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  1. Re:step in the right direction on Fiber Optics Bring the Sun Indoors · · Score: 1

    The Centre of Mathematical Sciences building in Cambridge, UK has grass on the roof of the central building, and even flowers sometimes.

    http://www.cms.cam.ac.uk/news17/

  2. Re:This "story" is click bait on Pre-Election Discussion · · Score: 1

    I still believe it was the right thing to go in and allow the people in Iraq to create their own government. We in the USA hear about the bad things, but there is a lot of good being done in the country.

    You seem to be looking at things through a NOT media filter ;-)
    If inverted it seems closer to reality:

    'I still believe it was the wrong thing to go in and force the people in Iraq to create a government not of their own choice. We in the USA hear about the good things, but there is a lot of bad being done in the country.'
  3. Re:its not dead, but close. on The Death of Bluetooth? · · Score: 1

    The range is just dependent on the power of the Bluetooth transmitter. I have a Bluetooth dongle with a 100m range, and the next generation of phones will also have these 100m range chips.

    Bluetooth satisfies a very different need to 802.11, I only use it to control things I am in the vicinity of - that's the whole point. Using my iMac I can sync all my contacts and calendar when I come in range, and I can also get my computer to start playing music when I come in and change the music from my bed. My computer can detect when I leave and silence itself and set a passworded screensaver. I can control a Keynote presentation on a PowerBook - why on earth would I want to do this over the internet from the other side of the world, as 802.11 can?

  4. Re:Great news on AMD Moving to a 400MHz Bus? · · Score: 1
    Actually the 970 supports:

    the 970 also sports a cache-coherent, 900-MHz processor bus capable of data rates up to 6.4 Gbytes/second

    This is a double-pumped 32-bit wide bus running at up to 900MHz.

    The memory subsystem does not have to keep up with this, it can be PC3200 or whatever. It does however mean the maximum speed supported is _fast_ and the bandwidth between the processors is very good.

  5. Modernisation? on Software Craftsmanship · · Score: 1, Interesting
    McBreen offers up a method of working patterned on craftsmen of old, with a basic breakdown of master craftsman, journeyman, and apprentice.

    Problem is, these days, most of the code would be written by journeymen, even the king's most mission-critial software (i.e. Windows, upon which the modern world is based).

  6. Re:Microsoft antitrust case... on Microsoft Writes Off Corel · · Score: 1

    Ah but what about the EU case? Surely Microsoft should be trying to behave themselves - unless of course they already think they know the outcome ...

  7. Mirror on New NASA Maps Show A Bad Day On Earth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is an annotated mirror which should help: Image

  8. Re:Crash? on New NASA Maps Show A Bad Day On Earth · · Score: 1
    The Chicxulub data show a subtle, yet unmistakable, topographic indication of the impact crater's outer boundary: a semicircular trough 3 to 5 meters (10 to 15 feet) deep and 5 kilometers (3 miles) wide. Scientists believe the impact, centered off Yucatan's coast in the Caribbean, disturbed the subsurface rocks, making them unstable. The rocks were subsequently buried by limestone sediments, which erode easily. The crater rim's instability caused the limestone to fracture along the rim, forming the trough. In addition, the collapse of numerous limestone caverns above the crater rim resulted in an arcing chain of sinkholes, called cenotes, that are visible as small, circular depressions.

    The image linked at the top of the page _is_ of the Yucatan Peninsula (i.e. the Chicxulub crater and surroundings). The image is of this crater (yes the same one that was proposed before), and the article states the boundary of the crater rim consists of these sinkholes.

  9. Re:Crash? on New NASA Maps Show A Bad Day On Earth · · Score: 1

    The Chicxulub data show a subtle, yet unmistakable, topographic indication of the impact crater's outer boundary: a semicircular trough 3 to 5 meters (10 to 15 feet) deep and 5 kilometers (3 miles) wide. Scientists believe the impact, centered off Yucatan's coast in the Caribbean, disturbed the subsurface rocks, making them unstable. The rocks were subsequently buried by limestone sediments, which erode easily. The crater rim's instability caused the limestone to fracture along the rim, forming the trough. In addition, the collapse of numerous limestone caverns above the crater rim resulted in an arcing chain of sinkholes, called cenotes, that are visible as small, circular depressions. The image linked at the top of the page _is_ of the Yucatan Peninsula (i.e. the Chicxulub crater and surroundings). The image is of this crater (yes the same one that was proposed before), and the article states the boundary of the crater rim consists of these sinkholes.

  10. Re:Grr... Internet Explorer... on Building the Enterprise D Out of LEGOs. · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find it does. Using Mozilla 1.0 here ...

  11. Just Find-By-Content-Indexing on Operating Systems Are Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    From the new text only website:

    "When you need to find information, search using any word or phrase contained in the file, you never have to remember a file name again. Vision quickly searches your information, and using a patented, intuitive interface, displays the relevant files and email in a time ordered stream. It's that simple."

    Is it just me or does this just sound like find-by-content-indexing - which has been around in MacOS in the guise of Sherlock (and now in the Finder) for years. Oh but wait - it has a patented, intuitive interface!!!!