Comment Re:Nuclear submarines (Score 1) 255
I have been surprised that Western shipbuilders are not designing new cargo ships with nuclear power.
It's probably a fine idea unless these ships come anywhere close to the Somalia shores.
Comment Re:Russian Linux distribution (Score 1) 105
Linux.Org.Ru, perhaps the largest Russian on-line Linux community officially considers "Linux-XP" offtopic:
http://www.linux.org.ru/view-message.jsp?msgid=2307077&lastmod=1238366650084
CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA 254
Futurepower(R) writes "CNN's use of software called Octoshape presents an incredibly abusive EULA. If you agree to the EULA, you agree that CNN can use your bandwidth, and that you will pay any costs. Also, you lose the right to monitor your own network traffic. You can't even use information collected by your own firewall. Quoting the EULA:
'You may not collect any information about communication in the network of computers that are operating the Software or about the other users of the Software by monitoring, interdicting or intercepting any process of the Software. Octoshape recognizes that firewalls and anti-virus applications can collect such information, in which case you not are allowed to use or distribute such information.' "
Comment Not just yet (Score 5, Informative) 374
What the article actually says, is that some members of Russian parliament are just _proposing_ to develop a national OS. M$ representatives, on the other hand, say that it is not a national OS which Russia need, but to make use the technologies which are already exist. so, don't get excited just yet - there are many things they talk about in Russia.
Comment Re:Exactly: weed out is definitely GOOD (Score 1) 567
Can't agree more. Modern medicine is heavily based on drugs, and if the doctors who prescribe these drugs have no idea what their basic chemical properties are, it is outright scary. And yes, it does not make any sense to teach premeds gruesome synthetic organic chemistry and make them memorize named reactions. All they should learn is the concepts of chemistry which will allow them to understand biochemistry and pharmacology. I am a chemist myself, and honesty I have no idea what the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction is. But I know that if necessary I can quickly find out and figure how to use it.
