Comment Re:Prison is more than punishment (Score 2) 914
I feel that sometimes the most important thing it tries to achieve is to satisfy the victims' or society's desire for revenge.
Submission + - Qualcomm Wants A Piece Of The PC Market (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "Much of Intel's story of the past few years has involved its so far fruitless attempts to break into the smartphone and tablet market. But as it keeps trying, it may find competition on its home turf: Qualcomm, which makes many of the ARM-based chips in those smartphones and tablets, wants to make PCs, too. The advent of Windows 8 for ARM and Android will make this possible."
Submission + - US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted (activepolitic.com)
bs0d3 writes: A new US survey sponsored by The American Assembly, has revealed that piracy is both common and accepted. The surveys findings show that 46% of adults and 75% of young people have bought, copied, or downloaded some copyright infringing material. 70% of those surveyed said it's reasonable to share music files with friends and family. Support for internet blocking schemes was 16%. Read the full report here.
Submission + - Linux Mint developer forks Gnome 3 (webupd8.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint founder, has forked Gnome 3 and named it Cinnamon. Mint has experimented with extensions to gnome in the latest release of their operating system but in order to make the experience they are aiming for really work, they needed an actual fork. The goal of this fork is to use the improved Gnome 3 internals and put a more familiar Gnome 2 interface on it.
Submission + - New Dinosaur Species Found In China (telegraph.co.uk) 1
jones_supa writes: "A previously unknown dinosaur has been identified from fossils dug up in China and has been nicknamed as "T-Rex's cousin". The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago. Named in honour of Zhucheng as Zhuchentyrannus magnus, this animal was about 11 metres long, 4 metres tall and it weighed about 6 tonnes. The research team was led by Dr. David Hone, from University College Dublin school of biology and environmental science."
Submission + - New quantum record: 14 bits! (nanowerk.com)
Tx-0 writes: Quantum physicists from the University of Innsbruck have set another world record: They have achieved controlled entanglement of 14 quantum bits (qubits) and, thus, realized the largest quantum register that has ever been produced. With this experiment the scientists have not only come closer to the realization of a quantum computer but they also show surprising results for the quantum mechanical phenomenon of entanglement.
By now the Innsbruck experimental physicists have succeeded in confining up to 64 particles in an ion trap. "We are not able to entangle this high number of ions yet," says Thomas Monz. "However, our current findings provide us with a better understanding about the behavior of many entangled particles." And this knowledge may soon enable them to entangle even more atoms.
By now the Innsbruck experimental physicists have succeeded in confining up to 64 particles in an ion trap. "We are not able to entangle this high number of ions yet," says Thomas Monz. "However, our current findings provide us with a better understanding about the behavior of many entangled particles." And this knowledge may soon enable them to entangle even more atoms.
Submission + - Dutch Radio Geek Tracking Libyan Airstrikes (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "The days when citizens could only learn about a distant war from the government or the institutional press are long over. An ex-Dutch military geek exemplifies the new way information comes out, tracking attack flights on Libya, and even tweeting messages to the US command responsible for the strikes."
Comment Re:Secret op? (Score 1) 217
But sure they they are wery concerned with our safety.
For what orther reason would they want to build a military basis in our country than to protect us?
It seems that you hate your own people and want us to be unprepared when an evil dictator tries to take over our country.
Do you really want to sacrifice your own? We need the protection of the United States! We've always been allies with the United States!
For what orther reason would they want to build a military basis in our country than to protect us?
It seems that you hate your own people and want us to be unprepared when an evil dictator tries to take over our country.
Do you really want to sacrifice your own? We need the protection of the United States! We've always been allies with the United States!
Comment Gaddaf (Score 1) 1
I seem to have lost an "i". Either that or it signifies the territory he lost in the east.
Submission + - UN backs action against Colonel Gaddaf (bbc.co.uk) 1
chielk writes: The UN Security Council has backed a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" short of an invasion "to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas".
The UK, France and Lebanon proposed the council resolution, with US support.
The UK, France and Lebanon proposed the council resolution, with US support.
Submission + - Graphics-enabled CPUs to take off in 2011 (techworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Half the notebook computers and a growing number of desktops shipped in 2011 will run on graphics-enabled microprocessors as designers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increase competition for the units that raise multimedia speeds without add-ons. The processors with built-in graphics capabilities will be installed this year on 115 million notebooks, half of total shipments, and 63 million desktop PCs, or 45 percent of the total, according to analysts."
Submission + - Judge Lets Sony Access GeoHot's PayPal Account (techspot.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero has awarded Sony a subpoena that grants the company access to the PayPal account of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, for the last two years.
Emil: Spero ruled that the Japanese console maker may acquire "documents sufficient to identify the source of funds in California that went into any PayPal account associated with geohot@gmail.com for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011."
Emil: Spero ruled that the Japanese console maker may acquire "documents sufficient to identify the source of funds in California that went into any PayPal account associated with geohot@gmail.com for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011."
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