Oklahoma State’s Brodrick Brown launches into the air and comes up BIG to save the ball with a tip that bounces right into his teammate Shaun Lewis’s arms. Just like backyard football.

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pinkeen writes “I am using linux as my work & play OS for 5+ years. The one thing that constantly drives me mad is its IO scheduling. When I’m copying a large amount of data in the background, everything else slows down to a crawl while the cpu utilization stays at 1-2%. The process which does the actual copying is highly prioritized in terms of I/O. This is completely inacceptable for a desktop OS. I’ve heard about the efforts of Con Kolivas and (more…)

a_nonamiss writes “The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting today on new forensic analysis by audio scientists Stuart Allen and Tom Owen on a recently discovered audio tape from the Kent State shootings. The analysis suggests that four shots from a .38-caliber pistol were fired 70 seconds before the National Guard opened fire on a crowd of student protesters, killing four and wounding nine others. The alleged shooter, student Terry Norman, was hired (more…)

Dog-killing DEA agents and now this. I hate my state.

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angry tapir writes “Researchers from Rutgers University and University of South Carolina have found that wireless communications between new cars and their tires can be intercepted or even forged. While the potential for misuse may be minimal, this vulnerability points to a troubling lack of rigor with secure software development for new automobiles, said Wenyuan Xu, a computer science assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, who was (more…)

Don’t believe what you’ve heard—the state of Windows gaming is still strong.

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Wayne Chism scored 22 points Friday to lead the No. 6-seed Tennessee Volunteers to a 76-73 upset of No. 2-seed Ohio State.

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If March is the month when we fall in love again, when all of sport’s ills are ignored and infatuation is found in the fury of college basketball, then Murray State is the cute girl in the Ugg boots.

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SpuriousLogic writes “A team of researchers have created a ‘quantum state’ in an object billions of times larger than ever before. From the article: ‘Such states, in which an object is effectively in two places at once, have until now only been accomplished with single particles, atoms and molecules. In this experiment, published in the journal Nature, scientists produced a quantum state in an object billions of times larger than previous tests. The (more…)

An anonymous reader writes “Gamers are used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities—in virtual form. But those living in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite video console. State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels.”

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