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Comment So that Serverfault question wasn't a hoax (Score 5, Funny) 64

by hardill on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:03AM (#51931131) Attached to: UK Hosting Provider 123-Reg Accidentally Deletes Customer Sites

Looks like that Serverfault question about running rm -rf / was real then

Comment Do you think it's overkill? (Score 3, Informative) 71

by hardill on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:22PM (#51724241) Attached to: Amazon Is Now Sending Postcards To Remind Kindle Owners To Update Their Devices

If you worked for Amazon Kindle support you'd be doing all you can to head off the hoard of screaming customer wanting to know why their device has stopped working.

Comment Re:vulcanization of chatting apps (Score 3, Funny) 242

by hardill on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @12:08PM (#43601191) Attached to: The Balkanization of Chatting

I'm sure rubber covered chat is called something else....

Submission + - 'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine

Submitted by Rubinstien on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @04:18AM

Rubinstien writes: A mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. After its crystal structure was analyzed and identified, the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Says Dr. Chris Stanley, "Towards the end of my research I searched the web using the mineral's chemical formula — sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide — and was amazed to discover that same scientific name, written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns." "I'm afraid it's not green and it doesn't glow either — although it will react to ultraviolet light by fluorescing a pinkish-orange," he told BBC News. More details can be found in the BBC News article.

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