Get them to read Slashdot. I promise their lives will be much more fulfilling. :P

I find a few issues with the paper itself: First, they claim that the E-field created drops off as 1/r^3 and use the far field approximation, akin to a dipole. However, a cell phone is not a dipole, and at the ranges in consideration, the field is likely to drop off more like 1/r. In addition, a look at their plots of the field with time, shows that there is a nearly uniform difference between the on and off measurements' points. While I can't claim that the results are false, I must take issue with the physics presented.

After the overpriced and only moderately reliable service from them, I can only hope that this will be better, if it is implemented. The speeds sound nice, at least.

As someone going through this sort of therapy, I can tell you that if an individual has no incentive or desire, there is absolutely no point in trying.
Game team talk type things might help, but only if they have issues with that kind of situation. There is no substitute for real life trials.

With all this buzz about climate change being thrown about, you can't go wrong there. ;)
Besides, they tend to visit schools, and have a high level of visibility and impact.

On a serious note, Stephing Hawking and Carl Sagan are still around, right? So why do you need new heroes?

Perhaps I'm naive or just misinformed, but would it be that difficult to use HTML 5.0 if it did not implement video support? Could video support not be built elsewhere (like in the browser)? It seems much more sensible to rely on a browser for such things anyhow - as a browser is easier to customize with addons and so forth.

Living in suburbia sucks. The local police (with the backing of the township council) have announced high fines for anyone who sets off anything, in addition to tripling the fines for disorderly conduct... I'll just settle for the fire dept.'s fireworks; it's better than driving out thirty miles to the countryside.

Who is this Michael Jackson you speak of?

Some of us prefer attics. A nice view over the neighborhood, a typically larger space, and less dampness are all good benefits.

I have no money, you insensitive clod!

I would expect to live to maybe my late 70s early 80s. Most of my family has made there or past, and if I keep in shape, I suppose that I could follow. However, this assumes a fairly healthy diet and lifestyle on my part and no new innovation. If all that research into ageing gives some results, or if someone manages to recreate the procedure Agamemnon used on Vorian in Dune... I could cross 100.

Every new generation is bound to feel superior to the previous, being fresh and inexperienced and self-confident in their sparkling new standards. Every previous generation will feel that the new children are annoying little pests wearing too-big boots. This is to be expected, and the attitudes usually fade over time as the new generation gets hit with reality and the older ones come to stand them.
Of course, this really is the one of the first times that it comes up in the software fields, as the field is relatively new.

What we are seeing here, my friends, is capitalism gone wild.

People watch movies for entertainment, or for thrills - not for technological enlightenment. Tech in movies has a role meant to captivate the layperson - to keep them hooked; it is of no consequence whether it is acurate - it SOUNDS cool, and thus grips the viewer. In real life, it is similar to a high school wanna-be-nerd spewing out long and convoluted words to impress some peon... It seems to work.
For the enlightened on /.: please tell me that you are capable of sitting down and enjoying a film without nitpicking - if it bothers you, then IGNORE it.

Is this not already present with Perl and Python? I mean, both support GTK and are fairly powerful and efficient...
But, JavaScript for desktop GUIs? That just gives me an odd feeling inside...