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Comment Re:Bogus premise (Score 1) 591

by ntijerino (#38703334) Attached to: The New Transparency of War and Lethality of Hatred

No, the problem is our enemies do not fear us.

So we're supposed to terrorize our enemies... Who are we? Al Qaeda?

Right, ignore all the previously stated examples of all the different groups that have used fear as a weapon of war and go straight to Al Qaeda as if they were the ones who thought up the concept.

Comment It's so simple... (Score 0) 865

by bovilexics (#38533906) Attached to: Ebert: I'll Tell You Why Movie Revenue Is Dropping
We don't really need a self-important dolt to tell us why theaters aren't successful. There are hundreds of ways to dissect this problem and hundreds more ways to get creative in order to attempt to solve it and give a worthwhile experience/value to a movie-goer, but that's just a whole lot of words. Here's the bottom line:

What To Do = ( Home Experience > Theater Experience ) ? Stay Home : Go Out

Why don't we also ask Ebert to explain why Video Arcades died out as well... please, someone explain this!

Comment Dentrix - Shortage non-windows alternative (Score 1) 1880

by ntijerino (#38023780) Attached to: What's Keeping You On Windows?

Basically every dental office management software vendor and hardware vendor whose hardware requires software (digital x-rays, impressions, intra-oral cameras, etc) all run on windows. There is one Mac based platform, but it has a relatively small user base, and I'm not sure about the extent of support for peripherals. (Not to mention the practice already had Dentrix when I got there.)
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Life-size Eva Unit 01 Being Built In Japan 80

Posted by samzenpus from the summon-godzilla dept.
JoshuaInNippon writes "Japan has gone life-size anime model crazy. Last year there was the robotic 1:1 Gundam model that guarded Tokyo for a few months in the summer to mark the series' 30th anniversary, and then there was the giant Gigantor moment that opened in Kobe in the fall in honor of the city's rejuvenation from the devastating 1995 earthquake. Now, an amusement park near Mt. Fuji named Fuji-Q Highland is building an Eva Unit 01 from the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion series, or at least a bust of it, in conjunction with the series' recent movies. The bust will sit in a replica hanger, and reportedly stand around 9 meters tall. Visitors will have the chance, for a little extra money, to have their photo taken in the unit's cockpit, where the series' protagonist-of-sorts Shinji Ikari normally sits. The attraction is set to a cost of over US$1.6 million to build, and open on July 23 of this year. It will also undoubtedly be swamped by crazed fans looking the opportunity to bring their anime dreams to life."
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Dad Delivers Baby Using Wiki 249

Posted by samzenpus from the 9cm-edited dept.
sonamchauhan writes "A Londoner helped his wife deliver their baby by Googling 'how to deliver a baby' on his mobile phone. From the article: 'Today proud Mr Smith said: "The midwife had checked Emma earlier in the day but contractions started up again at about 8pm so we called the midwife to come back. But then everything happened so quickly I realized Emma was going to give birth. I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I just looked up the instructions on the internet using my BlackBerry."'"
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FreeNAS Switching From FreeBSD To Debian Linux 206

Posted by Soulskill from the changing-horses dept.
dnaumov writes "FreeNAS, a popular, free NAS solution, is moving away from using FreeBSD as its underlying core OS and switching to Debian Linux. Version 0.8 of FreeNAS as well as all further releases are going to be based on Linux, while the FreeBSD-based 0.7 branch of FreeNAS is going into maintenance-only mode, according to main developer Volker Theile. A discussion about the switch, including comments from the developers, can be found on the FreeNAS SourceForge discussion forum. Some users applaud the change, which promises improved hardware compatibility, while others voice concerns regarding the future of their existing setups and lack of ZFS support in Linux."
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Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus from the type-A-negative-personality dept.
trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

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