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Comment Ohio's all about the money $$$ (Score 1) 636

by Epic_Fail (#32459590) Attached to: Guess My Speed and Give Me a Ticket, In Ohio
The big problem that I see here is that in Ohio moving violations aren't always based on fact in the first place. I got a ticket there once in a vehicle that was governed below what the officer wrote the ticket for. I was going 57 in a semi truck, the speed limit for semi's was 55, he pulled me over and said that I was going 67. The truck was governed at 63. I explained this to the officer but he didn't really care what I had to say. After that I always set my cruise at about 54 when traveling through Ohio because I felt the best way to get even with them was to not give any opportunity to acquire revenue at my expense. If this truly is a revenue game for Ohio like I believe that it is, they can now issue tickets with even more ease.
Earth

Giant Guatemalan 'Sinkhole' Is Worse Than We Thought 357

Posted by kdawson from the series-of-pipes dept.
reillymj writes "Despite hundreds of media reports to the contrary, Sam Bonis, a geologist whose life work has been studying Guatemalan geology, has plainly said that the dramatic 'sinkhole' in Guatemala City that opened over the weekend isn't a sinkhole at all. Instead, he called it a 'piping feature' and warned that because the country's capital city sits on a pile of loose volcanic ash, the over one million people living on top of the pile are in danger. 'I'd hate to have to be in the government right now,' Bonis, who worked for the Guatemalan government's Instituto Geografico Nacional for 16 years, said. 'There is an excellent potential for this to happen again. It could happen almost anywhere in the city.'"
Education

Submission + - Australian Aboriginal Rock Art May Depict Giant Bi (scienceblogs.com)

Submitted by grrlscientist
grrlscientist writes: An Australian Aboriginal rock art may depict a giant bird that is thought to have become extinct some 40,000 years ago, thereby making it the oldest rock painting on the island continent. The red ochre drawing was first discovered two years ago, but archaeologists were only able to confirm the finding two weeks ago, when they first visited the remote site on the Arnhem Land plateau in north Australia.
Space

Submission + - SOFIA Sees Jupiter's Ancient Heat (discovery.com)

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astroengine
astroengine writes: "The flying telescope SOFIA took its maiden flight on Wednesday and its "first light" images have already been released. The cool thing about SOFIA is that it flies high enough (integrated inside a converted 747, taking it to an altitude of 41,000 ft) to carry it above 99% of the atmosphere's infrared-absorbing water vapor. This means that it can collect 80% of the IR radiation orbital telescopes (like NASA's Spitzer) but without the huge cost of being launched into space. Also, SOFIA is expected to last 20 years, many times the operational lifespan of space missions. Already SOFIA has returned stunning results, including the observation of heat leaking through Jupiter's clouds, heat that was generated billions of years ago when the gas giant was forming."
Google

Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid 124

Posted by Soulskill from the sysadmins-plus-bats-equals-fun dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Plenty of cities have submitted bids for the Google Fiber project, with most of their bids being centered around the attributes that could describe many communities. Yet one small midwestern town, with much less fanfare than the metropolitan bids, provided an unusual proposition for Google in their likely quixotic nomination. Quincy, IL, has an extensive series of underground caverns that could provide year-round temperature control, dedicated hydroelectric power, and security in the case of a terrorist attack."

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