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by Danga (#28630539) Attached to: Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm In Texas

I used to live about 10 miles from a nuclear power plant located in Byron, IL and the GP was right, too many American's are WAY uninformed when it comes to nuclear energy and are all scared for reasons that no longer exist or never existed in the first place. Nuclear power plants can be built very safely these days, bring A LOT of jobs to the area they are built, are one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly reasonable alternatives for generating large amounts of electric power, provide huge amounts of tax revenue to the areas they are located (Byron has EXCELLENT schools due to the tax revenue), and really don't look too bad off in the distance IMO. Plus an added benefit is the steam coming out the stacks acts like a huge windvane to let everyone nearby easily see which way the wind is blowing (ok that was a joke).

So what is the problem with nuclear power plants besides the unneeded, baseless fear many people have and what alternatives can produce such huge amounts of power as safely/effieciently as nuclear?
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - Eve-Online, Developers caught cheating again

Submitted by (ars)lyme
(ars)lyme writes: Once again the developers of EVE online have been caught cheating to support their in game corporation Band of Brothers. Thousands of players have started to speak out on the www.eve-online.com forums only to have their threads locked, deleted, and then being banned from posting. Customer service for online games have never sank so low.. But is there anything anyone can do? http://goonfleet.com/open_letter_to_CCP.html
Security

Submission + - 13 New Apple Security Vulnerabilities Addressed

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday Apple released a new security update which is recommended for all Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.9 users. The update fixes security issues in bind, CarbonCore, CoreGraphics, crontabs, fetchmail, file, iChat, mDNSResponder, PPP, ruby, screen, texinfo and VPN. It is the first security update available since May 1st.
Education

Submission + - Prof denied tenure for Intelligent Design belief

Submitted by isabull
isabull writes: Two Iowa State University (ISU) faculty members of the department that rejected astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez's tenure application have admitted that his work on intelligent design played a role in the department's denial of tenure. "What possible academic reason was there to deny tenure to a candidate who met or exceeded every requirement?" asked Dr. John West, associate director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, the nation's leading think-tank supporting research into the scientific theory of intelligent design. "This is clearly a case of viewpoint discrimination and an attack on Dr. Gonzalez's academic freedom and free speech rights." http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php? command=view&id=4064&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and %20News
Biotech

Submission + - Watching Drug Resistance Develop in Real Time

Submitted by nursegirl
nursegirl writes: As the spread of multi-drug resistant bacteria like MRSA and the new XDR-TB (extremely drug resistant tuberculosis) becomes a growing concern throughout the world, a team of scientists has been able to learn how bacteria evolves in vivo as a response to vancomycin and other antibiotics.

The team isolated S. aureus bacteria intermittently through a patient's antibiotic therapy and sequenced the genome of the bacterium multiple times. The results demonstrated 35 mutations in 31 locations as the bacteria evolved from vancomycin-susceptible to vancomycin-resistant.
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Submission + - Most Hated Sales Pitches

Submitted by ancientribe
ancientribe writes: If you've ever wondered what users really think of some of the hardest IT sales pitches, here it is, straight from the horse's mouth. Dark Reading polled IT folks about their biggest pet peeves in security sales pitches, and it's everything from "We're the only vendor with Hegelian Geometrics Technology"
to overtly nasty messages from rebuffed salespeople.

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=124 870&WT.svl=news1_1
Announcements

Submission + - Estimated $500 million found in shipwreck

Submitted by
Danga
Danga writes: "The only publicly traded shipwreck hunting company, Odyssey, recently found a 17th-century merchant vessel that sank with valuable cargo aboard, estimated to be worth $500 million, about 40 miles off the southwestern tip of England. This would be the largest shipwreck discovery in history. Rare coin expert Nick Bruyer, contracted by the Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration to examine a batch of coins from the wreck had the following to say: "For this colonial era, I think (the find) is unprecedented, I don't know of anything equal or comparable to it." An estimated 500,000 coins were found and Bruyer added: "The coins mostly silver pieces could fetch several hundred to several thousand dollars each, with some possibly commanding much more" Another rare coin expert, Donn Pearlman, who is also the spokesman for the Professional Numismatists Guild had another point of view: "It's absolutely impossible to accurately determine the value without knowing the contents and the condition of the retrieved coins. It's like trying to appraise a house or a car over the phone," Experts said that controlled release of the coins into the market along with aggressive marketing should keep prices at a premium. This is not the companies first find. The company salvaged more than 50,000 coins and other artifacts from the wreck of the SS Republic off Savannah, Ga., in 2003, making millions. But Odyssey posted losses in 2005 and 2006 while using its state-of-the-art ships and deep-water robotic equipment to hunt for the next mother lode. "The outside world now understands that what we do is a real business and is repeatable and not just a lucky one-shot deal," Company co-founder Greg Stemm said. It also sounds like the British government wants to dip its hands into this jackpot. Under the terms of an agreement, Odyssey will have to share any finds with the British government. The company will get 80 percent of the first $45 million and about 50 percent of the proceeds thereafter."
Television

Submission + - BBC releases video of Hampster's 288mph crash

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The BBC has released video footage of Hampster's (Richard Hammond's) 288mph jetcar crash. The webpage for today's episode is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series9 episode1.shtml and you need to select "Hammond's accident" in the right hand column. Maybe you can use this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/topgear/h ammond?size=16x9&bgc=AFD8D0&nbram=1&bbram=1 but you'll not get the full page. Richard Hammond is one lucky guy! (Ed — please test this works from outside the UK, it may be ip restricted.)
United States

Submission + - Uncle Sam spoils dream trip to space

Submitted by
gollum123
gollum123 writes: "Brian Emmett's childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space ( http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/28/free.ride .ap/index.html ). But the 31-year-old was crushed when he had to cancel his reservation because of Uncle Sam. Emmett won his ticket to the stars in a 2005 sweepstakes by Oracle Corp., in which he answered a series of online questions on Java computer code. For the self-described space buff who has attended space camp and watched shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center, it seemed like a chance to become an astronaut on a dime. Then reality hit. After some number-crunching, Emmett realized he would have to report the $138,000 galactic joy ride as income and owe $25,000 in taxes. Unwilling to sink into debt, the software consultant from the San Francisco Bay area gave up his seat. Since the Internal Revenue Service requires winnings from lottery drawings, TV game shows and other contests to be reported as taxable income, tax experts contend there's no such thing as a free spaceflight. Some contest sponsors provide a check to cover taxes, but that income is also taxable."
Microsoft

Journal Journal: Why People Stick With Windows

Journal by gbulmash
Recently, I switched from Windows to OSX. When thinking why I wouldn't recommend switching to my parents, I came to an understanding of why people stick with Windows. I reasoned that it's not so much whether alternate software can do the same things, but the fact that users often have to learn new ways to do the same things.

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