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Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves 215

sciencehabit writes "To find out if certain dance moves are more attractive to women than others, researchers recruited a bunch of college guys and used motion-capture to create avatars of them dancing. When women watched the avatars (2 videos included in story), the men they found most attractive were those who kept their heads and torsos moving without flailing their arms and legs. The researchers say dancing is thus an honest signal to women of the man's strength and health, just as it is in crabs and hummingbirds, who also move in special ways to attract mates."
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The Puzzle of Japanese Web Design 242

I'm Not There (1956) writes "Jeffrey Zeldman brings up the interesting issue of the paradox between Japan's strong cultural preference for simplicity in design, contrasted with the complexity of Japanese websites. The post invites you to study several sites, each more crowded than the last. 'It is odd that in Japan, land of world-leading minimalism in the traditional arts and design, Web users and skilled Web design practitioners believe more is more.'"

Comment Re:How is it slow? (Score 1) 99

Are you referring to BPBATCH (Free as in beer)? That became Rembo (Not free, but we got a forever unlimited site licence for some few thousand pounds...)? That is now IBM Tivoli Deployment Manager (Massively not free)? We've used it for ten years, and it's excellent.
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Breaking the Squid Barrier 126

An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Steve O'Shea of Auckland, New Zealand is attempting to break the record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, with the goal of being able to raise a giant squid one day. Right now, he's raising the broad squid, sepioteuthis australis, from egg masses found in seaweed. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the squid he's studying grow rapidly and eat only live prey, making it hard for them to keep the squid from becoming prey themselves. If his research works out, you might one day be able to visit an aquarium and see giant squid."

Comment Re:This is actually quite educational (Score 1) 791

Well, given that we're presenting personal anecdotes as evidence in this little sub-thread....

Corporal punishment has caused me harm. I was subjected to it as a child. Not excessive, in terms of the general attitudes of society at the time, not brutal, not often. I was never insecure in the love of my parents. But they did beat me to correct me. And I did learn. I have grown up with a strong moral sense, etc, etc.

And now that I'm a parent, and my child stands up to me, I have nothing to draw on. My instinct is to beat him, until he complies. 'Cos that's what I grew up with. I resist, but I'd like to not have to.

On the main thread - no way should this pricnipal be allowed to avoid the courts. There's legal redress available to him, let him make us of it, or shut up. Yet another bullying, power-crazed blowhard in a position of power over the flowers of (your) youth.

It's funny.  Laugh.

Submission + - Gaffes That Keep IT Geeks from the Boardroom (baselinemag.com) 2

buzzardsbay writes: "Yes, it's all in good fun to point out the mismatched belt and shoes and the atrocious hairstyles, but honestly, I'm committing three of these errors right now! Is that why I can't get a key to the executive washroom? Or is it my rebellious attitude and pungent man-scent that's keeping me down. The shocker in here was pigtails on women... I LOVE pigtails on women!"

Informing a Company of a Security Discovery? 102

An anonymous reader asks: "I recently found a major security flaw through serendipitous independent research. I do not want to go into details, but it could be used against certain companies and have a large negative financial impact. However, I have no wish to use this for malicious purposes, and would rather profit by helping the company fix the problem. Seeing as many researchers have been persecuted/prosecuted lately for public disclosure, what is the best way to go about informing the company and agreeing on an appropriate fee for my services, without having it look as though I am trying to extort them?"

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