Comment: Re:Not provably secure (Score 1) 185
Not provably secure - maybe not, but sometimes you have to settle for more provably secure than readily available alternatives.
A Hyper-Velocity Impact In the Asteroid Belt? 114
Posted
by
Soulskill
from the i-played-that-game dept.
from the i-played-that-game dept.
astroengine writes "Astronomers have spotted something rather odd in the asteroid belt. It looks like a comet, but it's got a circular orbit, similar to an asteroid. Whether it's an asteroid or a comet, it has a long, comet-like tail, suggesting something is being vented into space. Some experts think it could be a very rare comet/asteroid hybrid being heated by the sun, but there's an even more exciting possibility: It could be the first ever observation of two asteroids colliding in the asteroid belt."
Comment: Time for a variation on Hanlon's razor (Score 1) 478
Do not attribute to quantum mechanical affects that which can be explained by incompetence or malice.
Comment: Dioxins (Score 1) 467
Based on the fuss there was in Ireland when the wrong type of oil was used when milling animal feed http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1207/pork.html, I can't imagine this is a good idea. Combustion is exactly the process that generates dioxins, and they build up in animals that cosume them, so if these crops end up used for plant feed, or the process becomes more widespread, eventully even traces of dioxins in the fumes would cause problems.