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Comment: Re:Moses has dibs on the Tablet... (Score 1) 367

by gillbates on Thursday January 28 2010, @06:38PM (#30942784) Attached to: Fujitsu Readies Lawsuit Over "iPad" Name

As in stone tablets for all you FSM heretics...

I don't know what stone tablets have to do with a Finite State Machine, but I'm no FSM heretic; my programs always transition cleanly from one state to the next, with no muddled undefined states in between.

And I'm pretty sure Moses cleanly transitioned to his final state as well.

Comment: Embryonic stem cells shouldn't be replaced (Score 4, Informative) 231

by LockeOnLogic on Thursday January 28 2010, @06:23PM (#30942498) Attached to: Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells

There are no "workarounds" in the need for embryonic stem cells. Each approach and method of stem cell generation have their respective strengths and weaknesses

iPhone to Allow 3rd Party Development->

Submitted by

Anarchysoft

on Tuesday June 05 2007, @01:26PM

Anarchysoft writes "In an exciting change from previous statements, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed at the D:All Things Digital Conference that 3rd party development will be supported on the iPhone. Questions remain as to whether the opening of the platform, slated for later this year, will be through Dashboard-like Widgets or a separate SDK."
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RFID Badges Flawed - They don't want you to know.

Submitted by Spunky812 on Tuesday February 27 2007, @07:50PM

Spunky812 writes "CNET's news.com is reporting that "Security researchers have canceled a talk on the flaws of RFID-equipped building access badges after receiving legal threats from a major manufacturer". Looks like companies can threaten to sue you for pointing out that their product has a major flaw..."

Journal: Programmer Koan for the day. 0

Journal by MrAnnoyanceToYou on Tuesday February 27 2007, @07:49PM

To a perfectionist, everything is badly implemented. To a pragmatist, any implementation at all is a minor success.

Microsoft above the Law

Submitted by Bill Boolean on Tuesday February 27 2007, @07:31PM

Bill Boolean writes "Look out, soon they're going to start claiming "diplomatic immunity", their satellites to become states within states. Kinda like the Vatican

http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/0 2/microsoft_the_burglars_friend.html"

Google Maps for the Brain

Submitted by

azonips

on Tuesday February 27 2007, @07:06PM

azonips writes "From EurekAlert: Explore your brain, literally, at the largest online atlast of the brain! BrainMaps.org features the highest resolution whole-brain atlases ever constructed, with over 50 terabytes of brain image data directly accessible online. Users can explore the brains of humans and a variety of other species at an unprecedented level of detail, from a broad view of the brain to the fine details of nerves and connections. The website also includes a suite of free, downloadable tools for navigating and analyzing brain data. The high-resolution maps will enable researchers to use "virtual microscopy" to compare healthy brains with others, looking at structure, gene expression and the distribution of different proteins. They will enable better understanding of the organization of normal brains, and could help researchers in identifying fine morphological and chemical abnormalities underlying Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases."