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Comment Re:It's a big ask (Score 1) 229

by uvatbc on Sunday August 29, 2021 @02:20PM (#61741857) Attached to: Reducing Sugar In Packaged Foods Can Prevent Disease In Millions, Study Finds

Be careful what you wish for.

Another finger curls....

Comment Re:Stupid local minima (Score 4, Insightful) 75

by uvatbc on Sunday March 25, 2018 @05:05AM (#56322041) Attached to: Hilarious (and Terrifying?) Ways Algorithms Have Outsmarted Their Creators

But a lot of the time it does something stupid.

Much like evolution: The algorithms that survive are useful.

Comment Re:FIX SLASHDOT ALREADY (Score 1) 319

by uvatbc on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:37PM (#53949085) Attached to: FCC Chairman Calls Net Neutrality a 'Mistake'

What content?

I keed, I keed!

Comment Better links please... (Score 1) 140

by chinmay7 on Thursday April 08, 2010 @03:35PM (#31780818) Attached to: MIT Making Super Efficient Origami Solar Panels

Please editors... at least link to the original press release if not the research paper.

What's the point of linking to other blogs that have crappy internal links all over the article?

Comment Link to original article (Score 3, Informative) 213

by chinmay7 on Monday February 08, 2010 @05:54PM (#31065776) Attached to: New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries

Why do I have to click through two blogs with fluff to reach the original article on PhysOrg? - http://www.physorg.com/news184585514.html

Comment Re:Anti-science groups fund studies too. (Score 1) 474

by chinmay7 on Sunday February 07, 2010 @12:34PM (#31052864) Attached to: Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals

"If you could reason with religious people there wouldn't be any religious people" - Hugh Laurie.

As cool as it would have been for Hugh Laurie to say this, it was actually said by House, and the actual quote is -

Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise there would be no religious people."

(http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/house/season4/house-402.htm Season 4, Episode 2)

Comment Excessive CPU usage in OS X 10.4? (Score 1) 554

by chinmay7 on Thursday June 12, 2008 @12:30PM (#23765727) Attached to: Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday

I've been using the betas and RCs for a while now, and I've noticed that for some reason, Firefox is using an unusual amount of CPU cycles. When a Firefox window is open, FF uses 15-20% CPU (on my SantaRosa 2GHz MacBook Pro) continuously. When the window is closed (but FF is still running) the usage drops down to 1-2% I don't think this happened with FF2. Any idea why this might be so, and if there are any workarounds?

Submission + - Nature - 50 years of the Multiverse Interpretation

Submitted by

chinmay7

on Friday July 06, 2007 @05:54PM

chinmay7 writes: "
Fifty years ago this month Hugh Everett III published his paper proposing a "relative-state formulation of quantum mechanics" — the idea subsequently described as the 'many worlds' or 'multiverse' interpretation. Its impact on science and culture continues. In celebration, a science fiction special edition of Nature on 5 July 2007 explores the symbiosis of science and sf, as exemplified by Everett's hypothesis, its birth, evolution, champions and opponents, in biology, physics, literature and beyond.
Read the excellent selection of articles (and quite a few related scientific papers) from this special edition of the Nature magazine here."

Comment Re:Clean = Immune Retardation (Score 1) 201

by uvatbc on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @11:47PM (#18524501) Attached to: New Superbug Weapon to Replace Failing Antibiotics

Wash, Rinse, Repeat.

How ironic... Or was it purposeful?

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