Comment Re:Right (Score 5, Funny) 416
They're just letting us know that MS wants its own employees to use the best possible tech available.
Comment Resume builder? (Score 5, Funny) 353
So, is this going to be a good thing to put on your resume?
* Stay focused and attentive to work.
* Hard worker
* Level 32 Visual Studio Achievements
* Stays on task
Uhhhh...
Comment How about firmware and drivers??? (Score 1) 245
I'd love to have the firmware to my Intel MB that they're not updating anymore, even though they know it is buggy; the latest version broke stuff that worked in the previous version but fixed other bugs from that version, so you have to pick your poison.
The other thing is drivers for hardware. If you're not going to update your buggy, crappy drivers, let us do it.
Comment Re:Prediction depends on an unproven thesis (Score 1) 746
ANot surprising: higher temperature -> oceans heat up -> less dissolved CO2.
Next time you go to the kitchen, do a little experiment with the sugar: does it dissolve more easily in hot water, or in cold water? I think you'll find it's the same with CO2. Better find another explanation.
Comment Re:Nothing new (Score 1) 3
Yes, it is completely new. This transmission does not rely on friction to go through its infinite number of gears. The current CVT transmissions use friction and belts to go through the gears, but this transmission does not use friction to go between the gears. It is fully engaged metal to metal all the time. This is not old tech with a new name. It is an entirely new paradigm. Go check it out yourself:
www.moongears.com
Comment Robots with mice brains? (Score 1) 289
We are Borg you will be assimilated...
STOMP.
Assimilate that.
Feed Microsoft's Suing Over Diverted Student Software... Even As Its Encouraged Simil (techdirt.com)
There's been a lot of press coverage the past couple of days about Microsoft filing lawsuits and sending cease-and-desist letters over specially priced software for students being diverted to retailers. By itself, the story isn't all that interesting, but it did remind me of stories from the past few years that have suggested that Microsoft has either turned a blind eye to non-students buying student-priced software or actively trying to court non-students with the academic discounts. At the time, it seemed like Microsoft recognized that for many people, the alternative to not getting the student discount would be to either get a totally unauthorized version or move on to another platform. However, like so many other things, perhaps Microsoft's views keep changing as it grows older.
Journal SPAM: US ready to strike Iran within days 5
Acknowledgement to Russian Information Agency Novosti (March 30, 2007)
Russian intelligence has information that the US Armed Forces have nearly completed preparations for a possible military operation against Iran, and will be ready to strike in early April, a security official said.
Official data says the US's military presence in the region has reached the level of March 2003 when the US invaded Iraq.
Most Digital Content Not Stable 353
brunes69 writes "The CBC is running an article profiling the problems with archiving digital data in New Brunswick's provincial archives. Quote from the story: 'I've had audio tape come into the archives, for example, that had been submerged in water in floods and the tape was so swollen it went off the reel, and yet we were able to recover that. We were able to take that off and dry it out and play it back. If a CD had one-tenth of one per cent of the damage on one of those reels, it wouldn't play, period. The whole thing would be corrupted'. Given the difficulties with preserving digital data, is it really the medium we should be using for archival purposes?"
Submission + - Prius more environmentally damaging than a Hummer
An anonymous reader writes: According to this story from Central Connecticut State University the Prius takes more energy to manufacture than a Hummer, requiring 50% more energy to produce. In addition, they calculate that the Prius costs $3.25 per mile over it's expected lifespan of 100,000 miles compared to $1.95 per mile for the hummer.
Comment Re:What ID is actually about (Score 4, Interesting) 1634
>>This is called micro-evolution, and in fact the large majority of Christians have no problem with it.
Actually the large majority of Christians (aka Roman Catholics) have no problem with macro evolution. It's official doctrine. It's based in the ancient Christian belief that the understanding the Universe is one of the best ways of understanding the God who created it. The idea that the workings of the world itself is as much a testament to God's will as the Bible. It's the minority of hardcore evangelicals (who somehow seem to have a strangehold on middle America) who prefer to believe that hard evidence must always give way to their fixed, particular interpretation of scripture.
Actually the large majority of Christians (aka Roman Catholics) have no problem with macro evolution. It's official doctrine. It's based in the ancient Christian belief that the understanding the Universe is one of the best ways of understanding the God who created it. The idea that the workings of the world itself is as much a testament to God's will as the Bible. It's the minority of hardcore evangelicals (who somehow seem to have a strangehold on middle America) who prefer to believe that hard evidence must always give way to their fixed, particular interpretation of scripture.
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