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  1. The gist of the article and it's a streach on Wormholes Untangle a Black Hole Paradox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Here’s the heart of their argument: If a black hole’s event horizon is a smooth, seemingly ordinary place, as relativity predicts (the authors call this the “no drama” condition), the particles coming out of the black hole must be entangled with particles falling into the black hole. Yet for information not to be lost, the particles coming out of the black hole must also be entangled with particles that left long ago and are now scattered about in a fog of Hawking radiation. That’s one too many kinds of entanglements, the AMPS authors realized. One of them would have to go.

  2. Re:Meanwhile on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    The homebrew PC market is still booming.

    Newegg.com has met all of my gaming system needs, working on my 4th system at this time.

  3. Their new line of gaming PC's "The Predator" on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    And what I would be interested in has some dismal reviews, it has a long way to go to get any sort of following. http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/co...

    Good Points+
    Silent operation.
    Bad Points
    Reviewer left no comment -say what? And it goes downhill from there.

  4. I didn't know: Responsible Disclosure policy on Groupon Refuses To Pay Security Expert Who Found Serious XSS Site Bugs · · Score: 1

    Responsible disclosure fails to satisfy security researchers who expect to be financially compensated, while reporting vulnerabilities to the vendor with the expectation of compensation might be viewed as extortion. While a market for vulnerabilities has developed, vulnerability commercialization remains a hotly debated topic tied to the concept of vulnerability disclosure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

    Still fell Groupon has a debt to pay, unless he did indeed release the info before Groupon could act on the issues.

  5. Yep, ran into that one myself on YouTube Going Dark On Older Devices · · Score: 1

    I have a Panasonic Plasma HDTV, one of it's features is being able to watch Youtube. This month there has been an over lay on the Youtube screen that as of April 30th it will no longer be available. Checking it now says Youtube app was terminated April 20, 2015. clicking on it says Google no longer supports the YouTube app on this device and gives a link of youtube.com\devicesupport for more information. No I haven't visited the site.

    Youtube was a nice addition, lots of full length movies.

  6. Re:I'm still running Opera 12 on Chrome 42 Launches With Push Notifications · · Score: 1

    I'm simply waiting for extension support, and I'll be using Vivaldi (weekly-snapshot or otherwise) full-time! Was so happy to have run across it on the ChrOpera forums. Rejoice! For pre-chromium Opera lives on in spirit!

    I installed Vivaldi 4-16 this month and used it till last night. While it's always been hard to move Vivaldi, I found a bit of it's problem last night. It modifies the file nsiproxy.sys 4 times a second, every 6 seconds - so most of it's "energy" is being used elsewhere. It's a good browser but I need to wait till it's a bit more stable. As for extensions, the one I need is one that is required to play BattleField 3 (BattleLog, I think) and half the browsers can't or don't have the option.

  7. Re:I'm still running Opera 12 on Chrome 42 Launches With Push Notifications · · Score: 1

    As soon as they get the mail client happening, I'm there. In the meantime I'm using Sea Monkey, which is OK. Hopefully I'll be able to import my old Opera bookmarks and address book into Vivaldi.

    When Opera was first released they suggested using a different E-mailer as Opera's was so radically different than what was out there. How? Not sure, I've never used it, taking their word for it.

    Vivaldi will import Bookmarks, Passwords, History and Search Engines (Selectable) from IE, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Bookmarks HTML or an Opera Bookmarks file. I've always saved a .HTML and .ADR file when exporting (backing up)) bookmarks.

    There is no requester asking for ones bookmarks, pressing Import hangs Vivaldi, when restarted it's found some bookmarks to integrate and I'm not sure from where. Of my Opera 12's 3330+ bookmarks only 227 bookmarks were shown to of been added. I haven't used Opera 15+ enough to save many bookmarks (speed dial). 227 could be links that still work, but it hadn't had enough time to check, nor shown up on HTTPNetworkSniffer.

    You can't tell the difference between a link or a folder within a folder, so a real mess in that respect. Each bookmark folder is selectable as a bookmark bar, testing it for this post, the folders are shown on every view, hovering a mouse above a folder shows all the selectable links it contains (very kool).

    I set it to be my default browser, seeing if "the Origin Game Plug-in" would work with it (the only reason I use Firefox). It won't -Vivaldi won't load, killing the Vivaldi process and closing Origin is required, so Firefox stays.

    I've made a list of improvements and fixes (I feel required (ie: close all tabs)). This post fits well into it. It's a start but a ways to go yet.

  8. Re:Actually the same thing happened to the Shuttle on SpaceX Dragon Launches Successfully, But No Rocket Recovery · · Score: 1

    So apart from the in-flight power, the relight, the targeting, the vertical landing, and the water landings, what's the difference?

    Ok, busted, didn't read the article -didn't wish to see it fail. Saw the short vid of it and it did came very close to being successful.

  9. Re:I'm still running Opera 12 on Chrome 42 Launches With Push Notifications · · Score: 1

    Check out Vivaldi browser if you haven't already.

    It's webkit based, but they're aiming to build a big, old-school Opera, full-featured and poweruser friendly browser aimed to satisfy old Opera fans.

    I read their story, and it's Opera, so I tried it and will give a go for a bit at least. As a test I entered /. and sure enough the old nicknames still work.

  10. Actually the same thing happened to the Shuttle(s) on SpaceX Dragon Launches Successfully, But No Rocket Recovery · · Score: 1

    My Dads last job was to track the Shuttles solid fuel boosters and when the parachutes didn't deploy properly, best he could do is mark where they entered the water at.

  11. I'm still running Opera 12 on Chrome 42 Launches With Push Notifications · · Score: 1

    Some fluke allows it when you install 15+ over the top of it :)

    I still have my bookmarks and very few sites don't allow it now it's been blessed by Opera 15+. But it has started opening a new page instead of a tab and really becoming distracting (not what I'm used to).

    Opera 15+ is just Chrome in a different GUI.

    As for these push API's it appears more important than ever to delete ones cookie after leaving the site, Opera does this as does Firefox (my back up browser) or it's claimed to.

  12. Aspirin is much better for you on Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    But hospitals don't stock them or least they claim not to, cause it makes the blood thinner (easier flowing) yet give one Sodium Warfarin to do the same thing - difference is Warfarin will cause you to bleed to death.

      I avoid Acetaminophen, Tylenol what ever you want to call it, it's a liver killer. Consider that they mix it with codeine as a pain reliever; they would rather harm or even destroy your liver than allow misuse.

  13. GM spray 'prevents tooth decay for life' on Plaque-busting Nanoparticles Could Help Fight Tooth Decay · · Score: 1

    Was touted as the stop tooth decay for good http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... 18 Feb 2002; but you never heard of it again.

    Not expecting these Nanoparticles to be public anytime soon, if ever.

  14. Re:4 move checkmate on A Data-Driven Exploration of the Evolution of Chess · · Score: 1

    You seem a bit too clever for the likes of us simpletons here at Slashdot.

    Yep, knew I was putting myself on a cliff with that but it's how it works.

  15. 4 move checkmate on A Data-Driven Exploration of the Evolution of Chess · · Score: 0

    It's the least amount of moves (duh) involves the Bishop and Queen, you can get away with it once per player - I figure nobody expects a fast game and doesn't see it coming. and the dumb founded look is priceless.

    I don't like to play chess cause I might lose, but when forced into it and I have been; I always win. No brag just a fact. One person demanded a second chance and won that one as well. He was the "chess master" and beat everybody he played, I wouldn't play him and how I was forced into it.

  16. Ya think... on 3D Printed Guns Might Lead To Law Changes In Australia · · Score: 1

    law is fluid, it changes as it's required and a gun is a gun.

  17. Re:Now we should know if string theory is alive r on Restart of Large Hadron Collider At CERN · · Score: 1

    The Bison instead of Boson ;)

    Oh yes, just learned how to spell it correctly just a few days ago :}

  18. Re:Why different? on Collision With Earth's "Little Sister" Created the Moon · · Score: 1

    Theia was in the same orbit as Earth just a bit faster, it didn't collide as much as hit off center. Theia is made up of it's self and Earth's crust and why the Moon has no iron core. The series "How the Universe works" has a great animation of it.

    Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  19. Re:Why different? on Collision With Earth's "Little Sister" Created the Moon · · Score: 1

    If Theia had formed substantially closer, or substantially farther away from the Sun, then the debris from the collision could hardly have remained close enough that the shards would coalesce to form the Moon. The differing orbital velocities would have seen to that.

    Theia was in the same orbit as Earth just a bit faster, it didn't collide as much as hit off center. Theia is made up of it's self and Earth's crust and why the Moon has no iron core. The series "How the Universe works" has a great animation of it.

  20. Before and after pix, bit of trouble with it on Verdict Reached In Boston Bombing Trial · · Score: 0
  21. Before and after pix on Verdict Reached In Boston Bombing Trial · · Score: 0
  22. Re:I give you the Kennewick man on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    Not an Indian but they claim rights to the remains, this area you can't dig without hitting some ceremonial site (Washington State).http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=j7ffoz&s=5#.VSVv_pK2Ivw

    Posted to en.wikipedia.org yet some DRM prevents it from being included (ie creator of bust)

    Good DRM can't get the pix to show

  23. I give you the Kennewick man on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    Not an Indian but they claim rights to the remains, this area you can't dig without hitting some ceremonial site (Washington State).

    Posted to en.wikipedia.org yet some DRM prevents it from being included (ie creator of bust) http://tinypic.com/usermedia.p... and it's a damn statue.

  24. Re:Now we should know if string theory is alive r on Restart of Large Hadron Collider At CERN · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that typo... now I have that picture in my mind where a tribe of native americans, all of them wearing lab coats and glasses, are on their horses chasing the famed Higgs Bison!

    The R? Not enough room in the subject line.

  25. they nailed down its mass: 125 giga-electron volts on Years After Shutting Down, Tevatron Reveals Properties of Higgs Boson · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Isn't that still too high of an energy level for string theory to be pursued any longer?