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  1. Re:Nuclear physics Slashdot? by jabberjaw · · Score: 4, Informative · on Beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics

    Hmm, while I do admit that that would be nice there already is PhysicsWeb, BottomQuark, and the Physics Forums. If anyone else can add to this list please do!

  2. Re:I think theres better distributed computing cau by De+Lemming · · Score: 2, Informative · on New Seti@Home Client to be Open to Other Projects

    Indeed. And there are dozens of distributed computing projects, so everyone can find one to his likings.

    Click here for an overview of active distributed computing projects. Also have a look at the lists at the bottom of the page: these are projects you donate some of your own time to, instead of spare CPU cycles (from Distributed Proofreaders to The Hunger Site).

    Further info on distributed computing: Bottomquark has reviewed a number of projects.

  3. Estrogen-mimicing pollutants by Saige · · Score: 1 · on Computers, Unemployment and Wealth Creation

    We know that there are large numbers of synthetic estrogen-like chemicals in the water supply. We haven't detected them causing any problem, but there have been indications, and a quite minor effect could lead to population collapse.

    What do you mean caused no problems? There have already been documented studies showing that fish and amphibians in various areas have much higher than normal levels of hermaphroditism and skewed sex ratios among apparently healthy animals. That such chemicals are affecting ecosystems is already documented. It may not have caused major ecosystem damage, but it is clearly affecting things already.

    Oh, and there's the fact that for one chemical, atrazine, it affects people too - one plant that creates the stuff in Louisiana has guys coming down with prostrate cancer at 9 times the average rate.

    Note that atrazine causes hermaphroditism in frogs at a level one-thirtieth the EPA's "safe level". And drinking water across the country - especially in the midwest - regularly reaches near or above that level during times of the year. If it can affect frogs that clearly, how might it's estrogen-mimicing properties affect the mental development of babies in the womb (which are physically and mentally shaped by hormone levels), or on the physiology of growing children who are more sensitive? (the ever-earlier first periods of girls?)

  4. Re:Popular Science's Best Weblog: by Otter · · Score: 1 · on Tiny Sites Aren't Small Potatoes

    For a Slashdot Science-ish orientation with more stories: BottomQuark

  5. News and humor by ParticleGirl · · Score: 1 · on Your Take On(line) Reality?

    I go to a number of sites for "news" news; I find that the "same" news is very different coming from different countries:
    BBC News, which everyone's familiar with;
    CNN, the epitome of US government-sanctioned news;
    The Economist, of course;
    The Times of London,
    Japan Today,
    Pravda,
    The Beijing Review,
    Le Monde, and
    The Tehran Times

    ...and a couple of sites for tech and science news:
    EurekAlert, a great site for science and medicine press releases,
    the former, but still running, Hacker News Network,
    BottomQuark,
    the phenomenal journal Nature,
    Science magazine,
    and, of course, The Source.

    Some good comics, most of which you will all know, but which I love; here are a couple you might not know:
    Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet, a comic that actually features a female sysadmin/techgoddess, and
    Bateman Political cartoons, a fun political comic updated regularly.

    And, of course, take a look at my sig... Click every day.

  6. Re:How many people use gestures by jd142 · · Score: 1 · on Gestures For The Linux Desktop

    I don't know of any way to follow a link in a graphical browser without using a mouse

    As I said, I'm an exception in that I *really* like to type. Mozilla let's you type in the letter in the anchor text on a page and then you go to that link by hitting enter. So if you had a page like this:

    Check out the latest news, nature news and comics

    You could type n and then enter to follow the news link, or type na to go to the nature link (news would also get you to news) or c and go to the comics link. Then hit enter. Or ctrl+enter for a new tab, then ctrl+ page down and page up to navigate your tabs.

    Not everyone likes to use the keyboard as much as I do, I'm the first to admit it. And both gestures and keyboard shortcuts should be present. Not everyone has the manual dexterity to use a mouse only interface. Some people use a wand to hit the keys because they can't control their hands or arms well enough to use the mouse. Luckily, I'm pretty dexterous, which is one reason I like keyboard shortcuts.

    Now you know how to navigate links in mozilla without a mouse. And knowing is have the battle. ;)

  7. Solutions to lack of slack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AMD Announces A Shift In Focus From PC Processors
    there is only so many times in a day you can "go make coffee" or "check your email".
    It sounds like you need some help... I've built up a fairly good list of sites to visit while waiting on things at work. I've put together a fairly good-sized list so that even if I get to the bottom of the list, by that time, I can start back at the top of the list again and there'll be new material. =)

    Geek Slack List

    And finally to be at least somewhat on topic, and for reference when you need to justify slacking:

    Hope this helps =)

  8. Re:So many to choose from! by De+Lemming · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Folding@Home Reports Success

    You can find even more projects here. And they're ordered in categories, including science, mathematics, puzzles and even art (I really like the Electric Sheep Project).

    Bottomquark has reviewed a number of projects.

    And here is a community site of people participating in such projects.

  9. Re:ddrfreak by Saige · · Score: 1 · on Video Games in Gym Class - DDR 101?

    Nope. I read it on DDR Freak and posted it here, since it wasn't posted. So, definately not the same person. Though I did also submit it to BottomQuark.

  10. It seems to be reductionism writ large by Danny+Rathjens · · Score: 1 · on The Universe in 4 Lines of Code?

    Although he does hedge by saying we could only extrapolate some things.
    I don't understand how millionaires can be greedy for more money. Why doesn't he just publish his ideas openly and allow peer review like most scientists? He claims that people only understood part of what he had done so he had to go it alone. Talk about ego; And if he couldn't explain it to his colleagues way back when why does he think publishing a book for "everyone" is going to explain it any better?
    Going the 'hype' route of mass media, as this seems to be, would be a good strategy to get yourself a bit more famous and make some more bucks. But I don't think it is a good strategy for changing scientific thought.
    note: This was my response from his interview last september, not upon reading the book.

  11. Had enough? by Decimal · · Score: 2, Troll · on Blizzard removes Orcs from Warcraft III

    I agree. Slashdot has gone way overboard today.

    Here is a list of reasons to boycott slashdot. It includes a list of alternatives, including my favorite, BottomQuark. That site hasn't had one April Fools joke all day. Slashdot has had, what, 6 so far?

    I wonder if this will change how many people are participating in The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout?

    Now the more important question is: Will this post be deleted or simply moderated down?

  12. Compensation? by OneFix · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions

    So, now that /. is going to be charging subscriptions, will readers be compensated for having highly modded stories?

    This is done in the magazine business. Readers digest does this for their "Humor" section. Family Handyman does it for their "Tips" section. Almost every major magazine out there has a "Readers Comments" section and most pay the ppl that provide content. That being said, there are always alternatives to slashdot .

  13. Re:The Previously Mentioned Method by TRoLLaXoR · · Score: -1, Informative · on Light Stopped, Held And Re-emitted By A Crystal

    Interesting.

    I guess the gas method took quite a few years to do, but progress was fairly consistent. They got light town to airplane speed, race car speed, bicycle speed, and then stopped it altogether.

    Here's a link to the Bottomquark writeup on it, and here's the article itself.

  14. Re:Russians are ignored. by rde · · Score: 1 · on Vostok 1 40th Anniversary

    So it is very good to see Russia given its proper dues on an American site, even if it is a counterculture site such as this.
    As my mother used to say "if you've only nice things to say about Americans, don't say anything at all". Nonetheless, I think you're doing a disservice to the citizens of the US. I've read this story on a whole bunch of sites today, most of them american (bottomquark, for example).

    If only america as a whole could realise that it is just another country.
    No arguments here. I'm still wondering why the UN didn't send election observers in. But consider: the Americans did put a man on the moon. And a plethora of probes on mars. And, with the ESA, they gave us hubble. The US advances in space have been phenomenal up to about 1972, irrespective of motivation. The tragedy is that they didn't use this momentum; we (humanity) should be fishing through holes in Europan ice by now.

    The worst part about the cold war is that the US thinks they won. Trillions spent unnecessarily on 'defense', and the US are still trying to convince the world that they were not just right, but victorious.

  15. Re:[OT] - News? by Gameshow+Bob · · Score: 1 · on Get a Grip on LAN Parties

    Check out bottomquark. This is a perfect candidate for a story there. </blatant plug>

    You Like Science?

  16. Proving the obvious by rw2 · · Score: 5 · on Water/Complex Carbon Found In Distant Solar System
    Look, I'm all about remembering there is a shadow of a doubt. As an active reader of bottomquark I see the headlines outside of my own experience, and that sometimes corrections are made in theories.

    But really. We are an average planet around an average star. The hubris required to think that we are along in the universe is almost unmeasurable.

    Life is plentiful. The chemistry needed for life is all over the place and we have a planet that provides fantastic evidence that once a molecule is able to replicate itself then life pretty much explodes. There is no reason to believe that something unique happened here to create that initial set of circumstances.

    People often point to the lack of communication from other worlds as proof (or at least evidence) that we are alone. Hogwash! We haven't heard from them because there are invariant rules in the universe. This lack of communication is much better evidence that faster than light travel is insurmountable than it is that somehow in the great sea of chemistry that is the universe *we* managed to defy the odds and not only create life, but multicellular life. And not only multicellular, but thinking. And not only thinking, but self aware and communicative. Those are long odds, eh?

    Still, if this country (or planet for that matter) was scientifically litereate enough to understand all that I guess poliglut.org (shameless plug) wouldn't need to exist to straighten folks out... ;-)

    --

  17. Two sides to every coin... by GoNINzo · · Score: 5 · on NEAR Touches Down on Eros
    There were several possible outcomes to this landing (which BottomQuark reported on earlier today.) You had the possibility that the possibility that the space craft could land at the 1mph-8mph landing speed that would allow it to survive. You had the chance that it would roll over onto it's antenae and not transmit anything. You had the chance it would hit so hard that scientists would be able to tell the asteroid's composition from the impact. However, today's landing at 5 mph was excellent and shows that NASA does know what's it's doing. sometimes. even when it makes two years of mistakes up until that point. This is where the 'bunch of smart guys' quotent pays off. `8r)

    There are some signs of bad science on the CNN site though. I don't believe Eros is in danger of hitting the earth because it has a stable orbit. I hate it when the news over-exagerates dangers, such as when the researcher from the RHIC said there is a small possibility of a black hole being created. Because of that, everyone was sure a giant movie-like black hole would be created at Brookhaven. Next, we'll be hearing that the NEAR landing might have pushed the rock off course, allowing it to hit the earth and destroy everything.

    Just hope we can find a bunch of movie stars to quickly blow it up!

    --
    Gonzo Granzeau

  18. Re:Cool - lets see some pics! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on New Planetary Systems Stun Astronomers

    I agree- that's why I've completely given up on submitting to slashdot. next time send your submission to Bottomquark, where the admins actually click the links before they submit them as articles...

  19. Full Article Here by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Monkey Think, Robot Do
    The full article is posted at www.bottomquark.com.

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  20. Similar, but safer by Lawbeefaroni · · Score: 3 · on Buy Your CDs From Your PCS Phone
    This device is similar, but safer in two ways. You press just one button and you have to upload to your PC, giving you precious time to stop that impulse buy.

    More info/links here.

  21. This is a 'good thing'! really! by GoNINzo · · Score: 4 · on The LEP Collider Will Be Closed Down
    The shutdown of LEP is actually a good thing... With the shutdown of the LEP, the construction of the LHC be started on. This collider will allow energies in the TeV range, with is 10 times the LEP or Fermilab Tevatron. If they had delayed in the building of this, the Relativisitic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) might beat them to the higher energy ranges. Plus, you never know when funding might be cut, etc.

    Let a lower powered accelerator attempt to find the Higgs, I STILL don't believe it will be discovered, because it's been stated over and over 'we just need a little more power to find the Higgs boson!'. The problem is that all of these vast teams are lead by one or two scientists, who desperately want the Nobel Prize. Hence, good science is sometimes ignored in favor of the limelight... I'm just glad 'good physics' prevailed this time around.

    I had hoped to talk about this on BottomQuark but lost all my research midway through the discussion. whoops. `8r) I wonder if there is such a thing as an amateur partical physics person....

    --
    Gonzo Granzeau

  22. This is a 'good thing'! really! by GoNINzo · · Score: 4 · on The LEP Collider Will Be Closed Down
    The shutdown of LEP is actually a good thing... With the shutdown of the LEP, the construction of the LHC be started on. This collider will allow energies in the TeV range, with is 10 times the LEP or Fermilab Tevatron. If they had delayed in the building of this, the Relativisitic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) might beat them to the higher energy ranges. Plus, you never know when funding might be cut, etc.

    Let a lower powered accelerator attempt to find the Higgs, I STILL don't believe it will be discovered, because it's been stated over and over 'we just need a little more power to find the Higgs boson!'. The problem is that all of these vast teams are lead by one or two scientists, who desperately want the Nobel Prize. Hence, good science is sometimes ignored in favor of the limelight... I'm just glad 'good physics' prevailed this time around.

    I had hoped to talk about this on BottomQuark but lost all my research midway through the discussion. whoops. `8r) I wonder if there is such a thing as an amateur partical physics person....

    --
    Gonzo Granzeau

  23. FYI by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on New Mars Images Released
    FYI, this story was posted earlier today on Bottomquark. If you enjoy this story, then you'd probably like the others available!

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  24. FYI by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on New Mars Images Released
    FYI, this story was posted earlier today on Bottomquark. If you enjoy this story, then you'd probably like the others available!

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  25. FYI by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on New Mars Images Released
    FYI, this story was posted earlier today on Bottomquark. If you enjoy this story, then you'd probably like the others available!

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  26. Re:Surely some mistake? by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on This Year's Ozone Hole Largest Ever
    Fortunately, you can take a peek at this similar, but a bit more accurate story, posted over a week ago on Bottomquark.

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  27. Re:Surely some mistake? by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on This Year's Ozone Hole Largest Ever
    Fortunately, you can take a peek at this similar, but a bit more accurate story, posted over a week ago on Bottomquark.

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  28. Re:Surely some mistake? by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on This Year's Ozone Hole Largest Ever
    Fortunately, you can take a peek at this similar, but a bit more accurate story, posted over a week ago on Bottomquark.

    Hope you all enjoy!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  29. If you like this article... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on New Phylum Created After New Creature Discovered
    Just a friendly observation --

    This story was posted first on Bottomquark.com.

    If you like this story, you'd probably like bottomquark. In fact, as of next week we should have a shiny new T3 connection so that when 3,500 people decide to visit the site at once, you will actually recieve the page your browser requests :o)

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  30. If you like this article... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on New Phylum Created After New Creature Discovered
    Just a friendly observation --

    This story was posted first on Bottomquark.com.

    If you like this story, you'd probably like bottomquark. In fact, as of next week we should have a shiny new T3 connection so that when 3,500 people decide to visit the site at once, you will actually recieve the page your browser requests :o)

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  31. If you like this article... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Tetris Study Reveals Dreaming's Role In Memory
    Just a friendly observation --

    This story was posted first on Bottomquark.com.

    If you like this story, you'd probably like bottomquark. In fact, as of next week we should have a shiny new T3 connection so that when 3,500 people decide to visit the site at once, you will actually recieve the page your browser requests :o)

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  32. If you like this article... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Tetris Study Reveals Dreaming's Role In Memory
    Just a friendly observation --

    This story was posted first on Bottomquark.com.

    If you like this story, you'd probably like bottomquark. In fact, as of next week we should have a shiny new T3 connection so that when 3,500 people decide to visit the site at once, you will actually recieve the page your browser requests :o)

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  33. Last Friday... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Jupiter As From Cassini
    Just taking the time to point out that this story was covered in detail at BottomQuark.com last Friday, 3 days before it made it to slashdot's readers. If you value your science, you should value your BottomQuark.

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  34. Last Friday... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Jupiter As From Cassini
    Just taking the time to point out that this story was covered in detail at BottomQuark.com last Friday, 3 days before it made it to slashdot's readers. If you value your science, you should value your BottomQuark.

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  35. If this sort of story interests you... by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on China Aims At Moon
    If you like this sort of information about developing issues in the world of science, research academia, and technology, then you'd probably really like Bottomquark. After all, we have been covering the China Space program since last July.

    Come on over and check us out -- we want to hear your side of the story!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  36. Re:Cafeine in Soda to Promote Addiction by OldSaxon · · Score: 1 · on Playstation 2 U.S. Release Scaled Back

    Ah, touche... If only we had the reader base of /. I can't criticize /. folks too much, afterall, Bottomquark does run on ye ol'e slashcode.


    You like science?

  37. Cafeine in Soda to Promote Addiction by OldSaxon · · Score: 3 · on Playstation 2 U.S. Release Scaled Back
    Well, to further the "make a better site" arguement -- I'm trying, but need people to read it. The story you mentioned:

    2000-08-16 01:14:50 Caffeine added to Soda to create addiction? (articles,news) (rejected)

    was posted on www.bottomquark.com on 8-15-00, a day before you submitted it to /.

    If you like these sorts of stories, come on over to Bottomquark. You want articles, we want readers -- a match made in Heaven.

    Ironically, we also had the PS2 story before Slashdot had it.

    Come on Over!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  38. Cafeine in Soda to Promote Addiction by OldSaxon · · Score: 3 · on Playstation 2 U.S. Release Scaled Back
    Well, to further the "make a better site" arguement -- I'm trying, but need people to read it. The story you mentioned:

    2000-08-16 01:14:50 Caffeine added to Soda to create addiction? (articles,news) (rejected)

    was posted on www.bottomquark.com on 8-15-00, a day before you submitted it to /.

    If you like these sorts of stories, come on over to Bottomquark. You want articles, we want readers -- a match made in Heaven.

    Ironically, we also had the PS2 story before Slashdot had it.

    Come on Over!

    OldSaxon


    You like science?

  39. Re:Well, it's about time by Dan+Hayes · · Score: 2 · on Solar Powered Colocation

    Low-density power sources like solar, biomass, wind etc. have serious scaling problems. When you get less energy yield per pound of generator or square foot of plant space, you have to compensate by building more power infrastructure.

    For someone who has supposedly worked with computers for many years you see to have totally missed the idea of a technological advance. The efficiency of solar panels has increased over the years, along with other advances such as transparent solar cells which will allow them to become more ubiquitous. The efficiency demonstrated today is close to the efficiency required for solar power to become viable as a means for providing the power we need.

    The construction costs (in money, environmental impact, and human lives lost) blow up a helluva lot faster than most alternate-energy fans realize.

    Hello? Solar panels can be installed anywhere with minimal effort on a small scale, providing a reasonable amount of power. Given the right governmental initiatives people could be encouraged to use solar power, thus reducing the amount of traditional power sources required. It doesn't always have to be the strip mine approach you seem to suggest.

    They're extrapolating from demonstration projects without thinking about second-order effects.

    Which are...?

  40. Re:list of distributed projects by grnarrow · · Score: 1 · on Future Of Internet-Based Distributed Computing
    What's curious about it? I should think it would make sense that I participate in the one I think it currently the best project. Actually, I have participated in all the ones listed, and I've put more processing time into dnet than any other. When/if they get their OGR project officially started again I'll probably devote most of my processing power to that one. For now, I think seti is the most worthwhile one. Just my opinion.

    Check out bottomquark to discuss the latest science news.
    GrnArrow

  41. list of distributed projects by grnarrow · · Score: 1 · on Future Of Internet-Based Distributed Computing
    Here is a list of many distributed computing projects, including several (at the bottom of the page) that intend to pay you for your processing power.

    Check out bottomquark to discuss the latest science news.
    GrnArrow

  42. list of distributed projects by grnarrow · · Score: 1 · on Future Of Internet-Based Distributed Computing
    Here is a list of many distributed computing projects, including several (at the bottom of the page) that intend to pay you for your processing power.

    Check out bottomquark to discuss the latest science news.
    GrnArrow

  43. some slashcode sites by grammar+nazi · · Score: 3 · on Large Open-Source Based Web Sites?
    I don't know of any other open-sourced sites (this is the point of your post). I don't think that website code is as likely to be under the GPL because it typically isn't distributed. If someone comes up with good code, the don't distribute it, they use it on their own website.

    Anyone with a little perl knowledge can go a long way towards making a slashcode site into a customer support, file download, or of course a news and events website.

    Anyways, here's the slashsites in case anyone is interested.

    Obtained from Slashcode
  44. About the material of sail... by absurd · · Score: 1 · on NASA Demonstrates Space Sails (In The Lab)

    So this is what they needed the spider silk milking "goat system" for. I just hope the Shadows won't get mad when encountered out there...after all, they DO own our spiders.

  45. New Scientist by grnarrow · · Score: 2 · on GUI Research - Is it Still Being Done?
    A short article in today's New Scientist mentions a few efforts at 3D graphical interfaces.

    Check out bottomquark to discuss the latest science news.
    GrnArrow

  46. Artificial Silicon Retinas by grnarrow · · Score: 1 · on Silicon Retinal Implants Are Here
    Here's an article from about a year ago on artifical silicon retinas. Includes some info and a photo of the chips used in this current study.

    Check out bottomquark to discuss the latest science news.
    GrnArrow

  47. add a sea lamprey brain... by grnarrow · · Score: 2 · on Gecko Feet and Antigravity
    Well if someone builds a gecko cyborg that has feet using van der Waals forces, and wires in a sea lamprey brain like the researchers in this story did, then I'll start to get nervous.

    GrnArrow
    www.bottomquark.com

  48. good aurora viewing by grnarrow · · Score: 2 · on Another Solar Storm Approaching
    Even if these storms don't produce any dire consequences for power systems, etc., the fact that they've been happening for a couple days now means there should be some extended opportunities for people at higher lattitudes to see some nice auroral displays.

    If you'd like to read more science-related stories stop by bottomquark, my science slash site.

    GrnArrow
    http://www.bottomquark.com

  49. Re:That's not the title I submitted ;) by spiralx · · Score: 2 · on NASA Prototype: Could It Make Mars Breathable?

    Go to bottomquark to get the stories I've been submitting. It's another Slash site for science stories, lots of interesting stories there even if there's precious little people.

  50. it was on bottomquark by grnarrow · · Score: 1 · on NASA To Deal With Disney For Commercial Use Of ISS
    I'm not sure about geek flavor, but it was on bottomquark yesterday. Since I don't have 1/10th of 1% of the submissions Slashdot gets, it doesn't take so long to sift through the stories and decide what to post. :-)

    GrnArrow
    grnarrow@removethis.bottomquark.com