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Comment And here I was, reading... (Score 1) 57

by Aelanna on Thursday August 29, 2013 @11:21AM (#44706825) Attached to: USPTO Publishes Suggestions For Intellectual Property Enforcement

Here I was, thinking that this might actually be an interesting insight into how each of these sides think, and then:

The MPAA is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1922 to [...]

Suddenly, I realized that there actually was nothing of interest here at all.

Comment Huh... (Score 1) 137

by Aelanna on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @02:25PM (#44633905) Attached to: <em>Diablo 3</em> Expansion Announced: <em>Reaper of Souls</em>

I would have expected an announcement like this to be at Blizzcon, but I guess they already have Legacy of the Void and World of Warcraft XPAC5 on the docket.

Comment Re:Not too bad to watch (Score 2) 142

by Aelanna on Friday July 19, 2013 @11:19AM (#44328019) Attached to: Tar Pitch Drop Captured On Camera

I actually find the pitcher-batter mind games, statistics, and pitch mechanics and aerodynamic physics of baseball to be far more interesting than any other mainstream sport. Your mileage may very, I suppose.

Comment iKnife? (Score 1) 28

by Aelanna on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @04:33PM (#44311587) Attached to: Smart Knife Sniffs Out Cancer Cells

"Siri, cut out this tumor, please." "Alright, let me remove that heart for you."

Submission + - Infant Solar System Observed by Astronomers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 06, 2012 @03:21PM

An anonymous reader writes: A nascent solar system has been detected by astronomers. They noticed an infant star in the constellation Tauraus surrounded by a swirling disk of dust and gas that is more than 450 light years from Earth.

Submission + - The terrifying world of child brides (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by overmoderated on Friday October 12, 2012 @03:35PM

overmoderated writes: To mark the occasion and draw attention to the problem of child brides, photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair teamed up with National Geographic to create a series of heart-breaking photos depicting girls as young as five years old being married off to middle-aged men in countries like India, Yemen and Ethiopia.

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