rickkas7 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:A little sad. (Score 1) 510

by rickkas7 on Sunday April 19, 2009 @05:42PM (#27639659) Attached to: 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland

A meter that shows somewhat instantaneous and cumulative power use for your whole house. And it's wireless. http://www.bluelineinnovations.com/ My electric company (Green Mountain Power, Vermont, US) even subsidizes the purchase of them. I think mine cost $ 40 vs. $ 110 retail.

Comment Re:That's not too surprising (Score 3, Funny) 125

by rickkas7 on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:28PM (#25127683) Attached to: Saturn's Rings May Be Very Old

You're mixing your contractions and possessives, so maybe you could call it even?

First Superheavy Element Found In Nature 296

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 28, 2008 @10:10AM from the maybe-knock-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup dept.

KentuckyFC writes "The first naturally occurring superheavy element has been found. An international team of scientists found several nuclei of unbibium in a sample of the naturally occurring heavy metal thorium. Unbibium has an atomic number of 122 and an atomic weight of 292. In general, very heavy elements tend to be unstable but scientists have long predicted that even heavier nuclei would be stable. The group that found unbibium in thorium say it has a half life in excess of 100 million years and an abundance of about 10^(-12) relative to thorium, which itself is about as abundant as lead." I'd also like it known that my spell checker did not know 'unbibium' before today, but it is now one word closer to encompassing all human knowledge.

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