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Comment Re:Show of hands ... (Score 1) 119

by bobdown2001 on Monday July 27, 2009 @07:39PM (#28845351) Attached to: Microsoft Uses Human Computing Game To Tune Bing

I only used it once to try it out, and I'm sure everyone else who has used it did the same thing as me. Which of course it to make your own website number one :P

But really, what is the point of doing that when you're the only person that will ever see it?

Submission + - Security certificate warnings don't work (goodgearguide.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Sunday July 26, 2009 @09:42PM

angry tapir writes: "In a laboratory experiment, researchers found that between 55 percent and 100 percent of participants ignored certificate security warnings, depending on which browser they were using (different browsers use different language to warn their users). The researchers first conducted an online survey of more than 400 Web surfers, to learn what they thought about certificate warnings. They then brought 100 people into a lab and studied how they surf the Web. They found that people often had a mixed-up understanding of certificate warnings. For example, many thought they could ignore the messages when visiting a site they trust, but that they should be more wary at less-trustworthy sites."

Submission + - Tron Legacy exposed (kingofgng.com) 1

Submitted by

KingofGnG

on Sunday July 26, 2009 @01:40PM

KingofGnG writes: "As already occurred during the past year, Disney has chosen the San Diego Comic-Con International to present its new sci-fi project. The sequel to Tron, the classic movie from 1982 dealing with videogames, virtual reality and 3D graphics when none of these three things was widely popular, has got an official title and synopsis now while the major has released (and this time without silly censorship) the very first trailer from the movie together with some concept art and the teaser poster."

Life-Size Photo of a Blue Whale 84

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @04:33PM from the baleen-why-can't-you-be-true dept.

Smivs writes "The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have posted a navigable life-size photo of a blue whale! It will take a while to look at all of it, but it starts at the eye (which is a great idea). The picture is navigable — there is an insert of the whole picture and you can change the view by moving a cursor around — but if you just let it run, the whale will slowly 'swim' past you. It's a bit like being in a submarine with the whale going past a porthole. Definitely worth a look!"

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