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Comment So What's Next? (Score 2) 401

How do we go about ensuring some sort of repercussions happen as a result of this? It seems to me that the Conservatives are able to pull off all kinds of stuff time and time again, without any effect. Should we, as voters, start recall campaigns? Or is there some mechanism for Elections Canada to invalidate an election?

Comment If only the bugs weren't so prevalent (Score 1) 399

Having just spent the last 13 hours trying to play a multiplayer game with 4 other people, I'm sadly disappointed in the state of the multiplayer game. Not only is it missing features (like saving, joining as AI, showing a *progress bar* when loading), but it's extremely temperamental and buggy. Firaxis sadly seems to have adopted the 'release now and patch later' attitude so prevalent in PC gaming studios these days. Hopefully a patch will be forthcoming, but at the moment I'm disappointed.

Comment Re:Why enter now?? (Score 1) 119

Isn't the publication of this contest somewhat misrepresentation? The excerpt from the rules makes it quite clear the prize will go to the person downloading after the 999,999,999th app, which does in fact make downloading anything now pointless. However, on the main page of the promotion, it says "Download an app and you'll automatically get the chance to win..." which suggests that each download you make now gives you an equal chance of winning when actually there isn't any chance now, and won't be until right before the counter ticks over.

Comment Common Theme (Score 1) 336

This really strikes a chord with me, as I spent about 6 hours on the phone with InfoSat the other day trying to get our satellite connections functioning properly, in the remote part of Northwest canada that I'm currently located in. What ended up fixing it was when the tech tried 'upgrading our service', then suddenly all was better. My suggestion is just to keep riding them until they fix it. You're paying a lot of money for a reason, and you should be getting your money's worth. Also, if you're going through a subcontractor I highly recommend bypassing them and contacting the real provider directly, as that was the only way I could solve my problem.
Space

NASA Looking For "Diamonds In The Sky" 101

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Scientist Charles Bauschlicher and his research team have found a new way to look for 'diamonds in the sky'. It may not be romantic, but diamonds shine especially brightly in the 3.4 to 3.5 micron and 6 to 10 micron infrared ranges, which should make NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope the perfect tool to see them with. Though less common and more monopolized on earth, diamonds are surprisingly common in outer space and the nanometer-sized bits comprise 3% of all the carbon found in meteorites. That means that if meteorite composition is representative of interstellar dust, that dust would contain about 10 quadrillion (1 * 10^16) nanodiamonds per gram."
Security

Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo 713

KentuckyFC writes "Is it really possible for a 350-pound tiger to leap a 12.5-foot barrier from 33 feet away? (Said another way: a 159-kg tiger, a 3.8 m barrier, and 10 m away.) A physicist at Northeastern University has done the math, a straightforward problem in ballistics, and the answer turns out to be yes (abstract on the physics arXiv). But I guess we already knew that following the death of Carlos Souza at the paws of Tatiana, a Siberian Tiger he had allegedly been taunting at San Francisco zoo at the end of last year."
Education

Monkeys and Humans Learn the Same Way 91

Lucas123 writes "A new study from UCLA showed that monkeys, like humans, learn faster by being actively involved in the learning process rather than just having information placed before them, according to a story in ScienceDaily. In the study, two rhesus macaque monkeys learned to put up to 18 photos on an ATM-like touch screen in a row. 'The monkeys did much better on the first three days when they had the help than when they didn't, but on the test day, it completely reversed. When they studied with the hint, there is no evidence they learned anything about the list. They learned the lists when they didn't get the help.'"

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