Comment Re:I'm holding out for Ubuntu 10.10 (Score 1) 620
I'll hedge my bets on Lascivious Lizard or Lewd Langoustine. Not sure I look forward to Randy Rhino, though...
Comment Re:Agreed, TANSTAAFL (Score 1) 373
This absolutely makes sense. Just take the example of a match. Strike it, watch it suck the Dark out of the room, and when it's done you can clearly see all the Dark that has been absorbed into the match.
Comment Re:GNU R (Score 1) 776
When it comes to tables in LaTeX, I'd recommend just dumping the table to a txt file and use PGFPlotsTable (warning, PDF manual) to typeset the table directly. That makes it possible to manipulate the table without having to use R again. You can do stuff like automatically highlighting every second row or column, reorder/ignore columns, and do computations to create new data. It's part of the terrific package PGFPlots. To read more about the capabilities of PGF and TikZ, see here.
Comment Re:I wonder how it copes with twins? (Score 5, Funny) 214
Twins? Easy! The evil twin always has a goatee.
Comment Re:What kittens are illegal now? (Score 1) 695
Clearly, you must be new to the Internet. Welcome! With a nick and sig like yours, though, I can see why you jumped to conclusions about it being a sexual reference...
Comment Suing the telcos next? (Score 1, Insightful) 695
With Craigslist being a free service for anyone to post ads, isn't this somewhat like suing the telcos for allowing anybody to staple posters to their poles? (You in the back there, stop giggling!) I've seen those being used to peddle all kinds of stuff, from bicycles to kittens. Clearly they should be forced to moderate their telephone poles, right?
Comment Re:Whew, that's a relief. (Score 5, Informative) 1056
Interesting that you should say this, since the doctor who published the original study was actually paid to do the study by the parents who wanted to sue over the alleged MMR-autism link. From the BBC article:
Mr Wakefield received funding to see if there was any evidence to support possible legal action by a group of parents who claimed their children were damaged by the vaccine. Some children were involved in both studies.
If that wasn't bad enough, alongside with other charges (see here), there are signs of him fixing the data in the study. Not exactly what I'd call a pillar of ethical and unbiased behavior...
Comment Re:Don't they already have one? (Score 5, Funny) 374
No, it's called Lenix.
Submission + - MacBook Pro line gets Santa Rosa chipset
frdmfghtr writes: TechNewsWorld is reporting that Apple has updated the MacBook Pro line with the Santa Rosa chipset from Intel. In addition, Apple is also introducing mercury-free displays with some models. FTA:
When Apple presented new editions of its MacBook line last month, the company excluded the latest Intel Centrino chips, dubbed "Santa Rosa," which had been released just days prior. The chips have found their way into Apple's new high-end MacBook Pro notebooks, which the company revealed Tuesday. Certain models use mercury-free displays, falling in line with the company's recent ecological promises.
Submission + - Politically charged Rev. Jerry Falwell died, today
policy writes: "Rev. Jerry Falwell collapsed at his campus office and died Tuesday. Falwell was an Evangelical Christian with tremendous influence on politics and religion. Rev. Jerry Falwell helped convert the religious right into a major political force in the U.S. and he was able to successfully use television to transform the smaller sect of Christianity into arguably the loudest and most influential group over the last decade. Evangelical Christians are highly recognized for their effort and success in helping elect President George W. Bush into office. Falwell was 73 when he died."
Submission + - Jerry Falwell
zophyx writes: The Reverend Jerry Falwell died suddenly today.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell found unconscious in office at Liberty University
Falwell, 73, was rushed to a Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital
He is a nationally known voice for conservative Christian views
The Rev. Jerry Falwell found unconscious in office at Liberty University
Falwell, 73, was rushed to a Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital
He is a nationally known voice for conservative Christian views
Submission + - Jerry Falwell
Anonymous Coward writes: "NPR and BBC are reporting Jerry Falwell's death. Question: Is it alright to be happy that someone so divisive and so bent on mixing religion and politics in an "us vs. them" way is dead?"
Submission + - Apple Delays Leopard to October, Blames iPhone
Stupid Mac Fanboy writes: Apple just announced that Leopard will be delayed until October. They cite the development of the iPhone as the primary reason:
According to the release, developers will be given a "near-final" beta copy of Leopard at WWDC in June.iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us.
Submission + - Microsoft ordered to pay $1.52b to Alcatel-Lucent
david.emery writes: "CNN [ http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/22/technology/microso ft_alcatel.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007022215 ] has a short item on a Jury award of $1.52b in damages to Alcatel-Lucent, from Microsoft, for violating a patent relating to computer audio files."
