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Comment Re:Blakes 7 (Score 0) 922

I like the idea of taking old BBC sci-fi and rebooting with a budget. It worked for Dr. Who and (to an arguable extent with the film) Hitchhiker's Guide. What about The Tomorrow People? I know it got a reboot already in the 90's (which showed for a second or two on Nickelodeon), but I think that it would play well in the modern era with privacy concerns, heightened technology and terrorist threats. Or they could ruin it, which wouldn't bother the vast majority of those who never saw either incarnation.
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Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331

Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."

Comment Re:doom didn't need a story noob! (Score 0) 427

Bungie's answer, one year later, was Marathon. Marathon kept the gameplay of DOOM and added a sophisticated story. We can credit later FPS gameplay to games like Wolf3D (I always preferred the original Wolfenstein on Apple II myself...), but in terms of integrating story into the game Bungie was the company which set the stage. Competing deceptive AI's telling your character what to do was very new at the time. Not to mention the multiplayer aspect with custom map mods and the genesis of LAN gaming. In DOOM, there was no cake. In Marathon we met characters who could evolve into telling us a lie about it. I'm sure that GlaDOS would have enjoyed Durandal's company.

Comment Re:Count me in (Score 1, Insightful) 538

The problem with enterprise clients upgrading their OS (Vista, Windows 7) or switching to a different OS (OS X, Linux) is that of convenience. What division volunteers to opt for a different OS when they can keep on using XP, when they have thousands and thousands of man-hours of experience troubleshooting common and recognizable problems for their end users in other departments? All OSes will have inevitable issues, especially at the end-user level. Training the rest of the company in a new OS has to be a low priority for any IT dept.

Comment Re:Gotta love them cassettes.. (Score 0) 354

Link or it didn't happen. I'm pretty surprised none of my customers at the camera store I work in would have mentioned this. B&W film is the only segment of film (for us, at least) which experiences year-for-year growth, due to the many schools in the area which teach photography and printing using B&W darkrooms.

Comment Re:Surprise? (Score 1) 429

Apple Computer's never-ending lawsuits from Apple Corp would crop up again were the computer company to begin to sign artists. Were Apple (computer) to outright buy Apple (Corp), the iTunes brand would be strengthened through the Beatles collection and the opportunity to sign new artists. The threat of this kind of ownership from production-to-delivery of music to the current labels could cause some friction, however. It is also possible that this could be grounds for anti-trust action.

Comment Speeding U-turn (Score 1) 3

He crashed during his attempt at a U-turn while speeding down the street in front of his home -- a daring move from atop the specialized barstool even for the most nimble and sober of men. Measuring 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, and after having consumed what he later told an officer was 15 beers, Wygle appeared to be neither.

Like a dog that enjoys chasing his tail, I've always enjoyed spinning around on a stool after a coule of ones that were cold, but I've got to hand it to this gentleman for turning it into an XTREEM SPORT.

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