Comment WARP 10 (Score 2, Funny) 627
We all know what happens when you try to travel that fast!
Comment Vandeberghâ(TM)s 25 cm Newtonian Telescope (Score 1) 80
I am trying to get a pic of this Vandeberghâ(TM)s 25 cm Newtonian telescope. I wanted to get an idea of the size of a telescope you would have to use to get his kind of picture. Google is of no avail. Help?
Comment Slashdotted Comments (Score 1) 28
Slashdot's Storage must of been attacked!
I still see zero comments on stories.
Comment Re:Another Bomb Here to Stay (Score 1) 414
You mean they bought a great game franchise. Microsoft bought Bungie.
Comment Newt Gingrich Says... (Score 1) 1026
Last night on the BBC there was an interview with Newt Gingrich that talked about Obama. One of the strengths Newt gave Obama was working behind the scenes to get stuff done now then wait till he was president.
I voted for bailout, but does it count if he has been working behind the scenes this entire time?
Comment Lines of Code (Score 1, Insightful) 432
Lines of code is not a good metric for performance.
I'm in a software engineering class listening to how to use metrics on code.
MS Promotion Site Flagged By MS Anti-Phishing 279
Stony Stevenson writes "Microsoft has launched a marketing campaign that lets any student at an Australian university buy the Ultimate edition of Office 2007, usual price $1,150, for only $75 — a discount of about 93%. But when students go to the promotion site, Microsoft Live OneCare pops up a warning that the site may be a phishing scam.
The warning reads: 'Phishing filter has determined this might be a phishing website. We recommend that you do not give any of your information to such websites. Phishing websites impersonate trustworthy websites for the purpose of obtaining your personal or financial information.'"
Submission + - Eavesdropping O.K. says Committee
ShoeUnited writes: "I was reading today in the AP about an article that says it is ok for Pres. Bush to use electronic eavesdropping.
To quote the article:
"A White House privacy board has determined that two of the Bush administration's controversial surveillance programs do not violate citizens' civil liberties. After operating mostly in secret for a year, the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Board is to release its first report to Congress next week.""
To quote the article:
"A White House privacy board has determined that two of the Bush administration's controversial surveillance programs do not violate citizens' civil liberties. After operating mostly in secret for a year, the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Board is to release its first report to Congress next week.""
