CRobin - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:It is plausible (Score 1) 473

by CRobin on Friday June 17 2011, @03:29PM (#36478726) Attached to: No, We're Not Headed For a New Ice Age

Who fucking mod'ed this shit up?!? The anti-science global warming astro-turfers are at it once again! Drill baby Drill, its all a conspiracy masterminded by Al Gore with those communist Democrats/UN/scientists/rest of the world to enslave us and our children!

Comment: Re:US cheese (Score 2) 144

by CRobin on Saturday June 04 2011, @10:10PM (#36339640) Attached to: New Superbug Strain Found In Cows and People

Good organic milks are actually pasteurized at a lower temperature, I can not find this taste test in their archive, but it appears the poster has made up his own reasoning. The reason that most organic milks taste different is the cows eat very different diets than their conventional counterparts. In fact with many organic milks the taste varies by season as the grasses/diet changes with the seasons. I would be willing to bet the taste testers didn't like the organic milk because it actually had flavor, in comparison to the bland over pasteurized conventional milk everyone has been accustomed to.

NASA Gravity Probe Confirms Two Einstein Predictions 139

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 05 2011, @04:37AM
from the I-hope-it-feels-so-good-to-be-right dept.

sanzibar writes "After 52 years of conceiving, testing and waiting, marked by scientific advances and disappointments, one of Stanford's and NASA's longest-running projects comes to a close with a greater understanding of the universe. Stanford and NASA researchers have confirmed two predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, concluding one of the space agency's longest-running projects. Known as Gravity Probe B, the experiment used four ultra-precise gyroscopes housed in a satellite to measure two aspects of Einstein's theory about gravity. The first is the geodetic effect, or the warping of space and time around a gravitational body. The second is frame-dragging, which is the amount a spinning object pulls space and time with it as it rotates."

Comment: Hypocrits (Score 1) 296

by CRobin on Wednesday February 16 2011, @09:13PM (#35227346) Attached to: US Gov't Mistakenly Shuts Down 84,000 Sites

Wow, with all the shit we keep hearing about turning off the internet in Egypt...It seems we are not far behind, this sounds pretty damn close to me, just a typo away. Alright this is DNS, not the internet/IP but how many of us know the IPs of sites or worse how many of the 'others' out there know even know what an IP is, DNS might as well be the internet.

Is Wired Hiding Key Evidence On Bradley Manning? 381

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 28 2010, @05:45PM
from the also-who-killed-jfk dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Glenn Greenwald writes in Salon that for more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed but refuses to publish the key evidence in the arrest of US Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source. 'In late May, Adrian Lamo — at the same time he was working with the FBI as a government informant against Manning — gave Poulsen what he purported to be the full chat logs between Manning and Lamo in which the Army Private allegedly confessed to having been the source for the various cables, documents and video which WikiLeaks released throughout this year,' writes Greenwald. Wired has only published about 25% of the logs writes Greenwald and Poulsen's concealment of the chat logs is actively blinding journalists who have been attempting to learn what Manning did and did not do. 'Whether by design or effect, Kevin Poulsen and Wired have played a critical role in concealing the truth from the public about the Manning arrest,' concludes Greenwald. 'This has long ago left the realm of mere journalistic failure and stands as one of the most egregious examples of active truth-hiding by a "journalist" I've ever seen.'"

Microsoft Kinect With World of Warcraft 80

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 28 2010, @07:26AM
from the get-some-exercise-while-you-raid dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies have developed software that enables control of PC video games using the Microsoft Kinect sensor. Their toolkit, known as the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), emulates custom-configured keyboard controls triggered by body posture and specific gestures. This video shows a user playing the online game World of Warcraft using the Kinect. Potential applications of this technology include video games for motor rehabilitation after stroke and reducing childhood obesity through healthy gaming."

School District Drops 'D' Grades 617

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 28 2010, @12:03PM
from the pass-fail-education dept.

Students in one New Jersey school district will no longer be able to squeak by in class after the Morris County School Board approved dropping the D grade. Beginning in the fall students who don't get a C or higher will get an F on their report card. "I'm tired of kids coming to school and not learning and getting credit for it," said Superintendent Larrie Reynolds in a Daily Record report.

Mom Arrested After Son Makes Dry Ice "Bombs" 571

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 01 2010, @09:38AM
from the mr.-terrorist-wizard dept.

formfeed writes "Police were called to a house in Omaha where a 14-year-old made some 'dry ice bombs' (dry ice in soda bottles). Since his mom knew about it, she is now facing felony charges for child endangment and possession of a destructive device. From the article: 'Assistant Douglas County Attorney Eric Wells said the boy admitted to making the bomb and that his mother knew he was doing so. The boy was set to appear Tuesday afternoon in juvenile court, accused of possessing a destructive device.'" She's lucky they didn't find the baking soda volcano in the basement.

False Start For Cyber Security Challenge UK 18

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 01 2010, @06:11AM
from the wee-oopsie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Netcraft writes about an ironic 'false start' for the Cyber Security Challenge UK website. The new venture touts itself as 'a programme of national challenges, designed by experts, to identify and nurture the UK's future cyber security workforce.' Unfortunately, the website appears to be vulnerable to a basic cross-site scripting vulnerability which was easily found by some Twitter users."

Sony Joins the Offensive Against Pre-Owned Games 461

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 19 2010, @07:11AM
from the saddle-up dept.

BanjoTed writes "In a move to counter sales of pre-owned games, EA recently revealed DLC perks for those who buy new copies of Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Now, PlayStation platform holder Sony has jumped on the bandwagon with similar plans for the PSP's SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3. '[Players] will need to register their game online before they are able to access the multiplayer component of the title. UMD copies will use a redeemable code while the digital version will authenticate automatically in the background. Furthermore ... anyone buying a pre-owned copy of the game will be forced to cough up $20 to obtain a code to play online."