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Comment: Re:Stop complaining about DRM (Score 1) 67

by uigrad_2000 (#43529563) Attached to: Amazon Debuts Mixed Bag of Original Comedy Pilots

Um, you do realize you posted this to Slashdot, right? Linux support always matters here.

The last time I posted something from my own website to slashdot, my webserver logs showed a solid 40% representation of Linux-based browsers.

If you post article here that says "you can view this for free in your browser!", then linux support most definitely matters.

Comment: Re:Try an E-mail multiplier (Score 1) 211

by uigrad_2000 (#42650893) Attached to: Kim Dotcom's Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours

But, if you get spam at one of those addresses with added periods, there is no way to turn it off.

And, unless you have a really large email address, it's going to be hard to keep track of more than about 20 or 30 different variations. I just checked spamgroumet.com, and I currently have 650 disposable addresses. I easily can tell what each address is for, based on what words are in the address.

+ - All backscatter X-ray scanners to be removed from U.S. airports!->

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uigrad_2000 writes "If this scoop from Arstechnica is accurate, then we are about to see the end of backscatter X-rays in airports in the U.S. Interestingly, it is not because a congressional committee found them to be unsafe, but because the manufacturer (Rapiscan Systems) failed to provide updated software by a previously agreed upon date."
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+ - Mistery solved: researchers explain why flu comes in the winter 1

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ggrocca writes "Using human mucus as a testbed for how well influenza virus thrives in different humidity conditions http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235104578241632319689490.html, researchers at Virginia Tech found that the virus survived best if humidity is below 50%, a tipical indoor situation during the winter in temperate climates due to artificial heating. The virus begins to find itself at home again only when humidity reaches almost 100%. Unsurprisingly, the latter finding explains flu spikes during rainy season in tropical climates. Full paper on PLOS ONE: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046789"

Comment: It's all about the MegaPixels (Score 4, Informative) 266

by uigrad_2000 (#42469169) Attached to: My favorite resolution for the new year:

I was confused about how these were categorized. Eventually, I came to realize the categories are essentially by size. How lame.

VGA, SVGA, WSVGA = 300kP, 468.75 kP, 600kP

XGA, XGA+, WXGA = 768kP, 972kP, 960kP

HD+, UXGA, WSXGA+ = 1406.25kP, 1875kP, ~1723kP

QWXGA, WQHD, WQXGA = 2304kP, 3600kP, 4000kP

I'm using "kP" (kiloPixel) as 1024 pixels.

Comment: Re:Life (Score 1) 352

by uigrad_2000 (#42254915) Attached to: I'd like us to explore with greatest emphasis ...

If the U.S. government suddenly announces $1 Billion in new research to be given to one of the categories above, and yours wins, I assume most of the projects it is used for would be like the ones in this article.

On the other hand, $1 Billion on solar system research could fund 2 projects similar to the Titan Mare Explorer

When projects like MARE can't even get funding, it makes me think we are spending too much on life sciences. Let private industry figure out whether shrimp can run on treadmills.

It was all so different before everything changed.

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