Comment Re:Tony Abbott ... (Score 1) 306
APL is easy?? Feh - it's all Greek to me.
Comment Re:Caution (Score 1) 67
This is the government. Loss of reality, no common sense, and grand delusions about their own skill and capabilities is standard.
Comment Re:Really, Guys? (Score 1) 67
It is government workers. You know, the stupidest of the stupidest combined with top scores in arrogance.
Live Anthrax Shipped Accidentally To S Korea and US Labs 67
New submitter hamsterz1 writes: U.S. Officials say that the military mistakenly sent live anthrax to laboratories in nine states and an air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria. Four lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been given precautionary medical treatment. The CDC is investigating the incident and Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren says, "Out of an abundance of caution, [the Defence Department] has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation."
Comment Re:instead of space race (Score 1) 275
Thanks comrade!
Comment Re:Not a very good job... (Score 1) 100
I was about to make a similar comment, having just noticed this. If you zoom in on the lake, you can see it clearly on the right side of the dam.
How a Scientist Fooled Millions With Bizarre Chocolate Diet Claims 260
__roo writes: Did you know chocolate helps you lose weight? You can read all about this great news for chocoholics in the Daily Star, Daily Express, Irish Examiner, and TV shows in Texas and Australia, and even the front page of Bild, Europe's largest daily newspaper. The problem is that it's not true. A researcher who previously worked with Science to do a sting operation on fee-charging open access journals ran a real—but obviously flawed—study rigged to generate false positives, paid €600 to get it published in a fee-charging open access journal, set up a website for a fake institute, and issued press releases to feed the ever-hungry pool of nutrition journalists. The doctor who ran the trial had the idea to use chocolate, because it's a favorite of the "whole food" fanatics. "Bitter chocolate tastes bad, therefore it must be good for you. It's like a religion."
US Justice Department Urges Supreme Court Not To Take Up Google v. Oracle 223
New submitter Areyoukiddingme writes: The Solicitor General of the Justice Department has filed a response to the US Supreme Court's solicitation of advice regarding the Google vs. Oracle ruling and subsequent overturning by the Federal Circuit. The response recommends that the Federal Circuit ruling stand, allowing Oracle to retain copyright to the Java API.
Ways To Travel Faster Than Light Without Violating Relativity 226
StartsWithABang writes: It's one of the cardinal laws of physics and the underlying principle of Einstein's relativity itself: the fact that there's a universal speed limit to the motion of anything through space and time, the speed of light, or c. Light itself will always move at this speed (as well as certain other phenomena, like the force of gravity), while anything with mass — like all known particles of matter and antimatter — will always move slower than that. But if you want something to travel faster-than-light, you aren't, as you might think, relegated to the realm of science fiction. There are real, physical phenomena that do exactly this, and yet are perfectly consistent with relativity.
Comment Re:Five stars for.. (Score 2) 246
There was of course a lot of cgi in the movie but
the cgi was there to tell a story- not to render action scenes.
An action movie with rendered action doesn't connect emotionally.
When those guys swinging around on poles showed up- i had a gut reaction.
Making an action film and then using cgi for the action scenes usually lacks just enough realism that I don't have an emotional reaction to the action. That emotion is why I'm willing to put down good money to see a movie.
MM:FR was decent. As everyone else says- so little acting and so few words- but combined with incredible action scenes and a lot of genuine stunts. I probably won't ever see it again but I don't feel like I wasted my money.
Comment Finally, reliable physical combustion of chips! (Score 1) 128
Also provides an useful indicator whether your overclocked rig is running too hot!
Comment Excellent (Score 1) 119
This is the only thing that will get us better enterprise IT security. Insurances actually care about not paying, and hence they care about actual risk. They do not care about "compliance" unless it actually decreases their risk.
(Side note: Anything you cannot get insured, like a nuclear reactor, is a very bad idea in the first place.)
Comment Re:other states? (Score 1) 69
Simple enough - nuclear warheads wear out. They get stale, They cease to function. They must be replaced.
The US had millions of rounds of 50 caliber machine gun ammo left after WWII - enough to last through all the wars since then. Is that stock still around? No - it was destroyed and replaced with fresh ammo. Same deal with nukes - they are not a solid block of stone, so they do no last forever. No complex weapon does.
Comment Re:No Wonder (Score 0) 155
A/C is overrated. You can adapt to warmer or colder climates to a certain degree (pun intended). I'm 56 yrs old and went running in 103F just a year ago...well hydrated, and monitoring my HR.
Comment Re:just a little longer... (Score 1) 389
I vote for grape.
