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Comment Computers for Chemists (Score 2, Interesting) 497

by Resnikov on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @08:18PM (#21758912) Attached to: Your Worst IT Workshop?

I did a Chemistry Degree starting in 1996. In the first semester we were told all lab work must be typed up on a computer, printed out and handed in for marking. No problem with that, the Dept had 2 computer rooms for students to use and we all had accounts so we could use them.

Roll on second semester, we look at our timetable and see a compulsory course with marked attendance called "Computers for Chemists". Hey we think this might be doing cool things with pc's (we were young and naive) but no. The first lecture starts with the Prof holding up his laptop and saying "this is computer" then he holds up his mouse and says (go on you can guess) "this is a mouse". It got worse after that.

I didn't learn anything about computers in there but i did learn how to sleep sitting up in a lecture.

Submission + - Small Business Backup Practices

Submitted by Bithmus on Monday August 13, 2007 @02:46PM

Bithmus writes: I have been tasked with finding a new way for our company to handle our laptop backups. We currently have nightly backups of our servers, but no backups of laptops. In our business we sell, implement and develop another companies software. I guess that makes us a Valued Added Reseller. During development our consultants will create copies of a customers database on MSDE on their laptops. If a hard drive crashes, all of the work done on that laptop is lost. In addition there are other files that need to be saved, but the databases are really the important items. Ideally these databases would be stored on the SQL servers and the other files stored on the file server, but this is not happening. What do Slashdot readers do to protect data on laptops or computers outside of a local network?

Yellowstone Supervolcano Making Strange Rumblings 411

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 15, 2007 @03:28PM from the if-you-need-me-i'll-be-in-the-netherlands dept.

Frosty Piss writes "Supervolcanoes can sleep for centuries or millennia before producing incredibly massive eruptions that can drop ash across an entire continent. One of the largest supervolcanoes in the world lies beneath Yellowstone National Park. Significant activity continues beneath the surface. And the activity has been increasing lately, scientists have discovered. In addition, the nearby Teton Range of mountains is somehow getting shorter. The findings, reported this month in the Journal of Journal of Geophysical Research, suggest that a slow and gradual movement of a volcano over time can shape a landscape more than a violent eruption."

Wii Tops E3 Game Critics Awards 77

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 01, 2006 @10:23AM from the criticwii-acclaimed dept.

Gamespot reports on the announced winners of the E3 Critics Awards. From the article: "Nintendo, which was nominated a show-high 13 times, took home the show's biggest prize for its Wii console. The system, in the running for the only two categories it could qualify for, was handed the coveted Best of Show award, as well as Best Hardware award. But the Japanese game-maker wasn't done there. The publisher grabbed three more awards for some of its games, including Best Handheld Game (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS), Best Sports Game (Wii Sports), and Best Racing Game (Excite Truck for the Wii)."

Comment Re:Not necessarily the war yet? (Score 1) 4183

by nameCamouflage on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:45AM (#5551271) Attached to: Strike on Iraq

Really? I don't remember clinton firing on Iraq. (which is not to say it didn't happen :)
Either way - my point is that i don't see why this isn't considered to be an act of war by the international community. I heard about this on the radio this morning - just interjected into the usual pre-war commentary almost as a footnote. It seems like a pretty bluddie big deal to me.
In this i seem to be alone.

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