Comment nice. (Score 2) 183
Now where can I bitch and moan about Chrome loading all tabs at once on startup? Such a pain to launch it and wait for a.couple dozen js- and flash-ridden pages to load..
Comment Re:Based on "deeply flawed" studies (Score 3, Insightful) 281
Want to see some deeply flawed studies and legislation processes? Look up Ancel Keys, how his research into fat/cholesterol as a cause of heart disease formed the basis of the McGovern committee's reccomendations to cut saturated fats and eat more "healthy whole grains". Or something along those lines.
"we Senators don't have the luxury that a research scientist does of waiting until every last shred of evidence is in." ~ Senator McGovern.
The link between saturated fats/cholesterol and heart disease have yet to be proven, despite billions of dollars spent on studies for the last four decades.
Comment Re:Why is this interesting? (Score 1) 312
No monkeys were harmed during the making of this code.
How can you be sure? Consider the following chain of events:
Someone spends a gazillion billion cpu cycles having virtual monkeys write shakespeare -> EC2 boss says "They did what now? Report on my desk ASAP!" -> 1200 page report gets written -> another chunk of rainforest gets eaten by steel monsters -> amazonian monkeys get their habitat destroyed - and DIE!
Anyway, cool project. Or, rather, cool way to solve a not particularly important problem? I hope you learned a lot, considering all the poor animals in the amazonian rainforest.
Microsoft Trolling for New Acquisitions 142
NewShinyCD writes "Sources tell Valleywag that startup Ustream.tv is in advanced discussions with Microsoft to acquire the lifecasting service for more than $50 million, but there are other companies in the bidding as well. Ustream is currently raising a very large initial round of VC financing, and Microsoft is attempting to grab them prefunding for a cheap price. Our tipster also mentions that Microsoft would use Ustream as a way to promote its Adobe Flash competitor, Silverlight." Relatedly, Microsoft has also announced their intent to buy Sidekick maker Danger. Financial details of the Danger buyout were not disclosed.
Evolving Blu-ray Format Will Leave Some Behind 50
Reservoir Hill writes "Blu-ray may have taken a commanding lead in the next-generation format war, but Betanews is reporting that early supporters of Blu-ray will be left out in the cold when the Blu-ray Disc Association introduces BD Profile 2.0, expected to arrive in October. Unlike HD DVD, which from the very beginning mandated features such as local storage, a second video and audio decoder for picture-in-picture, and a network connection, the companies behind Blu-ray took a different approach to keep costs down. 'We should have waited another year to introduce Blu-ray to the public, but the format war changed the situation,' said one developer. Representatives at the Blu-ray booth at CES said that the PlayStation 3 is currently the only player they would recommend, due to upcoming changes to the platform. Asked if they were concerned about a backlash from early adopters who supported the format from the beginning, one representative said: 'They knew what they were getting into.'"
Comment This is really nothing new.. (Score 4, Insightful) 888
..just a different way of doing it. Sounds like kids still needs to be taught about the consequences of their actions.
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