Comment Re:As the Fark crowd likes to say (Score 1) 351

by sreservoir on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @07:48PM (#32439020) Attached to: Objective-C Enters Top Ten In Language Popularity

it's turing-complete enough. just like brainfuck.

Comment Re:NOT a hack, NEW Wash Post story clarifies: (Score 2, Insightful) 344

by sreservoir on Friday April 16, 2010 @11:00PM (#31880030) Attached to: 3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System

if a teacher can change the superintendent's passwrod, you have a problem right there.

Comment victory (Score 1) 99

by sreservoir on Thursday March 25, 2010 @05:55PM (#31618334) Attached to: International Longest Tweet Contest Seeks Entries

perl -le'{print;redo}'

Comment Re:US-centricity (Score 1) 188

by sreservoir on Monday March 15, 2010 @08:54PM (#31490372) Attached to: Pi Day and an Interview With a Pi Researcher

103993/33102

Comment Re:Perl !! (Score 1) 407

by sreservoir on Monday March 15, 2010 @07:48PM (#31489696) Attached to: Good Language Choice For School Programming Test?

don't. can't you see it's ten years old?

Dissolvable Glass For Bone Repair 168

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 02, 2009 @12:29PM from the heart-of-glass dept.

gpronger writes "Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Glass Will Certainly Mend Them! The old schoolyard ditty may be changed to reflect developments using metallic glass that will dissolve in situ instead of the traditional stainless steel or titanium hardware, which require removal by surgery once the bone has healed. Physics World reports that researcher Jörg Löffler at ETH Zurich has created an alloy of 60% magnesium, 35% zinc, and 5% calcium, molded in the form of metallic glass. Through rapid cooling, the alloy forms a molecularly amorphous glass that slowly dissolves over time, supporting the injury long enough for healing, then slowly dissolving away."