Computer Bits

Hypnotist plans to put Facebookers in trance
The Independent - London; 1/4/2010; 879 words; ...expected to make it into the Guinness World Records book. A computer with an internet connection, speakers or headphones, and a...said. Anyone interested in taking part should visit http://bit.ly/ socialtran to sign up. At 8.30pm, visitors will be...

I went into a mosque and said, 'I'm a 69-year-old Jewish woman. Can I represent you?' The Nigel Farndale Interview Critics may have sent up her 'sanctimonious and sentimental' style of presenting. But Esther Rantzen, prospective MP, still isn't afraid to hug her would- be constituents. Will her touchy-feely tactics work in Luton?
The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/3/2010; 3002 words; ...Luton?' 'Yeah, I was born here.' When the man has said his bit - about MPs' expenses, quantitative easing and Agenda 21...serious face. 'Not at all.' When he leaves, she turns to her computer, which has an esther4luton screensaver logo bouncing around...

Giant foxgloves aren't scary any more
The Independent on Sunday; 1/3/2010; 1037 words; The computer-enhanced remake of John Wyndham's sci-fi classic failed to score for...If they couldn't make it scarier, they could at least have made it a bit funnier. There were no laughs, and rather too much horror, to be found...

Global warming could significantly impact US wine and corn production, Stanford scientists say.
NewsRx Health & Science; 1/3/2010; 2103 words; ...years, there has been quite a bit of work in phenology, which...Using a very high-resolution computer model, Diffenbaugh's research...relatively low-resolution computer models, Diffenbaugh said...the climate can vary quite a bit across that distance. My group...

Interactive animations give science students a boost.
NewsRx Science; 1/3/2010; 752 words; ...It works, which is a bit of a surprise," says Steve...which in actuality are small computer programs called applets...students' deep familiarity with computers and computer games. Keywords: Computers, Conservation, Ecology...