When it comes to cell phone radiation, everyone thinks they're an expert. Recently, however, GQ talked to the real experts, and though there's no consensus, one thing's clear: the rest of the world is worried. The U.S. is not.
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@RT100: Correct. Usernames are, stars are not. Being that I only surf Kotaku and this wonderful site, however, I don't get a lot of mileage out of the convenience.
How much of your music do you regularly use? (That dusty stack of cassettes and the 8 hard drives of stolen material under your desk don't count, because you don't actually listen to them. But the LPs probably do, because you put them on when dates come over.)
I keep just over 40G in iTunes and on my iPod that I almost always listen to on shuffle. That's 30 days of constant music that makes up my "regular rotation." Really too much for one person, but I'm guessing less than many of you?
@92BuickLeSabre: About 120 gigs of music, perhaps 70-80GBs of which I truly adore and couldn't bear to part with. File sizes can be a bit misleading though, as that can speak more about your encoding preferences than it does about the amount of music you actually have.
But that's an unnecessary tangent :) Sorry.
I recently had to back-up my computer before a Win 7 install, so all of music is actually elsewhere. I was considering doing some serious pruning, but I hate the idea of deleting music. I'm a digital packrat, I suppose. #whitenoiseReply
I hate it when commentators say a cross-court pass is a good one. It almost never is a good pass. If it makes it it's a lucky pass, not a good one. id10ts
You're looking at a woman who resembles your mother. She moves and talks like your mother, and she's even dressed the same as your mother. In fact, she is your mother. But you're absolutely certain that she's an imposter.
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Wonder if it would be possible to get a notification when someone hearts you (or unhearts you), that would link to the comment that led to the heart (or unheart).
I'm always curious which of my comments moved someone to love me (and which ones moved them to unlove me.)
@92BuickLeSabre: To take this one step further, I think it would be a good idea to get a notification when a starred commenter promotes one of your posts.
Because everyone enjoys a self esteem boost, no matter how internet-y it is.
@92BuickLeSabre: You know, it shouldn't be that hard to implement either. Only thing is that they've had serious issues with the commenting/hashtag system as-of-late.
Honestly, at first, I thought it was a bug or something that it didn't notify you of these things.
Don't you get a notification if an editor promotes a comment, though? #whitenoiseReply
When I got stared a notification was sent saying Brian stared me.
No notification of which post I wrote that got me the star / promoted by Brian was given though.
So at least for me, no I haven't gotten any form of notification when something I write gets promoted by an editor.
I got a notification that I was stared, but no notification that the comment was promoted.
- Though I might be misunderstanding and rambling on about something different then what you're talking about.
.. I've been known to do that on more than one occasion.
@SeventhExile Speaks: You weren't already starred though. If you are already a star, and an editor likes what you wrote they can promote it again. In this instance you are informed on the mainpage.
Also, try promoting an older comment of yours. One you made before being starred. You will also get a notification of that on the main page.
Word Of The Day is a new daily feature for whitenoise by modestmouse, highlighting tech-related terms you may or may not have heard of before.
Todays word: Asshat |as-hat| noun
Definition: A close cousin of the Ass-clown, asshat is typically identified by a jovial expression and an outward misunderstanding of how he/she is perceived, combined with a generally misguided conception of what is sociably acceptable amongst his/her fellow peers.
Said persons' frequent attempts at humor usually lead to he/she making an ass out of his/herself. Not to be confused with ass-hole.
An asshat can also be described as: A person, of either gender, whose behavior displays such ignorance/obnoxiousness that you would like to make them wear their own ass as a hat.
Or: One who has their head up their ass, thus wearing their ass as a hat. Someone who is very ignorant, stubborn or dull.
Example(s): "Quit throwing pennies at that homeless man, you asshat."
or
"Hey asshat, thanks for double parking."
Recent Event: [gizmodo.com] was recently banned for calling Jesus Diaz an asshat.
"@Jesus Diaz: Woh there cowboy; as it happens I used to be a director at a major 3D Asset Marketplace and have worked in the Uk game industry, so 3D did actually used to be one of my things.
I wasn't even complaining, just wondering if the other visual aspects were accurate; which I think is a very fair point.
Anyway, if you can send me the source 3D file I'll be happy to re-render it more realistically (assuming I can get some source photography and luminescent data); I patiently await the file.
People have been twisting balloons into squeaky little animals for decades, but Willy Chyr's work marks an evolution in the craft. Instead of dogs and bunnies, he makes gigantic, science-inspired sculptures of jellyfish, neurons, and zooids. Huh?
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Rose Martin has been questioned by police some 50 times in eight years, stemming from her involvement in crimes ranging from robbery to murder. Of course, she's not actually involved, but the NYPD's computers continue to think otherwise.
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My mum is gonna be upgrading her PC to one of my old home-built machines, so I'm gonna set up a Mombuntu for her. The machine's got some oomph to it, so I can go all out with the Ubuntu install. What should I do with this mess?
What apps should install?
Anything for widgets on Linux?
What can I do for internet radio?
What else?
![[www.linuxkungfu.org]](http://www.linuxkungfu.org/images/fun/geek/project.jpg){kind=link}
#squeakyscience
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