Comment Chrome on Ubuntu 10.10... (Score 1) 107

by youngerpants on Friday December 17, 2010 @10:35AM (#34587780) Attached to: Browsing the Body

... doesn't work.

But then again, neither does submitting a /. comment.

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @04:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment 2010 (Score 1) 703

by youngerpants on Monday October 19, 2009 @09:06AM (#29793567) Attached to: Where Should We Focus Our Space Efforts?

"All these worlds are yours except for Europa, attempt no landings there"

Comment Re:it's hard to not visit (Score 1) 958

by youngerpants on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @01:05PM (#29660167) Attached to: How many countries have you visited?

Visit, he said visit, not invade.

How Famous OS Logos Got Started 103

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 10, 2009 @11:08PM from the in-the-beginning dept.

Shane O'Neill writes "Ronald McDonald and the NBC Peacock may get more TV air time, but today's operating systems have cool logos, too. Google, Apple, Microsoft and the Linux crowd crafted mascots ranging from cute lizards to circles of life. In this slideshow, we look at the origins of the logos and look ahead to their future."

Comment Re:No need to enable "proposed" updates (Score 5, Funny) 271

by youngerpants on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:25PM (#26502149) Attached to: Ubuntu's Laptop Killing Bug Fixed

Real men run as root.

Hey, why's my mouse moving all by itself?