Comment Re: I don't know if I'd agree.... (Score 1) 366
Examining the themes of the novel is hardly cherry-picking..
What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? 544
Randym writes "NASA scientists have some exciting new results from one of the rover's instruments. On the one hand, they'd like to tell everybody what they found, but on the other, they have to wait because they want to make sure their results are not just some fluke or error in their instrument. The exciting results are coming from an instrument in the rover called SAM. 'We're getting data from SAM as we sit here and speak, and the data looks really interesting,' says John Grotzinger. He's the principal investigator for the rover mission. SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) is a suite of instruments onboard NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Grotzinger says they recently put a soil sample in SAM, and the analysis shows something Earth-shaking. 'This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good,' he says."
Comment They took my vertical tabs! (Score 1) 574
Typing "about:flags" in Chrome used to show an experimental option that placed tabs vertically on the side of the browser. That option (and my vertical tabs) mysteriously disappeared a few days ago after I'd been using it for many months. I'm guessing this might have something to do with it. It's frustrating, to say the least.
Comment Re:Wrong! (Score 1) 344
Ravenstahl was repeatedly asked to come talk to Pitt students before the election. He agreed, but then canceled at the last minute. Why? Because he proposed this tax less than a week before elections.
Comment Re:Other uses for this technology (Score 1, Informative) 170
Google has already added a face search feature to image search. It's not too shabby either. I'm sure they're looking into other options as well.
