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Comment After reading one of the articles, I can only say (Score 0) 360

this: Well done mister Andersen! MAFIAA/DHS: As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Andersen. MAFIAA/DHS: I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Andersen. Mozilla: You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap. I know my rights. I want my phone call. MAFIAA/DHS: Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak? MAFIAA/DHS: You hear that Mr. Anderson?... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Mr. Andersen... Mozzilla: Yeah. Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal. But I think I may have a better one. How about, I give you the finger.
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The Art of the Animated GIF 129

Posted by samzenpus from the high-low-and-animated-art dept.
theodp writes "Some artists work in oils, some in pastels, some in acrylics. Photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg? Their medium of choice is animated GIFs. 'We wanted to tell more of a story than a single still frame photograph but didn't want the high maintenance aspect of a video,' said the two of their unusual collaboration. Needless to say, these are not your father's GeoCities 'Under Construction' GIFs — it can take several hours of manual editing for Beck and Burg to breathe the whisper of life into each image."
Science

All Languages Linked To Common Source 318

Posted by Soulskill from the mitochondrial-chomsky dept.
Old Wolf writes "A New Zealand evolutionary psychologist, Quentin Atkinson, has created a scientific sensation by claiming to have discovered the mother of all mother tongues. 'Dr Atkinson took 504 languages and plotted the number of phonemes in each (corrected for recent population growth, when significant) against the distance between the place where the language is spoken and 2,500 putative points of origin, scattered across the world (abstract). The relationship that emerges suggests the actual point of origin is in central or southern Africa, and that all modern languages do, indeed, have a common root." Reader NotSanguine points out another study which challenges the idea that the brain is more important to the structure of language than cultural evolution.

Comment Re:Battery (Score 1) 336

by AnonymusCowMoo (#35761546) Attached to: Quad-Core Mobile Chips Wasted On Mobiles?

For arguments sake, when it comes to battery, quad core is a lot better, because power grows with the square of speed, so quad core can run at a quarter of the speed for a total power reduction of a factor 4. Overhead for managing multiple threads is negligible.

Yes and four women can deliver one baby in nine months by eating a quarter of the food for a total food consumption reduction of a factor 4.

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