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Submission + - Homeland Security Changes Laptop Search Policy (physorg.com) 2

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IronicToo

on Friday August 28, 2009 @02:38AM

IronicToo writes: "The US Government has updated its policy on the search and seizure of laptops at border crossing.
The long-criticized practice of searching travelers' electronic devices will continue, but a supervisor now would need to approve holding a device for more than five days. Any copies of information taken from travelers' machines would be destroyed within days if there were no legal reason to hold the information.
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Comment Re:So what happens (Score 1) 388

by IronicToo on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @09:20AM (#28780635) Attached to: Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug

There are three steps you should take before posting next time:
1) Remove head from ass
2) Learn how an internal combustion engine works
3) Go read the fucking article

Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight 128

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @01:58PM from the ornithopters-are-just-hovering-in-the-wings dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AeroVironment, Inc. was awarded a Phase II contract extension in April from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program. As part of this program AV has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings (video) that carries its own energy source and uses only the flapping wings for propulsion and control. Two wings for propulsion and control, nothing else."

Comment It even shows the steps (Score 1) 339

by IronicToo on Friday June 12, 2009 @06:47PM (#28315211) Attached to: Wolfram Alpha Rekindles Campus Math Tool Debate

Many professors got around the graphing calculator problem by requiring students to show their work. WA can even do this for you, if you click on show steps it will walk you though how to solve the problem. This could be a very helpful tool to learn math, but more probably it will be used as a short cut on homework allowing the lazy to learn even less.

Submission + - Active glacier found on Mars (bbc.co.uk) 1

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FireFury03

on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:47PM

FireFury03 writes: "The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has spotted an icy feature which appears to be a young active glacier. Dr Gerhard Neukum (what a cool name :), chief scientist on the spacecraft's High Resolution Stereo Camera said "We have not yet been able to see the spectral signature of water. But we will fly over it in the coming months and take measurements. On the glacial ridges we can see white tips, which can only be freshly exposed ice". Estimates place the glacier at 10,000 — 100,000 years old."

Submission + - BBC reports an active glacier is found on Mars

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ddelmonte

on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:38PM

ddelmonte writes: "Showing an image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, a new image shows a perspective view of a possible glacial feature located in Deuteronilus Mensae. The full story including quotes from the ESA scientists is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7151190.stm"

Submission + - Rainfall patterns near major cities changed. (go.com)

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Ant

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @06:45PM

Ant writes: "This ABC News article (one page print version) reports that two very different studies have found evidence that rainfall patterns near major cities have changed over the last few decades, and not because of greenhouse gases. But the changes have some things in common with the greenhouse effect: Both result from human activities that are having a significant impact on the entire planet. And both demonstrate that we are in for some major changes in the years ahead, many of which will probably catch us by surprise. Seen on Blue's News."

Submission + - Hotels equip mini-fridges with weight sensors (com.com) 1

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prostoalex

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @06:17PM

prostoalex writes: "Hotel mini-fridges, known for carrying mini-bottles of various beverages for non-mini-prices, are now getting weight sensors that charge the hotel customer as soon as any item is picked up: "...the fridges are now equipped with motion sensors, the helpful woman at registration told me. That is, if I move a drink to make room for something of my own, it'll charge me. If I accidentally knock something over, it'll charge me. If I put something of my own on top of something, it'll charge me.""

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