Comment: hmmm (Score 3, Interesting) 449
I'll believe that video games result in violent behaviour the day when someone gets arrested for mass murdering pigs by hurling various birds at them.
+ - UK games magazine 'PC Zone' to shut after 17 years-> 1
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davidmcg writes "BBC News reports that UK games magazine, PC Zone, is to close after 17 years of publication. This seems like the end of an era for people who's first encounter with PC games was in the 90s with hits such as 'Syndicate' and 'Doom' etc. PC Zone will be a sadly missed magazine with it's quirky reviews and sometimes irreverent and off-beat humour."
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1,400 Megapixel Pan-STARRS Telescope Comes Online 54
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from the don't-get-your-panstarrs-in-a-bunch dept.
from the don't-get-your-panstarrs-in-a-bunch dept.
ElectricSteve writes "Astronomers in Hawaii have announced they've successfully managed to boot up the Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope. Working from dusk to dawn every night, Pan-STARRS is able to map one-sixth of the sky each month, allowing astronomers to track all moving objects, calculate their orbits, and identify any potential threats to Earth. There are four Pan-STARRS cameras in total, each capable of capturing around 1.4 billion pixels over a sensor measuring 40 centimeters square. The focal plane of each camera contains an almost complete 64x64 array of CCD devices, each containing approximately 600x600 pixels, for a total resolution of 1.4 gigapixels."
Comment: hmm (Score 3, Informative) 464
Doesn't worry me seeing as we won't survive 2012 anyway.
Comment: hmm (Score 1) 118
This sort of thing is happening more often these days. It is a sign that virtual worlds are overlapping the real world and is only going to get more prolific as more and more people spend their lifes in virtual worlds and virtual worlds become more indistinguishable from the real world. Next thing you know you'll be arrested as a war criminal for that mass-massacre you carried out in Battlefield 2. Seriously, it's almost as if the worlds created by Neal Stephenson or William Gibson are slowly coming true.
Comment: Well... (Score 1) 571
I personally believe that the US just want to give him a huge scare. They want to make him believe that he is going to be severely punished for his crimes. What I think will happen is that he will be extradited, but the punishment won't be as severe as the US have led him to believe. In the end, I think the US will believe that he has been punished enough and either give him a substantial fine or 6 months in prison and then let him go.
Comment: I think that.... (Score 1) 478
a remake of Alfred Hitchcocks 'The Birds' is in order.
Comment: Probably been mentioned already..but... (Score 1) 266
Sadly, an ever-increasing number of people are relying too heavily on Facebook to keep in touch with friends, collegues etc. The problem lies with the fact that relying on Facebook to organise and contact your friends is such a silly move. Email has the advantage that it's an open standard. Anyone can create an email client. However, Facebook is just one entity. It is not an open communication standard and, as soon as Facebook go the way of the dodo, say goodbye to all your friends because you never took the time to ensure you had an alternative way of contacting them such as email.
Comment: On the edge of a cliff... (Score 1) 394
my facebook friend's status message said he was feeling suicidal and was standing on the edge of a cliff......so I poked him.
erm. I'll get my coat
Comment: well... (Score 1, Interesting) 1032
The only country to ever use nuclear weapons against another country is the USA. I don't blame Iran for wishing to defend themselves from war-mongering nations.
Comment: hmm (Score 1) 180
ia this Bills pr0n collection?
Comment: Will this include (Score -1, Redundant) 506
...steve balmer? He might not like that. Watch out for flying chairs etc.
Comment: This is not news! (Score 0, Redundant) 176
NEXT!
+ - Microsoft finally announce IE8->
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dave writes "After many months of silence on the IE blog, Microsoft have finally announced IE8, they've not yet mentioned any details, just the name and the fact that they're working on it. Al Billings, the person behind the frequent IE7 blogging, now works for Mozilla and has been frequently critical of the IE teams silence."
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+ - O2 offered iPhone contract in UK
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davidmcg writes "There has been speculation on who will provide the service for iPhone in the UK. Now, the answer has been provided. It seems that O2 have been offered the contract to provide telephony services in the UK for the iPhone. It seems that the iPhone should be available in the UK in time for Christmas. O2 have refused to confirm or deny these reports, so is it yet another unconfirmed iPhone rumour or is it fact? We can only wait to find out."