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Submission + - HP relaunches HP 15C (hp.com)

Submitted by Jerom on Monday September 12, 2011 @12:00PM

Jerom writes: The HP 15c, back by popular demand!

HP reintroduced the HP 15c Scientific Calculator, first launched in 1982. The 15c is one the most advanced scientific calculators in the HP line-up and an essential tool for scientists and engineers. Also featuring RPN entry, the 15c is programmable and offers built in support for complex numbers, matrix math, numeric integration and root solving.

Discontinued in 1989, the HP 15c has lived on as a mobile app. For a limited time, HP is making the 15c available with its same intelligent design, but with 100 times faster processing speed than the original.

More information about the rich history of the HP 12c and 15c calculators is available at www.thenextbench.com.

Submission + - The Light Bulb Moment in the Brain (miller-mccune.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 12, 2011 @10:42AM

An anonymous reader writes: A relatively new tool called optogenetics lets researchers target very specific parts of the brain. Here's a description: "The optical fiber that carries the blue light goes directly into the mouse;s brain. It targets a specific group of brain cells that have been modified to react to light. The experiment uses a technique called optogenetics, developed seven years ago, which can selectively activate or silence groups of nerve cells, or neurons, in real time. And it allows scientists to interact with the brain and begin to map how it works with a degree of detail that was previously unimaginable."

Submission + - U.S Pwned In Space, No One Cares. 1

Submitted by tetrahedrassface on Monday September 12, 2011 @01:03AM

tetrahedrassface writes: The narrative over the last five years in the U.S. has been rife with an increasing number of attacks on NASA, its funding, how it arrives at its funds, and the governments role in space exploration. The detractors would have us believe that privatization is the only way forward, short of a erstwhile and fully cognizant federal plan. Yet, during this time as we have dallied and preferred to argue over the best course of action, other countries have continued to fund both manned and unmanned platforms on a governmental basis. The result is that Russia is preparing to launch a Soyuz from South America. The Chinese are busy preparing to launch a trial space station in September, and India just overtook Canada's place in space competiviness. Does anyone else care that we are being owned by all these other countries. Isn't it time we get our space program in gear?

Comment Hope (Score 1) 363

by Outsdr on Friday May 14, 2010 @12:35PM (#32208558) Attached to: Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans

My mother has a brain tumor. She has four months to live. Please hurry.

Submission + - Court Rules Against F.C.C. in ‘Net Neutralit (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Outsdr on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @11:41AM

Outsdr writes: A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

Tuesday’s ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a big victory for the Comcast Corporation, the nation’s largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC’s authority to impose so called “net neutrality” obligations.

It marks a serious setback for the F.C.C., which needs authority to regulate the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its national broadband plan.

Comment Been there, done that ... (Score 1) 690

by Outsdr on Monday February 16, 2009 @12:57PM (#26873777) Attached to: Do We Need a New Internet?

Wasn't the alternative internet popular in the 90s? It was called AOL. It went away for a reason. Like I used to tell friends years ago, the internet is the wild west of the computer world- you're responsible for your own safety, no one else. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Comment Missing the point (Score 2, Insightful) 60

by Outsdr on Monday January 26, 2009 @01:39PM (#26609391) Attached to: The MST3K Crew Reunites For Live Webcast

The news isn't that they're doing these riffs, the news is that the are now doing them live via streaming at the site, and then a short live question and answer afterwards. They did one already, and it went well. They released the studio version of the riff, but I haven't seen it to see how different it was from the live version.

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