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Disputed Island Disappears Into Sea 460

Posted by samzenpus on Friday March 26, 2010 @10:28AM from the say-hi-to-atlantis dept.

RawJoe writes "India and Bangladesh have argued for almost 30 years over control of a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have ended the argument for them: the island's gone. From the article: 'New Moore Island, in the Sunderbans, has been completely submerged, said oceanographer Sugata Hazra, a professor at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Its disappearance has been confirmed by satellite imagery and sea patrols, he said. "What these two countries could not achieve from years of talking, has been resolved by global warming," said Hazra.'"

Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein ... and Now Fat 210

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @05:21PM from the visit-the-chiba-clinic-for-an-upgrade dept.

ral writes "The human tongue can taste more than sweet, sour, salty, bitter and protein. Researchers have added fat to that list. Dr. Russell Keast, an exercise and nutrition sciences professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, told Slashfood, 'This makes logical sense. We have sweet to identify carbohydrate/sugars, and umami to identify protein/amino acids, so we could expect a taste to identify the other macronutrient: fat.' In the Deakin study, which appears in the latest issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, Dr. Keast and his team gave a group of 33 people fatty acids found in common foods, mixed in with nonfat milk to disguise the telltale fat texture. All 33 could detect the fatty acids to at least a small degree."

Comment Obnoxious EULA (Score 1) 812

by apetala2 on Tuesday November 15, 2005 @04:51PM (#14037874) Attached to: Bad Day To Be Sony

The EFF has some information about the EULA that accompanies the XCP CDs:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php
I find the list to be quite odious. For example, if you declare bankruptcy, you must delete all music from the CD off your computer (or else you're in violation of the EULA). Unless you owe Sony money or you're wanting to borrow money from Sony, why should Sony care about your financial problems?

This is something that has bothered me for quite some time: Obnoxious EULAs. Like many people, I have not usually bothered to read EULAs that accompany software installations. However, I think I should, and I should object when the terms are ridiculous as they are in this example.

However, what I wonder is if it is possible to do this and continue to use any software that has any EULA. Are they all this obnoxious? Are there any that set out fair and reasonable terms? I will find out as I pay more attention in the future.

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