alienuforia - Slashdot User

Comment Re:You heretics (Score 1) 680

by alienuforia on Saturday February 02, 2008 @08:33PM (#22277748) Attached to: Thou Shalt Not View The Super Bowl on a 56" Screen

Because they are not usually watching the game in the actual sanctuary. Obviously your experience with churches is slim, but fellowship halls are a part of the church-going experience. After the worship service is complete, it is not uncommon for the congregation to meet for lunch and continue the fellowship in the other ares of the church. This can include anything recreational that fosters a Christian way of life. I don't understand how you can equate sporting events to blasphemy. I distinctly remember being a senior in high school and attending "5th Quarter" at the church on Friday nights after the high school football games were over. We'd make a habit of ordering loads of pizza, open up the basketball courts, turn on the big screens, and hold a prayer devotional before the festivities began. Nothing uncommon about that at least where I'm from in the US.

SpaceShipTwo Design and Pics Released 245

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @01:25PM from the stuff-i'll-never-be-able-to-afford dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Designs and photos for Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic's new suborbital spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, and its carrier aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo, have been released." Lots of specs and numbers if you're interested in that sort of thing although nothing hugely detailed.

The Secret of the Sun's Heated Atmosphere 158

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, 2008 @04:44PM from the ooh-shiny dept.

eldavojohn writes "There has long been speculation on why the Sun's surface is a mere ten thousand degrees while the atmosphere can reach millions. Space.com is reporting that the mystery has now been solved. Researchers looked for Alfven waves in the solar chromosphere and found them. Followup studies employing simulations demonstrated that the energetics work out to transfer energy from the Sun's surface to its overlying corona.. The magnetic waves may also be the power source behind the solar wind."

Feed Science Daily: Cyst Removed From Baby Gorilla By Medical Surgeons (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Saturday January 12, 2008 @08:32PM

A surgical team of two neurosurgeons and a neonatologist from Seattle's Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle joined Woodland Park Zoo's Animal Health staff yesterday to perform surgery on a two-and-a-half-month-old, female western lowland gorilla. The specialized medical team was mobilized to remove a growth overlying the spine of the 9-pound gorilla. Following the one-hour procedure and recovery from anesthesia, the baby gorilla was returned to her mother at the gorilla exhibit.

General Motors Embraces Open Source for New Community Site 80

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, 2008 @10:31PM from the let-em-have-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "GM has introduced a new website called GMnext. The site utilizes Wordpress and launching in spring a Wiki allowing General Motors to get better feedback on topics such as energy, design and technology from the community. The interesting part is the executives at GM are participating in the collaborative website. 'We're starting our second century at a time of fundamental change in the auto industry,' said GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner. 'We'll use GMnext to introduce some of our ideas for addressing critical issues concerning energy, the environment and globalization. In the process, we also hope to spark a broader, global discussion on these important topics.'"

Journal Journal: Is Yahoo! Reading Your Mail? 3

Journal by gbulmash on Sunday November 25, 2007 @03:49PM

In Friday's edition of "Dear Margo" (an advice column written by the daughter of Ann Landers), a reader asked if Yahoo! employees were reading her Yahoo! mail. Margo addressed the question with a quote from her boss, a Yahoo! News VP. He not only answered the question with doublespeak, but used it as an opportunity to disparage Google's Gmail.

Journal Journal: Fuck you too, CmdrTaco 1

Journal by stratjakt on Thursday November 08, 2007 @07:56PM

So, my karma goes from positive to bad overnight, with no new down-mods in my recent posting history.

Whats up with that?

Taco, you may not necessarily like me or my opinions, but your mods don't seem to have such a problem with it.

Feed Science Daily: Saturn's Sixtieth Moon Discovered (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday July 19, 2007 @08:12PM

Scientists have recently discovered that the planet Saturn is turning 60 - not years, but moons. "We detected the 60th moon orbiting Saturn using the Cassini spacecraft's powerful wide-angle camera," said Carl Murray, a Cassini imaging team scientist. "I was looking at images of the region near the Saturnian moons Methone and Pallene and something caught my eye."

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