Toyota is developing an Alcohol Detection System that can detect drunken drivers and would immobilize the car when it detects excessive alcohol consumption.
Something tells me they won't be selling these in Ireland. or Boston.
Now, researchers at Oak Ridge have shown that the spin of a pulsar is determined by the shock wave created when the star's massive iron core collapses. From the article: 'That shock wave is inherently unstable, and eventually becomes cigar-shaped instead of spherical. The instability creates two rotating flows -- one in one direction directly below the shock wave and another, inner flow, that travels in the opposite direction and spins up the core. The asymmetrical flows establish a 'sloshing' motion that accounts for the pulsars' observed spin velocities from once every 15 to 300 milliseconds.'
Hey now, it's not an asymmetrical flow that establishes an observed spin velocity. It's 'Intelligent Exploding'.
Pretty much each year sees one of these become a "major" story that represents "an urgent new danger to children". In reality nothing changes, but society is always coming back to these. Somebody that has studied sociology probably knows more about this phenomenon.
Or somebody that has studied history:
"But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering
It looks like the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) has died a slow death. DOPA was proposed during the height of last year's moral panic around the issue of child safety
What do you mean "last year's" panic about child safety? The whole "child safety" cliche is every politician's trump card. I don't think it went out of style when we began 2007.
Other highlights at the event will include hands-on opportunities to try out the latest games and gadgets, videogame tourneys, a job fair and 'family-friendly offerings.'
So, basically what they're saying is, don't expect to see any booth babes. Ever again.
the continuing dominance of COBOL in certain business applications. The antique language accounted for 75% of all business transactions last year, and some 90% of financial transactions.
That sounds less like just plain COBOL, and more like a cabal.
No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said.
Are they sure it wasn't just a weather balloon, or maybe some swamp gas?
They're also planning to announce a second-generation Cell, both of which are expected to run faster than 5GHz.
Why don't they seem to be making any kind of performance comparisons? Talking about physical size, power consumption as compared to intel & AMD are great, but it seems weird that there's no mention of real-world performance against those same competitors. Even a rough estimate would be interesting.
We're working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system.
What, you mean $20 million a person isn't low enough?
shouldn't they perhaps focus a little less on the actual putting of items in baskets, and suchlike, and a little more focus on the actual forking over of cash?
Yeah, Home Depot's got that one nailed with their "self-checkout" debacle. They make you focus on the forking-over-of-cash so hard that it makes you want to leave your pile of crap at the register and go shop somewhere else.
Kronos Advanced Technologies in cooperation with Intel and the University of Washington claims to have developed a new type of ultra-thin, silent cooling technology for processors. The piece covers many of the cooling technologies currently available, how their new corona discharge cooler works
rather than weighing a choice between the pleasure of making a purchase and the delayed gratification of using the dough for something else, the brain is actually weighing between the pleasure of buying and the pain of forking over the cash.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human's wallet -- forever."
Judging by the frequency with which most self-named Hackers change their undergarments, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot more than five of them that have left a "mark" in the last year, if you know what I mean.
Sense About Science is encouraging stars not to comment on scientific issues without at least checking their facts.
You can learn a lot from Stars about science. For example, "Chicken of the Sea" is not actually chicken. This is no doubt news to a lot of people in the flyover states.
The FAA admits there was an incident but is not investigating it.
But do people really want the Unidentified to be Identified? Honestly, if the FAA went around Identifying these Flying Objects, nobody would have any cool UFO stories. They'd just have cool Weather Balloon stories.
IndioMan writes to point us to an overview of virtualization -- its history, an analysis of the techniques used over the years, and a survey of Linux virtualization projects.
That article had the virtue of being a virtual cornucopia of information.
Slashdot Mirror
A man from Great Neck, Long Island has been arrested on charges of stealing electronic equipment and selling it on Ebay.
A++++ WOULD DEFINITELY STEAL FROM AGAIN
Some highlights of the benefits of working for Goolge that caught my eye were the free gourmet meals and the massages.
Sounds like you got a happy ending with that gourmet meal and massage.
Toyota is developing an Alcohol Detection System that can detect drunken drivers and would immobilize the car when it detects excessive alcohol consumption.
Something tells me they won't be selling these in Ireland. or Boston.
Now, researchers at Oak Ridge have shown that the spin of a pulsar is determined by the shock wave created when the star's massive iron core collapses. From the article: 'That shock wave is inherently unstable, and eventually becomes cigar-shaped instead of spherical. The instability creates two rotating flows -- one in one direction directly below the shock wave and another, inner flow, that travels in the opposite direction and spins up the core. The asymmetrical flows establish a 'sloshing' motion that accounts for the pulsars' observed spin velocities from once every 15 to 300 milliseconds.'
Hey now, it's not an asymmetrical flow that establishes an observed spin velocity. It's 'Intelligent Exploding'.
Pretty much each year sees one of these become a "major" story that represents "an urgent new danger to children". In reality nothing changes, but society is always coming back to these. Somebody that has studied sociology probably knows more about this phenomenon.
Or somebody that has studied history:
"But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering
It looks like the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) has died a slow death. DOPA was proposed during the height of last year's moral panic around the issue of child safety
What do you mean "last year's" panic about child safety? The whole "child safety" cliche is every politician's trump card. I don't think it went out of style when we began 2007.
Other highlights at the event will include hands-on opportunities to try out the latest games and gadgets, videogame tourneys, a job fair and 'family-friendly offerings.'
So, basically what they're saying is, don't expect to see any booth babes. Ever again.
the continuing dominance of COBOL in certain business applications. The antique language accounted for 75% of all business transactions last year, and some 90% of financial transactions.
That sounds less like just plain COBOL, and more like a cabal.
No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said.
Are they sure it wasn't just a weather balloon, or maybe some swamp gas?
Gabriel believes that making the pricing information public would 'implicate [sic] very real antitrust concerns'
Well, if there's one thing record labels have an abundancy of, it's anti-trust.
Researchers are finding these places are goldmines for social engineering exercises.
Yeah, well you know what you have wherever there's a goldmine. Gold diggers.
They're also planning to announce a second-generation Cell, both of which are expected to run faster than 5GHz.
Why don't they seem to be making any kind of performance comparisons? Talking about physical size, power consumption as compared to intel & AMD are great, but it seems weird that there's no mention of real-world performance against those same competitors. Even a rough estimate would be interesting.
We're working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system.
What, you mean $20 million a person isn't low enough?
shouldn't they perhaps focus a little less on the actual putting of items in baskets, and suchlike, and a little more focus on the actual forking over of cash?
Yeah, Home Depot's got that one nailed with their "self-checkout" debacle. They make you focus on the forking-over-of-cash so hard that it makes you want to leave your pile of crap at the register and go shop somewhere else.
Kronos Advanced Technologies in cooperation with Intel and the University of Washington claims to have developed a new type of ultra-thin, silent cooling technology for processors. The piece covers many of the cooling technologies currently available, how their new corona discharge cooler works
Now that's what I call vaporware.
Adobe Acrobat JavaScript Execution Bug
So that's what happened to Saddam the other day... now it all makes sense.
If you're jazzed by the communitarian impulses driving Wikis, idea agora, Web 2.0 and other collaborative happenings
You know, in the 60s, they would have called it something different.
rather than weighing a choice between the pleasure of making a purchase and the delayed gratification of using the dough for something else, the brain is actually weighing between the pleasure of buying and the pain of forking over the cash.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human's wallet -- forever."
Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006
Judging by the frequency with which most self-named Hackers change their undergarments, I'd be willing to bet that there are a lot more than five of them that have left a "mark" in the last year, if you know what I mean.
Sense About Science is encouraging stars not to comment on scientific issues without at least checking their facts.
You can learn a lot from Stars about science. For example, "Chicken of the Sea" is not actually chicken. This is no doubt news to a lot of people in the flyover states.
Here is a list of predictions from 'The Internet' magazine at the end of 1994.
So back then the internet was a magazine, eh?
(magazine also happens to be my favorite book)
The FAA admits there was an incident but is not investigating it.
But do people really want the Unidentified to be Identified? Honestly, if the FAA went around Identifying these Flying Objects, nobody would have any cool UFO stories. They'd just have cool Weather Balloon stories.
A lot of people are willing to pay a fortune to see images of my dick.
Do they fight over the microscope as well, or is it usually pretty orderly?
IndioMan writes to point us to an overview of virtualization -- its history, an analysis of the techniques used over the years, and a survey of Linux virtualization projects.
That article had the virtue of being a virtual cornucopia of information.
Hubert also provides his opinions on the Novell-Microsoft Agreement, which he characterizes as 'a good thing.
I believe the full quote was "Microsoft just paid me a few duffel bags full of money, so it really can't be anything but a good thing".