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Submission + - Indicted ex-FIFA executive cites Onion article in rant slamming US (time.com)

Submitted by schwit1 on Monday June 01, 2015 @08:19AM

schwit1 writes: Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner renewed his criticism of the United States, where he faces corruption charges, on Sunday by releasing a pair of videorecorded comments — one of them based on a story by satirical website The Onion.

"This past week has been a most trying one for me, a most difficult one," Warner said.

Even Sunday wasn't easy, when Warner needed two attempts to get his message across by telling followers that the latest accusations against him stem largely from the U.S. being upset that it did not win the rights to host the 2022 World Cup — which went to Qatar.

In an eight-minute Facebook video, which was quickly deleted after numerous news reports picked up on the gaffe, Warner held up a printout of a fictitious story from The Onion bearing the headline: "FIFA Frantically Announces 2015 Summer World Cup In United States."

The fake story was published on Wednesday, hours after Warner was indicted in the U.S. and arrested and briefly jailed in Trinidad. Warner asked why the story was "two days before the FIFA election" when Sepp Blatter was re-elected as president.

Submission + - Congress' Gulf oil spill response given a 'D' by commissioners (nature.com) 1

Submitted by ananyo on Tuesday April 17, 2012 @12:10PM

ananyo writes: Many of the problems that led to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have not been addressed, say the members of a commission set up by US President Barack Obama to study the disaster. The group releases a report today on progress towards its 2011 recommendations for preventing future disasters and improving spill response.

The US Congress fares worst in the new report, earning a 'D' rating for its failure to enact any meaningful legislation in response to the disaster. The Restore Act would allocate 80% of any fines that BP pays for the spill under the Clean Water Act to restoring the environment and economies of the states in the Gulf of Mexico, but the act has stalled in the House of Representatives. The Obama administration did better, with a B, thanks in part to new drilling regulations, while the oil industry's efforts to improve safety saw it awarded a C+.

Submission + - Bio Fuel Game Changer

Submitted by duanes1967 on Monday July 27, 2009 @12:50PM

duanes1967 writes: A company call Joule Biotech claims to have a breakthrough in Biofuel production. Their process can create 20,000 gallons of fuel per acre per year at a cost of about $50 per barrel. http://www.joulebio.com/ Via Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/23073/ "Algae-based biofuels come closest to Joule's technology, with potential yields of 2,000 to 6,000 gallons per acre; yet even so, the new process would represent an order of magnitude improvement. What's more, for the best current algae fuels technologies to be competitive with fossil fuels, crude oil would have to cost over $800 a barrel says Philip Pienkos, a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. Joule claims that its process will be competitive with crude oil at $50 a barrel. In recent weeks, oil has sold for $60 to $70 a barrel." Via Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/23073/

Comment Re:Digital Retro? (Score 1) 443

by arnbuck on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @03:29PM (#28099475) Attached to: Polaroid Lovers Try To Revive Its Instant Film

There is also this product that uses much newer technology than parent's link http://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Instant-Mobile-Printer-%2528CZA%252d10011B%2529/dp/B001GTV0G2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243365725&sr=1-6 It was designed but what remains of the old Polaroid R&D group. More info at http://www.zink.com/how-ZINK-works

Comment Re:Who asked for higher resolution? (Score 1) 291

by arnbuck on Wednesday April 27, 2005 @12:55PM (#12360820) Attached to: DirecTV's 1st MPEG4 Satellite Launch Successful

I think you have active lines mixed up with total lines, of course it does improve your argument. NTSC has 486 active lines out of 525 per frame. PAL has 576 active out of 625 lines - PAL does have more vertical (and horizontal) resolution. Flicker can be a problem since you get 25 frames/s versus 30 for NTSC (approx.).

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