Comment: Re:So do the libraries (Score 1) 191
I guess some libraries are better than others.
Comment: Re:Patents and trolls like these are bad (Score 2, Informative) 186
Is there not some rule that says you cant just sit there for all that time until making an infringement claim?
It's called Laches
Comment: Re:Sounds like a good time (Score 1) 234
What's the screamers list? Maybe try screaming into your telephone the next time a telemarketer calls.
Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble 145
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from the reminds-me-of-a-buddy-of-mine dept.
from the reminds-me-of-a-buddy-of-mine dept.
PhrostyMcByte writes "12 million light-years away, in the outer spiral of galaxy NGC 7793, a bubble of hot gas approximately 1,000 light-years in diameter can be found shooting out of a black hole — one of the most powerful jets of energy ever seen. (Abstract available at Nature.) The bubble has been growing for approximately 200,000 years, and is expanding at around 1,000,000 kilometers per hour."
Comment: Singularity (Score 1) 446
I for one welcome our new AI money printing overlords.
Comment: Re:It mystifies me (Score 1) 252
Low entry barriers = low profit margins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barriers_to_entry
Comment: Thanks (Score 1) 252
Links like that are the reason I read Slashdot.
Comment: Re:Bell Curve Appeal (Score 1) 252
Technically you are correct, but that's not the point. Assuming a normal distribution 68% are within one standard deviation of the mean. 95% within two standard deviations. Theoretically targeting the 50th percentile provides access to the largest possible market. In practice, I think Facebook games are aimed at the lowest common denominator.
Comment: Baffling (Score 1) 252
Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Accumulation.