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Comment Statistics for All (Score 1) 246

by OldAndSlow on Saturday January 30, 2016 @02:38PM (#51404149) Attached to: Obama Calls For $4B 'Computer Science For All' Program For K-12 Schools

It is more useful in more fields, and would be good for the democracy.

Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? 561

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 15, 2010 @12:46PM from the you-ever-see-the-back-of-a-$20-bill-on-sound? dept.

ehrichweiss writes "The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents and teachers of a new threat to our children: sounds. Apparently kids are now discovering binaural beats and using them to get 'physiological effects.' The report goes on with everyone suggesting that such aural experiences will act as a gateway to drug usage and even has one student claiming there are 'demons' involved. Anyone who has used one of those light/sound machines knows all about the effects that these sounds will give and to state that they will lead kids to do drugs is nonsense at best. It seems the trend in scaring the citizens with a made-up problem has gone to the next level."

Comment Re:Further perspective (Score 2, Interesting) 560

by OldAndSlow on Friday March 21, 2008 @12:00AM (#22815672) Attached to: Questions Arising On Mercury In Compact Fluorescents

Last year, I spent a couple of hours googling to be able to calculate the average amount of mercury (the mercury content of coal varies a lot) emitted by electric power plants. I came up with CFLs containing a third of the mercury that would be released to generate the extra power needed for incandescent lights. And mercury that escapes out a smokestack seems to me to be more immediately dangerous than mercury in a modern landfill.

Feed U.S. Balks at Climate Talks (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:52PM

All delegates agree on the critical need to cut emissions, but the United States still worries about its economy and the contributions from developing countries. By the Associated Press.

Buy PC Without an OS... Get a Visit From MSFT? 639

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 05, 2006 @11:54AM from the sure-would-be-tragic-if-something-happened-to-your-kneecaps dept.

sebFlyte writes "'Don't sell PCs without operating systems or we'll send the boys round.' That seems to be the general message coming out of microsoft's antipiracy unit, according to ZDNet. While MS seems to accept that people might want to get hold of PCs without Windows so they can put Linux on them, they don't think that's a good enough excuse. "We want to urge all system builders -- indeed, all Partners -- not to supply naked PCs. It is a risk to your customers and a risk to your business," says Microsoft. The FSF has given this policy short shrift, saying: "It looks like a private sniffing service which is supposed to spy on these who do not want to pay the Microsoft tax anymore. It is an incredible piece of impudence.""

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