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Lava From Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano May Melt Through Glacier In '0 - 20 ...
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Magma has been on the move for several days under the surface of Iceland, which has been jarred by its strongest earthquakes in the past twenty years in the process, and now scientists at the island nation's Meteorological Office say a small volcanic...
Iceland volcano: Bardarbunga eruption sparks red travel alertBBC News
Volcanic eruption begins under Iceland glacierChron.com
Iceland raises volcano warning level to highest red after small eruptionReuters
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Submission + - Microsoft Admits Keeping $92B Offshore to Avoid Paying $29B in US Taxes (ibtimes.com) 3

Submitted by walterbyrd on Saturday August 23, 2014 @12:28PM

walterbyrd writes: Microsoft Corp. is currently sitting on almost $29.6 billion it would owe in U.S. taxes if it repatriated the $92.9 billion of earnings it is keeping offshore, according to disclosures in the company’s most recent annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The amount of money that Microsoft is keeping offshore represents a significant spike from prior years, and the levies the company would owe amount to almost the entire two-year operating budget of the company’s home state of Washington.

Comment Re:The Most Important Question Is.... (Score 2) 208

by Salgamma on Friday April 04, 2014 @11:34PM (#46667317) Attached to: Tesla Model S Has Hidden Ethernet Port, User Runs Firefox On the 17" Screen

Can I mime Bitcoins with it?

A mime is a terrible thing to bitcoin.

Comment Re:We are trying HSMM-MESH (Score 1) 200

by Salgamma on Sunday September 02, 2012 @05:49PM (#41208773) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Network For Emergency Vehicles?

My answer was going to be "Ham Radio License + HSMM-Mesh" That is exactly what they should experiment with. hsmm-mesh.org has the details, uses Linksys WRT-54x's, and development is being done on Ubuquity's Bullets. Austin, TX hosts most of the hsmm-mesh activity, and there are plenty of other organizations in the US (and around the world).

I have 2 that are headed to the boonies in NY at the end of the month for possible RACES/ARES use. I've been away from the area for over a year, and have a lot to share with the local Amateur Radio Clubs.

Submission + - Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found!

Submitted by drxenos on Monday August 13, 2007 @05:05PM

drxenos writes: I don't know how many of you are fans of old-school text adventures (interactive fiction), but Will Crowther's original Fortran source code has been located in a backup of Don Wood's old student account. For fans like me, this is like finding the Holy Grail. link: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fictio n/browse_thread/thread/607acaf1a279d4dd/bd53b672a1 85d177#bd53b672a185d177

Submission + - Dell releases Flash-based laptops

Submitted by

joetheprogrammer

on Thursday April 26, 2007 @02:25AM

joetheprogrammer writes: "Dell has announced that they are going to offer a special configuration option with its Latitude D420 laptop that will allow users to swap clunky old HDs in favor of a 32GB SanDisk Flash hard drive. The only hitch comes with the price tag, which is set at a rather expensive price of $549. This will definitely ensure the laptop is set for a very high-profile consumer."

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