Dance_Dance_Karnov - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I'd much rather... (Score 2, Funny) 636

by Dance_Dance_Karnov on Monday December 14, 2009 @09:25PM (#30438758) Attached to: "Loud Commercial" Legislation Proposed In US Congress

I assume it looks for blank frames. when the stream switches from the content to the ads.

Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby, Sun-Like Star 242

Posted by Soulskill on Monday December 14, 2009 @05:52PM from the i-for-one dept.

likuidkewl writes "Two super-earths, 5 and 7.5 times the size of our home, were found to be orbiting 61 Virginis a mere 28 light years away. 'These detections indicate that low-mass planets are quite common around nearby stars. The discovery of potentially habitable nearby worlds may be just a few years away,' said Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC. Among hundreds of our nearest stellar neighbors, 61 Vir stands out as being the most nearly similar to the Sun in terms of age, mass, and other essential properties."

Comment .no (Score 2, Funny) 186

by Dance_Dance_Karnov on Sunday December 13, 2009 @01:30PM (#30423520) Attached to: Are Sat-Nav Systems Becoming Information Overload?

no more than a map I suppose

Comment duh. (Score 4, Insightful) 218

by Dance_Dance_Karnov on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @05:52AM (#22713528) Attached to: Book Publishers Abandoning DRM

the blindingly obvious usually will win out in time.

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