Comment SeaMonkey ain't a new project (Score 1) 158
I'm quite puzzled about the plug for SeaMonkey because it's not a new project. SeaMonkey is the successor of the original Netscape/Mozilla browser suite and it was the flagship product of Mozilla then. Firefox (originally named Phoenix then Firebird) was created in response to the bloat of Mozilla.
I'm relying only on my memory and didn't double check the facts so I may be wrong but I feel the OP seems to be too young to know this which is a bit shocking because I'm just 29.
Comment Published in Science (Score 4, Informative) 41
*not* Nature
Comment Re:Is there nothing else left to study? (Score 2) 138
“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.”
Henri Poincare
Comment Re:Google Books inaccurate (Score 1) 287
I haven't read this paper's supplementary information but according to the SI of their 5-million books paper, about 6.2% of the books in their filtered (serials removed) corpus are off by 5 years.
Comment Re:Applied particle physics? (Score 1) 98
FYI, particle physics is high-energy physics and different from nuclear physics. CERN deliberately does not engage with nuclear physics.
Comment So long... (Score 1) 1521
...and thanks for the fish! (There must be an H2G2 comment here somewhere...)
Comment A real URL game was invented a long time ago (Score 1) 156
notpron.com
Comment Matrix (Score 1) 377
There should be a Matrix comment here somewhere...
Comment Re:Mandriva (Score 1) 206
Me to. I don't like *Ubuntu and I'm too spoiled to use Fedora (KDE is no longer its primary DE too).
Comment Re:Network meltdown due to hub cross-connects (Score 4, Interesting) 305
According to CCNA Sem 1, a hub is a multiport repeater that operates in layer 1. A switch is a multiport bridge that operates in layer 2. I thought these definitions are universally accepted and used, until I used non-Cisco devices. I now have to refer to L2 and L3 switches even if CCNA taught me that these are switches and routers, respectively.
Comment I did! (Score 1) 142
As a researcher, it will make my life easier in case I move on to studying Facebook. Everything in there is publicly available.
According to the README file, the download contains the following:
The script used to generate these files (v1)
The script that will be used for the second pass (v2)
The full URLs to every profile
All names, including duplicates
All names, no duplicates
All names, no duplicates but with a count
All first names (with count)
All last names (with count)
All first initial last name (with count)
All first name last initial (with count)
Comment Re:Even more interesting (Score 1) 315
You should realize that Google suggestions are customized to each user. It's very likely that you are logged in or has cookies stored in your browser. Now, tell us, why do you think those were the suggestions you got?
Comment Cool! (Score 1) 60
:)
Comment Re:Using existing actors is only the first step (Score 1) 404
I guess you'll love S1m0ne