Comment You might not need it, depending. (Score 1) 241
I hated math and was not that good at it but I did love solving complex problems and puzzles. I've enjoyed a very lucrative 15 year career in computer programming.
Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two 170
An anonymous reader writes 'Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two, creating a new ocean, say experts. This is due to a recent geological crack which has appeared in northeastern Ethiopia.'
Comment I once had had 60 seconds... (Score 1) 1127
...to break "the code" while John Travolta's thug held a gun to my head and some chick gave me a blow job!!
Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth 157
AtariKee writes "Universe Today is reporting that a small 10m asteroid, discovered earlier this month and named 2009 BD, is passing within 400,000 miles of Earth. Although the asteroid poses no threat to the planet, the site reports that the asteroid is still very interesting, as it may be a rare co-orbital asteroid (as in, shares the same orbit as Earth)."
Comment Re:Anti-vaccine crowd? (Score 1) 285
You have obviously done a bast amount of research on this subject. People like you are scary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus
NASA Plans to Smash Spacecraft into the Moon 176
djasbestos writes "NASA is planning to smash a spacecraft into the Moon in order to look for hydrogen deposits in the poles. More notably, it will impact with significantly greater force (100x, per the article) than previous Moon collisions, such as by the Lunar Prospector and Smart-1 probes. Admiral Ackbar was unreachable for comment as to the exact location and size of the Moon's thermal exhaust port."
Vermont Launches 'Cow Power' System 400
odyaws writes "Central Vermont Public Service has launched Cow Power, a system by which power users can opt to buy 25, 50, or 100% of their electricity from dairy farms that run generators on methane obtained from cow manure. Cow Power costs only 4 cents/kWh more than market price, so a household like mine would only pay $5-6/month more at 100% usage. The big question now is whether Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream will use power generated from the manure of cows treated with Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone."
