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Live Anthrax Shipped Accidentally To S Korea and US Labs 67

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 28, 2015 @07:16PM from the bad-package dept.

New submitter hamsterz1 writes: U.S. Officials say that the military mistakenly sent live anthrax to laboratories in nine states and an air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria. Four lab workers in the United States and up to 22 overseas have been given precautionary medical treatment. The CDC is investigating the incident and Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren says, "Out of an abundance of caution, [the Defence Department] has stopped the shipment of this material from its labs pending completion of the investigation."

Comment Sci-fi picks (Score 1) 647

by B1ackbeard on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @12:07AM (#38444286) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read?

I really enjoy sci-fi. My favorite books in the genre that I would recommend to anyone are 'Use of Weapons' by Iain M. Banks, and 'House of Suns' by Alastair Reynolds. Other works by both authors are also worth checking out.

Comment I like it cause it tastes good! (Score 1) 619

by B1ackbeard on Sunday November 13, 2011 @05:31PM (#38043258) Attached to: In-Vitro Muscle Cells, It's What's For Dinner

Seriously, I don't care where it comes from as long as it tastes like the real deal and doesn't have negative effects on our health.

Comment Eve no Jikan/Time of Eve (Score 3, Interesting) 102

by B1ackbeard on Monday September 06, 2010 @05:50AM (#33487184) Attached to: The State of Household Robots

For those into Japanese animation, check out this short series set in the near future Japan where household androids are commonplace starting to become self aware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Eve

Comment Re:iPad? (Score 1) 684

by B1ackbeard on Sunday February 14, 2010 @07:59PM (#31138590) Attached to: It's 2010; What's the Best E-Reader?

No. While it might be easier to read eink readers, using a 'normal' monitor/phone display to read will not worsen your eyesight.

Dave Perry Shows Off Cloud Gaming Service "Gaikai" 79

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @11:23AM from the all-things-through-the-browser dept.

jasoncart writes "Veteran gaming man Dave Perry has shown off his OnLive-rivalling, cloud gaming service called Gaikai in a new video that is drawing a lot of attention. As you can see from the video, Perry plays World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Mario Kart 64, Spore and more — all running on a bog-standard computer through the Gaikai website, itself running in a normal version of Firefox." More details about the service are available at Perry's website. He spoke about Gaikai in an interview a few months ago, and he seems confident that this will work better than OnLive (which we've discussed in the past).

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