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  1. The catalog includes Pi, the 1st full-length movie of Darren Aronofsky which I would like to recommend to the /. crowd. I still love this movie, even after I watched Tsukamoto's "Tetsuo, the iron man" which inspired Aranofsky a lot.

  2. The right direction on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Build 14328 With Windows Ink, New UI (theverge.com) · · Score: 1
    For the first time in a while, I have the feeling that Microsoft is going in the right direction.

    I have been using Windows 10 at home for a while and I really like it.

  3. and caravans on Netherlands Looks To Ban All Non-Electric Cars By 2025 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    A well known event that happens every year in Europe is when people from Belgium and the Netherlands pack their stuff in their cars and caravans and migrate through Germany to southern Europe. This pisses of the Germans as their autobahns are stock full of caravan-towing slow-moving cars. .. how will they continue to do this with cars that only move a few hundred km between recharges?

    FTFY :)

  4. Re:The name on Sharp Unveils Cute Robot Phone At A Not-So-Cute $1,800 Price (60abc.com) · · Score: 2

    That's perfectly understandable, there are many homonyms in Japanese which is very confusing for learners. For native or advanced speakers, the meaning is most of the time clear from the context, but there are times where Japanese people will actually say which word they use by saying "as in this word (that uses the same kanji)" or actually drawing the kanji in the air.

  5. Not to confuse with the avoirdupois ounce on Apple's Recycling Initiatives Recover $40 Million In Gold (macrumors.com) · · Score: 2

    The troy ounce is about 10% heavier (ratio 192/175) than the avoirdupois ounce, used for everyday purposes in the United States, which equals 28.349523125 g.

    Interestingly, the wikipedia page continues with:

    Troy ounces are still often used in precious metal markets in countries that otherwise use the metric system

    Whereas the French page says it is in use mainly in English-speaking countries for precious metals. Yet, in a funny twist of history:

    The name "troy" is first attested in 1390. Though it is often connected to a fair at the city of Troyes, France, this story may have been invented in the 18th century.

    Of course, the French page does not say anything about the story being apocryphal.

  6. Re:The name on Sharp Unveils Cute Robot Phone At A Not-So-Cute $1,800 Price (60abc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, the Japanese language loves such portmanteaux

  7. intolerance or lobbying? on Amazon Customers Sign Letter To Jeff Bezos To Dump Donald Trump (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1
    There is no more liberal intolerance (which is semantically speaking an interesting oxymoron) than there is conservative intolerance. Political ideas tend to be very polarizing and people are using the tools available to them to promote their ideas or block the opponents'; in other words, to lobby.

    They are not calling for a ban on Trump's line of products: the decision to sell the product or not lies with amazon. They are making it sound like a moral choice, but at the end of the day it will be a business decision.

  8. The top living artists (2015).

    If you are not in art you may not have heard of them, but what if we look at the 20th century?

  9. Re:Sooo.... on CIA Left Inert Explosives On School Bus After Exercise (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or maybe trained so well that they just thought "this stuff is inert anyways, why bother?"

  10. we know the test results on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1
    See what happened with Piss Christ: it was attacked, vandalized, and religious groups compared it to the anti-islamic film "Innocence of Muslims" to get it condemned.

    Religious people are intolerant. Period.

  11. Score 5: Informative? on Dutch Researchers Grow Crops In Simulated Lunar and Martian Soil (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Informative, okay, Maybe TMI actually.

  12. First state.... in the USA on Oregon Set To Become First Coal-Free State (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Worldwide, just number 64...

  13. Just stick with wireless charging on Samsung Galaxy S7's Moisture Warning Prevents Charging When Wet (hothardware.com) · · Score: 2

    While water around the connector may be harder to remove and may take longer to evaporate, the S7 also features wireless charging so you can still charge it.

  14. Was it handled by a British spy? on Radioactive Material Stolen In Iraq Raises Security Fears (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I hear they lose stuff all the time.

  15. Re:Seems like freedom of speech to me on German Court: "Sharing" Your Amazon Purchases Is Spamming (reuters.com) · · Score: 2
    Then maybe this ruling would not happen in the US.

    But this is Germany, and European countries have different interpretations of 'Freedom of Speech': Freedom of speech in Germany.

    And, if you ask me, it is for the best. If applied in the US, it would cut some of the utter nonsense I hear everyday when I turn on the news.

  16. Death to pennies - CGP grey video on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not only the cost of the metal, it is also the economic impact of handling pennies, as explained in a CGP Grey video.

  17. Re:Smallest? on Smallest Color Picture Ever Printed Fits Inside a Human Hair (www.ethz.ch) · · Score: 1

    oh, so it's almost the size of two football fields (to use an american unit of measure) ;)

  18. Moon (the movie) on If Climate Change Is a Problem Then Lunar Helium-3 Fueled Fusion Is the Solution (examiner.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is the topic of the movie Moon, which I strongly recommend to all hard SF fans.

  19. Claims aligned with fabrication and measurement on That "Unbreakable" Glass That's "As Strong As Steel" Isn't Either · · Score: 3, Funny

    According to TFA:

    "In this work, we report a 54Al2O3-46Ta2O5 glass fabricated by aerodynamic levitation"

    "Analysis made using 27Al Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy"

    And that's just in the first paragraph! Made by levitation, tested by Magic, it can be "as strong as steel"!

  20. Re:Start spreadin' the rants... on The World's Most Wasteful Megacity · · Score: 1

    Paris hasn't been ravaged by any World Wars. The latest big changes in Paris took place in the 19th Century under Napoleon when he decided to build the "Grands Boulevards" for improved circulation, with the added benefit of better crowd control in case of unrest. Trying to build anything new in Paris is a nightmare.

  21. Re:Like everybody on France Will Block Web Sites That Promote Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Yes, assuming that the 10 plages took place and that a group of people revendicated them and have been proved to be linked to them, then, by nowadays standards*, those people would be terrorists.

    * If you read the Bible by nowadays standards, you will find plenty of ruthless murderers and genocidal maniacs.

  22. Limits to the freedom of speech on France Will Block Web Sites That Promote Terrorism · · Score: 2
    France, like many country, has defined limits to the freedom of speech.

    Charlie Hebdo was not found to cross those limits.

  23. Like everybody on France Will Block Web Sites That Promote Terrorism · · Score: 1
    Terrorism: the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal.

    In the French Law, it is defined as: " une entreprise individuelle ou collective ayant pour but de troubler gravement l’ordre public par l’intimidation ou la terreur ."

    You don't make a terrorist just by calling somebody a terrorist (although that's a useful tool for politicians...)

  24. aurora observed at 48.000N on Most Powerful Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 24 Is Happening · · Score: 2

    Auroras have been observed at latitudes as low as 48.000 N - see this article from the french News France 3

  25. Probably one of the best eclectic radio: on Radio, Not YouTube, Is Still King of Music Discovery · · Score: 1

    The french radio fip.