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Comment Re:SNOWBOUND!! (Score 1) 429

White stuff. Falls from the sky. Sure sign of the apocalypse. If you see it, run to the grocery store and get all the foodstuffs you can - don't forget a gun to fight off the crowds. You'll need gas and candles too.

Watch the TV for emergency news, but remember, those people have no idea what's happening either, so take what they say with a grain of salt.

Oh, so like a hurricane then, well except for the white stuff.

Comment Re:Hmm.. (Score 1) 181

And you can't go 20 mph straight up unless you want to get some type of DCI either.

Seriously though if it's keeping water out it either has to be pressurized (doubtful if it's using a snorkel for air) or just watertight. If it's watertight it's probably only down to a fairly shallow depth, if it gets too deep the water pressure is going to start pushing water in through the "watertight" seals. Assuming a watertight seal (and not a pressurized vehicle) and given that the pressure at 10m (33 ft) is twice the atmospheric pressure at sea level, I'd be willing to guess that the max depth isn't much more than that (if not less).

Space

Submission + - Voyager 2 finds solar system's shape is 'dented' (reuters.com)

Selikoff writes: "NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has found that our solar system is not round but is "dented" by the local interstellar magnetic field of deep space, space experts said on Monday. The data was gathered by the craft on its 30-year journey into the edge of the solar system when it crossed into a sweeping region called the termination shock, they said. It showed that the southern hemisphere of the solar system's heliosphere is being pushed in or "dented." Voyager 2 is the second spacecraft to enter this region of the solar system behind Voyager 1, which entered the northern region of the heliosheath in December 2004."
Space

Submission + - First Evidence of Another Universe? 2

blamanj writes: Three months ago, astronomers announced the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Now, Dr. Laura Mersini-Houghton thinks she knows what that means. (Subscription req'd at New Scientist site, there's also an overview here.) According to string theory, there are many universes besides our own. Her team says that smaller universes are positioned at the edge of our universe, and because of gravitational interactions, they can be observed, and they're willing to make a prediction. The recently discovered void is in the northern hemisphere. They contend another one will be found in the southern hemisphere.
Security

Submission + - Man hacks 911 system, sends SWAT on bogus raid. 5

An anonymous reader writes: The Orange County Register reports that a 19 year old from Washington state broke into the Orange County California 911 emergency system. He randomly selected the name and address of a Lake Forest, California couple and electronically transferred false information into the 911 system. The Orange County California Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team was immediately sent to the couple's home. The armed officers surrounded the home.Inside the home lived a couple with two toddlers who were asleep and unsuspecting of what was going outside the home. The SWAT team handcuffed the husband and wife before deciding it was a prank.
Toys

Submission + - James Randi $1Million Award on Speaker Cables 2

elrond amandil writes: James Randi offered $1 million USD to anyone who can prove that a pair of $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables is any better than ordinary (and also overpriced) Monster Cables. Pointing out the absurd review by audiophile Dave Clark, who called the cables "danceable," Randi called it "hilarious and preposterous." He added that if the cables could do what their makers claimed, "they would be paranormal."

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