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Submission + - The sound of the Northern lights (aalto.fi)

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Zwerker

on Monday July 09, 2012 @12:46PM

Zwerker writes: "Now it's been proven: you can not only see the aurora borealis — you can also hear it! Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have located where the sounds associated with the northern lights are created: about 70 meters above the ground level in the measured case."

Comment Re:Words can't describe... (Score 0) 417

by Zwerker on Monday July 11, 2011 @09:52AM (#36719698) Attached to: DisplayPort-To-HDMI Cables May Be Recalled Over Licensing

Nitpicking: standard CDs are 12 cm in diameter. The 8 cm discs never caught on.

Comment Re:Heavy users? (Score 0) 303

by Zwerker on Friday May 20, 2011 @10:34AM (#36191698) Attached to: Verizon Customers: Say So Long To Unlimited Data

Also in Finland, I too have a 512 kbit (actually ~600 kbit according to speedtest.net) and pay 5,80 €/month, including a complimentary ZTE Blade (=Orange San Francisco). Two year contract, mind you.

Submission + - Police and accusor in Assange case knew each other (expressen.se)

Submitted by Zwerker on Thursday March 10, 2011 @05:04AM

Zwerker writes: Swedish newspaper Expressen reveals that one of the interrogators in the Julian Assange rape case is friends with one of the accusors. Assange's Swedish lawyer is (understandably) baffled, says this could be reason to dismiss the whole case.

Comment Finally, Windows will RUN (Score 0) 1

by Zwerker on Thursday September 18, 2008 @03:28AM (#25051449) Attached to: New Cray supercomputer runs Windows

You make a grown man Cray (to paraphrase the Stones... remember the Win 95 launch?)

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