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Submission + - Depressed People Surf the Web Differently

An anonymous reader writes: Are you constantly hitting refresh on your favorite site or spend countless hours surfing the web? If you answered yes, you may be depressed.

Internet usage was shown to vary between people who showed signs of depression and people who had no signs of depression. People who had symptoms of depression were more likely to use file-sharing programs and seemingly cruise around sites at random.

Submission + - Nikola Tesla Wasn't God and Thomas Edison Wasn't the Devil (forbes.com)

dsinc writes: Forbes' Alex Knapp writes about the Tesla idolatry and confusing his genius for godhood: "Tesla wasn’t an ignored god-hero. Thomas Edison wasn’t the devil. They were both brilliant, strong-willed men who helped build our modern world. They both did great things and awful things. They were both brilliantly right about some things and just as brilliantly wrong about others. They had foibles, quirks, passions, misunderstandings and moments of wonder."

Comment Re:60 years of raining death and destruction (Score -1) 403

Talking about "reality distorsion field", why don't you rather say "US egemony" instead of "western freedom" ?

That would better reflect the reality facts, in my opinion.

I am living in one of your "free" western country and I must say that reading about celebrations of the 60th anniversary of a weapon of mass destruction just makes me want to P-U-K-E.

FULL STOP.

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