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Submission + - Some volcanoes 'scream' at ever-higher pitches until they blow their tops (washington.edu)

Submitted by vinces99
vinces99 writes: Swarms of small earthquakes often precede a volcanic eruption. They can reach such rapid succession that they create a "harmonic tremor" that resembles sound made by some musical instruments. A new analysis of an eruption sequence at Alaska's Redoubt Volcano in March 2009 shows the harmonic tremor glided to substantially higher frequencies and then stopped abruptly just before six of the eruptions. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Volcano Observatory have dubbed the highest-frequency harmonic tremor at Redoubt Volcano “the screams” because the episodes reach such high pitch compared with a 1-to-5 hertz starting point. Alicia Hotovec-Ellis, a University of Washington doctoral student in Earth and space sciences and an author of two papers examining the phenomenon, has created a 10-second recording and a one-minute recording that provides a 60-times faster representation of harmonic tremor and small earthquakes.
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After Learning Java Syntax, What Next? 293

Posted by timothy from the nice-hot-bath dept.
Niris writes "I'm currently taking a course called Advanced Java Programming, which is using the text book Absolute Java, 4th edition, by Walter Savitch. As I work at night as a security guard in the middle of nowhere, I've had enough time to read through the entire course part of the book, finish all eleven chapter quizzes, and do all of the assignments within a month, so all that's left is a group assignment that won't be ready until late April. I'm trying to figure out what else to read that's Java related aside from the usual 'This is how to create a tree. This is recursion. This is how to implement an interface and make an anonymous object,' and wanted to see what Slashdotters have to suggest. So far I'm looking at reading Beginning Algorithms, by Simon Harris and James Ross."

Comment There are so many other stories to be told! (Score 1) 589

by bearinboots (#31019282) Attached to: Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms

I love Dune the novel, and much as I'd love to see it "done right", I'm not sure that's possible for many of the reasons already outlined.

But, why isn't anybody tackling some of the other great Science Fiction stories just waiting to be filmed?

Off the top of my head:

  • The Mote in God's Eye
  • Hellstrom's Hive
  • The Humanoids
  • Childhood's End
  • Dragonriders of Pern
  • Downward to the Earth
  • The Two Faces of Tomorrrow
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog

and so on...

Comment Re:Oh, Hubris! (Score 1) 589

by bearinboots (#31019140) Attached to: Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms
Snap! That one scene is the most fascinating in the book! On first reading, I got nothing out of that scene. In fact, thought it was boring to tears. Then upon a re-read a few later, I was completely blow away by how much sub-text there was beneath the dialogue.

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