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Comment Re:Why the argument? (Score -1) 134

Southers's admission that he was involved in a questionable use of law enforcement background data has been a source of concern among civil libertarians, who believe the TSA performs a delicate balancing act in tapping into passenger information to find terrorists while also protecting citizens' privacy.

They actually believe that?

no, because as far as i know there is no such thing as "libertarians" (unless that is another word for "liberals"), aside from that retaining citizens' privacy is out of the question, because you cannot digitally alter a voice in a aerospace vessel designed to be compact, because you cannot fit that type of equipment in such a small amount of space, But they can lob 'em up in their premium suite and then interview 'em 'bout any shifty business involving ethnic guys, that's one of the several scenarios that would make it believable, sadly we'll never know if this story was true or not.

Comment A leap foward?! possibly (Score -1) 6

this could be a leap forward:

"Neuroscientists Gary Lynch and Richard Granger have an interesting article in Discover Magazine about the Boskops, an extinct hominid that had big eyes, child-like faces, and forebrains roughly 50% larger than modern man indicating they may have had an average intelligence of around 150, making them geniuses among Homo sapiens. The combination of a large cranium and immature face would look decidedly unusual to modern eyes, but not entirely unfamiliar. Such faces peer out from the covers of countless science fiction books and are often attached to “alien abductors” in movies. "Back there in the past, ten thousand years ago. The man of the future, with the big brain, the small teeth. He lived in Africa," wrote naturalist Loren Eiseley. "His brain was bigger than your brain” The history of evolutionary studies has been dogged by the almost irresistible idea that evolution leads to greater complexity, to animals that are more advanced than their predecessor, yet the existence of the Boskops argues otherwise — that humans with big brains, and perhaps great intelligence, occupied a substantial piece of southern Africa in the not very distant past, and that they eventually gave way to smaller-brained, possibly less advanced Homo sapiens—that is, ourselves. "With 30 percent larger brains than ours now, we can readily calculate that a population with a mean brain size of 1,750 cc would be expected to have an average IQ of 149," write Lynch and Granger. But why did they go extinct? "Maybe all that thoughtfulness was of no particular survival value in 10,000 BC. Lacking the external hard drive of a literate society, the Boskops were unable to exploit the vast potential locked up in their expanded cortex," write Lynch and Granger. "They were born just a few millennia too soon.""

see? it could be the "missing link", the "abomnable snowman" or a "yeti", but no; it's either a kind of caveman early homosapien, sorry you dedecated religious types who think that evolution is just a load of flim-flam

Earth

Submission + - Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid with 150 IQ 6

Hugh Pickens writes: "Neuroscientists Gary Lynch and Richard Granger have an interesting article in Discover Magazine about the Boskops, an extinct hominid that had big eyes, child-like faces, and forebrains roughly 50% larger than modern man indicating they may have had an average intelligence of around 150, making them geniuses among Homo sapiens. The combination of a large cranium and immature face would look decidedly unusual to modern eyes, but not entirely unfamiliar. Such faces peer out from the covers of countless science fiction books and are often attached to “alien abductors” in movies. "Back there in the past, ten thousand years ago. The man of the future, with the big brain, the small teeth. He lived in Africa," wrote naturalist Loren Eiseley. "His brain was bigger than your brain” The history of evolutionary studies has been dogged by the almost irresistible idea that evolution leads to greater complexity, to animals that are more advanced than their predecessor, yet the existence of the Boskops argues otherwise — that humans with big brains, and perhaps great intelligence, occupied a substantial piece of southern Africa in the not very distant past, and that they eventually gave way to smaller-brained, possibly less advanced Homo sapiens—that is, ourselves. "With 30 percent larger brains than ours now, we can readily calculate that a population with a mean brain size of 1,750 cc would be expected to have an average IQ of 149," write Lynch and Granger. But why did they go extinct? "Maybe all that thoughtfulness was of no particular survival value in 10,000 BC. Lacking the external hard drive of a literate society, the Boskops were unable to exploit the vast potential locked up in their expanded cortex," write Lynch and Granger. "They were born just a few millennia too soon.""

Comment a second suspect (Score -1) 8

He said Hughes killed Mr Stewart because she believed he was having an affair with a 26-year-old woman who sometimes joined him on shooting trips.'"

has any one guessed that there could be another suspect?, yes, that's right i suspect the woman the man was having "a affair" with, i mean who couldn't suspect that it was someone who could seduce him, stay unsuspected by the police, AND kill Mr Stewart.

Comment Re:green tech (Score -1) 54

He's modded troll because he is projecting some sort of faith in these press releases on to the rest of us. Reading green tech/energy content is kinda like reading optimistic sci-fi - you know - gee, wouldn't it be nice.

Even if the tech is viable, the IP situation in the Western World dictates a long road from conceptualization to delivery. Simply having a story posted doesn't mean anyone is buying into it... Just means we won't be as surprised as everyone else if it turns out to work.

actually, if people in governments or the public domain who follow the environmentalist movement would jump on this idea if it was saw on a large scale in international news channels.

Comment Re:porn (Score -1) 249

This is drearily likely to be the driving force behind the growth of the technology.

Look at history. Video cassettes, the Internet, silicone rubber formulae...

look, it's unlikely as a april fools headline, so, for that fact, i doubt that sony is going to make 3D tv's anytime soon, the odds are 1 in a million, as always with this unlikely junk thats seems official, but then again could be a lie.

so to make a long story short, we just don't know

Comment Re:porn (Score -1) 249

This is drearily likely to be the driving force behind the growth of the technology.

Look at history. Video cassettes, the Internet, silicone rubber formulae...

look, it's unlikely as a april fools headline, so, for that fact, i doubt that sony is going to make 3D tv's anytime soon, the odds are 1 in a million, as always with this unlikely junk thats seems official, but then again could be a lie.

Displays

Sony To Launch 3D TVs By Late 2010 249

eldavojohn writes "The Financial Times is reporting that Sony is announcing 3D TVs for late 2010 at the IFA technology trade show in Berlin. It's another glasses-based technology with "active shutter" being employed (the same stuff teased at CES as well as employed on NVIDIA's glasses). Expect to see 3D Bravia television sets, Vaio laptops, PS3s and Blu-ray disc players compatible with this technology."

Comment Re:You know... (Score -1) 254

Spotify.com

Yeah, Spotify indeed is a great service. That's all I've used for my music listening for over a half an year now. It has both free ad-supported and premium versions, and the free versions ad's arent distrubtive and dont come that often.

It also works so fast that it feels like listening music from your computer. Songs start playing right away when you click on them, so I havent noticed even slight buffering issues.

i also spotify and now wahhey i like cold-play!

Patents

Microsoft Files For 3 Parallel Processing Patents 137

theodp writes "Microsoft may have been a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to parallel programming, but that's not stopping the software giant from trying to patent it. This week, the USPTO revealed that Microsoft has three additional parallel-processing patents pending — 1. Partitioning and Repartitioning for Data Parallel Operations, 2. Data Parallel Searching, and 3. Data Parallel Production and Consumption. Informing the USPTO that 'Software programs have been written to run sequentially since the beginning days of software development,' Microsoft adds there's been a '[recent] shift away from sequential execution toward parallel execution.' Before they grant the patents, let's hope the USPTO gets a second opinion on the novelty of Microsoft's parallel-processing patent claims."
PlayStation (Games)

Custom Firmware For the PSP-3000 Released 97

Busshy writes "Today, owners of PSP-3000 consoles, and those on PSP-2000s with boards that were previously incompatible, have now joined all those who have been enjoying PSP homebrew for years with the release of a new custom firmware that brings emulation and much more to those systems. You will need the recent Chickhen homebrew enabler installed for it to work."
Handhelds

Palm Pre Is Out, Time For Discussion 283

caffiend666 writes "Palm Pre is out, let's discuss the status and compare stories. The first day seems to have gone as well as expected, with many selling out before noon. I bought the second at the local Sprint store, and so far I like it. Much more one-hand friendly than the iPhone. I haven't gotten the main apps to sync with Linux, but the media portion functions much like a thumb-drive with my Fedora-8 Linux system. For the Pre-verts out there, here's some Palm Pre dismantling pictures."

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