Comment: Re:Can they do that? (Score 1) 152
Define "competent and alert driver"
100+ hours of Need For Speed and 2 points of speed?
Comment: Re:Can they do that? (Score 1) 152
removing the human factor from the system doesn't necessarily mean that things will work better and there will be fewer accidents.
Absolutely. But not for the reasons you suggest.
Removing the human factor means ducks will be writing and testing the software, and hedgehogs will be designing and testing the hardware. Which will lead to such problems as failing to give way to dogs or stupidly using the horn to "warn" kangaroos to stay off the road.
Comment: Re:Hope and change (Score 1) 338
Bill Hicks had a joke
He had lots of jokes, and points. That wasn't one of the jokes.
Comment: Re:Failure of Google (Score 1) 2
I'd go just for the free devices!
Huh? You must live near by - the showbags aren't that valuable.
I'd like to go, but don't have the time - I'm not sure how the system works as I got my invite despite not personally attending last year.
Comment: Doubly exciting (Score 1) 1
Impossible and Alien. Science is fun.
Comment: Slashdot advertising (Score 1) 1
The ads you get even with AdBlock Plus enabled (sigh)
Linux run on a 8-bit microcontroller->
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dmitrygr writes "Shown here is linux (kernel 2.6.34) running on an 8-bit avr microcontroller on a hand-soldered board, finally putting to rest the question of minimum system requirements to run Linux. Source code and instructions to reproduce this are provided, as well as video."
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West Antarctic Ice Shelves Tearing Apart at the Seams->
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An anonymous reader writes "A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially amplifying an already accelerating loss of ice to the sea."
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Most Ancient, 'Impossible' Alien Worlds Discovered-> 1
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astroengine writes "Two exoplanets have been discovered by scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy orbiting the star HIP 11952. But according to conventional thinking, these worlds shouldn't exist. You see, HIP 11952 is a "metal-poor" star and planetary formation is hindered around stars with low metallicity. This isn't the only thing; as metal-poor stars were the first stars to form when the Universe was very young, these two worlds also formed around the same time. They are therefore the most ancient exoplanets discovered to date having lived through 13 billion years of cosmic evolution."
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Google I/O sells out in 20 minutes-> 2
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netbuzz writes "Last year it took almost an hour, but this morning Google’s enormously popular conference for developers sold out in about 20 minutes, Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior vice president of engineering, told his followers on Google+. "While we're overwhelmed with the interest and enthusiasm around Google I/O, we know it can be very disappointing and frustrating when an event sells out this quickly," he wrote. Those who did not get tickets were not only disappointed and angry, but mystified as to why they were left out of a first-come, first-served sale despite being online and ready to buy the second the bell rang. And, of course, tickets were quickly being scalped on eBay."
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