Comment Re:Computers will NEVER be used well in schools... (Score 1) 269
Campbell's Biology Seventh Edition and on are completely online, if you have class access codes.
Comment Re:Science in public school. (Score 1) 1142
The actual worst bit about NCLB is that it ignores science completely. Makes science basically optional, except for any state mandates.
Comment Re:Acid 3 test (Score 1) 437
Is Joe Sixpack a novice on the methods of drinking beer? I've always wondered about this. May be offtopic.
Anyways, I can't see how having a full-featured Web server in your browser can be good for security.
Comment Re:StatCounter's Baidu Stats is Alarming (Score 1) 319
Most of the internet users in Asia are in Japan and South Korea, probably. And Baidu and Google cannot compete there. How's the percentages for Naver?
Comment Re:Sounds about right (Score 1) 364
Los Angeles is not all of Southern California.
Comment Achievement post (Score 1) 1582
This is actually a good idea.
Sure.
Yeah.
Comment Re:NASA should be grateful. (Score 1) 398
4-chan /b/ were one of the main driving forces in the vote. They put forth "Battletoad", for a NES
Comment Re:Scary philosophical thought (Score 2, Interesting) 247
Scary, but not young.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-relative/
Comment Re:Do you know what this means for gaming? (Score 1) 386
Grinding MMORPGs is not the half of it.
I recall that the most popular game in Korea is Kart Rider, playerbase 6 million(of a country of 24 million). Obviously a racing game. There are some extremely popular FPSes, including CS2 and a Korean game named SuddenAttack. I'm just telling you that MMOFPS's are quite viable over there.
For a combination of grinding and FPS, see Gun.
Comment Vista (Score 0, Flamebait) 856
SP3.
Comment Japan (Score 5, Informative) 1235
I recall that Japan has a similar law, to prevent photos being taken of. . . things that Japanese men want to take pictures of, I guess.
Comment Teenishness (Score 0, Troll) 223
Is there any hope that we will get a non-schizoid titling scheme? This one seems more worthy of a Seventeen or a Teen People than of a Slashdot.
Comment Re:It's not so blasted difficult... (Score 1) 397
Isn't Ruby only 13 or so years old?
Airbus 380 To Have Linux In Every Seat 332
jpatokal writes "Singapore Airlines will be rolling out the A380 superjumbo on October 26th, and a surprise awaits in the seat of every passenger: their personal Linux PC, running Red Hat. In addition to running the in-flight entertainment, passengers can also use a full copy of StarOffice, and there's a USB slot for importing/exporting documents or plugging in your own keyboard/mouse. Screen size is 10.6" (1280x768) in economy, 15.4" in business and a whopping 23" in first class (along with free noise-canceling headphones). The system is already available on current B777-300ER planes and will also be outfitted on the upcoming B787 Dreamliners."
Submission + - Google snaps up stats tool from Swedish charity
paulraps writes: What began as a teaching aid in a university lecture has just been bought by Google for an undisclosed sum. The statistics tool, Trendalyzer, was developed by a professor at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute and his son. Unfortunately for the developers, the project has been run under the auspices of a charity, Gapminder, and financed over the last seven years by public money. Maybe that seemed smart at the time, but the professor, admitting that he won't see a dime of Google's cash, now seems regretful.
