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Comment Re: Isn't China hostile to the USA? And the world? (Score 1) 47

by imagmast on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @07:06PM (#65820287) Attached to: Chinese Pharma is On the Cusp of Going Global

They are certainly playing âoethe long gameâ, I.e, pharmaceuticals, rare earths, evâ(TM)s etc. By the time the â(TM)westâ(TM) wakes up, there might be nothing China doesnâ(TM)t dominate/control.

Comment College Sophomore -1961 to now age 75. (Score 1) 115

by imagmast on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:06PM (#56111645) Attached to: The Quest To Find the Longest-Serving Programmer

The first was a Fortean program to calculate the sine of an angle using a series expansion. I never could get it to work. The latest was an iPhone app to convert a 2D video into a 3D video viewable with google glasses (not submitted yet).

Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby, Sun-Like Star 242

Posted by Soulskill on Monday December 14, 2009 @04:52PM from the i-for-one dept.

likuidkewl writes "Two super-earths, 5 and 7.5 times the size of our home, were found to be orbiting 61 Virginis a mere 28 light years away. 'These detections indicate that low-mass planets are quite common around nearby stars. The discovery of potentially habitable nearby worlds may be just a few years away,' said Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC. Among hundreds of our nearest stellar neighbors, 61 Vir stands out as being the most nearly similar to the Sun in terms of age, mass, and other essential properties."

Oracle Responds To MySQL Purchase Concerns 156

Posted by Soulskill on Monday December 14, 2009 @02:23PM from the we-cool-man-we-cool dept.

Luke has no name writes "Yesterday we discussed MySQL founder Monty Widenius's objections to the acquisition of MySQL by Oracle. Today, Oracle released a statement to address some of these issues. Among their commitments, Oracle says they intend to continue releasing MySQL under the GPL, allow vendors to produce 'any-license' third-party engines, maintain the Reference Manual, invest millions into the product, and create a 'customer advisory board.' The pledges are still not enough for some, however."

Comment Re:Astroturfing. (Score 1) 310

by imagmast on Monday October 05, 2009 @09:51PM (#29652995) Attached to: FTC States Bloggers Must Disclose Paid Reviews

At least then when I walk away with my same old biases, they've been positively reenforced by standing up to counterargument rather than coming out of the echo chamber of people who all agree.

We don't allow that at Fox News!

Comment Near Omaha Nebraska? (Score 1) 435

by imagmast on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:58PM (#29055085) Attached to: Science, Technology, Natural History Museums?

The Strategic Air & Space Museum (http://www.strategicairandspace.com/) is for you if like Strategic Air Command (SAC) aircraft. From a restored B29 to B36 to a B47 to a B52 To a B57. Even a SR71 is there. For those of you who are into "big bangs," there is even a mock-up of an "H-bomb." Really cool!

Comment Re:Will work - imagery is new (Score 1) 439

by imagmast on Sunday September 09, 2007 @02:16PM (#20530507) Attached to: Help Find Steve Fossett

Downloaded GeoEye-lkonos-1M & started looking at Google earth. The link is what I saw at 38.28.55.70 119.24.18.17. Sure looks like a plane on the ground. http://ispmaster.net/ccc/plane.jpg And NO, I did not put it there.

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