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Submission + - Comet McNaught Visible in Broad Daylight

Submitted by AbsoluteXyro
AbsoluteXyro writes: As the amateur astronomers among us already know, Comet McNaught has been gracing the early morning and late evening skies... as it approaches the Sun, some estimate it has the potential to become 40 times brighter than Venus, or a magnitude of -8.8! In fact, it has recently been reported at SpaceWeather.com that Comet McNaught is now visible in broad daylight! From the article: "It's fantastic," reports Wayne Winch of Bishop, California. "I put the sun behind a neighbor's house to block the glare and the comet popped right into view. You can even see the tail."
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Submission + - In Soviet Russia, Underwear Cleans You

Submitted by mikeinvt
mikeinvt writes: Finally, the fabric technology we've all been waiting for. Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, a group has fabricated t-shirts and underwear that don't need to be washed for weeks on end. Quoting the article, which quotes Jeff Owens, one of the scientists who made the fabric:
"During Desert Storm, most casualties were from bacterial infections — not accidents or friendly fire. We treated underwear for soldiers who tested them for several weeks and found they remained hygienic. They also helped clear up some skin complaints."

Nanoparticles are bonded to the fabric that repel water, oils and bacteria. Suddenly, the laundry services at Google are less appealing.

Pirate Radio Stations Challenge Feds 348

Posted by Zonk from the arr-sailing-the-airwaves-and-flogging-the-listeners dept.
Thundgelmir writes "Yahoo news has an article about how pirate radio is taking on the FCC. It describes the growing trend of low-power FM stations, and their crusade to be heard across the country and around the internet." From the article: "Over four days, a dozen men and women shyly bumped shoulders as they studied schematics and tinkered with romex connectors, resistors, microphone cords, meters, sockets and capacitors — the stuff of illegal radio stations. 'We're not stealing anything. We're claiming something that's rightfully ours,' he says. His goal is to create FM radio stations faster than the FCC can shut them down ... 'It's always been our position that if enough people go on the air with their stations, the FCC will be overwhelmed and unable to respond.'"

Maryland Governor Wants Paper Ballots 433

Posted by kdawson from the republicans-for-paper-trails dept.
supabeast! writes, "Fed up with all the problems in the state's electronic voting system, Maryland Governor Robert Erlich wants the state to scrap the entire system and return to paper ballots. He's threatened to call a special session of the legislature to change the law to allow paper ballots. What makes this particularly interesting is that Erlich is a Republican — the party often maligned for exploiting flaws in electronic systems — and his attempts to clean up Maryland's voting problems are being opposed by Democrats, the party that is usually complaining about electronic voting!"

Comment Re:Global Warming Is Not Bad (Score 1) 698

by Nilmat (#13786493) Attached to: 2005 Will Probably be Warmest on Record
We just came out of an ice age recently by geologic standards. On the scale of human civilization, which is what most of us are concerned about here, that happened a long time ago. And the last ~10ka, in which most of what we now think of as civilization has been created, has been climatically stable to an unprecedented degree.

Of all the arguments often made against the importance of climate change, the one that makes the least sense to me is the one you just made.

Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 902

by SemiBarbaricPrincess (#10442464) Attached to: Favorite Fictional Word?
If any real women read Slashdot, I think its safe to say I'm going to hell now.

Yeah, that's a pretty safe assumption, though I think it would happen whether or not us women were reading. Just holding a attitude like that dooms you regardless of how or if you express it. Also you might want to consider that if you didn't have that attitude you might actually get laid once in a while. I mean whenever you crawl out of your parents basement.

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