Comment Re:It's a tower? (Score 1) 270
The salt isn't kept in the tower, that's just the thermal energy receiver.
Journal Journal: Concurrently Running Firewalls 2
I'm the Security Manager for one element of a multi faceted organization. That said, some of the dimmer lights around the table want to run both Windows firewall (XP) and another third party vendor's solution at the same time. I've come out against this as I think it's stupid and potentially problematic. I've had both yes and no responses from MS on this issue. Can the Slashdot user community provide reasons pro/con for this solution?
Submission + - Ocean Planets on the Brink of Detection
ZonkerWilliam writes: Seems, at least theoretically, that there may be water planets, and that we may be close to detecting them.
http://www.physorg.com/news89627725.html
Excerpt from the article;
"Imagine a world with no land at all, merely the impenetrable depths of a seething ocean. Models of planet formation predict the existence of such worlds, even though our own solar system has none. Indeed, their formation should actually be rather common — and new satellites may soon detect them around other stars."
Journal Journal: Are you ever afraid that your geekiness will doom you? 5
So, we've all seen the article and discussion about Cap'n Crunch.I want to know, did any of you read the article and think "that could be me if I really f*ck up?" I know that I did.
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