Comment Addressing the problem (Score 2) 317
... and how to effectively address it
Uh, stop using gadgets while driving?
Uh, stop using gadgets while driving?
Comment Hard to even submit MS bugs. (Score 1) 100
I was trying to submit a Windows 7 bug report last week and found it damn near impossible. It's like they would rather pay you to NOT submit bugs.
Comment Re:idea of time travel (Score 1) 421
If the universe is deterministic, there is no need to store the past states. From any given state, you can run the universe backward or forward however you see fit.
Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 283
Voyager had just taken its first step to becoming V'Ger by that 1-bit point mutation.
Comment Oh the irony... (Score 1) 384
Could it be more ironic to redact the contract for a website that is supposed to make things transparent?
Comment Re:Hollywood Movie Incoming! (Score 1) 422
Comment Re:Not from the satellites (Score 1) 155
You can't be so sure. I mean, look at the difference in inclination and longitude of ascending nodes between the two orbits. At collision, the relative inclination was nearly 90 degrees! There was therefore a crapload of plane-changing velocity imparted. I think that this would make for a massively unpredictable orbit for the chunks. Eyeballing the tracks is not a good way to get an idea for the path of the debris in such an extreme case.
Submission + - Scientists Create Compound with a Single Element 1
rocketman768 writes:
An international team of researchers including scientists at the Carnegie Institution has discovered a new chemical compound that consists of a single element: boron. Chemical compounds are conventionally defined as substances consist of two or more elements, but the researchers found that a high pressure and temperature pure boron can assume two distinct forms that bond together to create a novel 'compound' called boron boride.
