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Comment Re:Oh please (Score 1) 121

by dj51d (#34135356) Attached to: CDN Optimizing HTML On the Fly
In theory, Google's copy of jQuery is great for sharing the cache. In practice, I've found that if it isn't cached, Google's copy of jQuery causes a shocking amount of latency, often taking well over 500ms to begin downloading.
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Submission + - Testing Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance'

Submitted by smooth wombat
smooth wombat writes: Travelling to a time in the past is, as far as we know, not possible. However, Einstein postulated a faster-than-light effect known as 'spooky action at a distance'. The problem is, how do you test for such an effect? That test may now be here. If all goes well, hopefully by September 15th, John Cramer will have experimented with a beam of laser light which has been split in two to test Einstein's idea.

While he is only testing the quantum entanglement portion, changing one light beam and having the same change made in the other beam, his experiment might show that a change made in one beam shows up in the other beam before he actually makes the change.

An interesting sidenote is that the money for this project was raised not from the scientific community but from the public at large. His fans have sent him the money necessary to purchase the equipment to test Einstein's idea.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Magnetic avalanches cause hard drive failure

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to this report by IT PRO, scientists working at the University of California have discovered the main reason of hard drive failure. According to researchers, some materials used in hard drives are better at damping spin precession than others. Spin precession of magnetic material effects its neighbors' polarity and this can spread and cause sections of hard drives to spontaneously change polarity and lose data. This is known as a magnetic avalanche. So next time Windows fails to start, you'll know why!
The Courts

Submission + - ESA initiates police raid against console modder (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Donkey Konga
Donkey Konga writes: A San Diego man was arrested after a raid turned up over a thousand counterfeit games, modded consoles and mod chips. Frederick Brown 'had allegedly built up a thriving business selling counterfeit games and installing mod chips, having advertised his services on Craigslist and other web sites. He allegedly sold pirated games from his Vista, CA residence as well, including both discs and hard drives preloaded with games that he would install into customers' Xboxes and Xbox 360s.' After the ESA learned of his activities, they contacted San Diego law enforcement and the San Diego Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Unit led the raid on his home. '"CATCH was very receptive to the evidence we brought them and were able to put the investigation together in very short order," ESA VP Ric Hirsch told Ars.' Brown now faces 10 felony counts reltated to selling pirated games and modding consoles.
Space

Submission + - Tunguska Impact Crater "Found" (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by
BigBadBus
BigBadBus writes: "An Italian Team is claiming to have found the impact crater resulting from the 1908 Tunguska impact. From the BBC website:
A University of Bologna team says a lake near the epicentre of the blast may be occupying a crater hollowed out by a chunk of rock that hit the ground. Lake Cheko — though shallow — fits the proportions of a small, bowl-shaped impact crater, say the Italy-based scientists. Their investigation of the lake bottom's geology reveals a funnel-like shape not seen in neighbouring lakes. In addition, a geophysics survey of the lake bed has turned up an unusual feature about 10m down which could either be compacted lake sediments or a buried fragment of space rock."
Of course, this is highly controversial, but its a hell of a lot better than the gas eruption theory mentioned in one of Arthur C.Clarke's "Mysterious World" books."
Windows

Submission + - Vista Media Center + CableCard = No TV

Submitted by notthatwillsmith
notthatwillsmith writes: ATI's internal CableCard readers are finally available, and Maximum PC got hands on time with a couple of Vista-powered systems built using the FCC-mandated technology. The short version? It doesn't work.

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