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Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:48PM from the hot-bits dept.

supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3. Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."

Comment Re:Not again (Score 1) 575

by Essellion on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @05:26AM (#30223996) Attached to: New Theory of Gravity Decouples Space & Time

...There's the golden rule, for starters. He didn't invent it, but he was instrumental in the widespread use of its positive statement ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" as opposed to "Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him")...

Not to disagree with the general intent on your post, but the golden rule isn't well worded. I'd hate to be in a room with a masochist who followed it.

Comment Re:Poetic justice? (Score 1) 689

by Essellion on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @03:19PM (#26891373) Attached to: Student Satirist Gets 3 Months; the Judge, Likely More

Hmmm. I can't help thinking of a quote:
"Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time."

As for what would be just in this case, I don't know. I've seen the justice system do some amazingly right things, and heard of others that were terrible and a betrayal of public trust.

Sadly, it depends on the quality of the judge involved. And a criminal judge can do horrendous damage, both to the people involved, and the justice system itself.

Submission + - Brain/computer gaming interface coming in 2008?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @06:15PM

An anonymous reader writes: Emotiv Systems today unveiled a brain/computer interface system with a helmet and software applications at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The Project Epoc system can move objects based on a gamer's thoughts, reflect facial expressions, and respond to the excitement or calm the gamer mentally exerts, the company said....While Emotiv is not yet ready to announce any partnerships, [they] did say the product will be coming to market in 2008.

Submission + - Gates to Congress: U.S. Needs More Visas. ?Visas??

Submitted by

Brotherred

on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @06:07PM

Brotherred writes: "This is funny. I think that the more localized companies and software distributions are having more problems with collaboration and production issues than ones that are built internationally. Being that Microsoft has always been so localized; to open the US boarders at the request of MS is just like a subsidy. "America has always done its best when we bring the best to our shores," Gates said. "[But] we face a critical shortage of scientific talent....Our immigration policy is driving away the best minds exactly when we need them most." http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/gates_to_ congre_1.html"

Submission + - Maxis Developer says Wii "sucks ass"

Submitted by

Toastercookie

on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @06:05PM

Toastercookie writes: "During a session at GDC this morning titled 'Burning Mad — Game Publishers Rant,' time was taken about half way through to allow developers a chance to spew their own rants. One speaker, Chris Hecker, currently working on Spore at Maxis, took the opportunity to call out Nintendo for not taking games seriously."

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