Comment Re:Culprit ? (Score 1) 376
Or when Russell Crowe won for Gladiator when they really wanted to give it to him for The Insider.
Comment Re:The question is just plain wrong (Score 1) 1268
There is a reason we use X and the reason is because it doesn't clash with anything else.
um, doesn't X clash with the symbol for multiplication? Wouldn't another letter, say 'F', be more appropriate?
Comment Truth or Consequences (Score 1) 63
Never mind the dot-com boom, this kind of publicity stunt has been around since at least the 1950s:
Truth of Consequences, NM, named after a game show.
Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells 139
GeneralSoh writes "Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far-reaching benefits for your baby, according to researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby."
Comment Re:Last time I checked (Score 1) 212
As an American, I HATE traveling from Canada into the U.S. And I live in New England. :/
Comment Re:I get the feeling.... (Score 1) 368
I learned that word from The Simpsons:
Moe: "Alright, tell me when I hit the sweet spot."
Homer: "Deeper, you pusillanimous pilsner pusher!"
Moe: "All right, all right."
Homer: "De-fense! Ooh! Ooh! De-fense! Ooh! Ooh!"
Algae Could Be the Key To Ultra-Thin Batteries 54
MikeChino writes "Algae is often touted as the next big thing in biofuels, but the slimy stuff could also be the key to paper-thin biodegradable batteries, according to researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. Uppsala researcher Maria Stromme and her team has found that the smelly algae species that clumps on beaches, known as Cladophora, can also be used to make a type of cellulose that has 100 times the surface area of cellulose found in paper. That means it can hold enough conducting polymers to effectively recharge and hold electricity for long amounts of time. Eventually, the bio batteries could compete with commercial lithium-ion batteries."
Comment Re:just Turing? (Score 5, Informative) 653
...there are regions of India the size of Canada where you really shouldn't try it.
Canada has more than three times the land mass of India.
Additionally, the section of Manu Smriti that you cited is this:
That pertains to infidelity, not homosexuality.
Comment Re:/. - are you listening? (Score 5, Informative) 531
Slashdot doesn't render properly in Safari 4 or Firefox 3.5 beta4 either - the comment titles and scores aren't displayed anymore
The comment titles and scores are being rendered (highlight the page with ctrl-a), the problem is with the CSS - the background image that runs the length of the div element containing the title is being overwritten. This:
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get's overwritten by this (appears further down the document):
.comment div.title { background:#fff!important; }
You'll notice the issue doesn't occur on some of the alternative stylesheets (Ask Slashdot, YRO, etc). In the meantime, you can hit 'change' in the threshold form to set things straight.
Comment Re:|You wouldn't know it was gone... (Score 1) 162
At least Timberline Lodge is still around.
Comment Re:If you're dealing with phone numbers (Score 1) 509
> This left the shortest dial time area code for a statewide code as 201..
Have you ever actually seen a rotary phone? Dialing "0" is the slowest digit of all. It's placed after the "9".
Keep in mind that he said that statewide area codes (ie. area codes that every phone number in the state used) had to have 0 as the middle digit. So while 201 wouldn't be faster to dial than 212, it is the fastest statewide area code (since 1 wasn't available as the first digit).
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