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Dead Pigs Used To Investigate Ocean's "Dead Zones" 106

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 04, 2010 @03:55PM from the big-ocean-long-pig dept.

timothy writes "As places to study what happens to corpses, the Atlantic Ocean is both much larger and much more specialized than the famous 'body farm' in Knoxville, TN. But for all kinds of good reasons, sending human bodies into Davy Jones' locker just to see where they float and how they bloat is unpopular. Pigs don't pay taxes, and more importantly, they don't vote. So Canadian scientists have taken to using them as human-body proxies, to study what happens when creatures of similar size and hairlessness (aka, us) end up 86ed and in the drink."

Comment Re:Verified by Visa Backdoor (Score 1) 302

by osmodion on Friday August 08, 2008 @03:21PM (#24530335) Attached to: Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program

It was the same merchant, but the limit was set to the cost of the first purchase and the number was set to expire three days later, at the end of the month. The second purchase was well over the limit on its own, and as well as a couple weeks past the expiration date.

Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold 464

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday March 23, 2006 @07:36PM from the not-too-good dept.

kamikaze-Tech writes "It is being reported on the Vonage Forums that last month when Loren Veltkamp's Chanhassen, Minnesota home caught on fire, he immediately called 9-1-1 using Vonage. Unfortunately, Vonage put him on hold, causing a delay in the response from emergency workers. By the time fire crews arrived, the fire had become a five-alarm blaze. The house was a total loss."

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