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Comment title and summary conflict (Score 1, Informative) 176

by alfal on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @09:50AM (#28278825) Attached to: Palm's webOS Root Image Leaks Out

The title and the summary of this article aren't in total agreement (one says Reset Doctor, other says root image).
The Reset Doctor wasn't leaked, its available on Palm's site: http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/32759_en.html
The WebOS root image is what I would consider being leaked.

Comment Re:So what happens.... (Score 0) 233

by alfal on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @06:23AM (#27935195) Attached to: Minor Damage Found On Space Shuttle

Do we roll Discovery out and hope third time is a charm? or do we just ride the less of the broken shuttles home, and scrap the program when they get home?

Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 381

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @11:01AM from the mine-started-before-that dept.

krou writes "The BBC is reporting that a new study suggests that our mental abilities start to dwindle at 27 after peaking at 22, and 27 could be seen as the 'start of old age.' The seven-year study, by Professor Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia, looked at 2,000 healthy people aged 18-60, and used a number of mental agility tests already used to spot signs of dementia. 'The first age at which there was any marked decline was at 27 in tests of brain speed, reasoning and visual puzzle-solving ability. Things like memory stayed intact until the age of 37, on average, while abilities based on accumulated knowledge, such as performance on tests of vocabulary or general information, increased until the age of 60.'"

Comment Re:Then & Now (Score -1) 697

by alfal on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @10:42AM (#12823295) Attached to: Back to Moon in 2015?

For real, how can it possibly take longer to do it again, if we already did it before? The R&D phase is over. We know what to do.

We were lucky most of the astronauts survived. The previous moon landings were not safe, and not as well thought out as they should be. Especially, with the new technology (computers, alloys ...) we should really start from scratch to make it as safe and productive as possible.

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