Forgot your password?

typodupeerror

Grigory Perelman turns down $1m Millenium Prize-> 1

Submitted by Kleiba
Kleiba writes "After turning down the prestigious Field Medal in 2006 for his contributions to mathematics, the reclusive Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman announced yesterday that he is rejecting a $1 million Millennium Prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving the Poincare conjecture."
Link to Original Source

Comment: Re:Cure? (Score 2, Interesting) 363

by Kleiba (#32205222) Attached to: Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans

I disagree with your conclusion. Although it is correct that Patient dead => won't buy other products, it doesn't follow that Patient alive => will buy other products.

Even though your actual statement was less strict ("more likely to buy"), I still doubt that it would make sense economically to reason that way. You don't invest large amounts with vague expectations for ROI which would - if at all - only occur with a substantial delay. Also, how do you know that the patient is going to buy those other products from you and not from your competitor?

Medicine

Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't 276

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the now-pass-the-cheetos dept.
Xemu writes "Computers don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child's room, but placing a computer in the room had no effect at all. One theory is that it's common to have a snack in front of the TV, while a computer requires a more active user, for example when chatting or playing games."
Transportation

The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack 303

Posted by kdawson
from the quieter-in-version-2 dept.
ElectricSteve writes "It's been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarke's geosync satellites have taken to space, and James Bond's futuristic mobile technology has become commonplace, still the dream of sustained personal flight has eluded us — until now. At $86,000, the Martin Aircraft jetpack costs about as much as a high-end car, achieves a 30-minute flight time, and is fueled by regular gasoline. A 10% deposit buys you a production slot for 12 months hence." Here's a video of some indoor test flights. This isn't Buck Rogers's jetpack — it's about 5 by 5 feet and weighs more than the average human. You won't be able to commute with it (the FAA has not certified this class of device) so it's recreational only for now.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score. -- Ted Turner

Working...