this PDA-like device was developed through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for use in Afghanistan and Iraq by American soldiers for communicating with locals who spoke Farsi, Dari, Pashto and other languages. It is now being used as one tool to help keep the peace between English and non-English speakers by police departments in California, Florida, Nevada.
the scientists have concluded that the creature, who lived between 2 and 4 million years ago, was about the size of a full-grown bull, weighing in at slightly over a ton.
MacSpeech, the leading supplier of speech recognition software for the Mac, has canned its long-running iListen product and has launched a Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Tell me more about has launched a Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
With the Mac's market share closing in on double digits, perhaps it's not surprising to see the platform targeted with crapware as PCs have been for years.
I didn't realize Kane & Lynch had been announced for the Mac platform
And pray tell, what magical career instantly gives employees fresh out of college above-entry level rates?
Perhaps the "entry level" rate for whatever position they're talking about is not in sync with the "market rate". Supply and demand affects the job market too.
Yeah, like Pierre Scerri, who spent 15 years making a scale model of a Ferrari 312. Not only did he make the body, he learned to make glass in order to create the headlights, and learned to make rubber to make his own tires. It's almost unbelievable.
What I want to know is, how many people block their own mGlu receptors? I mean, there are an awful lot of people that just do not seem capable of learning from experience.
So *that* explains the 2004 election. It all makes sense now.
The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine, Wikia Search, on January 7th, 2008.
Not only that, Wikipedia is reporting that its marketshare has tripled in the last six months.
Slashdot Mirror
It turns out that NASA has submitted a Request for Information for what would be a NASA-themed MMORPG of its own.
Red-shift is the new purple.
wintersynth brings us a story about a group of enthusiasts who made a catapult out of a 2,800lb industrial robot arm.
And it's all thanks to the second amendment.
this PDA-like device was developed through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for use in Afghanistan and Iraq by American soldiers for communicating with locals who spoke Farsi, Dari, Pashto and other languages. It is now being used as one tool to help keep the peace between English and non-English speakers by police departments in California, Florida, Nevada.
IM IN UR PDA, TRANSLATIN' UR WORDS
the scientists have concluded that the creature, who lived between 2 and 4 million years ago, was about the size of a full-grown bull, weighing in at slightly over a ton.
inconceivable!
MacSpeech, the leading supplier of speech recognition software for the Mac, has canned its long-running iListen product and has launched a Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Tell me more about has launched a Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
With the Mac's market share closing in on double digits, perhaps it's not surprising to see the platform targeted with crapware as PCs have been for years.
I didn't realize Kane & Lynch had been announced for the Mac platform
And pray tell, what magical career instantly gives employees fresh out of college above-entry level rates?
Perhaps the "entry level" rate for whatever position they're talking about is not in sync with the "market rate". Supply and demand affects the job market too.
3000 pages??? Just printing the budget puts a nice dent in the budget, huh?
Seriously. You know that trillion dollar deficit? Two words: Ink Cartridges.
White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online
Really? I thought they got green by taking it out of your paycheck?
Yeah, like Pierre Scerri, who spent 15 years making a scale model of a Ferrari 312. Not only did he make the body, he learned to make glass in order to create the headlights, and learned to make rubber to make his own tires. It's almost unbelievable.
Over at Make Magazine, watch this video of a French amateur radio operator making and testing his own vacuum tubes.
This was covered in Make Magazine, primarily because Nature abhors a vacuum.
Professors Slam Java As "Damaging" To Students
I dunno about you, but java was nothing but helpful to me as a student. the drinkable kind, at least.
NASA Spacecraft Set to Shine Spotlight on Mercury
Hint: Mercury is shiny.
What I want to know is, how many people block their own mGlu receptors? I mean, there are an awful lot of people that just do not seem capable of learning from experience.
So *that* explains the 2004 election. It all makes sense now.
Carnegie Mellon researchers that explains why repetitive studying or training is effective. Previous research had suggested the opposite
Previous researchers? You mean like Pavlov? Oh wait
Mixed into all of PCMag's CES preview coverage is an interesting story about a projector that's no bigger than an iPod.
I think the fact that they're missing in all of this, is that porn doesn't care what size it is.
SETI Institute and NASA scientists will ... map what they say will be the earth's most brilliant meteor shower of 2008.
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Page 5: 'Hacking capitalism'
I've heard of that before.
The cards could be read wirelessly from up to 20 feet away
"and there's nothing you can do about it! ha!", added Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State For Passport Services, Ann Barrett.
I think some colonies would have said "man" instead of "mate", and "dude" instead of "bloke".
How many Boffins died to bring you that information?
Thank you Microsoft for demonstrating why we need ODF.
For ultimate data portability, I prefer MDF.
And a chisel.
two research teams have developed a new porous foam of an alloy that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field.
That's nothing. I have stacks and stacks of disks with INFORMATION that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field.
many users will encounter the problem only months or years after the software change, while groping around in dusty and now-inaccessible archives.
Is that how one interfaces with rarely-used document archives? via groping?
The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine, Wikia Search, on January 7th, 2008.
Not only that, Wikipedia is reporting that its marketshare has tripled in the last six months.
Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games
And the majority of these homebrew games look like retail games, except they're free.