Comment Re:Additional Alliteration Alternatives... (Score 1) 586
You insensitive clod, my computer runs Ubuntu Elegant Elephant.
Comment Re:No space for love? (Score 2, Interesting) 186
From the same article you mentioned, but a bit further down:
What's more, the famously "affluent society" of hunter-gatherers, with plenty of time to gossip by the fire between hunts and gathers, turns out to be a bit of a myth, or at least an artefact of modern life. The measurements of time spent getting food by the !Kung omitted food-processing time and travel time, partly because the anthropologists gave their subjects lifts in their vehicles and lent them metal knives to process food.
Very interesting read (I mean your link).
Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany 186
Pickens writes "The oldest genetically identifiable nuclear family met a violent death, according to analysis of remains from 4,600-year-old burials in Germany where the broken bones of these stone age people show they were killed in a struggle. Comparisons of DNA from one grave confirm it contained a mother, father, and their two children. 'We're really sure, based on hard biological facts not just supposing or assuming,' says Dr. Wolfgang Haak, from The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. The stone-age people are thought to belong to a group known as the Corded Ware Culture, signified by their pots decorated with impressions from twisted cords. The children and adult males had the same type of strontium in their teeth — which was also found locally, but the nearest match to the women's teeth was at least 50km away, suggesting they had moved to the area. 'They were definitely murdered, there are big holes in their heads, fingers and wrists are broken,' says Dr. Alistair Pike from Bristol University. He noted that one victim even had the tip of a stone weapon embedded in a vertebra. 'You feel some kind of sympathy for them, it's a human thing, somebody must have really cared for them. ... We don't know how hard daily life was back there and if there was any space for love,' added Dr. Haak."
Net Neutrality Vets Join Obama FCC Transition Team 179
circleid writes "The Obama-Biden transition team on Friday named two long-time net neutrality advocates to head up its Federal Communications Commission Review team. Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, member of the board of directors of ICANN, and OneWebDay founder, as well as Kevin Werbach, former FCC staffer, organizer of the annual Supernova technology conference, and a Wharton professor, will lead the Obama-Biden transition team's review of the FCC. 'Both are highly-regarded outside-the-Beltway experts in telecom policy, and they've both been pretty harsh critics of the Bush administration's telecom policies in the past year.' The choice of the duo strongly signals an entirely different approach to the incumbent-friendly telecom policy-making that's characterized most of the past eight-years at the FCC."
Reuters has a related story about Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), who plans to introduce net neutrality legislation in January.
German Doctor Cures an HIV Patient With a Bone Marrow Transplant 639
reporter writes "HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Until now, HIV has no cure and has led to the deaths of over 25 million people. However, a possible cure has appeared. Dr. Gero Hutter, a brilliant physician in Germany, replaced the bone marrow of an HIV patient with the bone marrow of a donor who has natural immunity to HIV. The new bone marrow in the patient then produced immune-system cells that are immune to HIV. Being unable to hijack any immune cell, the HIV has simply disappeared. The patient has been free of HIV for about 2 years. Some physicians at UCLA have developed a similar therapy and plan to commercialize it."
Comment Not really (Score 1) 174
I cannot confirm.
As I am typing from China, I am downloading several torrents and using IsoHunt.
Comment Re:Proving God sucks (Score 1) 457
Another intersting wikipedia link is as follows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_evolution
Comment Re:Proving God sucks (Score 1) 457
Honestly, I don't think Buddhism deals with this.
Buddhism is just 4 things, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths
1) Realising that suffering exists;
2) Realising there is an origin to suffering;
3) Realising there is a cessation of suffering;
4) Realising there is a path to the extinguisment of all suffering.
There is no explanation on how things have come to be the way they are. Buddha never dealt with such things. Buddhism is just meant to be a tool to extinguish suffering.
Does your screwdriver tell you how your computer was built? No: it's only a means of disassembling it.
I hope this made things clearer for you.
Comment Re:Proving God sucks (Score 1) 457
I completely agree with your analysis.
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.
In no occasion Buddha said that reality is created by the mind.
What is believe is that parent mistook the Buddhist concept that of karmic retribution where no bad consequences arise unless there is intention to harm with the concept of Solipsism. Of course, Solipsism has nothing to do with (mainstream) Buddhism.
Peace.
Comment Re:Hahaha (Score 1) 457
2) is more possible.
Experiments have showed that what is commonly referred as "will" comes second to and is consequence to other unconscious stimuli from the brain. "Free will" might just be a last resort against these unconscious stimuli from becoming action.
Just see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will#Neuroscience
Comment Re:Proving God sucks (Score 2, Informative) 457
"you can check buddhism : since the world only exists as part of the mind of people, it is not possible for people to cause accidents due to "not knowing" something, since they know about the entire world. So dig a hold in the sidewalk, camouflage it, and if someone falls into it you're sure buddhism is wrong."
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I don't know almost anything about Islam, but I consider myself a Buddhist and I like to study its philosophy. I've never heard any authority claiming that the world exists only as a part of people's mind. Of course claiming that 'it is not possible for people to cause accidents due to "not knowing" something' goes against what is phenomenally evident so no Buddhist authority would ever claim it.
Maybe you have misunderstood some point of the Buddhist philosophy. I sincerely hope you can soon reach understanding of it.
New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music 263
Sockatume writes "A coalition of seven UK digital music stores have created a logo for DRM-free, MP3 music. The 'MP3: 100% Compatible' logo allows the stores to emphasize the advantages of the format, namely that MP3 files will run on any device and won't keel over and die as DRM-laden files are wont to. The BPI — the UK equivalent of the RIAA — is backing the scheme, emphasizing that it will also allow users to identify legitimate stores."
1/3 of Amphibians Dying Out 467
Death Metal sends in a Scientific American article reporting that 2,000 of 6,000 amphibian species are endangered worldwide. A combination of environmental assaults, including global warming, seems to be responsible. "... national parks and other areas protected from pollution and development are providing no refuge. The frogs and salamanders of Yellowstone National Park have been declining since the 1980s, according to a Stanford University study, as global warming dries out seasonal ponds, leaving dried salamander corpses in their wake. Since the 1970s, nearly 75 percent of the frogs and other amphibians of La Selva Biological Station in Braulio Carrillo National Park in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica have died, perhaps due to global warming. But the really bad news is that amphibians may be just the first sign of other species in trouble. Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have shown that amphibians are the first to respond to environmental changes, thanks to their sensitivity to both air and water. What goes for amphibians may soon be true of other classes of animal, including mammals."
D.I.Y. Home Security 377
theodp writes "The NYTimes reports that pre-wired home security installations by alarm companies are on the way out. Thanks to wireless window and door sensors and motion detectors, installing and maintaining one's own security system is becoming a do-it-yourself project, with kits available from companies like InGrid and LaserShield. Time to start cranking out some new iPhone and Android apps, kids?"
Google Apps Gets a 99.9% Guarantee 155
David Gerard passes along a posting on Google's official blog announcing that they have extended the three-nines SLA for the Premier Edition of Google Apps from Gmail alone to also cover the Calendar, Docs, Sites, and Google Talk services. 99.9% uptime translates to 45 minutes a month of downtime, and the blog post puts this in context with Gmail's historical reliability, which has been between three and four times as good over the last year (10-15 min./mo.). It also claims, based on research by an outside group, that Gmail's historical reliability beats that of in-house hosted solutions such as Groupwise and Exchange, on average. Reader Ian Lamont adds an article in The Standard that digs down into the details of the SLA, revealing for instance that outages of less than 10 minutes aren't counted against the monthly 45 minutes.
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