If I had mod points I would give it all to SmallFurryCreature (593017)

I think the paper you're referring to is "The camel has two humps" by Saeed Dehnadi and Richard Bornat

- evidence in a study that a test can prove if you have the aptitude for computer programming, circa 2006
www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf

Turn them into a fuel source! No really its not a punch line. My apologies to PETA, but can you think of a better option?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722110903.htm

I felt it in upper Manhattan. The building did a slight sway back and forth. First time I ever experience that. But Manhattan land is on solid bedrock, how could the quake effect reach here?

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How simple can Linux be? I measure that by how much the user does not need to know. A particular feature that impressed me is offered in Ubuntu distros for netbooks (I forget the names). Menu sub-menus separated by tabs, like the tabs in a web browser. That was until I saw XPUD. The desktop are tabs for the main features, ie menu, Internet, system config etc. If you were a grandmother who never used a computer before learning how to use a mouse, connecting to the Internet, and using a web browser is where to start to jump on this "Internet bandwagon". The look has plain solid colors. At a glance it makes your PC look like a public Computer Kiosk.
Development has lagged over time and its not working 100% on older PCs but the distro is a righteous cry for a simple to use
Linux distro.

The XPUD Linux forum can be found at http://www.xpud.org/
Also xpud Live CD lastest development is 0.9.5 as of Nov 2010 found at http://soldat.gr/xpud/devel/

Think about the implications for a moment. What ever left over food you have can be "dematerialized". The resources used to create an object can be recaptured and conserved when you dematerialize it. Its like the ultimate way to recycle! No more landfills! No more pollution from producing a widget or burning fossil fuel to deliver it.
I didn't think about it until I watched a Voyager episode. The one where Chakotay gives Janeway an old time piece and she gives it back to conserve "resources". The scene kind of clues you in to the fact that its not an unlimited resource, but definitely a world changer.

http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Replicator

Could Donald Knuth explain this category of math? Or is this research (solving SDD linear systems) too current and beyond his reach?
I'm not trying to be "Funny", just curious.

Ask yourself this question, How many different resources did the US discover and exploit between 1776 (the birth of the nation) and 1902 (discovery of the oil in Texas and CA)? Compare the answer to what Afghanistan has recently discovered and that $1 trillion now looks like a drop in the bucket. Not for nothing, I always thought the only viable industrys for Afghan were opium and war. So from my perspective this is good news.

This is just a what if question. I no expertise in Earth science so I hope someone can answer it. What if an equal amount of natural gas leaked from the well instead of oil? How would that affect the waters of the Gulf?

Something does not add up here. The efficiency record was 40.8% in 2008 (couldn't find the 2009 record). In terms of science, a leap this large can be met with huge skepticism. How does this new method/design compare? Just the facts, thanks in advance.

Answer: from the vicinity of the campus area. And who answers those ads posted in and around the campus asking for test subjects? The majority are college students. This is why I take these results of university research with a grain of salt. The sample population is not a general enough sample (similarities in age, culture, religious preferences etc). The researchers operate not only with limited resources but also with constraints in time. Time for finding subjects, calling them back regarding followup interviews, etc.
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Sig axiom:
Food for thought.

Have you ever tried the Flash10 based online Audiotool http://www.hobnox.com/audiotool/. It will only load on a system with 1GB or more of Ram and a CPU of 2Ghz minimum. Try it on a system with less and watch your system slow to a crawl. Its a great tool and a haven for old school DJs who dreamed of using that equipment back in the day. If audiotool could be re-worked using HTML5, that would the ultimate hack that deserves an award!