TNO | 13 years ago | on: Skyscraper built in the Firefox inspector's 3D View
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TNO | 13 years ago | on: Scientists discover nearby ‘diamond planet’
It has uses beyond cutting:
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/butler-diamonds.html>;
TNO | 14 years ago | on: The Amazing Trajectories of Life-Bearing Meteorites From Earth
Yes. For example:
< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans >
TNO | 14 years ago | on: Brendan Eich of Mozilla gave $1000 to support gay marriage ban
"...outdated beliefs..."
I didn't know ethical decisions had an expiration date.
TNO | 14 years ago | on: After 30 Years of Drilling, Researchers reach Antarctic Lake
Better article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12275979
TNO | 14 years ago | on: In the Land of Denial on Climate Change
Thanks to the log in page, neither do I
TNO | 14 years ago | on: Poll: Allman or K&R Indentation?
A language that avoids the question
TNO | 14 years ago | on: Return "this" in java instead of cloning objects.
Fluent interfaces predate jQuery
TNO | 15 years ago | on: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
"the last time".
You're right to infer that the Christians did their fair share of burning as well, if not more so in this case.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
If the Muslims didn't burn down the library of Alexandria I wonder if the Renaissance wouldn't have come much sooner.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Self-assembling rafts: how fire ants survive floods
An interesting story of ants I've experienced: when I was in California some time ago standing duty at a barracks, there was an infestation of ants everywhere (anyone in California can guess the type of ants they were). To kill some time I found a can of ant killer and proceeded to spray the ones surrounding a vending machine that they took over. 30 minutes later to my surprise, other ants had found all the places where I had sprayed and cordoned it off with gravel they carried with them as a warning to other ants. Has anyone come across other interesting behavior like this?
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Meet the 12 year old with an IQ higher than Stephen Hawking’s
This whole ordeal smells IMO. Though I'm probably biased from my recent experience in seeing Daniel Tammet and reading the following:
http://infopractical.livejournal.com/77298.html
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Obama orders Guantanamo kept open and indefinite detention for prisoners
Eat your broccoli.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: In the Year 2000, Ships Will Float Above the Water
They did it before 2000:
http://www.vincelewis.net/ekranoplan.html
TNO | 15 years ago | on: JQuery 1.5.1 released, includes full IE 9 support
Ah yes, blame the user. That's always the best policy.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: JQuery 1.5.1 released, includes full IE 9 support
Of course if you have IE6, gzip can be a problem.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Dear Firefox, please keep the RSS icon
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Scientists say dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'
What does that mean anyway? We can't even come to an agreement on how to treat human persons.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: "That Congresslady got what she deserved?" Have we really come to this?
Maybe he's a Calvinist.
TNO | 15 years ago | on: Most traffic-stop searches triggered by police dogs wrong and biased
"A dog sniff conducted during a concededly lawful traffic stop that reveals no information other than the location of a substance that no individual has any right to possess does not violate the Fourth Amendment [...]. Official conduct that does not 'compromise any legitimate interest of privacy' is not a search to the Fourth Amendment. We have held that any interest in possessing contraband cannot be deemed 'legitimate,' and thus, governmental conduct that only reveals the possession of contraband 'comprises no legitimate privacy interest.'" -- Justice John Paul Stevens, Illinois v. Caballes
The majority opinion seems pretty reasonable to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_v._Caballes#Majority_o...
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Though it wouldn't surprise me if you started to get BSODs.