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Comment Re:What a load of crap! (Score 5, Insightful) 147

by DeepBlueDiver on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:22PM (#42184591) Attached to: The Rise of Feudal Computer Security

In fact anyone capable to run his own infrastructure already had most of this services more than 10 years ago.

Webmail, file storage accessible from anywhere, files synchronization between computers thru Internet, remote encrypted backups... all of this is quite trivial to setup and can be tailored to your needs in such a way that you won't even think of going back to "generic" services.

Don't get me wrong, all this "cloud" thing has been great to bring to the masses what we nerds always had. But I have yet to see one of this services successfully replacing what I already provide to myself with just an Internet connection, a router, a NAS, and tiny server.

Artificial DNA Replicates and 'Evolves' 126

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 20, 2012 @11:39AM from the cylons-were-created-by-man dept.

ananyo writes "Scientists have demonstrated that several lab-made variants of DNA can store and transmit information much like the genuine article. DNA is made up of nucleic acid bases — labelled A, C, G and T — on a backbone made of phosphates and the sugar deoxyribose. The artificial polymers, dubbed XNAs, carry the normal genetic 'alphabet' on a backbone made using different sugars. The researchers engineered enzymes that transcribed DNA into the various XNAs, then back into new DNA strands. Faithful genetic transmission over successive DNA-to-XNA cycles allowed researchers to select for only those XNAs that attached to certain target proteins from a pool of random samples — a process akin to evolution over multiple generations (abstract). The research confirms for the first time that replication, heredity and evolution can take place in artificial DNA-like molecules."

Comment Re:Really bad idea. (Score 1) 1173

by DeepBlueDiver on Monday July 04, 2011 @12:21PM (#36653284) Attached to: Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US

Roundabouts (or rotaries, or traffic circles, as they're known in parts of the U.S.) induce confusion and fear in many drivers

Are american drivers specially retarded?

I don't intend to be rude but... Confusion? Fear? It is just a roundabout! You just, you know, drive around it. I swear I can't understand what is so difficult.

Comment Re:Get ready (Score 1) 228

by DeepBlueDiver on Sunday June 14, 2009 @11:16PM (#28331421) Attached to: Better Tools For Disabled Geeks?

Yes, I'm planning to be a zombie. I should start training on eating brains.

Comment Get ready (Score 1) 228

by DeepBlueDiver on Sunday June 14, 2009 @10:52PM (#28331265) Attached to: Better Tools For Disabled Geeks?

In time, almost 100% of keyboard users will have trouble typing

In time, all 100% of users will die. Should we start buying coffins?

Comment Re:Why bother with an IT solution? (Score 1) 228

by DeepBlueDiver on Saturday May 16, 2009 @02:48AM (#27976785) Attached to: US Military Looks For Massive Spam Solution

I like the way you think.

Submission + - EFF Releases Software to Spot Net NonNeutrality (eff.org)

Submitted by DanielBoz on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @09:32PM

DanielBoz writes: In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their own ISPs.

Comment Re:And then what? (Score 5, Informative) 308

by DeepBlueDiver on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @01:58PM (#21507247) Attached to: Voyager 2 Set to Reach Termination Shock

Other than "we sent something outside the solar system again", does this mean anything?

Again? The only man made objects travelling beyond Pluto's orbit are Pioneer 10 & 11, and Voyager 1 & 2.
Four, just four small space probes.

Sorry dude, all the space ships you see on TV are just FX. We are not (yet) exploring the galaxy.

Will we get any new data about "termination shock" or whatnot?

Yeah! We may confirm that there exists this termination shock we expect to find there, or we may find our theories are wrong and there is not such "thing".

Feed Science Daily: Amazon Rainforest At Risk From Initiative To Connect South American Economies (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday October 01, 2007 @08:12PM

An unprecedented development plan to link South America's economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest in coming decades, according to a new study. Researchers show that IIRSA's development projects will coincide with mounting pressures on the Amazon's ecosystem and its traditional communities. These pressures include climate change; logging; deforestation for agriculture; and mineral exploitation, as well as the impending boom in biofuel crops such as sugar cane.

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