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First Measurement of Magnetic Field In Earth's Core 34

An anonymous reader writes "A University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist has made the first-ever measurement of the strength of the magnetic field inside Earth's core, 1,800 miles underground. The magnetic field strength is 25 Gauss, or 50 times stronger than the magnetic field at the surface that makes compass needles align north-south. Though this number is in the middle of the range geophysicists predict, it puts constraints on the identity of the heat sources in the core that keep the internal dynamo running to maintain this magnetic field."
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Real-World Consequences of Social Networking Posts 451

gbulmash sends in a classic Streisand Effect story of a Chicago landlord suing a tenant over a tweet complaining of mold in her apartment. The landlord claims that the tweet caused $50,000 damage to their reputation. If it didn't, then the fallout from their own ill-advised lawsuit surely will. The woman's Twitter account is now gone (possibly on advice of counsel), but the tweet that started it all lives on. And in a similar vein, reader levicivita notes a firing over a political comment on a Facebook page. "Lee Landor, who had been the deputy press secretary to Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer since May, posted comments on her Facebook page criticizing Mr. Gates [Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.] and the president, whom she referred to at one point as 'O-dumb-a.' ... The borough president has accepted Ms. Landor's resignation, effective immediately."

Comment Re:Spam? (Score 1) 430

what the hell is Huffington Post

Yea, when I read it I went WTF?, but thinking perhaps I underestimated the reach of HuffPo went to Alexa. Sure enough, HuffPo (and Gawker & Twitter) has an order of magnitude less reach than the other sites. If DrudgeReport.com (same traffic level, different audience) had been listed rather than HuffPo it would be seen/flagged for what it is -
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Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 1) 466

Don't Worry, Be Happy!
Microsoft tailors Windows 7 for netbooks
Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:25pm EST
According to Ballmer, M$ is supposedly focused on netbooks: "Microsoft, which a month ago blamed netbooks for weaker-than-expected quarterly profits, said it is planning to ship a low-end version of Windows 7 for netbooks, and make it easy for users to upgrade to more expensive editions." http://www.reuters.com/article/managementIssues/idUSN2439838920090224

Comment Re:I don't get it (Score 3, Informative) 1475

Let's get the context straight:

U.S. Self-identifying:

  • GLB: Not 10%, more like 2%. Twice as many gays as lesbians. Self-promoting, media myth.[2]
  • Jews: ~2%
  • Mormons: ~2%
  • Episcopalian/Anglican: ~2% [1]

[1] http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions

[2] "The most widely accepted study of sexual practices in the United States is the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS). The NHSLS found that 2.8 percent of the male, and 1.4 percent of the female, population identify themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. See Laumann, et al., The Social Organization of Sex: Sexual Practices in the United States (1994). This amounts to nearly 4 million openly gay men and 2 million women who identify as lesbian.[8]" http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/478685.html

Homosexual Groups Back Off From "10 Percent" Myth A coalition of leading pro-homosexual activist groups has now admitted in a legal brief that only "2.8 percent of the male, and 1.4 percent of the female, population identify themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual."[1] http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=69577

*Second, sexual behavior researcher, Tom Smith of the University of Chicago authored a study two years ago entitled "Adult Sexual Behavior in 1989: Number of Partners Frequency and Risk." His study resulted in a figure of "less than 1% exclusively homosexual."

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