Comment Re:Why not both? (Score 1) 354
No we don't do that. Long distance is usually another country so you use the international prefix in whatever country you are in. In the UK it'd be a 00 (of the + on your phone) don't know what it is elsewhere.
New SARS-Like Virus Infects Both Human and Animal Cells 62
sciencehabit writes "A SARS-like virus discovered this summer in the Middle East may infect more than just humans. The pathogen, a close cousin to the one that caused the 2002 to 2003 SARS outbreak, may also be able to infect cells from pigs and a wide range of bat species, researchers report today (abstract). The findings may help public health officials track the source of the outbreak and identify the role of wild animals and livestock in spreading the virus, researchers say."
Comment Re:250$ buys you a lot of netbook... (Score 3, Insightful) 117
That'd be an Ultrabook as the 'standard' of which you talk for a small light machine, which isn't really fair as the machine will be faster with an i3/i5 and DDR3. But it'll also cost 3 times as much so. The question then becomes will a $250 netbook in 2 generations beat the ultrabook (ie would you be better to buy a new $250 machine when one comes out for 3 generations than spent the same money in one lot now. That's an interesting question but not one many people would care to ask. I don't know but if you find out you can let the rest of us know.
Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? 287
dcblogs writes "Most of what is called innovation today is mere distraction, according to a paper by economist Robert Gordon, written for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Real innovations involve things like the combustion engine or air conditioning, not the smartphone. The paper includes thought experiments to help you gain more respect for genuine innovations such as indoor plumbing. The Financial Times has posted the complete 25-page paper.(pdf)"
Comment Re:Another perspective (Score 1) 1218
Science is about testing theory against reality, the others need no test. If the theory is wrong it gets debunked with hopefully a better one.
Comment Re:No worries! (Score 1) 352
Would Naqahdah bombs provide enough energy for the plan?
Contiki 2.6: IPv6 For Everything, Everywhere 62
An anonymous reader writes "The Contiki project just released version 2.6 of its open source operating system for the Internet of Things, used to track city sound pollution, control street lights, read power meters, monitor radiation, among other things. The technology behind it? A really tiny IPv6 stack that fits in a few kilobytes of memory, allowing everything, everywhere to have an IPv6 address."
Comment Re:Just like their trains... (Score 1) 389
I'm not sure what left arm unorthodox spinners have to do with the discussion, this isn't cricket you know.
Comment Re:R. Daneel Olivaw (Score 1) 608
GIR rules them all.
Comment Re:Football? (Score 1) 324
My balls are not spherical, I would venture yours are not either, it would probably hurt you if I kicked them though.
Comment Re:The Speed of Sound is not 700 mph (Score 1) 155
No you are correct, at 100000' it's ~680mph according to Wolfram Alpha.
http://m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sound+speed+at+100%2C000ft
Comment Re:New Scientist (Score 1) 562
Sadly the best is still pretty poor, I read it for a while but stopped when their 'new' developments were things I'd heard about 4 or 5 years previously. Some bits are still good but it could be better.
Comment Re:Then what are we worried about? (Score 1) 218
To be honest I'm a Brit with only hazy knowledge of US government, and at least in my head support == vote for, this may be a minority view. If I was a US citizen I'd be spamming my representatives right now, as this shit has got to stop, I doubt it will while corporations have so much power.
Comment Re:Nein. (Score 1) 411
Or just remove the copyright from it entirely, pulling shit like this doesn't help us remember the mistakes of the past and so we are wont to repeat them.
Comment Re:An even better plan: (Score 1) 218
By SOPA you obviously mean H.R 3261, or something that NO senators support, it being a House bill. The corresponding senate bill is PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), S.968.
