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Comment Re:A more interesting question... (Score 1) 889

by mikrus on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @07:33AM (#50485403) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux?

What Linux-only apps would you like to see available on Windows?

I really love my wobbly windows on linux. Not necessarily an app. But there is something about the wobbliness that I really like. Even the name is perfect. :)
It would be great if it became available on MS windows.

Submission + - Star Wars-style hoverbikes in the US military (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by amalcolm on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @06:51AM

amalcolm writes: Star Wars-style hoverbikes could be coming to the US military after engineers in the UK and US struck a deal with the US Department of Defense

Submission + - NASA's "arsenic microbe" science under fire

Submitted by radioweather on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @12:53AM

radioweather writes: The cryptic press release NASA made last week that set the blogosphere afire with conjecture, which announced: "NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life." may be a case of "go fever" science pushed too quickly by press release. A scathing article in Slate.com lists some very prominent microbiologists who say the NASA backed study is seriously flawed and that the finding may be based on something a simple as poor sample washing to remove phosphate contamination. One of the scientists, Shelley Copley of the University of Colorado said “This paper should not have been published,” while another, John Roth of UC-Davis says: "I suspect that NASA may be so desperate for a positive story that they didn't look for any serious advice from DNA or even microbiology people," The experience reminded some of another press conference NASA held in 1996. Scientists unveiled a meteorite from Mars in which they said there were microscopic fossils. A number of critics condemned the report (also published in Science) for making claims it couldn't back up.

Submission + - Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video (nycaviation.com) 1

Submitted by longacre on Monday February 01, 2010 @12:47AM

longacre writes: An amateur video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion has been made public for the first time. The Florida man who filmed it from his front yard on his new Betamax camcorder turned the tape over to an educational organization a week before he died this past December. The Space Exploration Archive has since published the video into the public domain in time for the 24th anniversary of the catastrophe. Despite being shot from about 70 miles from Cape Canaveral, the shuttle and the explosion can be seen quite clearly. It is unclear why he never shared the footage with NASA or the media. NASA officials say they were not aware of the video, but are interested in examining it now that it has been made available.

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