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Comment Vitamin String Quartet (Score 1) 228

by hyenadude on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @06:32AM (#33121228) Attached to: String Quartets On the Web?

I have nothing really constructive to add but more of an off shoot that is semi-related. The Vitamin String Quartet can be rather amusing. Basically they are a revolving cover "band" that does string arrangements of some what popular artists work. They tend to do mostly punk/metal/rock type stuff. Mainly a novelty act from what I can gather but I would recommend the album they did of Bad Religion (mega fan of them). Its interesting to hear works that you know (especially in genres not known for their technical merits) become "classicalized". Do a Google or YouTube search and youll find a some of their stuff. If I remember properly you can get their stuff through iTunes. Good luck

EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry 221

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @07:50AM from the put-your-money-where-your-gun-is dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica is reporting that EA/DICE has substantially changed the game model of Battlefield: Heroes, increasing the cost of weapons in Valor Points (the in-game currency that you earn by playing) to levels that even hardcore players cannot afford, and making them available in BattleFunds (the in-game currency that you buy with real money). Other consumables in the game, such as bandages to heal the players, suffered the same fate, turning the game into a subscription or pay-to-play model if players want to remain competitive. This goes against the creators' earlier stated objectives of not providing combat advantage to paying customers. Ben Cousins, from EA/DICE, argued, 'We also frankly wanted to make buying Battlefunds more appealing. We have wages to pay here in the Heroes team and in order to keep a team large enough to make new free content like maps and other game features we need to increase the amount of BF that people buy. Battlefield Heroes is a business at the end of the day and for a company like EA who recently laid off 16% of their workforce, we need to keep an eye on the accounts and make sure we are doing our bit for the company.' The official forums discussion thread is full of angry responses from upset users, who feel this change is a betrayal of the original stated objectives of the game."

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 My two cents (Score 1) 799

by hyenadude on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @07:05AM (#28688635) Attached to: Tomorrow's Science Heroes?

For me personally my science heroes were (in some sort of order of importance in supporting my nerdly science interest): 1: My parents who didnt have the answers to my questions but took me to a local library to find them myself 2: An uncle who taught Applied Physics while I was a kid (now a school administrator) and was always showing me cool stuff and getting me geeky gifts for the holidays/birthdays 3: A few good teachers. A middle school teacher who gave me a college geology text after I asked too many questions about plate techtonics and a few others who kept the interest alive and made it fun 4: Bill Nye. Say what you will about him when I was a preteen/teen he was making science cool and fun. Mr Wizard was cool but being from the cable tv Mtv generation Bill was the bomb Now I still enjoy Bill Nye when I see it on PBS. A little dated but good. There was also Beakmans World but it was a little odd. The OPs kids sound a little young for it but "The Universe" on the history channel is always interesting

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