Comment Definition problem (Score 1) 458

by cool_number_9 on Monday November 22, 2010 @11:11AM (#34306012) Attached to: Order of importance if disaster strikes?

I also count as my possession.. the few external hard drives. If a paper photo album counts as possession.. then an external hard drive should count as one too! :)

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment The best way! (Score 1) 571

by cool_number_9 on Monday April 13, 2009 @09:53AM (#27555851) Attached to: I prefer to consume my caffeine from a vessel of ...

I prefer my java injected directly into my veins using IV. That's the only way to get that jolt!

Journal Journal: Worst case scenario 8

Journal by spun on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:38AM

Well it's official. We're breaking up. I just wish my wife had handled things a little more elegantly. Part of the reason I'm into polyamory is that by promoting honesty and open communications in all things, at least in theory, it can protect against that punched in the gut feeling of shock and betrayal that heralds the end of many a relationship.

Bookmark Google Adds 'Street View' to Maps (pcworld.com)

by (Robo_Bro) on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:25AM

Bookmark SPAM: nostradamus predictions

by norequest on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:19AM

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Feed DRM-free EMI music hitting iTunes today? (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:12AM

Filed under: Portable Audio

It was promised for May, now Apple is busy rolling out iTunes updates to "preview and purchase iTunes Plus music -- new higher-quality, DRM-free music downloads from participating music labels." Hmmm, "labels" huh? That's plural which means Stevie boy might have more than EMI up his sleeve when he goes on stage for All Things D later today. Mind you, you still can't purchase any DRM-free music on iTunes but that should be corrected in time for some heavy grandstanding.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Bookmark It's official: Tea recognized as health product in Canada (cmpost.com)

by oga on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:32AM

Feed Take Note: Computing Takes Up Pen, Again (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:12AM

An ambitious new type of pen-based computer system could bridge the gap between paper and the digital world.

Bookmark Ten Reason Why Gay Marriage is Wrong (associatedcontent.com)

by tweakpotter on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:03AM

Feed Freaks and Geeks: High School Hell (1999-2000) (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @12:52AM

Freshman Sam Weir is a geek. His sister, Lindsay, is a freak. They try to make their way through high school circa 1980, a melee of big rock, Monty Python skits, and enough Star Wars to choke a Wookiee. From the patron saint of misfits, Judd Apatow.

Feed Which ISPs Are Spying on You? (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @12:52AM

Understanding website privacy policies is a challenge, but it's important to wade through your internet service provider's -- the company that ferries all your traffic to and from the internet, from search queries to BitTorrent uploads, flirty IMs to porn.

Journal Journal: U.N. Human Rights Council slammed!

Journal by superyooser on Thursday March 29, 2007 @03:08AM

Give this guy a medal! Watch our "Maccabee" hero, Hillel Neuer, hammer the Useless Nations HR (Hypocrites Roster) Council. He nails those rats to the wall, calling them out to be the heartless, Jew-bashing scumbags they are. This is like a dream come true.

Journal Journal: Tax tip of the day 3/29/07

Journal by britneys 9th husband on Thursday March 29, 2007 @03:07AM

If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless, in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.

John W. Backus Dies at 82; Developed FORTRAN 271

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @04:50AM from the go-to-considered-seminal dept.

A number of readers let us know of the passing of John W. Backus, who assembled a team to develop FORTRAN at IBM in the 1950s. It was the first widely used high-level language. Backus later worked on a "function-level" programming language, FP, which was described in his Turing Award lecture "Can Programming be Liberated from the von Neumann Style?" and is viewed as Backus's apology for creating FORTRAN. He received the 1977 ACM Turing Award "for profound, influential, and lasting contributions to the design of practical high-level programming systems, notably through his work on FORTRAN, and for seminal publication of formal procedures for the specification of programming languages."