Comment Re:Not Sayin But (Score 1) 23
I didn't understand some of those words
You should have stopped right there. The rest is just a bunch of non sense from somebody who doesn't understand the physics
Comment Re: Unlikely to Work (Score 1) 60
Itâ(TM)s not about the users, itâ(TM)s about the customers. Google and others canâ(TM)t afford to not have access to European advertisers. So they will have to comply if this ever get implemented
Comment Re:I've paid $0 for Android apps (Score 1) 18
And now you know why developers prefer creating apps on iOS, that's where the money is.
Comment Re:Sexual Orientation (Score 4, Informative) 75
Of course free speech is a protected right in the EU:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Comment Re:Hard landing (Score 1) 81
There were supposed to be retro rockets that fired just prior to landing, but they did not. This was NOT a textbook recovery.
They absolutely did, the cloud of dust you see on impact is created by the retro rockets that fire just before touchdown. This was a good recovery. You can see the same happening on a perfectly executed Soyouz capsule: https://youtu.be/CYqW0rDEjnE?t...
Comment Re:What's with the 6 spikes on some of the points? (Score 2) 94
You only see spikes well on bright points of light, but they are technically there for all stars/galaxies. This is due to the hexagonal symmetry of the mirrors and cannot be removed in post processing without destroying data. This is not just an electronic artifact, it is an optical artifact that is actually recorded by the censors so it is effectively hiding what's behind the spikes.
Comment Re:Gravitational lensing, or something else? (Score 5, Interesting) 94
Yes, these "star trails" are created by the light of galaxies 13 billions light years away that is being bent by gravitational effects due to a cluster of galaxies about 4.3 billions light years away that are in the line of sight
Submission + - Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia; Sonic Boom Shatters Windows (slate.com) 1
dovf writes: The Bad Astronomer analyzes incoming reports about the aparent meteoric explosion over Russia: "Apparently, at about 09:30 local time, a very big meteor burned up over Chelyabinsk, a city in Russia just east of the Ural mountains, and about 1500 kilometers east of Moscow. The fireball was incredibly bright, rivaling the Sun! There was a pretty big sonic boom from the fireball, which set off car alarms and shattered windows. I’m seeing some reports of many people injured (by shattered glass blown out by the shock wave). I’m also seeing reports that some pieces have fallen to the ground, but again as I write this those are unconfirmed." This is the best summary I've found so far, and links to lots of videos and images. He also clarifies something I've been wondering about: "This is almost certainly unrelated to the asteroid 2012 DA14 that will pass on Friday. See below for details."
Comment Re:If these rumors are true (Score 1) 592
Yeah... Except for the fact that Valve's Steam Box will most likely work the same way: you buy a game that is then tied to your Steam account and you can't resell it, just like now with Steam on desktop.
Submission + - Drilling begins at lake hidden beneath Antarctic (bbc.co.uk)
stonetony writes: A team of 12 scientists and engineers has begun work at remote Lake Ellsworth.
They are using a high-pressure hose and sterilised water at near boiling point to blast a passage through more than two miles of ice.
The aim is to analyse ice waters isolated for up to 500,000 years.
The team of 12 scientists and engineers is using sterilised water at near boiling point to blast a passage through the ice to waters isolated for up to half a million years.
The process of opening a bore-hole is expected to last five days and will be followed by a rapid sampling operation before the ice refreezes.
They are using a high-pressure hose and sterilised water at near boiling point to blast a passage through more than two miles of ice.
The aim is to analyse ice waters isolated for up to 500,000 years.
The team of 12 scientists and engineers is using sterilised water at near boiling point to blast a passage through the ice to waters isolated for up to half a million years.
The process of opening a bore-hole is expected to last five days and will be followed by a rapid sampling operation before the ice refreezes.
Submission + - Canada Creates Cap on Liability for File Sharing Lawsuits (michaelgeist.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: Over the past couple of days, there have been reports
about the return of file sharing lawsuits to Canada, with fears that
thousands of Canadians could be targeted. While it is possible that
many will receive demand letters, Michael Geist has posted a
detailed primer on liability in Canada that notes that recent
changes to Canadian copyright law limit liability in non-commercial
cases to a maximum of $5,000 for all infringement claims. In fact,
it is likely that a court would award far less — perhaps as little
as $100 — if the case went to court as even the government's
FAQ on the recent copyright reform bill provided assurances
that Canadians "will not face disproportionate penalties for minor
infringements of copyright by distinguishing between commercial and
non-commercial infringement."
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