It would have been nice if they had shown the car in the video...

http://xkcd.com/307/

Google used to be an AND sort of search engine, but nowadays I find myself adding " " and + signs to get what I want...

Do you think we'll ever be able to travel faster than the speed of light in vacuum?

I used to have to re-tie my shoes a few times a day until I found Ian's knot site. Now I tie them with the Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot and stopped having problems. I don't even need to tie them so tightly as before, and they are almost as easy to untie as before.

I'm glad someone else remembered Ogg the caveman. I still miss his presence in /. sometimes.

Hi, I've been reading /. since 1999 or so. In these 12 years I've seen the fantastic growth and transformation it went through, with user accounts, more and more customization settings, and a great community in no small part due to the moderation system.

Some mock the /. community (it has its flaws ofc), but even after all these years you can still be surprised by how informed and insightful it can be on nearly anything.

Rob, I wish you all the best in your future endeavours, and hope /. will remain a great community for years to come.

Oblig. xkcd http://xkcd.com/523/

The bulk of scientific research is done by grad students (or others like them with various kinds of scholarships). The professors whose name is at the end of paper's author list guide and oversee what is done, but don't have time for the daily grind of research. Their main job is to teach and get funding.

Latex beamer is often used for scientific presentations because it's much easier to include formulas. You don't even need to know Latex, you can write the presentations using Lyx. The resulting presentation is a pdf.