Comment Re:What crime makes them criminals? (Score 1) 543
Except that the Canadian penal code probably does not apply in Tulsa or Manchester, or anywhere else in the US.
Comment Re:Torture your Sims (Score 1) 346
This was one of the funniest Sims torturing page I've seen in a while....
Comment Groups are already studying this... (Score 5, Informative) 325
Algalita Marine Research Foundation have been studying this garbage patch in the Pacific for the last 10 years.
Comment Re:The moral of the story (Score 2, Funny) 475
Moral: while it is cheaper, don't buy your iPod in Irak
Probably shouldn't buy an atlas or a globe there either.....
Comment Re:Interesting find... (Score 2, Informative) 168
I like Edward Tufte's formation of the saying...:
Correlation is not equal to causation; it is only a requirement for it
Comment Re:Why so few contenders? (Score 1) 214
I do all of my word processing in OpenOffice, and only check the output in Word for compatibility with the rest of my lab. Oo.o has many of the strengths that you say are only found in Word...
It has the best/most complete offering for tables
I've made plenty of complex tables in Oo.o. The only problem I've found is that when a file is saved as a
little things like line and paragraph numbering in the margin (you don't think about that until you need it--and only Word has it, as far as I know)
In Oo.o Writer, line numbers are as simple as Tools->Line Numbers. I've not needed paragraph numbering, but I'm sure it's possible...
Oh, and don't forget total control of keyboard shortcuts.
Tools->Customize->Keyboard. Customize to your heart's content...
Comment Re:Try the slow down method (Score 1) 902
Or a barista at Starbucks.....
Comment Re:calculations wrong I think (Score 1) 884
Given that Mt. Everest only has an elevation of ~8.9km, probably not......
Comment Re:Low (Score 3, Informative) 674
As a scientest, I can assure you that science departments use mostly linux.
What type of science department are you talking about? What is your sample size? I'm also a scientist, and I can assure you that this is not the case, especially once you get out of the computer sciences and/or physics departments. Go into one of the life or other physical science departments (biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, geology), and you will likely find Windows as far as the eye can see, with the occasional Mac thrown in for good measure. I'm in my third biology department, and I'm the only person that I've known that uses Linux.
Comment Re:Pretty Pictures with Little to No Functionality (Score 1) 403
These pictures indicate that the architects have little to no idea of how top soil and nutrient cycles work.
And apparantly, neither does commercial agriculture if you look at the erosional rate of topsoil for most forms of tillage.
Comment Re:Aged badly (Score 4, Funny) 298
Mr. Flibble doesn't like it when you stop watching...
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 233
Do we really need to conserve a species that can kill us
From TFS
one of only two countries where this nocturnal, insect-eating animal (Solenodon paradoxus) can be found
Unless you're a large beetle, I don't think you have much to worry about...
and obviously isn't needed in the food chain
but with that attitude, maybe I spoke too soon....
Comment Re:Please Don't Give This Man Attention! (Score 1) 239
Wait...let me get out my secret decoder ring!
It says, "Be sure to drink more Ovaltine"
Submission + - 2007 Digital Media Winners & Losers
An anonymous reader writes: "2007 appears to be the year of attrition", says MP3 Newswire's Richard Menta as he runs down this year's winners and losers in digital media. This year's losers list is a graveyard of defunct download services (Sony Connect, Virgin Digital, MTV URGE, Google Video, AllofMP3) and troubled record industry service providers (Snocap, MediaDefender, Suncomm/MediaMax). Topping the losers list is HD Radio, because the radios presently on the market have such poor sensitivity they completely undermine the technology's promise of improved quality. uTorrent makes the winners list this year as the new king of the BitTorrent clients, followed by Radiohead and Prince for pioneering new music revenue models. Apple takes the top spot again on the strength of the iPhone, while Frostwire and Pando share an honorable mention. /. picked up last year's list for those who missed it.
Submission + - Will Guitar Hero Create Next Real Guitar 'God'? (news.com) 1
cayenne8 writes: Interesting article at CNET
that indicates already that possibly playing Guitar Hero, will help influence the kids of today to pick up a REAL guitar and learn to play.
It has been reported by guitar instructors, that enrollments of all ages have been increasing, and that possibly the Guitar Hero series of games is responsible. It seems that the game has opened the door to youngsters (and some not so youngsters) to great guitar driven songs and bands of the past. And while the game doesn't really give you any music skills as far as melody, harmony, etc....it does help one to generate a good sense of rhythm.
Personally, I hope it opens the eyes of kids today of what a good rock band should be. That tomorrow's bands may reach back to the past to become entities that actually PLAY their own instruments, and have stage presence and actually sing without twelve tons of electronic help.
As the article says: "Is tomorrow's Clapton playing 'Guitar Hero'(Today)?
It has been reported by guitar instructors, that enrollments of all ages have been increasing, and that possibly the Guitar Hero series of games is responsible. It seems that the game has opened the door to youngsters (and some not so youngsters) to great guitar driven songs and bands of the past. And while the game doesn't really give you any music skills as far as melody, harmony, etc....it does help one to generate a good sense of rhythm.
Personally, I hope it opens the eyes of kids today of what a good rock band should be. That tomorrow's bands may reach back to the past to become entities that actually PLAY their own instruments, and have stage presence and actually sing without twelve tons of electronic help.
As the article says: "Is tomorrow's Clapton playing 'Guitar Hero'(Today)?
