Comment Re:No problem with this (Score 1) 129

by mikech2000 on Friday September 14, 2012 @08:22PM (#41342161) Attached to: Towards a 50% Efficient Solar Cell

And Bush Jr. delivered pallets of cash to Iran which 'got lost'.

Comment Re:Remind me (Score 1) 88

by mikech2000 on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @09:19PM (#41319319) Attached to: What's Next For iRobot?

Not bad considering Intel is at 23 and change.

Comment Re:Are smartphones making us dumb? (Score 2) 267

by mikech2000 on Monday March 05, 2012 @12:53AM (#39244401) Attached to: Nearly Half of American Adults Are Smartphone Owners

The point is that you dont see how bat shit crazy it is to connect the two points. You must be consumed by bigotry to think your original comment was relevant in any way.

Comment What was covering the lens? (Score 1) 153

by mikech2000 on Sunday October 09, 2011 @02:33PM (#37655314) Attached to: Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons

Anyone know what was covering the lens?

Comment Re:Money (Score 3, Informative) 182

by mikech2000 on Monday September 05, 2011 @02:03PM (#37309652) Attached to: See a Supernova From Your Backyard

Sorry but discovering interesting things about the universe offers no ROI during the next fiscal quarter.

New Call of Duty Titles Announced, Fired Devs Sue For Name 134

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 05, 2010 @08:44AM from the modern-legal-warfare dept.

eldavojohn writes "Activision has announced new Call of Duty titles while fired Infinity Ward Developer leads Jason West and Vince Zampella sue them for the rights to the name. According to Activision, 'The company intends to expand the Call of Duty brand with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit. This will include a focus on high-margin digital online content and further[ing] the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models.' Ars opines that Activision is set to over-saturate the market with tons of CoD titles similar to how it expertly brought down Guitar Hero."

Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released 791

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:27PM from the inconvenient-images dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Obama administration has released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice, following a declassification request by the National Academy of Sciences. The images feature a 1m resolution, and scientists who have had to base climate models on 15m- or 30m-resolution photos are rejoicing. The photos, kept classified by the Bush administration, show the impact of global warming in the Arctic and the retreat of glaciers in Washington and Alaska."