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Comment: Something is going on in Qatar... (Score 1) 659

by iamagloworm (#44804935) Attached to: Should the U.S. bomb Syria?
an oil pipeline that would pass through Syria on its way to europe is blocked because of russian influence. while interested parties are keen to see the demise of Syria's government for many understandable, if not compelling, reasons, this is a major issue of economic competition. Russian has never been so good at economic competition and much prefers the monopoly.

Comment: satellite... (Score 1) 558

by iamagloworm (#43544679) Attached to: Average latency to Slashdot.org?
Satellite connection in the middle of afghanistan. I expected worse... Pinging slashdot.org [216.34.181.45] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=865ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=980ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=1083ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=804ms TTL=235 Ping statistics for 216.34.181.45: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 804ms, Maximum = 1083ms, Average = 933ms

+ - Monsanto's Death Patents ..->

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An anonymous reader writes "Monsanto has yet another case pending in the court system, this time before the U.S. Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Narrowly at issue is whether Monsanto retains patent rights on soybeans that have been replanted after showing up in generic stocks rather than being sold specifically as seeds, or whether those patent rights are “exhausted” after the initial planting. But more broadly the case also raises implications regarding control of the food supply and the patenting of life – questions that current patent laws are ill-equipped to meaningfully address."
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+ - Researcher breaks Pi calculation record with the help of NVIDIA->

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narcoleptic5052 writes "Yesterday's self-congratulatory pat on the back to anyone reciting Pi to ten digits might feel a bit inadequate compared to Santa Clara University's Ed Karrels. The researcher has broken the record for calculating Darren Aronofsky's favorite number, taking the ratio to eight quadrillion places right of the decimal."
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+ - NASA satellite snaps rare cloud-free and not so rare snow covered Ireland->

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coondoggie writes "A couple years ago NASA's Aqua satellite took an out-of-this-world shot of a cloud-free shot of Ireland. NASA noted at the time that the cloud-free view is rare as the country is almost entirely cloud covered 50% of the time according to the Irish Meteorological Service, Met Éireann. There are more clouds during the day than at night, and fog is common."
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Comment: Re:Cutting up all your meat? (Score 1) 217

by iamagloworm (#43102199) Attached to: MIT's Charm School For Geeks Turns 20
I first read about this in 'I capture the castle' a 1940's novel in which some americans come to england. They are from California and New England, if I remember correctly. I have seen some people do this in Australia as well. I think it more out of lack of left handed coordination than anything else...

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