Submission + - Ruby On Rails 5.0 released
steveb3210 writes: Today, Ruby On Rails released version 5.0.0 of the platform. Major new features include ActionCable which brings support for WebSockets and a slimmed-down API-only mode
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 4 declined, 4 accepted (8 total, 50.00% accepted)
Submission + - MMO Fan Site Removes Character Stats over Trademark Claim (eq2wire.com)
steveb3210 writes: EQ2Wire.com is a fan site for the MMO Everquest 2. One feature of their site is a searchable portal for all game-related stats such as characters, equipment, items, and mobs which they generate from an XML feed provided by the game's publisher. Recently, the owner of a trademark has been threatening them over the name of a character and in the face of possible legal bills, they were forced to remove the character's profile from their site. Adding further insult to injury, the character seems to have been created prior to the trademark in question.
Submission + - Quantum Mechanics - Effect Before Cause (arstechnica.com) 2
steveb3210 writes: Physicists have demonstrated that making a decision about whether or not to entangle two photons can be made after you've already measured the states of the photons — can decisions made in the future really effect measurements that were made in the past?
Submission + - Lake Disappears into Andes
steveb3210 writes: It seems that what was once a 5 acre glacial lake in the Andes has mysteriously disappeared. "In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal," Juan Jose Romero from Chile's National Forestry Corporation, Conaf, said.
"We went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
"We went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
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