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All French Nuclear Reactors Deemed Unsafe 493

Posted by samzenpus on Friday November 18, 2011 @02:31AM from the what's-the-worst-that-could-happen dept.

hweimer writes "A new study by a French government agency, commissioned in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, found that all French nuclear power plants do not offer adequate safety when it comes to flooding, earthquakes, power outages, failure of the cooling systems and operational management of accidents. While there is no need for immediate shutdown, the agency presses for the problems to be fixed quickly. France gets about 80% of its power from nuclear energy and is a major exporter of nuclear technology."

Advent Calendar For Geeks 65

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @01:05PM from the geek-christmas dept.

bLanark writes "Well, as children and adults all over the world begin their day with chocolate, with the traditional Advent calendar, I'd like to remind you that there's an alternative for geeks. The Perl Advent calendar will give you a new Perl tip every day right up to Christmas."

Comment HIPAA privacy regulations are problematic (Score 2, Interesting) 191

by techentin on Saturday February 06, 2010 @11:05AM (#31045544) Attached to: The New National Health Plan Is Texting

Haven't these people heard about HIPAA? You can't just transmit personal health information over arbitrary text message networks. It doesn't matter if they have a "secure server" somewhere(*). The whole network needs to be secure and auditable. And something tells me that this isn't the case for text messages.

(*) Google can find exactly two mentions of text4baby and HIPAA, both of which just say that there is a secure server.

Comment Re:I have to admit (Score 2, Insightful) 1540

by techentin on Friday December 15, 2006 @12:09AM (#17249584) Attached to: Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft?

> if it wasn't for Microsoft, we would probably still be using IBM PC's.

That's just plain wrong. IBM opened up the architecture of the PC, so that anybody could make compatible products. Some engineers at Texas Instruments, frustrated by the shortcomings of the "nearly compatible" TI-PC, started Compaq. THAT is why we've got so much variety in the computer industry. Microsoft was just willing to sell to anybody.

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