Comment Re:u mean cracker. (Score 1) 370
Not in this decade it doesn't. But I get the hint, and will depart from your lawn forthwith.
Comment Re:Added Bonus with old astronauts (Score 2, Funny) 917
I think the last thing they'd want to do is play a game set in space...
Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage 294
BuzzSkyline writes "Improvements in helmets have helped modern soldiers survive bullets and blasts that would have killed them in past wars. But increasing numbers of soldiers are suffering long lasting brain damage from explosions, partly as a result of what appears to be a flaw in helmet designs. Although the blast itself may not accelerate the brain inside a soldier's head enough to cause injury, shockwaves that make it through the space between a helmet and a soldier's head can cause the skull to flex, leading to ripples in the skull that can create damaging pressures in the brain. Simulations that relied on 'code originally designed to simulate how a detonated weapon rattles a building or tank' could lead to new helmets that reduce the traumatic brain injuries that many soldiers suffer as a result of improvised explosive devices and other moderate-sized blasts. The research is due to be published in Physical Review Letters, but a pre-print of the entire article is currently available on the Physics ArXiv."
Comment Re:1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes (Score 1) 711
Do you have an argument for the validity of the old standard other than an appeal to tradition? Anyone who cares and who needs to read those books or papers can certainly learn that before a certain date, an older definition was used.
Comment Re:Is this twit shit ever (Score 1) 90
Just because you don't use it doesn't mean it isn't useful or desired. I know a lot of people who have as much scorn for Slashdot as you seem to for Twitter.
Comment Re:What's all the hub-bub? (Score 1) 90
Did you try using it to read posts from people you know? Or just random people on the Internet?
Comment Re:Pseudocode (Score 1) 90
Wrong. The whole point of Twitter is that you can text in your tweets wherever. Most people I know aren't in front of their computer when they update.
Comment Is there a point to this? (Score 1) 295
Given how often I see articles claiming that "print media is in trouble, everything's online now", is investing R&D into video advertisements, not to mention increasing printing costs with this gimmick, REALLY the way to go? Are you trying to tell me that the only thing killing print media this whole time has been it's lack of flash ads!?
Comment Re:Website? (Score 1) 278
Funny to think about at first, but not actually that weird. This is probably the best way to reach out to everyone who they think needs help...
Comment Logic 101 Time (Score 1) 278
A substantial minority of thing A is actually thing B. From a logical standpoint, there exists an A that is also a B.
Therefore, all addictions to A are addictions to B. Put another way, if someone is addicted to A, then they are addicted to B.
Spot the fallacy, kids!
Therefore, all addictions to A are addictions to B. Put another way, if someone is addicted to A, then they are addicted to B.
Spot the fallacy, kids!
Comment Re:that's why their images are so good (Score 1) 203
Warm? Monster Cables are downright danceable!
Comment The moon vs. your house (Score 1) 203
I'm sure you could get that kind of bandwidth at your house, too, if you paid enough for it.
Comment HIV Virus? (Score 1) 263
The V already stands for virus, ranking 'HIV Virus' up there with 'PIN Number' and 'ATM Machine'. I would hope that a tech site like Slashdot, used to dealing with acronyms, would do better.
Comment Re:It's Times Like These ... (Score 1) 174
Oh it does, if you believe the RIAA's legal theories...
Comment Let them have cell phones and learn etiquette (Score 1) 785
At my high school, you were allowed to have cell phones if you turned them off in class. If your cell went off in class, though, you could be sure of getting detention. Since turning off cell phones during meetings and the like is good etiquette outside of high school too, I say let the students have their phones if only for a valuable learning experience.
