FoeNyx

15 ms·

91.
by FoeNyx 12y ago
"AR 2192 has now rotated onto the other side of the Sun as of early November, and it's unclear if it will still be around when that part of the star rotates back to face us again." Well apparently AR 2192 might be ending its
92.
by FoeNyx 12y ago
Among other great comics cited in various replies around here, I would also suggest : • The not-updated-often-but-still-great « perry bible fellowship » : http://www.pbfcomics.com • The overly optimistic « Buni » : http:/&
93.
by FoeNyx 12y ago
ha right, I missed it at first because it doesn't work without enabling javascript ...
94.
by FoeNyx 12y ago
In France last summer, a TV channel was allowed to take a drone footage of the city of Lourdes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes ) just after a flood : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x112qv
95.
by FoeNyx 12y ago
This is the Internet, not everyone speaks English. ;)
96.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
The researchers won the 2013 Ig Nobel "Joint Prize in Biology and Astronomy" for this interesting discovery ( http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/ )
97.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
slightly HS : I find it difficult to start to read an article when the first image caption has such a blatant error "In the country of Le Grandes Meaulnes" ( vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Meaulnes
98.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
Or they simply try to avoid an unwanted USB child that could ruin their professional career.
99.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
Indeed, "According to the documents leaked by Edward Snowden, on one occasion when the Americans were breaking into UN communications, they discovered the Chinese had tried to do the same." Guess it was not only an "attempt&q
100.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
> So, two questions 3 in fact :) But I share 3 questions. While trying to access it with _Firefox_ on Linux, I also get redirected to a "blocked" page in French which does mention Linux. But the "system requirement" p
101.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
What happens to the plot when it's way over 9000 ?
102.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
Even if I'm a proponent of reducing paper usage and planting new trees, I can think of some cases where keeping some printed paper documents could still have some benefits even nowadays, IMHO. * You need to travel in some places with
103.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
the article ? "The situation highlights both more general problems with cyberbullying and the targeting of women via Twitter, both of which are likely to see more strict legal sanctions in the future."
104.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
indeed, as this document indicates : "DUE TO THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE NO TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED." The Depth of the subterranean earthquake is generally a major factor in Tsunami (The main factor being the displacement of the water mass abov
105.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
Except he's from the pre-modern era and does not fit the definition of what we call now a "scientist". He probably did science (laws of motion, universal gravitation, etc) alongside alchemy, and occult studies. It's rather a counter example
106.
by FoeNyx 13y ago
Around 250k to 500k people die from influenza epidemics each year (according to WHO, and the Doctor). The second wave of 1918 flu pandemic killed around 30M to 100M people from the 500M people infected. There's two factors to flu virus : sp
107.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
They are probably counting their monthly hits on http://www.learnpython.org/ and http://www.learn-c.org/ ( http://www.learnjavaonline.org/static/img/code.jpg style reflect the adaptation from their python website) « By running real Ja
108.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
or was it NASA Mariner 1 ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_1#Overbar_transcription... Anyway, as always wikipedia has an interesting list of software bugs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs I found interesting th
109.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
I don't know for this brand, but there are Phillips or Toshiba LED light bulbs in mall for years. (caveat : not as cheap)
110.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
The electricity hour rate will probably vary in the next 10 years. In some parts of Europe the cost will go up by more than 25% in the next 2 years. There is also the long term benefit of lowering global consumption of electricity: probably
111.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
You said "at night", so it's not only motion-detecting but also comes with a light sensor to avoid to turn on in bright day light, isn't it ? Do you have an URL or a name to provide ?
112.
by FoeNyx 14y ago
Reminded me of this comic : http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1930#c...
113.
Avaaz website under massive attack, from a government or large corporation?(secure.avaaz.org)
13 points by FoeNyx 14y ago|5 comments
114.
by FoeNyx 15y ago
that's quite a shame that the link on Jimmy Wales' comment page made it in the top news, but that the real poll does not get the same level of advertisement here :\
115.
Minecraft : "Just pirate it."(twitter.com)
6 points by FoeNyx 15y ago|0 comments