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Comment To quote some facts stated by Noam Chomsky: (Score -1) 542

"...Trump made it worse by steadily de-funding the Centers for Disease Control and eliminating government programs that would have provided advance notice, so the US was singularly unprepared. Chinese scientists very quickly identified the virus that was causing the illness, sequenced the genome, and by January 10 made all the relevant information public. A number of countries reacted at once and have pretty much contained the problem. Trump ignored the regular warnings by US intelligence and health officials, insisting that it was just the flu and would disappear. By the time he finally paid attention, in March, it was far too late. Tens of thousands of Americans had already died and the pandemic was out of control."

Submission + - Big Bang's Smoking Gun Found (discovery.com) 1

astroengine writes: For the first time, scientists have found direct evidence of the expansion of the universe, a previously theoretical event that took place a fraction of a second after the Big Bang explosion nearly 14 billion years ago. The clue is encoded in the primordial cosmic microwave background radiation that continues to spread through space to this day. Scientists found and measured a key polarization, or orientation, of the microwaves caused by gravitational waves, which are miniature ripples in the fabric of space. Gravitational waves, proposed by Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity nearly 100 years ago but never before proven, are believed to have originated in the Big Bang explosion and then been amplified by the universe’s inflation. “Detecting this signal is one of the most important goals in cosmology today,” lead researcher John Kovac, with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said in a statement.

Submission + - Russian State TV Anchor: Russia could turn US to 'radioactive ash' (yahoo.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo reports, ""Russia is the only country in the world realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash," anchor Dmitry Kiselyov said on his weekly news show on state-controlled Rossiya 1 television. ... His programme was broadcast as the first exit polls were being published showing an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voting to leave Ukraine and join Russia. He stood in his studio in front of a gigantic image of a mushroom cloud produced after a nuclear attack, with the words "into radioactive ash". ... Kiselyov has earned a reputation as one of Russia's most provocative television news hosts, in particularly with his often blatantly homophobic remarks. But he is also hugely influential with his weekly news show broadcast at Sunday evening prime time. Putin last year appointed Kiselyov head of the new Russia Today news agency that is to replace the soon to be liquidated RIA Novosti news agency with the aim of better promoting Russia's official position." — Russia has threatened to stop nuclear disarmament treaty inspections and cooperation. Russian troops are reported to have seized a natural gas terminal in Ukraine outside of Crimea. There are reported to be 60,000 Russian troops massing on Russia's border with Ukraine.
The Military

United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea 567

skade88 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the United States has started flying B-2 stealth bomber runs over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. The bombers flew 6,500 miles to bomb a South Korean island with mock explosives. Earlier this month the U.S. Military ran mock B-52 bombing runs over the same South Korean island. The U.S. military says it shows that it can execute precision bombing runs at will with little notice needed. The U.S. also reaffirmed their commitment to protecting its allies in the region. The North Koreans have been making threats to turn South Korea into a sea of fire. North Korea has also made threats claiming they will nuke the United States' mainland."
Mars

4-Billion-Pixel Panorama View From Curiosity Rover 101

A reader points out that there is a great new panorama made from shots from the Curiosity Rover. "Sweep your gaze around Gale Crater on Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover is currently exploring, with this 4-billion-pixel panorama stitched together from 295 images. ...The entire image stretches 90,000 by 45,000 pixels and uses pictures taken by the rover's two MastCams. The best way to enjoy it is to go into fullscreen mode and slowly soak up the scenery — from the distant high edges of the crater to the enormous and looming Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual destination."

Comment Re:Just has to be said... (Score 0) 401

Incorrect, the source in this case is Apple's successful track record in the industry, not a bunch of 15 year olds yelling on message forums. See the difference? And about the x+1 logic of yours, are you saying you're still using Windows 3.0 or old version of Linux from the mid 90's? I'd hate to hear that too you bought an x+1 release and upgraded, then would be forced to make fun of you according to your rules. I wish you presented a good argument, but clearly you didn't come to table prepared.

Comment Just has to be said... (Score 0) 401

The negative rants about the iPad can honestly be taken with a grain a salt. Just consider the source: people whom, admittedly don’t like Apple in the first place therefore had made up their minds long before the product’s specs were even released. At any rate, it’s rather foolish to bet against a company that has had nothing but an ever increasing sales record since Jobs took back the helm. Conveniently and dishonestly that fact is left out of all the dire predictions floating around the net. The same irrational predictions followed the iPhone as well which, naturally, didn’t come close to being true. The ‘ranters’ pretty much lost all their creditability over the years which means it’s time to just tell them to STFU!

Comment Re:Uh, no. They didn't. (Score 0) 531

Yeah, but the bigger screen means you don't have squint to read things or scroll for an hour to see the whole game board like on the smaller iphone display. The bigger screen + the massive app library is the value. At any rate the thin clipboard like iPad is aimed primarily at what 95% of what the average person uses a computer for, reading information on the internet without lugging a boat anchor labop/netbook around which is, in my opinion, what people will be primarily using it for.

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