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Submission + - Qt Creator 2.7.0 released (digia.com)

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jrepin
jrepin writes: "C++ support in Qt Creator 2.7.0 got even more improvements for C++11, like handling of alignof, alignas and noexcept, brace initializers, and more lambda fixes.Also there are improvements on the refactoring actions side. QML support got lots of fixes for Qt Quick 2 in the code editor, and there was a lot of work done to make Qt Quick Designer work with Qt Quick 2. On the BlackBerry support side, we got a new settings page, which allows to easily generate Kits. Experimental support for the (also experimental) QBS build tool was added to Qt Creator."

Comment Re:Oh, we can do something about THAT? (Score 1) 260

Because there has never even been a civil war, military coup or brutal dictatorship in which the military of a country was responsible for vast numbers of civilian deaths and other atrocities, right? Given the right situation the US military will quite happily shoot their own citizens.
Science

Submission + - Engineering 3D-printed stem cells (humansinvent.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: "While much has been said on the topic of 3D printing within the context of the maker movement, it is in the medical world where arguably the most important advances are being made. Scientists at the Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have recently proven they can print human embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough which has the potential to revolutionise organ replacement in the coming years."
Network

Submission + - South Korea Suffers Massive Network Attack 1

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: South Korea is trying to figure out the cause of massive computer network failures at major TV stations and banks today. At least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN, and two banks Shinhan Bank and Nonghyup, reported to the National Police Agency (NPA) that their computer networks were entirely halted around 2 p.m. for unknown reasons, police said. The suspects unsurprisingly include North Korea, but nothing has been determined yet, officials have said. Warnings reportedly appeared on some computer screens from a previously unknown group calling itself the 'WhoisTeam', showing skulls and a message stating it was only the beginning of 'our movement'.
Technology

Submission + - cleareye view of 3 D printing (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by cedarhillbilly
cedarhillbilly writes: In "Drilling into 3D printing", Professor James Woudhuysen writes a nice analysis of why the US has become enamored with 3D printing. Hint: not just the technology, maybe the desire for resurgent domestic home based manufacturing: a cultural artifact dug up from the 19th century, enhanced by entrepreneur promoters in the tech media world? "To do justice to 3D printing, it needs to be seen clearly, without rose-tinted spectacles, and in perspective. "
The Military

Submission + - Possible Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Mike Hoffman reports that Syria’s Assad regime has accused the rebels of launching a chemical weapons attack in Aleppo that killed 25 people — an accusation the rebel fighters have strongly rebuked. A Reuters photographer said victims he had visited in Aleppo hospitals were suffering breathing problems and that people had said they could smell chlorine after the attack. The Russian foreign ministry says it has enough information to confirm the rebels launched a chemical attack while US government leaders say they have not found any evidence of a chemical attack and White House spokesman Jay Carney says the accusations made by Assad could be an attempt to cover up his own potential attacks. “We’ve seen reports from the Assad regime alleging that the opposition has been responsible for use. Let me just say that we have no reason to believe these allegations represent anything more than the regime’s continued attempts to discredit the legitimate opposition and distract from its own atrocities committed against the Syrian people,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. “We don’t have any evidence to substantiate the regime’s charge that the opposition even has CW (chemical weapons) capability.” President Obama has said the “red line” to which the US would send forces to Syria would be the use of chemical weapons. However, it was assumed the Assad regime would be the ones using their chemical weapons stockpile, not the rebels."

Comment Re:Final nail? (Score 3, Insightful) 398

by spiralx (#43139965) Attached to: Global Warming Has Made the North Greener

It could easily mean that the mammals suffered less than other animals around that time. If 90% of non-mammals die out but only 70% of mammals die out then that will certainly lead to a massive expansion of mammals relative to other species; it's still the case that the vast majority of mammals died out though.
Programming

Submission + - 50% of Developer Documentation Might Come from Stack Overflow

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: Software companies create documentation for millions of topics concerning its APIs, services, and software platforms. Creating this documentation comes at a considerable cost and effort. And after all this effort much documentation is rarely consulted. API documentation is especially difficult to create: as just a few writers must create documentation that teaches concepts and that maximally covers the many ways the thousands to millions of developers may be using their API. Now, the trend may shift even more to indirectly documenting APIs themselves through a process called crowd documentation, by publishing blog posts and curating questions and answers about APIs. In this small study, we find various facts regarding Stack Overflow, including suggesting that developers may be getting as much as 50% of their documentation from the site.

Submission + - NASA researching LENR (aka cold fusion) and they are not alone. (phys.org)

Submitted by Moabz
Moabz writes: There have been quite a few news reports about LENR lately. Unlike the drama about the Rossi e-cat, there seems to be a revival in legitimate scientific research into this area. University of Missouri is running a 5.5 million USD research project, and scientists at other institutes like Purdue, NASA, MIT, SRI, NRL are all looking into it.

A couple of days ago the Nuclear Energy Institute was talking about it on their facebook page and the American Nuclear Society posted a similar story on their "nuclear cafe". The University of Missouri will host a cold fusion conference in July this year and the topic will also be discussed in a talk at the upcoming "Nuclear & Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2013) organized by the ANS starting coming Monday.
Open Source

Submission + - Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python? (computerworlduk.com)

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WebMink
WebMink writes: "Is it possible that the CEO of the company that's trying to file a trademark on "Python" was unaware of Python's importance as a programming technology? That's what he claims — despite running a hosting company that's trying to break into cloud computing, where Python is used extensively. Still, he also regards the Python Software Foundation as a hostile American company and thinks that getting attention from half the world's geeks is a DDoS..."

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