Comment jus one note.. (Score 1) 466
please please please, don't call it "soylent green"
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Comment i'm from singapore.. (Score 1) 529
..and while gifted children are funneled into special programs as advertised by the article, an outsized amount is spent on students who struggle academically via large vocational training centres known as the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). comparatively, much less is spent on students studying in Junior Colleges (which lead to the British GCSE "A" Levels).
I suppose it's important to look after both ends of the spectrum; in this respect, I'd say that at last the U.S. have got half of it right.
Comment forgery...? (Score 1) 135
ears are also easier to forge - all you need is a video feed to get the shape info you need, as compared to lifting off fingerprints...
Comment any contagion worries? (Score 3, Interesting) 142
Being the avid Sci-fi fan that I am, I can't help but wonder if the the people who made the choice of landing of Hayabusa in an unpopulated outback of Australia gave any thought to the idea that the asteroid Itokawa may be a source of biological contaminants?
What I'm saying is, Hayabusa lands in the heart of unpopulated Australia, then a small town in the area gets ravaged by "bio-terror", then the military issues a media blackout.. You know, the standard plot of a zombie outbreak ensues..
I can't be the only one who thought of this scenario.. Does anyone else think the same as me? Discuss!
tl;dr - Choice of remote Australian outback for Hayabusa to stem contagion fears in case of zombie outbreak?? Discuss.
What I'm saying is, Hayabusa lands in the heart of unpopulated Australia, then a small town in the area gets ravaged by "bio-terror", then the military issues a media blackout.. You know, the standard plot of a zombie outbreak ensues..
I can't be the only one who thought of this scenario.. Does anyone else think the same as me? Discuss!
tl;dr - Choice of remote Australian outback for Hayabusa to stem contagion fears in case of zombie outbreak?? Discuss.
Comment sensationalism? (Score 1) 129
if the next monkey dies then the effectivity of this new cure drops to 80%. imho the topic title might be a little sensationalist. just sayin'
Submission + - Heart patient with no pulse (straitstimes.com) 2
laggist writes: "Heart patient in Singapore implanted with artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, allowing her to be very alive without a pulse.
From the article: '.. the petite Madam Salina, who suffers from end-stage heart failure, would not have been able to use the older and bulkier models because they can only be implanted in patients 1.7m or taller. The 30-year-old administrative assistant is the first recipient here to get a new artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, the reason why there are no beats on her wrist.'"
From the article: '.. the petite Madam Salina, who suffers from end-stage heart failure, would not have been able to use the older and bulkier models because they can only be implanted in patients 1.7m or taller. The 30-year-old administrative assistant is the first recipient here to get a new artificial heart that pumps blood continuously, the reason why there are no beats on her wrist.'"
Submission + - Porsche beats Boeing 747 in drag race (channelnewsasia.com)
Comment so who pockets the $415,900? (Score 1) 525
when a fine is meted out on the grounds of restitution, does the state keep the money or is the amount disbursed to the copyright owners?
Submission + - Discover Magazine Archive Made Available
laggist writes: "Today while I was surfing around online, I realised that Discover Magazine had made it's entire archive freely accessible since mid-March 2007. I thought it was strange that I didn't get the scoop since I read slashdot all the time, so here it is for all you Slashdotters — read away!"
