Comment Re:Useful to commit acts of terrorism? (Score 1) 418
The Anarchist's Cookbook also popularized the myth that smoking banana peels will get you high.
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Comment 1200 fans in one week is nothing (Score 1) 286
Facebook fans are easier to collect than signatures for an online petition. Taking a week to get only 1200 people to click a button in support of the largest religion in the country is evidence that the campaign is NOT working, IMO
Comment Re:500 years? (Score 1) 246
Yeah really, considering how long Canaveral had their Saturn V outside exposed to UV and Florida thunderstorms that's a bit presumptuous, the Saturn V was a MUCH more import vehicle and yet for ~40 years NASA themselves couldn't/wouldn't spend the money to preserve it to last even 100 years.
Actually, there is no Saturn V rockets outside in Cape Canaveral. The largest rocket in the rocket garden at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Center is a Saturn 1B. The only Saturn V on display in Florida is housed inside the Apollo/Saturn V center.
Comment Re:Best SSID (Score 2) 422
For those of us who don't know, what is wrong with a short SSID(i.e. 5 digits) if a strong encryption(WPA) is used?
Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down 634
ZuchinniOne writes "With Ubisoft's fantastically awful new DRM you must be online and logged in to their servers to play the games you buy. Not only was this DRM broken the very first day it was released, but now their authentication servers have failed so absolutely that no-one who legally bought their games can play them. 'At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games.' One can only hope that this utter failure will help to stem the tide of bad DRM."
Comment Re:Damn... (Score 1) 194
per particle
Submission + - Whites prefer Facebook, minorities: Myspace 1
hSrd writes: A new study on Internet usage in America is shedding light on how different people across the country are using social websites. The report, prepared by the Pew Research Center, shows that usage of popular social networking sites are divided among race, ethnicity, and socio-economic behavior. As with the usage of social networking sites in general, the specific sites on which adult users maintain their profiles also varies by educational attainment.
Comment Avagadro (Score 1) 154
I would recommend Avogadro. It is a molecular editor and viewer released under the GPL. For high school students, it could be used as a substitute for the ball and stick model kits. It has a simple interface and most of its basic functions can be learned within an hour or two.
Comment Re:Correlation != Causation... (Score 1) 211
Individual songs are small, but albums, especially if they are high-quality rips, can be several hundred MB. Entire band discographies are even larger and can be several(if not 10's) of GB in size. Bittorrent is much more useful for downloading music than you give it credit.
Comment Re:Any progress? (Score 1) 113
I'm not an expert, but I do have several years of experience with molecular dynamics(GROMACS) and quantum chemistry(GAMESS) software. From my experience, the task of running a simulation using pre-packaged software is relatively simple. The difficult part is knowing enough biology, chemistry and physics to set up a meaningful simulation and being able to analyze and interpret the results. So yes, you could read the software documentation and learn something, but you are attacking the problem from the wrong end.
Comment Two suggestions... (Score 1) 1006
If you like the company and/or your job, I would get a copy of the license agreement for the software that you believe is pirated and show it to the boss. Explain how what you have observed violates the license and suggest that the company either pay for the software or make the transition to free software.
Alternatively, if you don't like the company, I'm sure you've seen the BSA ads all over Slashdot.
Comment Another gimmick (Score 1) 260
Yet another gimmicky use of galvanic skin response. You might as well be required to undergo Scientology auditing before trading stocks, since the E-meter measures the exact same thing.
Comment Foreign Developers (Score 1) 267
Will they send money to foreign developers for making culturally British games, like Paradox Interactive's "Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun"?
