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  1. Re:Last prize really Ig Nobel? on 2010 Ig Nobel Winners Announced · · Score: 1

    This makes me cry.

  2. A peek at the corperate culture on Apple Hires Antenna Engineers. Really. · · Score: 1

    The last requirement: * Detail oriented - taking data, using Excel, and making meaningful tables/graphs/averages. Wow, I'm glad you have to do in-depth analysis there.

  3. USGS community map on 5.5 Earthquake Hits Canada; Felt in US Midwest, New England · · Score: 1
  4. Bibdesk on Document Management For Research With Annotation? · · Score: 1

    On a Mac, bibdesk wins hands down. It'll store and sort, search, use external editors, etc. Open source, and uses bibtex. http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/

  5. CBC article has details... on A New Libel Defense In Canada; For Blogs Too · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More details on the CBC site(http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/22/supreme-court-libel-responsible-journalism-citizen-star.html?ref=rss), including the actual checklist: Excerpt from Supreme Court ruling The defence of public interest responsible communication will apply where: A. The publication is on a matter of public interest and: B. The publisher was diligent in trying to verify the allegation, having regard to: * The seriousness of the allegation; * The public importance of the matter; * The urgency of the matter; * The status and reliability of the source; * Whether the plaintiff's side of the story was sought and accurately reported; * Whether the inclusion of the defamatory statement was justifiable; * Whether the defamatory statement’s public interest lay in the fact that it was made rather than its truth (“reportage”); and * Any other relevant circumstances.

  6. Try R on Programming As a Part of a Science Education? · · Score: 0

    Its perhaps a bit Stats-oriented, but I do my data analysis in R (http://www.r-project.org/). Its free, syntatically similar to Scheme (so it teaches programming concepts), runs just about everywhere, and has good extentions to do data analysis. From its FAQ: "R is a system for statistical computation and graphics. It consists of a language plus a run-time environment with graphics, a debugger, access to certain system functions, and the ability to run programs stored in script files."

  7. Re:Jesus... on Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit · · Score: 0

    Satelites have several thrusters, some may run out of fuel earlier than others, and while it is possible to run without one or two, it does eventually become a problem.

  8. Re:Artificial? on DARPA Contracts For AI Technology · · Score: 0

    An artifact is something made or modified by a human. Artificial intelegence is merely created intelegency by a human, not fake.

  9. Re:Duh, yourself on Cities Built on Fertile Lands Affect Climate · · Score: 0

    Actually, according to recent studies (as mentioned by my hydrology prof) People are now finding urban areas Recharge ground water. Something about watering lawns, and leaking pipes.

  10. Re:"lofar"? on 350 KM Diameter Radio Telescope Array · · Score: 0

    not if you kept the 'r' in there...

  11. Re:At UW on Big Company on Campus · · Score: 0

    It means that assignments would be in that language. And on the exams too.

    Something about getting the product in use to create demand

  12. Re:5, 7, and 10 on Incas Used Binary? · · Score: 0

    lets see... .5+.33=.83 or about 8 tenths... Not too complicated.

  13. Re:New type of linux distro? (again) on Application Layer Packet Shaping on Linux · · Score: 0

    ClarkConnect Its a Home server/gateway, works great.

  14. Re:a dream on How to Fake A Hard Day at the Office · · Score: 0

    Well, my XP still gets those blue screens... Darn RAM chips.. Its worse now, you have to wait for it to dump.