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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
Tired of being tracked by Google? Try this!
Post Date: 2008-06-14 22:39:55 by Elliott Jackalope
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I decided that I'm not fond of the idea of Google keeping eternal logs on my web searches, so I found this alternative. It's called "Scroogle", at www.scroogle.org - here's a link you can use for their "Scraper" service. www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm
Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos
Post Date: 2008-06-11 00:02:29 by Indrid Cold
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YouTube videos that show a group of friends apparently cooking kernels of popcorn with their cellphones have been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week. The clever parlor trick (see embedded clip) looks amazing enough, but there's a hitch: It's not physically possible, according to University of Virginia physics professor Louis Bloomfield. "[The videos] are cute," said Bloomfield in a phone conversation Monday. "But that's never gonna happen." In a microwave oven, energy excites the water inside popcorn kernels until it turns into highly pressurized gas, causing the kernels to pop. If mobile phones emitted that much energy, ...
Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots
Post Date: 2008-06-10 21:52:10 by farmfriend
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Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots ScienceDaily (Jun. 9, 2008) — The sun has been lying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites. That's good news for people who scramble when space weather interferes with their technology, but it became a point of discussion for the scientists who attended an international solar conference at Montana State University. Approximately 100 scientists from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and North America gathered June 1-6 to talk about "Solar Variability, Earth's Climate and the Space Environment." The scientists said periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, ...
HAARP
Post Date: 2008-06-10 17:01:46 by angle
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This is a U.S. Government Computer System This computer system operates as a world wide web server to provide information to the public concerning unclassified programs only. You may freely access all of the files and images that have been made available on the various home pages hosted by this server. Spend as much or as little time as you wish but remember that this is a U. S. Government computer system. This system is monitored to ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of applicable security features, and for other like purposes. Use of this service constitutes consent to such monitoring. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information; to defeat or circumvent ...
Bringing the Noise to Silent Killer Hybrids
Post Date: 2008-06-10 14:02:08 by scrapper2
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Hybrid and electric vehicles have been called "silent killers" because they run so quietly that pedestrians and bicyclists can't hear 'em coming and get plowed. It's a big enough problem that Congress is looking into it, and a pair of Stanford University students have developed a pretty novel way to bring the noise to hybrids. Their solution? Slap some speakers under wheel wells and crank up the "vroom-vroom" noise. It's an elegant solution. But is the sound of an engine the best they could come up with? The fact hybrids and electric vehicles are so quiet is a serious problem that's getting a lot of press these days. An 8-year-old Minneapolis boy ...
I know a math teacher who is now teaching programing
Post Date: 2008-06-10 12:11:26 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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All his students have personal computers. He can see what each student has on their PC from his PC. Do I need to proceed anymore or can you think for yourself?
Javan mud volcano triggered by drilling, not quake
Post Date: 2008-06-10 09:07:48 by angle
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A two-year-old mud volcano that is still spewing huge volumes of boiling mud, has displaced more than 30,000 people and caused millions of dollars in damage on the island of Java was triggered by the drilling of a gas exploration well, an international team of scientists has concluded. The most detailed scientific analysis to date of the mud volcano disproves the theory that an earthquake that happened two days before it erupted in East Java, Indonesia, was to blame. In the new analysis, the scientists outline and analyze a detailed record of operational incidents during the drilling of a gas exploration well, Banjar-Panji-1, that had been kept by oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas, ...
Military Supercomputer Sets Record
Post Date: 2008-06-09 18:08:31 by RickyJ
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SAN FRANCISCO — An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image I.B.M. The Roadrunner supercomputer costs $133 million and will be used to study nuclear weapons. The new machine is more than twice as fast as the previous fastest supercomputer, the I.B.M. BlueGene/L, which is based at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by ...
WANT TO SAVE GAS?????
Post Date: 2008-06-08 10:22:21 by MING THE MERCILESS
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OK gang, I'm here to report my results from the MOMENTOMETER MPG device I told you about on here about 3 weeks back. 2004 Chrysler Town & Country Minivan I normally get about 280 mile out of a tank of gas with the first tank useing the device I got 303. On the second tank after I got used to the MOMENTOMETER I got 318 on a tank of gas. I burn 87 octane Shell or BP. It's a better quality gas but it should not matter to much. All of thye gas stations now are the same price by a couple of cents so why not burn the good stuff. Make sure your tires are filled properly and always keep your vehicle clean (less drag). Clean your fuel system to insure proper injector efficiency. I ...
The Ultimate Guide to Hypermiling: 100 Driving and Car Tips and Resources
Post Date: 2008-06-07 16:21:21 by Kamala
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The Ultimate Guide to Hypermiling: 100 Driving and Car Tips and Resources Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 10:08am by admin Hypermiling, or driving your car “in a manner that maximizes mileage,” has become more popular among drivers worldwide, as concerns over increasing gas prices and environmental issues heighten. Whether you’re trying to make a difference by helping the environment, or you’re just aiming to save a few more dollars at the pump each month, check out this ultimate guide to hypermiling, which provides tips and resources for smart driving. Driving Tips Below is a list of hypermiling tips that drivers can implement while behind the wheel. We recommend ...
Open Thread: WHY is this woman at Bilderberg?
Post Date: 2008-06-07 01:47:38 by Horse
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Martha J. Farah Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B., 1977, Metallurgy and Materials Science S.B., 1977, Philosophy Harvard University Ph.D., 1983, Experimental Psychology MIT and Boston University School of Medicine Postdoctoral studies, 1983-1985, Neuropsychology PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Psychology, 1985-1992 University of Pennsylvania Professor of Psychology, 1992-present Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 1999-present Adjunct Professor of Neurology, ...
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser For Web -- For Now
Post Date: 2008-06-05 20:19:04 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY By WALTER S. MOSSBERG Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser For Web -- For Now June 5, 2008 If you buy a new Windows Vista PC, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Internet Explorer 7. If you buy a new Macintosh computer, it comes with a decent built-in Web browser, Safari 3.0. So why would you want or need a different Web browser? WSJ's Walt Mossberg reviews the new version of Firefox Web browser, noting its speed, new features and security. That is the question that Mozilla, the nonprofit organization that makes the leading alternative browser, hopes to answer this month when it releases version 3.0 of its Firefox Web ...
Mobile phones expose human habits
Post Date: 2008-06-05 07:29:04 by Kamala
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Mobile phones expose human habits By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News People's movements were not as random as predicted The whereabouts of more than 100,000 mobile phone users have been tracked in an attempt to build a comprehensive picture of human movements. The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again. Most people also move less than 10km on a regular basis, according to the study published in the journal Nature. The results could be used to help prevent outbreaks of disease or forecast traffic, the scientists said. "It would be wonderful if every [mobile] carrier could give ...
New Jason Satellite Indicates 23-Year Global Cooling
Post Date: 2008-06-04 14:57:32 by Tauzero
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New Jason Satellite Indicates 23-Year Global Cooling By Dennis T. Avery, 5/7/2008 8:39:19 AM Now it’s not just the sunspots that predict a 23-year global cooling. The new Jason oceanographic satellite shows that 2007 was a “cool” La Nina year—but Jason also says something more important is at work: The much larger and more persistent Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) has turned into its cool phase, telling us to expect moderately lower global temperatures until 2030 or so. For the past century at least, global temperatures have tended to mirror the 20-to 30-year warmings and coolings of the north-central Pacific Ocean. We don’t know just why, but the pattern of ...
Assignment; I will be away for awhile
Post Date: 2008-05-30 22:19:21 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Just a quick note to all - I've got a new assignment and probably won't have an opportunity to get back here as often as I have the last few months. Until we meet again, au revoir, les enfants.
Poster Comment:a new assignment ? Liberty Forum home page Name James West Title agitator Total Posts 760 Fame 6 Homepage http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/ Occupation Industry spokesman, reseacher Hobbies climate science and atmospheric experiments involving high-power EM waves Location USA Bio A regular Joseph R. Citizen presently serving an internship on planet earth, learning principles from the honest people represented here on LF towards 'an edge' that will someday ...
Israel denies working on biological weapon to target Arabs
Post Date: 2008-05-28 21:51:49 by Jethro Tull
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Israel denies working on biological weapon to target Arabs From:AP OnlineDate:November 15, 1998More results for:israeli genetic specific weapons AP Online 11-15-1998 JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel denied Sunday that it is trying to identify genes unique to Arabs in order to target them with a biological weapon that would leave Jews unharmed. London's Sunday Times had reported that Israeli scientists were trying to create a genetically modified bacterium or virus that only attacks people who carry specific genes. David Bar-Illan, a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected the report, saying such stories only proved ``that there is no limit to human gullibility and also ...
Monkeys control a robot arm with their thoughts
Post Date: 2008-05-28 21:23:18 by Horse
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Two monkeys with tiny sensors in their brains have learned to control a mechanical arm with just their thoughts, using it to reach for and grab food and even to adjust for the size and stickiness of morsels when necessary, scientists reported on Wednesday. The report, released online by the journal Nature, is the most striking demonstration to date of brain-machine interface technology. Scientists expect that technology will eventually allow people with spinal cord injuries and other paralyzing conditions to gain more control over their lives. The findings suggest that brain-controlled prosthetics, while not practical, are at least technically within reach. In previous studies, ...
Swiss man flies like a bird
Post Date: 2008-05-28 13:57:27 by Tauzero
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Swiss man flies like a bird A Swiss man took to the skies Wednesday but not with a plane. He used a jet pack of sorts. Yves Rossy is a airline pilot, who’s spent more than a year trying to become the first man to fly using a single jet-powered wing. World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick caught up with Rossy, who calls himself Fusionman, at the first ever demonstration. By Alex Helmick, World Radio Switzerland If you’re going to watch a man fly passed you with a rocket on his back, you might want to go to a mountain top about 2,000 meters high. You’ll probably need a helicopter to get there. Dozens of journalists were there, Ives Rossy’s sponsors, even his ...
WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags
Post Date: 2008-05-27 19:45:15 by angle
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Getting ordinary plastic bags to rot away like banana peels would be an environmental dream come true. After all, we produce 500 billion a year worldwide and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. They take up space in landfills, litter our streets and parks, pollute the oceans and kill the animals that eat them. Now a Waterloo teenager has found a way to make plastic bags degrade faster -- in three months, he figures. Daniel Burd's project won the top prize at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Ottawa. He came back with a long list of awards, including a $10,000 prize, a $20,000 scholarship, and recognition that he has found a practical way to help the environment. Daniel, a ...
Field studies find lower productivity with GM seeds
Post Date: 2008-05-26 19:53:12 by Original_Intent
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(The Independent, UK) – Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis. The study – carried out over the past three years at the University of Kansas in the US grain belt – has found that GM soya produces about 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent, contradicting assertions by advocates of the technology that it increases yields. Professor Barney Gordon, of the university's department of agronomy, said he started the research – reported in the journal Better Crops – because ...
US woman wakes up after 'death set in'
Post Date: 2008-05-26 00:02:42 by DeaconBenjamin
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CHARLESTON (WEST VIRGINIA): Val Thomas' doctors honestly can't explain how she is alive today. Thomas, who lives in West Virginia, is being called a medical miracle after she suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours. Thomas' heart stopped on Saturday and doctors said she had no pulse. Rigor mortis started to set in, and she was placed on a respiratory machine, NewsNet5.com reported. "Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled," Thomas' son, Jim, told NewsNet5.com . "Death had set in." Thomas, 59, was rushed to a West Virginia hospital, where she was put on a special machine to induce hypothermia. This ...
Back to the future, via a donut-shaped vacuum?
Post Date: 2008-05-25 16:59:16 by PSUSA
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Spacecraft on track to make historic Mars landing
Post Date: 2008-05-25 12:16:55 by christine
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PASADENA, Calif. - A three-legged NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars Sunday for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near Mars' north pole to study whether the permafrost could have supported primitive life. The time it takes the Phoenix Mars Lander to streak through the atmosphere and set down on the dusty surface has been dubbed "the seven minutes of terror" for good reason. More than half of the world's attempts to land on Mars have ended in failures. "I'm a little nervous on the inside. I'm getting butterflies," Peter Smith, principal investigator from the University of Arizona, Tucson, said on the eve of the landing. "We ...
NASA moves to save computers from swarming ants
Post Date: 2008-05-23 22:16:51 by rack42
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A flood of voracious ants is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios and even vehicles in their path. Even the Johnson Space Center has called in extermination experts to keep the pests out of their sensitive and critical systems. The ants have been causing all kinds of trouble in five Texas counties in and around the Gulf Coast. Because of their sheer numbers, the ants are short circuiting computers in homes and offices, and knocking systems offline in major businesses. When IT personnel pry the affected computers open, they find the machines loaded with thousands of ant bodies. "These ants are raising havoc," said Roger Gold, professor of entomology at Texas ...
Oil, much gas off limits on public lands
Post Date: 2008-05-23 15:38:50 by Peppa
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BILLINGS, Mont. — A new report from the Bush administration says most of the oil and more than 40 percent of the natural gas beneath public lands in the U.S. are off limits to drilling. Opening those reserves — by rolling back environmental safeguards and employing new drilling technologies — would give energy companies access to an estimated 19 billion barrels of oil and 231 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, administration officials said Wednesday. The Bureau of Land Management report is likely to add to growing political pressure to curb fuel imports and dampen prices by ramping up domestic energy production. But it comes amid a development backlash in some parts of ...
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