Comment So they say.... (Score 1) 142
You know how it is with these MMO designer types:
"Confident, cocky, lazy, dead."
My God. Why is that quote still taking up space in my head?
Are Aliens Living Among Us? 350
pickens writes "In recent years scientists have begun to view the existence of life outside of our solar system as ever-more likely. If life does emerge readily under terrestrial conditions, then perhaps it formed many times on our home planet. To pursue this tantalizing possibility, scientists have begun searching deserts, lakes and caverns for evidence of earth-bound 'alien' life-forms, organisms that would differ fundamentally from all known living creatures because they arose independently. Microbes have already been found inhabiting extreme environments ranging from scalding volcanic vents to the dry valleys of Antarctica. Other so-called extremophiles can survive in salt-saturated lakes, highly acidic mine tailings contaminated with metals, and the waste pools of nuclear reactors. Although 'alien' microbes might look like ordinary bacteria, their biochemistry could involve exotic amino acids or different elemental building blocks so researchers are devising tests to identify exotic microbes. If shadow life is confined to the microbial realm, it is entirely possible that scientists have overlooked it."
Submission + - Symantec CEO says bad service fix only temporary (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: "Symantec's CEO John Thompson says the company is still struggling with its consolidated ERP system and that it has only thrown bodies and not technology at the post-Veritas buyout issues that created poor customer service. 'I've kind of lost track where we are timing-wise...but we threw an awful lot of head count at this wait-time problem. Wait times from their peak of well over an hour are down to now under two minutes,' he said."
Submission + - Man extradited to US from AUS over copyright
bricko writes: "How did this get this far....Hew Griffiths, a 44-year-old Australian, has been extradited to the U.S. to face criminal copyright charges. Griffiths was the leader of a group named "Drink Or Die," which (again, according to the article) "cracked copy-protected software and media products and distributed them free of cost."
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_05_06-2007 _05_12.shtml#1178810434
Copyright is not an extraditable offense...is it, plus he did not do this in the US?
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/11783 90140855.html"
Submission + - NASA to discuss Hubble Ring Of Dark Matter finding
mknewman writes: NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on May 15 to discuss the strongest evidence to date that dark matter exists. This evidence was found in a ghostly ring of dark matter in the cluster CL0024+17, discovered using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The ring is the first detection of dark matter with a unique structure different from the distribution of both the galaxies and the hot gas in the cluster. The discovery will be featured in the June 20 issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/may/HQ_M07051 a_HST_Dark_Matter_update.html
Submission + - PC World Editor Returns - CEO "demoted"
k1980pc writes: "In a nice twist to the story posted in slashdot, PC World editor Harry McCracken has returned to the magazine. Some comments on the same can be found in Paul Conley's blog. The article over which the resign-reinstate drama occurred was this story about apple[no-ads version]."
Feed Senators want to overthrow new Net radio fees (com.com)
Blog: Similar to a bill already introduced in the House of Representatives, new effort would nullify contentious decision to raise Webcaster royalty rates.
Feed Remnants Of Ice Age Linger In Gravity (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers have uncovered a large area of low but increasing gravity over North America -- the lingering effect of the last ice age when sheets of ice sometimes three kilometres thick covered nearly all of Canada and the northeastern U.S.
Feed YouTube starts paying 'select' uploaders (theregister.com)
Google as film critic
Google clip dump YouTube is to trial revenue sharing with normal users by adding some of its favourite uploaders to its partnership programme.
Feed New Spinal Tap film available free online (com.com)
Blog: Reiner's characters are back, but you can only see Marty DiBergi's latest 'documentary' on the Web.
Feed Amazon tweaks S3 storage service pricing (com.com)
Blog: The new scheme, which should result in lower costs for most customers, will lower data storage costs but break out bandwidth as separate fee.
Submission + - Pandora blocked outside of U.S.
Skidge writes: "Pandora, the popular personalized internet radio station, has blocked users outside of the US, UK, & Canada from accessing their music streams. From Pandora blog post, "It's hard to think of anything more anathema to who we are than turning off someone's radio, but the current legal realities leave us no choice. While the DMCA provides us a blanket license in the U.S., there is no equivalent in other countries.""
Submission + - PC World: Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks
flatfilsoc writes: "PC WORLD reports the op 25 most infamous web hoaxes and pranks on the Internet or spammed our in-boxes."
