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Submission + - Cold Fusion Reborn?

Submitted by Icarus1919 on Monday February 19, 2007 @01:06PM

Icarus1919 writes: New Scientist reports that the scientist who discovered a possible fusion reaction by bombarding a solvent with neutrons and sonic waves (known as cold fusion because you don't have to deal with those sun-like temperatures and magnetic fields) has recently been exonerated of accusations of scientific misconduct Purdue University following the verification of his results by another scientist. Is cold fusion back?

Blizzard Officially Files Against WoW Glider 179

Posted by Zonk on Monday February 19, 2007 @11:58AM from the it-sorta-kinda-is-cheating dept.

Marcus Eikenberry writes "Blizzard and Vivendi today filed against MDY Industries, the makers of the 'WoW Glider' software. Glider allows World of Warcraft players to 'play' while away from the keyboard; the software moves the player's avatar along a set path, following a complex set of instructions dictated in advance. Blizzard is seeking injunctive relief and money damages against MDY. What that means is they want him to stop the production of WoW Glider and they want him to pay them damages. Blizzard believes that Glider infringes on their intellectual property. They believe Glider allows players to cheat, giving them an unfair advantage and that they believe Glider encourages Blizzard customers to breach their contracts for playing the game. Last they claim that Glider is designed to circumvent copyright protections."

Submission + - Possible cure for autism

Submitted by Henry V .009 on Monday February 19, 2007 @11:25AM

Henry V .009 writes: New Jersey scientists are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids which fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids.

Comment Re:site not found (Score 1) 449

by nburtner on Thursday October 14, 2004 @06:50PM (#10529922) Attached to: Detailed Changes In Star Wars DVD Release w/Pics

Actually, this was explained in one of the Star Wars books (the second Young Han Solo trilogy). The Kessel Run through an area of space that has a huge amount of black holes. Basically, what the pilots would do was they'd see how close to the black holes they could get and, by doing so, they would cut more and more distance from their trip. I don't know if that's actually doable by physics, but I just know that's how the book explained it. Really good book, too.

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