Ronnie Coote - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Mercury? MERCURY?!!! (Score 1) 80

by Ronnie Coote on Friday November 30, 2012 @08:58AM (#42140545) Attached to: MESSENGER Probe Finds Strong Evidence of Ice On Mercury

You may be waiting some time for that press conference. It's not going to happen: http://mashable.com/2012/11/27/curiosity-rover-discovery-npr/

Comment Obligatory old B-52 joke (Score 5, Funny) 403

by Ronnie Coote on Monday April 16, 2012 @10:58AM (#39700201) Attached to: Sixty Years On, B-52s Are Still Going Strong

A military pilot called for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked".
Air traffic control told the fighter jock that he was number two behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.
"Ah", the pilot remarked, " the dreaded seven-engine approach".

Power Generating Spacesuits 145

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:14PM from the the-electric-slide dept.

Maggie McKee writes "Piezoelectric sensors could help power future space missions. Astronauts' spacesuits may one day be covered in motion-sensitive proteins that could generate power from the astronauts' movement, according to futuristic research being conducted by a new lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Such 'power skins' could also be used to coat future human bases on Mars, where they could produce energy from the Martian wind. Eventually, the biologically derived suits might even be able to heal themselves."

VoIP and Home Security Systems Don't Get Along 187

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @08:56PM from the your-door-wants-you-to-stop-calling dept.

coondoggie writes "Here is a story about consumer VoIP services that can cause your home security alarm system to malfunction or not work at all. There have been problems with customer phone systems in Canada who were using Primus but Vonage customers in the U.S have complained too. A number of sites have popped up offering suggestions to help deal with the problem."

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