Comment: Re:Latin is critical to the web today ... (Score 1) 741
Or you could just use Google Translate and Google Books (to browse dictionnaries).
It worked for me and Atramenta
Comment: Re:So how do we explain make-up sex? (Score 1) 207
Or perhaps, just perhaps, people get grossed out whenever you make them sniff a vial of something they recognize as bodily fluids, no matter what kind they are.
The Home-Built Dark Knight Batmobile 87
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from the taking-the-little-jokers-to-school dept.
from the taking-the-little-jokers-to-school dept.
ElectricSteve writes "RM Auctions recently declared James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 to be 'the world's most famous car,' but there's no doubt that there is another contender for that title — the Batmobile. One thing that muddies the waters a bit is the fact that the term 'Batmobile' actually describes at least three different vehicles: the modified Lincoln Futura concept car from the '60s TV series, the vaguely Corvette-shaped 1989-and-beyond movie cars, and now the car from the most recent two movies, the military-spec Tumbler. Michigan-based movie props artist Bob Dullam really likes the Tumbler, so he did what any of us would do in his position — he built one of his own from scratch."
Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half 414
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from the not-so-bad-after-all dept.
from the not-so-bad-after-all dept.
bonch writes "A new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's crust called glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at approximately half the speed originally predicted,' said researcher Bert Vermeeersen."
Comment: Zero (Score 1) 384
In the unfortunate event that I have to reboot my computer, I will then spend about 10 seconds pressing Alt+F2 and a few keystrokes to relaunch the three Apps I need.
I then place each app on its own virtual desktop to keep things organized and I'm back to work.
Comment: Re:Have you seen an infected ATM? (Score 0, Offtopic) 288
No, I haven't. I stay away from german porn.
Comment: Re:Doesn't matter (Score 1) 181
As a web developer with more than ten years experience who doesn't use any kind of "IE only" hacks and code, I disagree.
IE wastes time, because it's the only browser that needs extra care, but when you know what it can and can't do properly, you know how to code css that just works on every browser, IE 6 included, without hacks and without extra CSS files for IE.
Writing extra IE-only css code is a sign of incompetence.
Javascript is a different matter, but jQuery takes care of that problem just fine (mostly).
Comment: Page loads more content as you scroll down... (Score 1) 194
I was trying to find your website's footer you blistering idiots !
Comment: Re:Coward. (Score 1) 1081
I don't know about lesbians but as for atheists not saying "god damn it" or "go to hell", it's quite easy to find as it's mostly dependent on the language and culture, not the religion. These expressions exist in french too for instance, but they aren't commonly used and sound quite ridiculous and outdated.
Real or fake Linux PC? Everex will know 3
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El_Oscuro writes "Sure, it's a Linux box, nudge nudge, wink wink. How many users keep the Linux that vendors sell them?
PC vendors haven't been eager to know how many users run Linux when it's preloaded on their low-end PCs, and how many replace it with an infringing copy of Microsoft Windows. Everex, the latest company to introduce a low-priced desktop Linux system, will have the information, however, thanks to the software update system behind its Linux distribution."