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Submission + - Pro Gamer Drug Testing

Submitted by vldragon on Thursday December 07, 2006 @04:38PM

vldragon writes: The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) will now be requiring drug testing on players in 2007. It seems there is concern that players could be using drugs such as crystal meth and Ritalin to increase their gameplay.

From the article:
That "edge" has become a growing concern for some in professional gaming, who believe gamers could potentially use illegal drugs such as crystal methamphetamine and even prescription medications like Ritalin to increase their alertness, reflex times, physical stamina and mental concentration. TwitchGuru previously reported on how such substances are being abused by gamers at LAN parties, and the possible threat of performance-enhancing drugs tainting professional competitions where hundreds of thousands of dollars are stake.

Submission + - Best Buy Institutes Xtreme Flex Time

Submitted by

s31523

on Thursday December 07, 2006 @04:32PM

s31523 writes: "The company I work at has a flex time policy where basically, you can come in and leave within a window of time, as long as you are in the office during "core" hours (10am-2pm). Best Buy has gone extreme, they have completely banished traditional views of office hours. According to the article, there are no schedules. No mandatory meetings. No impression-management hustles. The coolest thing, apparently this "began as a covert guerrilla action that spread virally and eventually became a revolution". Maybe I ought to try this at my office!"

Submission + - Water on Mars?

Submitted by Thalin on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @04:29PM

Thalin writes: NASA has announced today that data from the Mars Global Surveyor indicates photographic evidence for the existence of liquid, flowing water on Mars.
NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years. "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, Washington.

Submission + - Water Flowing on Mars Is Filmed: NASA

Submitted by

MajorBytes

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @04:16PM

MajorBytes writes: "Water flows on Mars. In one image, a shining snake of light flows from a hidden spring into a crater's depression, an orbiting camera aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor catching sunlight reflected by the evaporating liquid. In another, a smear of ice grows mysteriously over a period of years, expanding like a slow-motion inkblot over the red planet's parched landscape. More of the story here.... http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/12/flowing_wate r_o.html"

Submission + - New evidence of recent water flow(s) on Mars?

Submitted by

Cherita Chen

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @04:06PM

Cherita Chen writes: "In June of 2000, Malin Space Science Systems released images taken from the Mars Orbital Camera (MOC) aboard the Mars Global Surveyor (now missing in action) showing "youthful-appearing" gullies on slopes at middle and high latitudes on Mars. A subsequent story was published in Science Magazine suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

During the years since the original June 2000 report, the MGS MOC was used to test the hypothesis that the gullies may be so young that some of them could still be active today. The way the test was conducted was very simple: re-image gullies previously seen by MOC and see if anything changed.

The contrast between the images taken in 2000, with the images released today are quite compelling..."

Submission + - Water May Have Flowed On Mars in Past 7 Years

Submitted by rdwald on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:58PM

rdwald writes: It seems that the question isn't whether Mars once held water, but whether it holds water right now, waiting to be used. From the article:

Observations from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) have revealed "recent activity" on the surface of the red planet; recent meaning in the past seven years. These changes include cratering from impacts (which is cool enough, and I'll blog about those later), but also, yes, the flow of water.
The article goes on to describe two images, taken in 1999 and 2005, which show the same crater with a new, post-1999 gully which appears to have been formed by water flow. Looks like future (and maybe present?) Martians have one less problem.

Submission + - Liquid Water on Mars in the last five years

Submitted by

Myomancy

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:54PM

Myomancy writes: "NASA say they have spotted signs of liquid water on the surface of Mars in the last five years. Dr. Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego said on a podcast:
The news about water is that we have found two gullies out of the 10,000 that we have observed that have fresh deposits that we believe were formed by water flowing out recently ... Within the last five years.
Read the full transcript."

Submission + - Water on Mars anounced by NASA

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:54PM

An anonymous reader writes: NASA scientists announced Wednesday afternoon stunning revelations from Mars Global Surveyor: Cumulative evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars — not millions of years ago but right now. MGS mission scientists showed changes in a gully in a crater that all but proves liquid flowed through the gully between 1999 and 2004. "You've all heard of a smoking gun...This a squirting gun," said Mars Exploration Program scientist Michael Meyer. The scientists say the water seen in the MGS images is the equivalent of 5-10 swimming pools.

Submission + - Liquid water on Mars?

Submitted by martinussen on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:28PM

martinussen writes: NASA has taken pictures that suggest running water exists on Mars. Two gullies show signs of water having deposited sediments in them over the past years. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs-20 061206.html

From the article:
"These fresh deposits suggest that at some places and times on present-day Mars, liquid water is emerging from beneath the ground and briefly flowing down the slopes. This possibility raises questions about how the water would stay melted below ground, how widespread it might be, and whether there's a below-ground wet habitat conducive to life. Future missions may provide the answers," said Malin.

Submission + - NASA finds evidence of flowing water on Mars

Submitted by I'm Don Giovanni on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:24PM

I'm Don Giovanni writes: We've found water on Mars, scientists say

Liquid water has flowed on the surface of Mars within the past five years, according to new evidence that suggests the Red Planet could currently be capable of harbouring life.

Submission + - NASA Finds Evidence of Water on Mars

Submitted by

SonicSpike

on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:22PM

SonicSpike writes: "According to Reuters: "Images taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft suggest the presence of liquid water on the Martian surface, a tantalizing find for scientists"..."The orbiting U.S. spacecraft allowed scientists to detect changes in the walls of two Martian craters that may have been caused by the recent flow of water, a team of researchers said in a paper appearing on Wednesday in the journal Science."

article:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?typ e=scienceNews&storyID=2006-12-06T180759Z_01_N06416 252_RTRUKOC_0_US-MARS.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-sci enceNews-2

Pictures:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/main/index. html
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/"

Feed Flowing Water Filmed on Mars (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:12PM

Before its death, Mars Global Surveyor captures images of water flowing on the surface of the red planet. In Gear Factor.

Submission + - Does water STILL flow on Mars?

Submitted by Alien54 on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:08PM

Alien54 writes: Striking new images of the Red Planet have raised hopes life could be found on Mars after all. Scientists say they have photographic evidence that suggests liquid water may have been on the planet as little as five years ago. Experts last night said Mars now appears more active than previously thought and the latest study shows why it is vital to continue to search for life on our planetary neighbour. - On a side note, the HiRISE team is now posting new large images on the HiRISE Website every week on Wednesday. (A file size and format warning is needed. The full super high resolution photo of the Opportunity landing site is 677 MBytes in JP2 format)

Journal Journal: Does water STILL flow on Mars?

Journal by Alien54 on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:08PM

Striking new images of the Red Planet have raised hopes life could be found on Mars after all. Scientists say they have photographic evidence that suggests liquid water may have been on the planet as little as five years ago. Experts last night said Mars now appears more active than previously thought and the latest study shows w

Submission + - NASA Finds Water on Mars

Submitted by mattnyc99 on Wednesday December 06, 2006 @03:07PM

mattnyc99 writes: New photographic evidence from the Red Planet suggests that flowing liquid water ran through craters on Mars in recent years, NASA is announcing right now. The questions now: Where does the water come from, and could it support life, and when are we ever going to get to Mars?

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