Comment Harvard was a Seminary (Score 1) 741
The Latin and Greek requirements make sense when one knows that at that time Harvard was primarily a school for training Christian clergy.
How Mac OS X, 10 Today, Changed Apple's World 342
CWmike writes "Ten years ago today, Apple's first full public version of Mac OS X went on sale worldwide to a gleeful reception as thousands of Mac users attended special events at their local computer shops all across the planet. What we didn't know then was that Apple was preparing to open up its own chain of retail outlets, nor had we heard Steve Jobs use the phrase, 'iPod.' Windows was still a competitor, and Google was still a search engine. These were halcyon days, when being a Mac user meant belonging to the second team, writes Jonny Evans. We're looking at the eighth significant OS X release in the next few months, Lion, which should offer some elements of unification between the iOS and OS X. There's still some bugs to iron out though, particularly the problem with ACL's (Access Control Lists) inside the Finder. Hopefully departing ex-NeXT Mac OS chief, Bertrand Serlet, will be able to fix this before he leaves."
Comment "Supersonic Sound Waves"? (Score 1) 257
"Supersonic sound waves"?
Right. Welcome to the idiocracy.
Comment There's no way he said that. (Score 1) 151
Ozzy never did say that. The man can hardly speak! Sure, he's alive but his brain has been seriously fried.
The "Neanderthal" stuff is just another cheap attempt to get publicity. Most Caucasians have those genes.
Comment Re:and... (Score 1) 661
Yeah, because you might threaten yourself and hijack your own plane. Right?
Comment Anti-Terrorism is a Religion (Score 1) 661
"Deemed to be a hazard" TO WHOM? Like he's going to hijack his own private jet?
Like a religion, "security" or "anti-terrorist measures" don't have to make sense nor be based on anything anyone can see or prove. It's all based on scary fiction, like Hell.
Comment Re:well known crackpot area (Score 1) 183
It doesn't make sense to debate about possible causes for an effect that no one else has observed. Is there any confirmation that decay rates show any significant variation?
Comment HOW MUCH, IF ANY? (Score 1) 183
I can't find anything which says how much variation they claim to have seen. Usually when the word "significant" is missing, it means that the variation can't be reliably distinguished from measurement error.
I don't give a rip what they think might be causing variation in decay rates. Not yet.
I want to see some verification that decay rates actually vary at all, first. Last I heard, they don't
Comment Operator Precedence (Score 1) 1268
The whole thing is a misunderstanding of operator precedence, that's all.
Ask the same people about "8+3*4" and they'll probably get that wrong too.
Comment Abandoning Archaic Nonsense is Not "Harm" (Score 1) 118
Escaping from the oppressive influence of religious tradition is not a bad thing.
People no longer feel threatened enough by the dirty old men in robes to suffer through boring church services and unhappy marriages. Good on them.
Comment Esperanto, for real (Score 1) 878
That's, "La angla estas tro malfacila! Parolu esperante."
Come on over to Lernu.net and learn Esperanto for real.
Comment Limiting access of (specificially) photographers (Score 2, Insightful) 435
65 feet is only a couple of boat-lengths. That's pretty close. If I was working those booms, I'd be worried about any boat that close running over or afoul of the boom.
So photographers are limited to 65ft. How close can other people get? Is that still 300ft? My guess is that reporters are belly-aching because they can't get close enough to dip a gloved hand into the oil and show it to the camera.
Cheap Incubator Backpack Could Reduce Infant Deaths 76
Boy Wunda writes "In just one six-month period in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2006, 96 newborn babies who were in need of medical care died before they could get help. In many developing nations, these deaths could be prevented simply by providing better ways for medical responders to transport infants properly over rough terrain and keep them alive until they can reach hospitals and clinics. Now, a group of Colorado State University seniors has designed and filed a patent for a medically equipped incubator backpack unit that they believe can reduce baby deaths in medical emergencies both in the United States and in newly industrialized nations."
Comment Nations Divide but People Unite (Score 1) 840
Can we please, please get over the archaic notion? A "nation" does not act as though it were one person.
If you want to know what people in Iraq are like, get to know some of them! Oh, what's that? You can't? Well DUH! Maybe that's the problem.
Comment Tax Dollars at Work (Score 1) 102
So this is what one of the nation's highest tax rates goes to pay for.
