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Submission + - Variations from 60Hz power may affect devices (ap.org)

dotsandlines writes: "Associated Press: "A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers — and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast.""

Comment brand names (Score 5, Insightful) 278

Not that I agree with the French policy (or RTFS), but it's recently bothered me (in a very slight way) that we now have forms of communication that can only be referred to through the brand name. We could chat, text, fax, phone and blog without referring to a company name, but Tweets and Facebook posts seem harder to generalize. Just saying something's been "posted online" seems too vague. The proper generic verb hasn't been invented yet.

Comment Re:Begging the question (Score 1) 735

Translated into 6th grader speak: "Why do I have to learn this? It's not like I'm ever gonna use it!"

If evolution is wrong, and the universe is 6000 years old, than most of biology, geology, physics, and just about every other science is also grossly wrong. It's a cornerstone of modern scientific knowledge and far, far from inconsequential. You want kids to learn biology but leave out evolution?

Comment Re:No No No !!!!! It will be BARELY noticable (Score 1) 102

Quote from wiki: "The name SuperMoon was coined by astrologer..."

aaand that's about as far as I need to read.

It's 14% larger than its smallest possible size. 1.4% larger than it was last month. There is absolutely nothing 'super' about this. You won't be able to tell the difference without a measuring device.

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