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Comment Re:good luck with that (Score 1) 254

by flakblas (#26740951) Attached to: CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA
I can't imaging much of this holding up in court. I think it's pretty obvious that they're trying to hide the inner-workings of the whole thing as well as protect themselves from every possible angle. I think this is an example of what happens when an overly litigious atmosphere and an overly greedy corporation collide.
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Drilling Hits an Active Magma Chamber In Hawaii 251

Posted by timothy from the time-for-a-lava-luau dept.
Smivs writes "The BBC are reporting that drillers looking for geothermal energy in Hawaii have inadvertently put a well right into a magma chamber. Molten rock pushed back up the borehole several meters before solidifying, making it perfectly safe to study. Magma specialist Bruce Marsh says it will allow scientists to observe directly how granites are made. 'This is unprecedented; this is the first time a magma has been found in its natural habitat,' the Johns Hopkins University professor told BBC News. 'Before, all we had to deal with were lava flows; but they are the end of a magma's life. They're lying there on the surface, they've de-gassed. It's not the natural habitat.' It is hoped the site can now become a laboratory, with a series of cores drilled around the chamber to better characterise the crystallisation changes occurring in the rock as it loses temperature."

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