Comment Re:It's either full body scanning (Score 1) 559
Thank you, Ted, that was the joke.
Comment Re:Article is Troll **AND** Flamebait all in one! (Score 1) 642
This is not true -- my travel companion was once stopped for a pat down for no reason at all, right after walking through the metal detector without setting off anything.
I recently flew with several co-workers, and one of them managed to get patted down (after passing the metal detector, without setting it off) both going and returning. The fact he is Iranian probably had nothing to do with it.
Comment Re:Unity has it's problems (Score 1) 514
Docky is very simple, but hey it works well
Actually, that is exactly what we are going for. Simple and "just works".
Comment Re:How common is your name? (Score 2, Insightful) 888
3) Deny, deny, deny. It's still a good option.
I generally agree with this statement, but do keep in mind that if you lie in an interview or on your job application this is typically grounds for dismissal (if/when they figure out its a lie).
Comment Re:Also makes social engineering harder (Score 1) 446
Just checked this, there is no message which goes along with a friend request.
This may be true. Note however that on the page where you have a list of pending friend requests you are given the option to send a message to any of them. Thus if you don't immediately recognize the person you can of course message them and require more details before approving or denying them.
Submission + - Content Providers Force Hulu To Ban Boxee
PsyberS writes: TV content providers have recently forced Hulu to cut off Boxee, the open-source social media center. Avner Ronan, the lead developer of Boxee, responded, stating 'two weeks ago Hulu called and told us their content partners were asking them to remove Hulu from Boxee. We tried (many times) to plead the case for keeping Hulu on Boxee, but on Friday of this week, in good faith, we will be removing it.'
Comment I wonder if it can mine.... (Score 5, Funny) 31
what percentage of /. articles are dupes. Now that would be useful!
How NASA Prepares To Rescue Hubble, In Photos 37
Jamie pointed out a fantastic set of photos up at The Boston Globe, illustrating the painstaking preparations underway for the Shuttle mission to rescue the Hubble telescope. "This will be the final servicing mission to Hubble, the 30th flight of the 23-year old Atlantis, and one of the final 10 flights of the Space Shuttle program, which will be retired in 2010." Refreshingly, they've decided to include a many of the behind-the-scenes techies and the equipment they steward, rather than just the launch vehicles and crew.
The Sun Has First Spotless Month Since 1913 571
radioweather writes "August 2008 has made solar history. As of 00 UTC September 1st 2008 (5PM PST)
we just witnessed the
first spotless calendar month since June 1913.This was determined according
to sunspot
data from NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center, which goes back to 1749.
In the 95 years since 1913, we've had quite an active sun, but activity has been
declining in the last few years. The sun today is a nearly featureless sphere and has been spotless for 42
days total, but this is the first full calendar month since 1913 for a spotless
sun. And there are other indicators of the sun being in a funk. Australia's
space weather agency recently revised their solar cycle 24 forecast, pushing the
expected date for a ramping up of
cycle 24 sunspots into the future by six months."
As one of the links above indicate, there was a "sunspeck" reported August 21/22, though. Reader MikeyTheK adds a link to a story at Daily Tech on the spotless record.
Laboring Longer a Growing Trend For Americans 603
AxSpark writes "More and more Americans have the tendency to work after retirement and this number is growing day by day. Last year this number was 6 million people of 65 and over working. The reason for that is quite evident: pensions are not enough for sufficient living."
New Study Shows Solar System Is Uncommon 290
Iddo Genuth writes "Research conducted by a team of North American scientists shows our solar system is special, contrary to the accepted theory that it is an average planetary system. Using computer simulations to follow the development of planets, it was shown that very specific conditions are needed for a proto-stellar disk to evolve into a solar system-like planetary system. The simulations show that in most cases either no planets are created, or planets are formed and then migrate towards the disk center and acquire highly elliptical orbits." The research was published in Science magazine; here's the paper on ArXiv (PDF).
