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Geeks-Only Q&A From Super User - ReadWriteStart - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...ks-only-qa-from-super-user.php
shared by Kevin de Groote on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Kevin de Groote on 27 Jul 09
     
    From the minds behind programming Q&A site StackOverflow comes Super User, the smart, simple way to get answers to geeky questions about computer hardware and software. Last fall, ...
  • pacome delva on 28 Jul 09
     
    I cannot access this site... beta testing!
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Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...24trading.html INF market mathematics algorithms game
shared by LeopoldS on 26 Jul 09 - Cached
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  • LeopoldS on 26 Jul 09
     
    following Francesco's post from Slatdot, this is now the original article from the NYT ... enjoy
  • pacome delva on 28 Jul 09
     
    completely crazy these high speed transactions... they should rather put their efforts in science...!
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Hubble Snaps Sharpest Image Yet of Jupiter Impact | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...st-image-yet-of-jupiter-impact celestial mechanics astronomy asteroid
shared by Francesco Biscani on 26 Jul 09 - Cached
  • If whatever hit Jupiter — and astronomers might never know what it was — had instead struck Earth, it would have caused catastrophic damage to human civilization.
  • Francesco Biscani on 26 Jul 09
     
    Thanks for taking the hit for us, big J!
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Bacterial computers can crack mathematical problems | Science | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...bacteria-computer inf computer science
shared by Francesco Biscani on 26 Jul 09 - Cached
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  • Biologists have created a living computer from E. coli bacteria that can solve complex mathematical problems
  • LeopoldS on 26 Jul 09
     
    nice article ... though the colouring used seems a lit awkward to me ...
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For NASA Employees, It's "Spacebook" Not Facebook - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...its-spacebook-not-facebook.php web space
shared by Kevin de Groote on 24 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Kevin de Groote on 24 Jul 09
     
    At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, employees can now log on to their own intranet portal designed for group collaboration, social bookmarking, and general employee-to-employee ...
  • LeopoldS on 25 Jul 09
     
    and we are late again!!!!
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SpaceX Launch Successfully Delivers Satellite Into Orbit | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...spacexlaunch launcher spaceflight space tourism
shared by LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09
     
    fantastic step forward! does anybody know how much they actually sell/sold the launch? I could not find good data. The only phrase in the article that I doubt is this one "Satellite launches are a lucrative business" ...
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Trapping Carbon Dioxide Or Switching To Nuclear Power Not Enough To Solve Global Warmin... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090713085248.htm climate change global warming
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  • pacome delva on 14 Jul 09
     
    hello, you should put underscores between the words of your tags otherwise it makes two tags...
  • Nina Nadine Ridder on 15 Jul 09
     
    Oh... sorry. Thought that it's enough to seperate the tags with a comma. Won't happen again!
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Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars - space - 22 July 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...power-39day-trips-to-mars.html MAD vasimir nrg
shared by Francesco Biscani on 22 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Joris _ on 24 Jul 09
     
    As I mentioned it into my thesis, this engine bridges the gap between chemical and low-thrust propulsion systems. To be more specific: Isp should vary between 1000 and 30000s, and the thrust amplitude should reach up to 1200 N. It is interesting to see that the concept is actually moving forward ...
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CFC Replacements Intensify Climate Concerns - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2009071901817.html global warming_chemicals
shared by Friederike Sontag on 21 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Friederike Sontag on 21 Jul 09
     
    "But researchers say what's good for ozone is bad for climate change. In the atmosphere, these replacement chemicals [replacements for CFCs] act like "super" greenhouse gases, with a heat-trapping power that can be 4,470 times that of carbon dioxide." Havent't heard of this before...
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DARPA funds high-power satellite system demonstration - 0 views

www.flightglobal.com/...lite-system-demonstration.html MAD power SPS NRG
shared by Joris _ on 13 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Its goal is to perform ground demonstrations of a 20kW generation system that is scalable to output up to 80kW
  • LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09
     
    interesting indeed! also for SPS!
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Apollo special: Mirrors on the moon - space - 12 July 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...ecial-mirrors-on-the-moon.html celestial mechanics general relativity
shared by Francesco Biscani on 12 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 12 Jul 09
     
    Maybe Pacome can come up with some nice idea on testing GR with the reflectors on the Moon?
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The Next Hacking Frontier: Your Brain? | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

www.wired.com/...neurosecurity BMI brain hacking INF BIO
shared by LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 14 Jul 09
     
    here we go with the next frontier for hackers .... we should have added a chapter on it on our BMI book :-)
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Google Code Blog: Apollo 11 mission's 40th Anniversary: One large step for open source ... - 0 views

googlecode.blogspot.com/...ions-40th-anniversary-one.html open source computer science
shared by Francesco Biscani on 21 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Francesco Biscani on 21 Jul 09
     
    See, open source works :)
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