Physics and Archaeology

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Posted by michael on Friday October 19, 2001 @04:35AM from the captain-caveman dept.

Guinnessy writes: "In 1960 Willard Frank Libby won a Nobel Prize for his work on radiocarbon dating, a technique that truly revolutionize archaeology. Now Physics Today magazine has an article describing how new methods are yielding more accurate dates for our prehistoric ancestors, profoundly affecting our understanding of the past. Neat stuff."

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Conference in Vegas! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am hoping that you guys will be as excited as I am about this conference. http://www.binnews.com has more details. The conference is called BinCon. Let me copy and paste from the site: " Some of the topics, I would like to cover.. Keygen creation Nag Screen issues CD Copy protection Future technologys" They say they are going to get software companies there to learn about this so they can prevent it. The cost is only 49.00 a night + 45.00 to get into the conference. It is a 2 night/3 day thing. Hope this helps
Re:Second or third or whatever. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

j00 h4v3 been 0w|\|3d!

-The AC Avenger strikes again!!!!
Re:Physics and penisbirds... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Windows XP is consistently superior to all versions of Linux

Uh...... _ALL_ versions of linux? You fucking dolt. You said it performs better than Redhat and Mandrake.. Those are like.. very bloated distros made to be idiot friendly. Take a less idiot friendly distro (and theirs only like 50 out there) and properly configure it for performance, and I'll show you better desktop performance.. BTW: Why the fuck did you post that stupid shit under this archeological post? Troll?
Re:Dating Technique by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Older women rock!
To all teenagers here: wait, don't bother with the teenage queens at your high school.
Jack off, watch porn, whatever. In the end the jocks who were banging these queens end up pumping gas and the pretty airheads are yours to screw if you just get enough self-confidence to ask them.
Fuck'em and use'em.
Then get a nice geek girl to marry.
Re:more accurate... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

that aint flame, that be funny
Re:Complaint by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Right. Make my points moderators. This groupthink MUST BE STOPPED!
You get modded down for pointing out a clear flaw in the system. They don't care how much POSITIVE karma you have. Just stray out of the groupthink line once, even anonymously, and you'll pay dearly.
Fucking idiots. Trolling seems to be the only way.
First Dildo Post!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mad propz to the little face inside Mr Goatse's cavity.

:o)
First Nonsense Post by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 04:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:Physics and penisbirds... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Better run-time performance: This measurement refers to the speed at which Windows XP performs tasks while your computer is running

.. as opposed to when it is switched off?

Fucking idiot.

"Flame OFF!" - The Anonymous Flaming Troll
Re:Second or third or whatever. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

cyborg_monkey gives rim jobs to spork_testicle
Jennifer Lopez has a great ass by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I don't understand why people are complaining about "her big ass".
She looks just about perfect in the latest black-and-white video! Big bottoms rule!
Invalid Form Key by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What's up with the invalid form key?
I've been seeing the same. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I've got the bonus on this account and I've been randomly seeing it.
Fucking buggy Perl "code".
Fellow trolls, please help! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Keep on wasting those moderation points...
Conference in Vegas.. practically free... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-19 05:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am hoping that you guys will be as excited as I am about this conference. http://www.binnews.com has more details. The conference is called BinCon.
Let me copy and paste from the site:
" Some of the topics, I would like to cover..
Keygen creation
Nag Screen issues
CD Copy protection
Future technologys"

They say they are going to get software companies there to learn about this so they can prevent it. The cost is only 49.00 a night + 45.00 to get into the conference. It is a 2 night/3 day thing.

Hope this helps
Joe