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Comment Re:What they do there (Score 1) 252

by Jonsey on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @06:32PM (#34635764) Attached to: Labor Lockout Lingers At Honeywell Nuclear Plant

HF is a "weak acid" because the flourine is so electron-loving that it doesn't want to let go of the e- from the hydrogen, even when in water. Most acids dissociate in water quite freely, it's why they're able to react in the first place. HF is extremely nasty stuff, because flourine is such incredibly nasty stuff. That's a "weak acid" by convention, but it's not really anything you want a decently concentrated solution of left unchecked.

Submission + - Busy Lives Prompt Speedier Board Games

Submitted by BusylikeBum on Thursday March 29, 2007 @05:17PM

BusylikeBum writes: Michelle Hastings admits she's sometimes cheated to get through a game of Candy Land with her 5-year-old daughter, Campbell. The board game can take just too long, she said. Disney Monopoly is another big offender. "A game like that, it could literally take you days," said Hastings, of Holliston, Mass. "A lot of times, you don't play games because they take so long." Board game makers are heeding pleas of parents like Hastings and introducing games tailored to busy lives and shorter attention spans that take only about 20 minutes to play.

Why the RIAA Doesn't Want Defendants Exonerated 199

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 29, 2007 @05:12PM from the so-many-reasons-just-pick-one dept.

RageAgainsttheBears writes "The RIAA is beginning to find itself in an awkward position. A few of its many, many lawsuits don't manage to end in success for the organization. Typically, when they decide a case isn't worth pursuing (due to targeting the wrong person or not having sufficient evidence), they simply move to drop the case. Counterclaims are usually dropped in turn, and everyone goes separate ways. But recently, judges have been deciding to allow the RIAA to drop the case, but still allowing the defendant's counterclaim through. According to the Ars Technica article: 'If Judge Miles-LaGrange issues a ruling exonerating Tallie Stubbs of infringement, it would be a worrisome trend for the RIAA. The music industry has become accustomed to having its way with those it accuses of file-sharing, quietly dropping cases it believes it can't win. It looks as though the courts may be ready to stop the record labels from just walking away from litigation when it doesn't like the direction it is taking and give defendants justice by fully exonerating them of any wrongdoing.'"

Students Sue Anti-Plagiarism Service 713

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 29, 2007 @03:51PM from the students,-regrettably,-rarely-have-a-lot-of-rights dept.

jazzbazzfazz writes "It seems that some students in Virginia are not happy with the anti-plagiarism service Turnitin. The company checks prose submitted by its customers for signs that it has been copied in whole or part by comparing it to a large database of works that it maintains. Trouble is, it also adds the submitted prose to its files and stores it for use by the company in future scans, which the students feel is illegal use of their copyrighted materials. I think they've got an excellent case, especially since they seem to have prepared for this eventuality: they're A-students, never been accused of plagiarism, and they formally copyrighted their papers prior to their submission to Turnitin."

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