Comment Strange (Score 5, Funny) 456

by rhavan on Sunday September 23, 2012 @11:07PM (#41432985) Attached to: Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn

I was trying to find the plant in question on IOS Maps, but I don't see it.

Submission + - First part of Black Mesa released (blackmesasource.com)

Submitted by ProbablyJoe on Friday September 14, 2012 @12:03PM

ProbablyJoe writes: The long awaited Source engine remake of the Valve's original Half Life has finally been released. The initial release only includes the story up until Xen, but the developers say they'll be adding the rest of the story, along with an online multiplayer Deathmatch mode, soon. The game is available to download for free, and only requires players to install the Source SDK (included with all Source games, or a free download.

The highly anticipated release has also caused a huge amount of traffic for any servers hosting the files, with GameFront, GameUpdates, and Black Mesa's own CDN brought down within minutes of the release. The project has also been approved by Steam's Greenlight program, and will hopefully be available through Steam soon, though no timeframe has been given.

Comment Re:Super High spectrum (Score 1) 58

by rhavan on Sunday September 02, 2012 @12:01PM (#41206053) Attached to: FCC To Review the Relative Value of Low, High, and Super-high Spectrum Licenses

You just have to be careful as to what show you're watching at the time. I'm sure any superhero who gained their powers during a taping of Jersey Shore would rather have been given death.

Comment Next Season of Court (Score 5, Funny) 115

by rhavan on Saturday August 25, 2012 @02:59PM (#41123923) Attached to: Amazon, Apple Expected to Strut Their Small-Tablet Stuff Soon

I can see it now: Amazon vs Apple, with Apple suing for taking their idea for a 7 inch tablet 2 years before Apple got around to making a midsize tablet. Just because they hadn't made it yest doesn't mean you haven't pre-infringed.

Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 465

by rhavan on Saturday October 16, 2010 @01:10AM (#33915532) Attached to: When automating everyday tasks with robots, the line must be drawn...

Apparently you're not a fan of the woomba. http://www.hulu.com/watch/70317/saturday-night-live-woomba

Supermassive Black Holes Can Abort Star Formation 67

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 16, 2010 @04:46PM from the glad-our-galaxy-is-pro-life dept.

cremeglace writes "Astrophysicists have found that when a supermassive black hole quickly devours gas and dust, it can generate enough radiation to abort all the embryonic stars in the surrounding galaxy. It's not clear what this means for life's ability to take hold in such a bleak environment, but the research shows that the process might have determined the fates of many of the large galaxies in the universe."