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Comment Re:as alwasy...bikes are still faster than cars.. (Score 1) 257

by ForteTuba on Monday July 03, 2006 @06:03PM (#15652745) Attached to: New Human-Powered World Hour Record

Funny, I live in Minnesota, and I do bike to work year round. More in the summer, but sometimes in the winter. It's not that bad on a nice brisk 25-degree day if the roads are clear, the wind low, and you have the right clothes (and attitude).

Does Philosophy Have a Role in Computer Science? 239

Posted by Cliff on Friday May 26, 2006 @10:59PM from the deep-thoughts dept.

Johannes Climacus asks: "It would seem to me that philosophical works of philosophers such as Aristotle, Leibniz, Frege, Russell, and Tarski could play a central role in a Computer Science curriculum, as they form a mathematical basis of modern CS and Math. Ethicists such as Plato, Kant, Hegel, Mill, and Heidegger might also play a normative role in Computer Ethics and technology in general. However, I haven't seen any philosophical discussion in any of my theoretical computer science courses besides some simple logic. Is it the same elsewhere? How often do philosophical concerns play into Computer Science education as a whole? What role does (or could) philosophy have in Computer Science or Information Technology?"

Nanotech and the Blind 138

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 14, 2006 @11:46AM from the waiting-for-my-HUD dept.

tomsastroblog writes "In a BBC report scientists injected blind hamsters with a solution containing nanoparticles. The result? Nerves re-grew and sight returned. The researchers injected the blind hamsters with a solution of synthetically made peptides; within 24 hours the brain started to heal itself. The peptides were later broken down by the body into a harmless substance and was excreted three to four weeks later. From the article: 'We are looking at this as a step process. If this can be used while operating on humans to mitigate damage during neurosurgery, that would be the first step,'"

Wikipedia Reaches 1,000,000 Articles 257

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 01, 2006 @09:04PM from the where-were-you-when dept.

AndrewRUK writes "At 23:09 UTC, the one-millionth article was created in the English-language Wikipedia. The milestone was reached with the creation of an article about Jordanhill railway station in Scotland. Congratulations to all the Wikipedians, especially Nach0king who wrote the millionth article and Mészáros András who in November 2004 correctly predicted that it would be created today."

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