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Comment Reverse correllation (Score 4, Insightful) 83

If you would naively look at cancer vs mobile device usage graphs you would conclude that brain cancer causes cellphones. In general I am not worried at all about any low-power EM radiation, from mobile devices, power lines or other sources. I would worry more about the plastic in these mobile devices or air, water and ground pollution in neighbourhoods that also happen to have overhead powerlines.

Comment Re:Hypothetical question (Score 1) 26

These two black holes wouldn't stick to each other, but start swirling around each other and eventually merge together. Further outside of the event horizon particles that move slower than the speed of light will also not be able to escape. Their trajectories will be altered by the mass in the center and only when the speed is high enough they will (partially) go around and fly off. Anything that goes slow enough to be captured into an orbit will eventually spiral inwards.

Comment Re:Shooting us in the foot (Score 1) 175

Probably not much, since the specific heat capacity of water is quite high, there is a lot of water and the percentage of energy extracted compared to the total energy is likely to be quite low. But my point was that the temperature wil not increase as stated by OP. With regards to doing an environmental impact study, OP is right about the importance of that, but mostly because of the effect it might have on e.g. fish.

Comment Re:Shooting us in the foot (Score 2) 175

When you move energy away, temperature will decrease. Energy from the waves is always converted to heat at some point, that's also why the temperature at Niagara Falls is higher at the bottom. When you convert some of that to electricity and move it on shore, then the water temperature will decrease (or increase less than naturally). It is not like solar panels in the desert, where the increased absorption of solar radiation (compared to the more reflective sand) more than offsets any of the electric energy that you extract, making the temperature increase.

Submission + - Google Announces New Virtual Reality Platform, "Daydream"

ErnieKey writes: At Google I/O today, the company announced what they are calling "Google Daydream". This is their upcoming virtual reality platform that takes Google Cardboard several steps further. Daydream is a platform that will provide guidance for both hardware and software developers to create truly immersive Android N compatible VR hardware, games and experiences. The first hardware will be available this Fall. Companies such as HTC, Samsung, Asus and others are working on smartphone handsets and VR headsets that are Daydream compatible. Game developers like EA and Ubisoft are already working on compatible games.
Ubuntu

Submission + - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS out - Unity gets a second chance (aboutlinux.info)

An anonymous reader writes: So how does Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) fare ? I will say exceptionally well. Unity is not the same ugly duckling it was made out to be. In Ubuntu 12.04, it has transformed into a beautiful swan. As Ubuntu 12.04 is a long term release, the Ubuntu team has pulled all stops to make sure the user experience is positive.

Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine.

Intel

Intel Breathes New Life Into Pentium 207

angry tapir writes "Intel is giving new life to its Pentium processor for servers, and has started shipping the new Pentium 350 chip for low-end servers. The dual-core processor operates at a clock speed of 1.2GHz and has 3MB of cache. Like many server chips, the Pentium 350 lacks features such as integrated graphics, which are on most of Intel's laptop and desktop processors."

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