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Comment Morons (Score 1) 1854

by Peus on Friday June 08, 2007 @10:52AM (#19437263) Attached to: A Field Trip To the Creation Museum

You would have to be a complete moron to beleive in creationism, I understand the role that religion plays in society and that some people feel that they need to bow down to some omnipitent being to give there life meaning. (Oh and if there is a god that is all powerful and he made us to worship him, don't you think thats just a little bit shallow for a perfect all powerful Deity) But to beleive that the Earth and the Universe is only 6000 years old, in the light of all the overwhelming evidence of that proves evolution and that the universe in billions of years old is not a leap of faith it's a leap back into the dark ages when science was demonised and people were burned at the stake for any attempt to better mankind. We should take all the creationist and take away all the technology that they depend on all the things that science has given them and watch them complain about how they miss TV and their MP3's and theirs cars, and then remind them that according to there beliefs none of things can exists because science is wrong!!! Sorry for the rant. Not for the sentiment.

Computer Foul-up Breaks Canadian Tax Filing System 129

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 08, 2007 @03:00AM from the great-white-mix-up dept.

CokeJunky writes "During a weekend maintenance window, the Canada Revenue Agency (Fills the same role as the IRS south of the border) experienced data corruption issues in the tax databases. As a precaution, they have disabled all electronic filling services, and paper based returns will be stacking up in the mail room, as returns cannot be filed at all until the problem is fixed. Apparently on Monday they discovered tax fillings submitted electronically where the social insurance number, and the date of birth were swapped."

Brain/Computer Gaming Interface Coming in 2008 129

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @10:14PM from the look-mom-no-hands dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Emotiv Systems today unveiled a brain/computer interface system with a helmet and software applications at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The Project Epoc system can move objects based on a gamer's thoughts, reflect facial expressions, and respond to the excitement or calm the gamer mentally exerts, the company said....While Emotiv is not yet ready to announce any partnerships, [they] did say the product will be coming to market in 2008."

Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration Policies 722

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @08:52PM from the losing-our-skillz dept.

Jeian writes "None other than Bill Gates has spoken out against tighter immigration policies in the US. According to Gates, the US is losing skilled immigrants to other countries that are easier to immigrate to. Among his comments: "I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft.""

Remote Control To Prevent Aircraft Hijacking 544

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @06:43PM from the fly-by-really-long-wire dept.

Snad writes "The UK's Evening Standard is reporting that Boeing plans to roll out aircraft remote control systems in a bid to eliminate the threat of terrorist hijackings, and prevent any repetition of the events of September 11 2001. 'Scientists at aircraft giant Boeing are testing the tamper-proof autopilot system which uses state-of-the-art computer and satellite technology. It will be activated by the pilot flicking a simple switch or by pressure sensors fitted to the cockpit door that will respond to any excessive force as terrorists try to break into the flight deck. Once triggered, no one on board will be able to deactivate the system. Currently, all autopilots are manually switched on and off at the discretion of pilots. A threatened airliner could be flown to a secure military base or a commercial airport, where it would touch down using existing landing aids known as 'autoland function'.'"

Sony Keynote Offers Hope For PlayStation 3 Fans 361

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @05:13PM from the hallelujah dept.

Once again, the stage was set for Sony to try to get some good will directed towards its next-gen console. Recent weeks especially have seen PR frustrations and setbacks for the company. Today was Sony's day to deliver: and in my opinion they did with flying colours. By the end of the keynote attendees were laughing and clapping with glee at the goodies that the company is going to be bringing to the PlayStation 3. Finally, finally, there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for the console. Read on for my notes on the keynote, as well as links to other coverage of the event. Note the first: There may finally be a great reason to buy a PlayStation.

RFID Passports Cloned Without Opening the Package 168

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @03:05PM from the step-one-cut-a-hole-in-a-box dept.

Jeremy writes to tell us that using some simple deduction, a security consultant discovered how to clone a passport as it's being mailed to its recipient, without ever opening the package. "But the key in this first generation of biometric passport is relatively easy to identify/crack. It is not random, but consists of passport number, the passport holder's date of birth and the passport expiry date. The Mail found it relatively easy to identify the holder's date of birth, while the expiry date is 10 years from the issue date, which for a newly-delivered passport would clearly fall within a few days. The passport number consists of a number of predictable elements, including an identifier for the issuing office, so effectively a significant part of the key can be reconstructed from the envelope and its address label."

South Korea Drafting Ethical Code for Robotic Age 318

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @01:35PM from the think-of-the-robots dept.

goldaryn writes "The BBC is reporting that the South Korean government is working on an ethical code for human/robot relations, 'to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa'. The article describes the creation of the Robot Ethics Charter, which 'will cover standards for users and manufacturers and will be released later in 2007. [...] It is being put together by a five member team of experts that includes futurists and a science fiction writer.'"

Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No 403

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @12:51PM from the huge-shocker-here dept.

Aviran writes "When you start WGA setup and get to the license agreement page but decided NOT to install the highly controversial WGA component and cancel the installation, the setup program will send information stored in your registry and the fact that you choose not to install WGA back to Microsoft's servers."

Turkey Censors YouTube 482

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @11:16AM from the tastes-like-chicken dept.

FM Reader writes "After a controversial mock-up video reportedly submitted by a Greek member about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, Turkish courts ordered the national ISPs to ban the online video service, YouTube. YouTube hostnames are currently redirected at the DNS level to a page that announces the court order."

First Retail Water-Cooled DDR2 Memory Tested 132

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @10:35AM from the everything-is-better-wet dept.

Twistedmelon writes "We've all heard of water cooling for processors and even graphics processors, in today's high end PCs. However, a water cooled memory module is something that hasn't been done until now. OCZ Technology recently announced their line of Flex XLC Water-Cooled RAM, with its integrated heat-spreaders that can be connected to any standard water cooling system. The memory operates much cooler under load with tight timings at DDR2-800 speeds. For those with water-cooling setups, these DIMMs could easily be tapped into an existing system allowing for quiet and robust cooling for your system memory as well."

FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux 359

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday March 07, 2007 @09:07AM from the hello-Google dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Another straw in the wind: following last week's news that the US Department of Transportation is putting a halt on upgrades to Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7, today comes word that the Federal Aviation Administration may ditch Vista and Office in favor of Google's new online business applications running on Linux-based hardware. (The FAA is part of the DOT.) The FAA's CIO David Bowen told InformationWeek he's taking a close look at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls replacements for the agency's Windows XP-based desktop computers. Bowen cited several reasons why he finds Google Apps attractive. 'From a security and management standpoint that would have some advantages,' he said."

30 Days With Ubuntu Linux 852

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:29AM from the making-the-switch dept.

jkwdoc writes "Vexed by Vista's hardware requirements and product activation issues, many have claimed on various boards that they plan to 'switch to Linux.' [H] Consumer spent 30 days using nothing but Ubuntu Linux to find out if this is truly a viable alternative for the consumer. Linux has indeed become much more than the 'Programmer's OS.'"

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