halfelven - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Flu shots (Score 2) 316

by halfelven on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @06:24PM (#42538763) Attached to: Boston Declares Health Emergency Due To Massive Flu Outbreak

We know that already. They are about 60% effective.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/08/168814935/can-you-get-a-flu-shot-and-still-get-the-flu

Comment "once a day" - WHAT??? (Score 2) 144

by halfelven on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @08:21PM (#42124813) Attached to: I double check my spam filters ...

May as well not use any filters then.

Comment long time (Score 3, Interesting) 252

by halfelven on Thursday November 01, 2012 @02:12PM (#41844509) Attached to: Apple Delays Simpler and Cleaner iTunes 'to Get It Right'

They've been delaying it for a decade now.

Comment cerium too, right? (Score 1) 265

by halfelven on Thursday October 25, 2012 @03:25PM (#41769429) Attached to: Chinese Rare Earths Producer Suspends Output

These guys also make cerium, right?

Comment best plan for insurance (Score 1) 468

by halfelven on Thursday August 23, 2012 @05:20PM (#41101653) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: IT Contractors, How's Your Health Insurance?

"what do you think is the best plan for insurance?"

Move to Europe, or to any other civilized country.

Comment Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? (Score 1) 743

by halfelven on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @01:33PM (#27153669) Attached to: Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format

I came here to say the same thing. :-)

Yup, it instantly reminded me of the ridiculous claims of the vinyl proponents.

The power of the almighty habit.

Colliding Galaxies Reveal Colossal Black Holes 134

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 16, 2008 @12:22PM from the duck-and-cover dept.

Matt_dk writes "New observations made with the Submillimeter Array of telescopes in Hawaii suggest that black holes — thought to exist in many, if not all, galaxies — were common even in the early Universe, when galaxies were just beginning to form. Astronomers have found two very different galaxies in the distant Universe, both with colossal black holes at their hearts, involved in a spectacular collision."

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