"Paypal Won't Release Funds To Slain Soldier's Family"
That isn't quite true, they are holding the funds until mid April, probably due to somebody screwing up. I'm not convinced that it was Paypal's mistake to begin with.
"Paypal Doesn't Want Slain Soldiers' Families To Receive Aid"
Come on now, yea, there may have been a mistake made, but it has nothing to do with the money going to a Slain Soldiers' Family.
"Imagine if Google could, based on all of the data Google is collecting and indexing, provide a real time view of current trends and patterns of consumers on the web."
My opinion, they can. They just are not sharing it with the rest of the world.
Laika (from Russian meaning "Barker", as well as being a dog breed) was a Russian space dog that became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit. She was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow. Originally named Kudryavka, she was renamed Laika after her breed type. After undergoing training with two other dogs, she was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 and was launched into space on November 3, 1957.
Laika died a few hours after launch from stress and overheating, likely due to a malfunction in the thermal control system. The true cause of her death was not made public until decades after the flight. Some former Soviet scientists have since expressed regret that Laika was allowed to die.
"Conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre in the United Kingdom, the study identified key factors that can negatively affect cardio functions, as well as the immune and nervous systems."
And they still don't know what causes bad teeth.
I like the Title of this story: Developers: Bad Web Sites Can Cause "Mouse Rage"
"He cited the lack of readiness of teachers and the need to focus on basic education standards."
This guy needs to manage my Data Center. It is a well known thought (from a sysadmin point of view) that throwing hardware at an undefined problem may mask the issue for a time, but it does not 'usually' solve the problem.
High technology CAN be a liability if it isn't managed correctly.
"Aloriel writes to point out a story in the Guardian (UK) about the opening next year of the first Creationism museum in Kentucky, just over the Ohio border."
I am writing abou the closing next year of the first Creationism museum in Kentucky, just over the Ohio border.
For you folks that actually get up when it is still dark, Saturn is really nice this season:
Saturn (magnitude +0.5, in Leo), rises around 11:30 or midnight and is in fine view high in the southeast by early dawn. Regulus, about half as bright, sparkles 5 below Saturn after they rise. By dawn Regulus is to Saturn's lower left.
It's Election Day, so I get into work early, before lunch even. The phone rings. Shit!
I turn the page on the excuse sheet. "COSMIC SOLAR FLARES" stares out at me. I'd better read up on that. Two minutes later I'm ready to answer the phone.
"Hello?" I say.
The Voting machines are messed up, We can't vote!!!
"Ah, yes. Well, there's been some cosmic solar activity this morning, it always disrupts electronics..." I say, sweet as a sugar pie.
"Huh? But I my friends could vote in Itasca County"
"Yes, that's entirely possible, cosmic solar activity is very unpredictable in it's effects. Why just a few years ago, we had some votes just dissappear from a guys total during the middle of a recount!"
Slashdot Mirror
"Paypal Won't Release Funds To Slain Soldier's Family"
That isn't quite true, they are holding the funds until mid April, probably due to somebody screwing up. I'm not convinced that it was Paypal's mistake to begin with.
"Paypal Doesn't Want Slain Soldiers' Families To Receive Aid"
Come on now, yea, there may have been a mistake made, but it has nothing to do with the money going to a Slain Soldiers' Family.
Why the need for so much drama?
For the life of me, I can't figure a reason that somebody would do this. Coins change hands quickly and RFID has a pretty limited range.
Aside from:
"Passing the coin to an unwitting contractor, particularly in strife-torn countries, could mark the person for kidnapping or assassination"
But that doesn't seem practical in this case.
Anybody make sense of this?
"Imagine if Google could, based on all of the data Google is collecting and indexing, provide a real time view of current trends and patterns of consumers on the web."
My opinion, they can. They just are not sharing it with the rest of the world.
In addition to that question, what does that say about the future of Google?
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/index.php
Here is a link for HP's free classes:
http://h30187.www3.hp.com/
Who has more?
Hackers - meaning people involved with information security.
No, the real folks that really 'left their mark' in 2006 are yet unidentified.
Well, since they faked the lunar landing - how hard would it be to come up with fake lunar dust?
She would have had my first vote.
Stolen from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
Laika (from Russian meaning "Barker", as well as being a dog breed) was a Russian space dog that became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit. She was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow. Originally named Kudryavka, she was renamed Laika after her breed type. After undergoing training with two other dogs, she was selected to be the occupant of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 and was launched into space on November 3, 1957.
Laika died a few hours after launch from stress and overheating, likely due to a malfunction in the thermal control system. The true cause of her death was not made public until decades after the flight. Some former Soviet scientists have since expressed regret that Laika was allowed to die.
(more in article)
"Conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre in the United Kingdom, the study identified key factors that can negatively affect cardio functions, as well as the immune and nervous systems."
And they still don't know what causes bad teeth.
I like the Title of this story:
Developers: Bad Web Sites Can Cause "Mouse Rage"
Okay, what causes Developer Rage?
In Soviet Russia...
They didn't have this problem.
It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
And, EO-1 fights back.
"They found traces of a rapid chemical reaction which did not allow natural crystallization. "
That is what I call concrete evidence!
Can You Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of These? /sorry
"He cited the lack of readiness of teachers and the need to focus on basic education standards."
This guy needs to manage my Data Center. It is a well known thought (from a sysadmin point of view) that throwing hardware at an undefined problem may mask the issue for a time, but it does not 'usually' solve the problem.
High technology CAN be a liability if it isn't managed correctly.
"Aloriel writes to point out a story in the Guardian (UK) about the opening next year of the first Creationism museum in Kentucky, just over the Ohio border."
I am writing abou the closing next year of the first Creationism museum in Kentucky, just over the Ohio border.
Does first post count as a 'scoop'?
For you folks that actually get up when it is still dark, Saturn is really nice this season:
Saturn (magnitude +0.5, in Leo), rises around 11:30 or midnight and is in fine view high in the southeast by early dawn. Regulus, about half as bright, sparkles 5 below Saturn after they rise. By dawn Regulus is to Saturn's lower left.
http://skytonight.com/observing/ataglance
It's Election Day, so I get into work early, before lunch even. The phone rings. Shit!
I turn the page on the excuse sheet. "COSMIC SOLAR FLARES" stares out at me. I'd better read up on that. Two minutes later
I'm ready to answer the phone.
"Hello?" I say.
The Voting machines are messed up, We can't vote!!!
"Ah, yes. Well, there's been some cosmic solar activity this morning, it always disrupts electronics..." I say, sweet as a sugar pie.
"Huh? But I my friends could vote in Itasca County"
"Yes, that's entirely possible, cosmic solar activity is very unpredictable in it's effects. Why just a few years ago, we had some votes just dissappear from a guys total during the middle of a recount!"
I thought that this was an automatic appeal. After the appeal the sentence must be carried out within 1 month.
Anybody clarify?
"Sounds like this could save a lot of time and effort when trying to explain to the in-laws where your new apartment is."
Actually, I am purposly vague when I give my mother in law directions. If I can just delay her a few minutes w/o being found 'guilty', it helps.
For that $625, I'd rather get her a hotel room.
And I'll show you developers.
Nope:
http://skylighter.com/mall/chemicals.asp?Sort=A
Magically unmodded troll. Interesting, eh?
Actually, I accidently modded as troll. So, to undo it, I just post a comment.
fixed and all is happy.
A bit off topic, but I just saw this and thought I would share:
http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/iss_shuttle.jpg
It is just amazing the amount of detail that can be seen from the earth.
Hot planets
inward treks
Five times bigger
probably end up dry