Comment Mumbo Pocus (Score 1) 195
What a load of complete bollocks.
Mumbo Pocus, you might say.
Comment Ultima IV (Score 1) 325
Ultima IV tops any list for me.
Comment Stuffed (Score 1) 793
I wish to be stuffed and dragged out for family social occasions.
I think I could be an important member of the significant events in the life of my loved ones.
I can be the best listening in the world.
Got a problem? Tell Unky Jimbo.
Need to offload? Tell Unky Jimbo.
Need to admit you are gay? tell Unky Jimbo.
I will patiently listen to anything they'd have to say.
Also, I could be used as a coatstand/hatrack combination.
Result.
15-Year-Old Student Discovers New Pulsar 103
For the second time in as many years, a student has made a discovery while participating in the Pulsar Search Collaboratory (PSC), a joint program between the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and West Virginia University designed to get students and teachers involved in analyzing data from the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). This time it was high school sophomore Shay Bloxton, who discovered a brand new pulsar. "For Bloxton, the pulsar discovery may be only her first in a scientific career. 'Participating in the PSC has definitely encouraged me to pursue my dream of being an astrophysicist,' she said, adding that she hopes to attend West Virginia University to study astrophysics. Late last year, another West Virginia student, from South Harrison High School, Lucas Bolyard, discovered a pulsar-like object called a rotating radio transient. His discovery also came through participation in the PSC."
Comment Apple TV (Score 1) 697
Like a lot of people, I've hacked an Apple TV to give me SSH/SFTP.
You can upgrade the HD, install quite a bit.
I run Boxee on it and it is a very flexible media server.
Check out http://www.appletvhacks.net/ for info on what you can do with it.
Max power draw is 48 watts.
Comment BMI is garbage (Score 1) 1106
BMI is garbage- it simply puts height against weight.
I'm a body builder, only about 12% body fat but according to my BMI I am obsese- some hardcore lifters would be considered morbidly obese.
It was developed in the 1800's by a Belgian scientist and does not take into account body composition, body fat percentage or overall health.
If I was subject to this ruling I would be making a hell of a lot of noise- you can't punish a healthy body builder simply because a number based on 19th century mathematics is applied to him (or her) that has no basis on overall health.
I'm a body builder, only about 12% body fat but according to my BMI I am obsese- some hardcore lifters would be considered morbidly obese.
It was developed in the 1800's by a Belgian scientist and does not take into account body composition, body fat percentage or overall health.
If I was subject to this ruling I would be making a hell of a lot of noise- you can't punish a healthy body builder simply because a number based on 19th century mathematics is applied to him (or her) that has no basis on overall health.
