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Feed Using the Web to navigate S.F. freeway collapse (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Sunday April 29, 2007 @03:12PM

Blog: In the wake of a tanker truck crash that caused a freeway collapse in the San Francisco Bay Area, Web sites are offering photographs of the damage, as well as alternate routes for commuters.

Submission + - DNS Root Server Attack

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liquidat

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:09PM

liquidat writes: "As you might have noticed, the DNS Root Servers G (US department of defense) and L (ICANN) are under attack. Have a look at the status images at RIPE. I wonder what the reasons are. Blackmailing?"

Submission + - Navy Gets 8-megajoule Rail Gun Working

Submitted by

prototypo

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @12:36PM

prototypo writes: "The Fredericksburg, Virginia-based Free Lance-Star newspaper is reporting that the Navy Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia has successfully demonstrated an 8-megajoule electromagnetic rail gun. A 32-megajoule version is due to be tested in June. A 64-megajoule version is anticipated to extend the range of naval gunfire (currently about 15 nautical miles for a 5-inch naval gun) to more than 200 nautical miles by 2020. The projectiles are small, but go so fast that have enough kinetic punch to replace a Tomahawk missile at a fraction of the cost. In the final version, they will apex at 95 miles altitude, well into space. These systems were intially part of Reagan's SDI program ("Star Wars"). An interesting tidbit in the article is that the rail gun is only expected to fire ten times or less per day, presumably because of the amount of electricity needed. I guess we now need a warp core to power them :)"

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