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Submission + - Oak Ridge Closes Biomass Steam Plant (jrn.com)

Submitted by usacoder on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @07:24AM

usacoder writes: The AP and a Tennessee newspaper report that the Oak Ridge Laboratory has closed its $60 million power generation system that uses a biomass heat source. The 20-year plan for the plant called for long term savings nearing a quarter billion dollars.

Comment With the poles moving... (Score 1) 80

by usacoder on Monday June 23, 2014 @03:48PM (#47300017) Attached to: Satellite Swarm Spots North Pole Drift

the last one in Poland please turn the lights off.

Comment I just know... (Score 1, Troll) 80

by usacoder on Monday June 23, 2014 @12:53PM (#47298757) Attached to: Satellite Swarm Spots North Pole Drift

this will bring out the global warming deniers.

Comment Re:Only 22% (Score 2) 377

by usacoder on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:22PM (#47250601) Attached to: Are US Hybrid Sales Peaking Already?

http://articles.latimes.com/20...

Comment Only 22% (Score 1) 377

by usacoder on Monday June 16, 2014 @05:49PM (#47249419) Attached to: Are US Hybrid Sales Peaking Already?

of hybrid owners would buy a second. Maybe that's why it's peaking.

Comment What's the fastest way... (Score 1) 83

by usacoder on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @12:51PM (#47204015) Attached to: Fuel Cells From Nanomaterials Made From Human Urine

to patent my urine.

Comment With global warming... (Score 0, Troll) 136

by usacoder on Friday May 23, 2014 @05:50AM (#47072955) Attached to: Trillions of Plastic Pieces May Be Trapped In Arctic Ice

the plastic won't be trapped for long.

Submission + - SPAM: Digital telephone Systems, Avaya IP office editions, IP wireless, IP Office Phon

Submitted by voiptelephone2 on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:51AM

voiptelephone2 writes: IP Office delivers intelligent communications to enable staff to collaborate easily and quickly to customers. With Preferred Edition, businesses can use communications to establish a competitive edge – through intelligent call routing.
Link to Original Source

Submission + - China Halts Cybersecurity Cooperation After U.S. Spying Charges (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by Mr D from 63 on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:47AM

Mr D from 63 writes: China’s decision to suspend its involvement in a cybersecurity working group with the U.S. after being accused of commercial spying threatens to undo efforts aimed at finding common ground to tackle hacking.

Submission + - Blackshades Bust Bogus? (thedailybeast.com)

Submitted by usacoder on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:27AM

usacoder writes: Some are saying that the international effort to shutdown the Blackshades and its remote access tool (RAT) may have been a worthless effort or just plain bogus. Quinn Norton writes "Dozens have been arrested in a king-sized global hacker crackdown. But it’s unclear whether the charges against these supposed cyber criminals will actually stick."

Comment Shoelaces were a bitch (Score 1) 306

by usacoder on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @06:32AM (#46514527) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks?

But I finally got them to work.

Comment Suicide #11 (Score 2) 126

by usacoder on Thursday March 06, 2014 @12:08PM (#46419593) Attached to: Police Say No Foul Play In Death of Bitcoin Exchange CEO Autumn Radtke

She's the eleventh person in the financial industry to commit suicide this year.

Comment He's Illogical (Score 0, Troll) 401

by usacoder on Monday February 17, 2014 @09:21AM (#46265943) Attached to: US Secretary of State Calls Climate Change 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'

His botox injections have crept into the neocortex.

Comment Things aren't improving if you have a precondition (Score 1) 267

by usacoder on Friday October 04, 2013 @09:53PM (#45041373) Attached to: What Developers Can Learn From Healthcare.gov

"Now it doesn't mean I can't go see my current doctor, but my $4,500 out-of-pocket, is going to turn into a minimum of $26,000 out-of-pocket to see the doctor that I've been seeing the last seven years," he said. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_northeast_valley/fountain_hills/fountain-hills-man-dropped-from-health-insurance-because-of-new-regulations

Submission + - Buckyball Dude Still Fighting Big Gov't. Guess Who's Winning? (wsj.com)

Submitted by usacoder on Saturday August 31, 2013 @09:19AM

usacoder writes: It's one thing not to bite the hand that feeds you, but it's another to bite the hand that takes away too. Or is it just a case of someone who thinks their in charge with our lives not understanding good sarcasm when it's used. Whatever the case we will never see Buckyballs on store shelves ever again.

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