Comment NIST announced a smaller version in 2004 (Score 2, Informative) 134

by borbetomagus on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @02:54PM (#36097436) Attached to: Government Funded Atomic Clock On a Chip

Here's the press release http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/miniclock.cfm http://tf.nist.gov/ofm/smallclock/CSAC.html The 2011 version is comparatively huge -- http://www.smartertechnology.com/images/stories/rcjAtomicClockChip.jpg http://tf.nist.gov/ofm/smallclock/CSAC_files/shapeimage_6.png

Comment Re:Groklaw still could have a mission... (Score 0) 265

by borbetomagus on Saturday April 09, 2011 @11:12PM (#35771716) Attached to: Groklaw Declares Victory, No More Articles

If a tip jar was put up, some of my money would likely find my way into it.

PJ does have a 'Tip Jar' -- There is a 'PayPal Donate' above the 'Groklaw Gear' T-shirt and 'Email PJ' icons on the left part of the web page...

Comment But have you been awakened by this...? (Score 0) 100

by borbetomagus on Thursday July 09, 2009 @07:41AM (#28634543) Attached to: World's Biggest Alarm Clock Shakes You Out of Bed

The bazooka wake-up call. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJsK059gVDg Almost certain to give you a heart-attack...

Comment Powder Game or Powder Toy - Fireworks-like program (Score 1, Interesting) 65

by borbetomagus on Saturday July 04, 2009 @11:34AM (#28580403) Attached to: The Chemistry of Firework Displays

Someone might enjoy these two programs which allow fireworks-like effects: http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/ http://powder.unaligned.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESkoRgSeJo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdf2JSKHWe0

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