Comment So they say.... (Score 1) 142
You know how it is with these MMO designer types:
"Confident, cocky, lazy, dead."
My God. Why is that quote still taking up space in my head?
Are Aliens Living Among Us? 350
pickens writes "In recent years scientists have begun to view the existence of life outside of our solar system as ever-more likely. If life does emerge readily under terrestrial conditions, then perhaps it formed many times on our home planet. To pursue this tantalizing possibility, scientists have begun searching deserts, lakes and caverns for evidence of earth-bound 'alien' life-forms, organisms that would differ fundamentally from all known living creatures because they arose independently. Microbes have already been found inhabiting extreme environments ranging from scalding volcanic vents to the dry valleys of Antarctica. Other so-called extremophiles can survive in salt-saturated lakes, highly acidic mine tailings contaminated with metals, and the waste pools of nuclear reactors. Although 'alien' microbes might look like ordinary bacteria, their biochemistry could involve exotic amino acids or different elemental building blocks so researchers are devising tests to identify exotic microbes. If shadow life is confined to the microbial realm, it is entirely possible that scientists have overlooked it."
Submission + - Symantec CEO says bad service fix only temporary (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: "Symantec's CEO John Thompson says the company is still struggling with its consolidated ERP system and that it has only thrown bodies and not technology at the post-Veritas buyout issues that created poor customer service. 'I've kind of lost track where we are timing-wise...but we threw an awful lot of head count at this wait-time problem. Wait times from their peak of well over an hour are down to now under two minutes,' he said."
Submission + - PC World Editor Returns - CEO "demoted"
k1980pc writes: "In a nice twist to the story posted in slashdot, PC World editor Harry McCracken has returned to the magazine. Some comments on the same can be found in Paul Conley's blog. The article over which the resign-reinstate drama occurred was this story about apple[no-ads version]."
Feed Senators want to overthrow new Net radio fees (com.com)
Blog: Similar to a bill already introduced in the House of Representatives, new effort would nullify contentious decision to raise Webcaster royalty rates.
Feed Remnants Of Ice Age Linger In Gravity (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers have uncovered a large area of low but increasing gravity over North America -- the lingering effect of the last ice age when sheets of ice sometimes three kilometres thick covered nearly all of Canada and the northeastern U.S.
Feed YouTube starts paying 'select' uploaders (theregister.com)
Google as film critic
Google clip dump YouTube is to trial revenue sharing with normal users by adding some of its favourite uploaders to its partnership programme.
Feed New Spinal Tap film available free online (com.com)
Blog: Reiner's characters are back, but you can only see Marty DiBergi's latest 'documentary' on the Web.
Feed Amazon tweaks S3 storage service pricing (com.com)
Blog: The new scheme, which should result in lower costs for most customers, will lower data storage costs but break out bandwidth as separate fee.
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