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Simulation of Close Asteroid Fly-By 148

Posted by Soulskill on Monday December 21, 2009 @11:46AM from the close-enough-to-feel-the-vacuum-breeze dept.

c0mpliant writes "NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have released a simulation of the path of an asteroid, named Apophis, that will come very close to Earth in 2029 — the closest predicted approach since humans have monitored for such heavenly bodies. The asteroid caused a bit of a scare when astronomers first announced that it would enter Earth's neighborhood some time in the future. However, since that announcement in 2004, more recent calculations have put the odds of collision at 1 in 250,000."

Comment I recall the study with the compass belt (Score 1, Informative) 289

by sacremon on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @12:46PM (#29442051) Attached to: On-Body Circuits Create New Sense Organ

It was posted here two and a half years ago.

Comment Make the helmets more shock resistant (Score 3, Interesting) 294

by sacremon on Monday August 31, 2009 @04:28PM (#29265895) Attached to: Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage

There was just an article earlier today (Orange Goo) about a material that helps absorb shock, so why not line the inside of the helmets with the stuff?

Comment Been known, to a degree, for over 2000 years. (Score 4, Insightful) 215

by sacremon on Friday July 17, 2009 @09:32PM (#28737377) Attached to: Creativity Potentially Linked To Schizophrenia

"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness" - Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Comment Fine, we can detect it (Score 3, Informative) 66

by sacremon on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @10:29PM (#27411453) Attached to: First Proven Diagnostic Test For Alzheimer's

We still don't have a cure for it, so you are just telling the person at present 'Hey, you have Alzheimer's! Good luck with that!". I know, there might be treatments that can take advantage of early detection some time in the future, but at present it would just be pretty depressing.

Comment Sure, the servers can run at a higher temp... (Score 2, Insightful) 472

by sacremon on Thursday March 19, 2009 @12:25PM (#27257345) Attached to: The 100 Degree Data Center

...but the servers aren't the only thing in a data center. If the switches and routers can't take the higher heat, then you aren't going to get much use out of those servers.

Comment Break even point? (Score 1) 148

by sacremon on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @10:02AM (#26528091) Attached to: A Waste Gasification Plant In a Truck

What is the carbon footprint for the manufacture of this item? How long does it have to be run before the amount of carbon that went into its manufacture is balanced by the amount of carbon not being released into the atmosphere?

Submission + - Vanguard MMO Creators fire employees

Submitted by bassakward on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @02:41PM

bassakward writes: Looks like Sigil, Vanguard's developers, has fired most of the employees. Check out the post here: http://www.f13.net/. A quote: "But I do know that at approximately 4:30PM today, Sigil employees were told to meet outside. At which point they were terminated. On the spot. By whom? Doesn't seem to have been Brad McQuaid, if it was, nobody is talking." ... "There's some debate over this being ALL employees or just some of them. Obviously, it's not ALL of them — after all, someone had to do the firing. Let's just say that — from what I've heard — they don't have enough employees left to update a casual game..."

Submission + - Paypal is now a bank

Submitted by

CC

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @02:33PM

CC writes: "Paypal in Europe has changed. It used to be a UK company, but has now moved to Luxembourg, and is an entity regulated as a bank by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, the Luxembourg equivalent of the FSA. The FAQ on the subject hints at future bank-like services."

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