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Comment Re:We have the same problems in this country (Score 4, Informative) 110

Centralia is only the best known coal fire in the US. Some are not mine related, some like Laurel run PA are. Centralia is a mix. The fire was started at a landfill, but that landfill was located in an abandonded strip mine. The natural coal seam wouldn't have been near the surface had it not been for the mine.

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 297

I seem to recall a Google study that said almost the opposite. It points to a small spike increase in death rates in the first few months, then a drop, followed by a continued climb. Their references also point to issues with specific types of drives, though I haven't read it and can't speak to the results. research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf
Data Storage

Submission + - Using SSDs as Cache vs. Primary Storage in Enterprise (storagereview.com)

Nemilar writes: "SSD has many benefits — low power, high IO bandwidth, low latency — yet their adoption has been delayed by high cost, device wear and data organization disruption. Still, SSDs are here to stay and the list of vendors and products is getting bigger every day. Rather than adopt SSD arrays as primary storage, some companies are using SSD as a cache mechanism to improve performance while holding on to their traditional storage arrays."
Security

Researchers Seek Help In Solving DuQu Mystery Language 131

An anonymous reader writes "DuQu, the malicious code that followed in the wake of the infamous Stuxnet code, has been analyzed nearly as much as its predecessor. But one part of the code remains a mystery, and researchers are asking programmers for help in solving it. The mystery concerns an essential component of the malware that communicates with command-and-control servers and has the ability to download additional payload modules and execute them on infected machines."

Comment Re:It's all about the money. (Score 2) 375

When technological changes occur faster in an economy than social changes you end up with massive social disorder. That was the whole issue with the Luddites. Their way of life was being changed by new technology faster than the social structures were changing. People reacted violently. In time social structures and people's views caught up with where the economy had moved and things settled down into a new pattern for a while. We may be due for another rough transition.

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