Comment Re:Didn't your mom teach you... (Score 1) 576
And yours to keep your mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about?
Comment Re:Microaggressions (Score 1) 576
Bravo! Still laughing!
Comment '30s era anti-explosion phone (Score 1) 620
We had a few years ago to install a 1930's era phone (made in Germany, still with a small swastika inside) that was used in a oil refinery. It was an "anti-explosion" phone, where all the electric part was double isolated from the outside so as not to spark any inflammables.
We tried to make it work with a Cisco ATA device. The device was already changed in the 80's to support nowadays electrical voltage, but otherwise still worked fine. The rotary dial was useless, as the ATA did not support it. But as it was configured as a PLAR line, it did its job flawlessly.
Space Station Crew Prepare For Emergency Spacewalk 95
astroengine writes "After the discovery of an ammonia coolant leak supplying one of the solar arrays on Thursday (video), International Space Station managers have decided to plan for an unscheduled spacewalk on Saturday to repair the problem. The final decision about whether to go ahead with the extravehicular activity will be made late on Friday. 'Good Morning, Earth! Big change in plans, spacewalk tomorrow, Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are getting suits and airlock ready. Cool!', tweeted the Space Station's Expedition 35 Commander, Chris Hadfield, on hearing the news an emergency EVA may be required of his crew. 'The whole team is ticking like clockwork, readying for tomorrow. I am so proud to be Commander of this crew. Such great, capable, fun people.'"
Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice 130
symbolset writes "Research published yesterday in the journal Cell (abstract) by Richard Lee and Amy Wagers of Harvard has isolated GDF-11 as a negative regulator of age-associated cardiac hypertrophy. 'When the protein ... was injected into old mice, which develop thickened heart walls in a manner similar to aging humans, the hearts were reduced in size and thickness, resembling the healthy hearts of younger mice.' Through a type of transfusion called parabiotic or 'shared circulation' in mice — one old and sick, the other young and well — they managed to reverse this age-associated heart disease. From there, they isolated an active agent, GDF-11, present in the younger mouse but absent in the older, which reverses the condition when administered directly. They are also using the agent to restore other aged/diseased tissues and organs. Human applications are expected within six years. Since the basis for the treatment is ordinary sharing of blood between an older ill, and younger healthy patient, we can probably expect someone to start offering the transfusion treatment somewhere in the world, soon, to those with the means to find a young and healthy volunteer."
Comment Re:How does it work? (Score 1) 45
It kinda looked like it was like that... but the lack of any practical example makes me think this might be vaporware, not as practical as it seems or does not yet exist.
Comment How does it work? (Score 1) 45
I saw a lot of what it could do, how it could change the world... but I did not see how it works!!!
Comment Re:I think this is probably wrong and demented.... (Score 1) 940
"Being obese will shorten his lifespan."
And you are? His mother? Father? Wife? Even those people have no right to say that he must change his diet!
Anyway, as far as I know, and he describes it, his plane was not even full.
If things are as he said (there's always the version, of course - and I've read nothing about it) than I think it's discrimination. Period!
Comment Re:"from a European spaceport" (Score 0) 57
Touché!
Comment Re:"from a European spaceport" (Score 2, Interesting) 57
I think it was intended to sound like an European site (it's true, ESA is European, not just French), like when you refer to the American Base at Okinawa, and not the Japanese Base at Okinawa.
Comment Really? Not here (Score 1) 685
Really? Not here in Portugal. Sure you see a lot of computers (mainly HP) with HD-DVD drives (I have one myself), but although HD format has had a slow adoption, Blu-ray is definitely here - you can see them in any store and video rentals. Only trouble tough are the HIGH prices and crappy movies.
Contrasting User-Driven Play With Developer Vision 60
GameSetWatch is running an opinion piece (sparked by a lecture at NYU by Deus Ex developer Warren Spector) about the difference between game experiences that are specifically planned by the game's creators and experiences that are either constructed by players or arise unexpectedly. Quoting:
"One thing Spector said during the NYU discussion was that he feels multiplayer games are 'lazy.' This is the designer in him talking, of course — his theory that in letting players build stories via Left 4 Dead-style happy accidents in open worlds, the designer doesn't have to tackle complex challenges like making choices meaningful, or making characters believable. Spector wants to take on those challenges, and he doesn't like the idea that user-driven play, from his standpoint, effectively allows game design to bypass them. It's actually an idea I relate to a lot as a writer — I was raised in an era of authoritative media, when individual voices drove culture, opinion and information. The internet's changed everything, of course; the authoritative voice has evolved into a conversation between writer and audience, and the writer now leads the community discussion rather than acting as a single determiner, a unilateral judge."
Comment Re:Summary (Score 1) 448
With Virtual Box mine booted in 23 seconds.
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