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Comment Solution (4:3 to 16:10 to 16:9) (Score 1) 1140

by JamesTheBard on Thursday October 07, 2010 @09:21AM (#33823560) Attached to: Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels?

They used to come with 1920x1200 and 1680x1050. Now, most have decided that the 16:10 aspect ratio is bunk. Now you're looking at 1920x1200 and 1680x1050 is being replaced more often than not by 1600x900 (a loss of pixels on both the horizontal and vertical fronts.)

Comment Re:Hmmmm (Score 1) 549

by JamesTheBard on Saturday September 15, 2007 @01:04PM (#20617095) Attached to: The GIMP UI Redesign

Wouldn't that make it the Pimp?

Submission + - Nanotechnology boosts solar cells performance

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @01:28PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "Physicists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have improved the performance of solar cells by 60 percent. And they obtained this spectacular result by using a very simple trick. They've coated the solar cells with a film of 1-nanometer thick silicon fluorescing nanoparticles. The researchers also said that this process could be easily incorporated into the manufacturing process of solar cells with very little additional cost. Read more for additional references and a photo of a researcher holding a silicon solar cell coated with a film of silicon nanoparticles."

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by webdigger on Thursday March 08, 2007 @02:47PM

Possible Large Impact Crater In Nevada 29

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 08, 2007 @01:10PM from the no-wonder-it's-burning dept.

While participating in amateur rocket launches in Black Rock Desert (the site of Burning Man), Ian Kluft noticed rocks with some oddities. Through the Internet he learned the characteristics of impact craters, then found some clues in photographs and Google Maps. Examining the area, he collected samples of rock with impact patterns and other evidence. He found that previous geological puzzles in the region are well explained as impact structures. Volunteers are finding peculiarities in satellite imagery of the area. Kluft presents his evidence here — "Submitted for Study: Discovery of Possible Impact Crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert." This is a preliminary, six-week effort intended to bring the site to the attention of geologists. Confirmation will take some time and more elaborate tools than his group has.

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