR hell.
The unfortunate part is that as an at-will employee, which we all basically are at my job, they have to do something highly illegal to actually get sued for firing you. You can show up and pick your nose and get fired for it, and it's just "at will."...
Now, if they actually said "Because of this" you might have a better case, because then they're stepping on first amendment stuff. But if they said "Because we want to" you'd be SOL. People don't get that your first amendment rights protect you from jail time, not protect you from any consequence at all.
Comment Pain Scale (Score 1) 617
I work as a nurse, and we use the 0-10 scale for pain. 0 is no pain, 10 is the worst, most horrible pain you've ever had. Most people claim 8 while on their cellphone, eating a sandwich, or laughing with friends. At least a few times a shift someone will say "14" or "20". This marks them as idiots.
A Genetically Engineered Fly That Can Smell Light 111
An anonymous reader writes "It sounds like a cool — if somewhat pointless — super-powered insect: a fly that can smell light! Researchers added a light-sensitive protein to a fruit fly's olfactory neurons, which caused the neurons to fire when the fly was exposed to a certain wavelength of blue light. Adding the protein specifically to neurons that respond to good smells, like bananas, makes for a light-seeking fly."
Sony Update Bricks Playstations 510
Stoobalou writes "A controversial update which was seeded by Sony in order to remove the ability to run Linux on the Playstation 3 games console has caused a storm of complaints.
The 3.21 firmware upgrade, which removes the security hole provided by the 'Install Other OS' widget used by lots of educational institutions and hackers alike, also removes the console's ability to play games... turning it into a very expensive doorstop."
Apollo 13 Mission Manual Pages To Be Auctioned 96
astroengine writes "On April 13 — the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 accident — Bonhams in New York City will auction off pages from the Apollo 13 mission manual, with handwritten notes by flight commander Jim Lovell. I'm thinking the chances of actually outbidding a rich space enthusiast are slim to none, but having a chance at owning a piece of spaceflight history should be popular nonetheless." Here is an item listing page at Bonhams for one of those pages, which, as Gizmodo notes, saved three astronauts' lives.
Comment Aviation/Space (Score 1) 435
Liberty Science Center in Jersey is pretty decent, and has the advantage of being right near the Statue so you can do that too.
If you're aviation/space types, I recommend the Air Force Museum in Ohio.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/exhibits/
There's also the NASA sites - Houston and Canaveral both have extensive places to walk around and see things.
Submission + - /. Reader On Murderous Rampage 1
airos4 writes: "/. reader Airos4 went on a murderous rampage today using a rubber chicken and three small grapes. When asked for his motivation he replied "Every friggin story on the intertubes today is some hack trying to be funny, and you know what? It just isn't. The fourteenth joke about how the next game is going to be Muzak Hero or The Pirate Bay was 'just kidding' just isn't." During the rampage CmdrTaco fought valiantly using Iphone-fu, but was brought down by a Blackberry to the temple. Finally a large whale fell from suspiciously suborbital speeds, crushing Airos4. A small potted plant offered only the comment "Oh no, not again.""
Comment Re:Stickers... (Score 1) 993
Isn't it required reading in darn near every 9th grade English class? I've always thought that R&J is a terrible intro to Shakespeare, he has so many better and more engaging works.. I'd have been much happier reading Titus Andronicus or even Much Ado About Nothing as a first crack at the Bard.
Comment Re:Stickers... (Score 1) 993
Yeah, that's down there with "Hey, does this smell like chloroform to you?" on the worst pick-up line ratings.
Comment Responsive (Score 5, Informative) 519
I have my Unicomp and I love it. There's nothing that gives you the same feedback in the fingertips as you type as a nice clicky board. My wife, on the other hand, hates it because - the bedroom is next to my office, and she can hear me at all hours of the night typing away. But... totally worth it.
As a bonus, I honestly feel that I get less cramping and fatigue when I'm typing happily on this rather than the crap you get most times today. Not sure if there's anything to back that up with, but I graduated from a Microsoft ergo keyboard to this and I'm far happier now.
Comment The Classics (Score 3, Funny) 259
"You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a mailbox here."
