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Submission + - Museum IDs New Species of Dinosaur

Submitted by Uryugen on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:08AM

Uryugen writes: A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-horned creatures that followed, experts said. The dinosaur's horns, thick as a human arm, are like those of triceratops — which came 10 million years later. However, this animal belonged to a subfamily that usually had bony nubbins a few inches long above their eyes

Cassini Returns Amazing New Imagery from Saturn 118

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @11:51PM from the extremely-attractive-planet dept.

SeaDour writes "The Cassini spacecraft has recently entered a highly-inclined orbit around Saturn, revealing some never-before-seen images of the planet's ring system as seen from above and below the planet. 'Sailing high above Saturn and seeing the rings spread out beneath us like a giant, copper medallion is like exploring an alien world we've never seen before. It just doesn't look like the same place. It's so utterly breath-taking, it almost gives you vertigo.' The spacecraft will eventually return to its standard orbit parallel to the ring plane in late June."

Comment Illusion of Freedom v. Illusion of Security (Score 1) 613

by Scimmia3 on Wednesday November 24, 2004 @06:00PM (#10913116) Attached to: Switching to Contracting?

I worked for a couple of consulting firms over a period of 8 years. I'd need a spreadsheet to figure out how many rounds of layoffs I survived at those two copmanies. I've been contracting for almost three years now and I've worked for all of that period except for about three months. What it comes down to for me is that I need to make money, so I'm either always working or looking for work (usually both at the same time). I like the flexibilty that contracting offers, but I do spend time finding new projects. With a "solid" job, you have the illusion of security. With a contract job, you have the illusion of freedom.

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