Comment: Re:WYSIWYG mode isn't all that... (Score 1) 300
Yea like the people recommending Notepad++ and such, just keep a browser window open and use a refresh script or something, http://cssrefresh.frebsite.nl/
Comment: During work hours (Score 2) 219
I wonder if they'll go as far as trying to find out if he posted it while at work, and how much that might matter.
Comment: Backups (Score 2) 64
I hope they at least made two of them at once since they went through all that process like they used to do.
Comment: Re:What? (Score 1) 770
Last I checked the SGS was not up to date at all, particularly in Canada. The Galaxy S would certainly have a few yellow blocks as well because I remember months waiting for new releases. What carrier are you with?
Much love to XDA.
Exposing the Link Between Cell Phones and Fertility 112
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timothy
from the social-network dept.
from the social-network dept.
ApharmdB writes "We frequently gripe about the poor quality of science reporting by the media. A Guardian blogger from the mathematics department at Queen Mary, University of London has made a honeypot press release to see how bad it can get. (Or maybe to have some fun trolling the media?) The statistic used is the strong link between the number of mobile phone masts in an area and the number of live births. Of course, there is no causal link because they are both instead based on a 3rd variable, the local population size. Slashdot readers can keep on eye on news sources over the weekend to see just how much traction the story gets and watch the train wreck in real-time!"
Netflix Touts Open Source, Ignores Linux 481
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samzenpus
from the practice-watch-you-preach dept.
from the practice-watch-you-preach dept.
Julie188 writes "If Netflix loves open source, where's the Linux client? Last week's post from Netflix on its use of open source has gotten a lot of coverage from the tech press. Too bad nobody's called the video giant out on its hypocrisy: They benefit greatly from open source, but really don't care to let their customers do the same."
20 Years of Commander Keen 152
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Soulskill
from the aliens-ate-my-babysitter dept.
from the aliens-ate-my-babysitter dept.
angry tapir writes "This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Commander Keen game. For those too young to remember, Commander Keen was a series of shareware 2D platform games for the PC released by Apogee Software (aka 3D Realms) developed by no less than id Software — the developers of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake."
Comment: Re:MORONS POSTING ARTICLES WITH NO INFORMATION (Score 1) 380
+1 More information in an article summary please, +1 We don't give a fuck about Gizmodo
Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life 486
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kdawson
from the delta-vee dept.
from the delta-vee dept.
scottbomb sends in this feel-good story of an engineer-hero, calling it "one of the coolest stories I've read in a long time." "A manager of Boeing's F22 fighter-jet program, Innes dodged the truck, then looked back to see that the driver was slumped over the wheel. He knew a busy intersection was just ahead, and he had to act fast. Without consulting the passengers in his minivan — 'there was no time to take a vote' — Innes kicked into engineer mode. 'Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together,' Innes explained."
Largest Genome Ever 189
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timothy
from the trojan-marketing-campaign dept.
from the trojan-marketing-campaign dept.
sciencehabit writes "A rare Japanese flower named Paris japonica sports an astonishing 149 billion base pairs, making it 50 times the size of a human genome — and the largest genome ever found. The genome would be taller than Big Ben if stretched out end to end. The researchers warn however that big genomes tend to be a liability: plants with lots of DNA have more trouble tolerating pollution and extreme climatic extinctions—and they grow more slowly than plants with less DNA, because it takes so long to replicate their genome."