Comment White House 2.0? (Score 1) 144
I thought White House 2.0 would have been the post-1814 White House, but that must have just been an increase in the minor version number.
Comment Re:ummm, what is your source exactly? (Score 2, Informative) 61
The Duluth News Tribune article (the second link in the summary) states that groundbreaking just happened on Friday. The MPR article mentions that work was supposed to start a while ago, but the funding was cut until the stimulus money reinstated it.
Comment Re:Minneosta (Score 1) 61
Dang. I got an error the first time I tried submitting this article, so I rushed through the second time I wrote it. It must be in the water up here, though, 'cause they misspelled Alec Habig in the article.
Submission + - New Neutrino Detector Being Built in Minneosta
lithis writes: "NOvA, a new neutrino detector, is being built in northern Minnesota. MPR has information on the project's funding and the International Falls Daily Journal talks about the environmental issues. This dectector will complement the MINOS neutrino detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory."
Comment Major Eruptions? (Score 1) 327
He would say that the US has not had a major eruption since Mt. St. Helens in the mid 80's.
I don't know how what constitutes a "major eruption", but Pu'u 'O'o in Hawaii has destroyed "over 100 homes [...] in a nine-month period" and "189 structures".
Submission + - Lorenz attactors meet povray
Agent Provocateur writes: "The American Mathematical Society has an article on "A tangled tale linking lattices, knots, templates, and strange attractors . . ." showing the equations and results of visualising knots and other Lorenz attractors using povray to produce images and QT movies."
