http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Chechen_rebels_say_they_blew_up_Russian_dam_%0A____%28Reuters%29.html Reuters - Chechen fighters said in a letter posted on a rebel website that they had used an anti-tank grenade to cause a disaster at a massive dam in Siberia this week presumed to have killed over 70 people. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Jan._15%2C_1919%3A_Morass_of_Molasses_Mucks_Up_Boston.html 1919: A giant molasses tank blows up, sending a wall of thick, sticky syrup through the streets of a Boston neighborhood. The blast and the molasses flood kill 21 people and injure 150. The Purity Distilling Company built the tank in 1915 on the waterfront of Boston's North End, a populous neighborhood of Italian immigrants just a few blocks from the city's financial and downtown shopping districts. With a diameter of 90 feet and 50 feet high, the iron tank could hold about 2½ million gallons of molasses, ready to be distilled into rum or industrial alcohol. At least, it could hold the molasses until shortly after noon on Jan. 15, 1919. No one is sure what caused the disaster. Workers and neighbors had complained about the tank leaking for years, so the owner painted it brown to hide the leaks. But the disaster was likely not due to overfilling, because the tank didn't merely give way -- it exploded. The local temperature had risen from 2 degrees above zero to the 40s in a couple of days. It's possible that the rapid heating started a fermentation process, or that newly added warm molasses somehow reacted with colder molasses lower in the tank. Whatever caused the explosion, the tank gave out a dull roar, and then its two sides flew outward with a mighty blast. One huge piece knocked out the support of an elevated railway, buckling the tracks. An engineer stopped his train just in time to avoid an even worse disaster. Fragments of metal landed 200 feet away. Besides sending shrapnel whizzing through the air, the explosion flattened people, horses and buildings with a huge shockwave. As some tried to get to their feet, the sudden vacuum where the tank once was created a reverse shockwave, sucking air in and knocking people, animals and vehicles around once more, and shaking homes off their foundations. That was just the first few seconds. The real terror was about to begin. The tank had been filled to near capacity, and 2.3 millions of thick, heavy, odorous molasses formed a sticky tsunami that started at 25 or 30 feet high and coursed through the streets at 35 mph. Victims couldn't outrun it. It knocked them into buildings and other obstacles, it swept them off their feet, and it pulled them under to drown in a viscous, suffocating, brown death. When it was over, more than a score had died, and seven or eight times that number suffered injuries. The mess took months to clean up, and the legal issues even longer. It was the height of the post-World War I Red Scare, and the distillery blamed anarchists, who they said knew the molasses was intended for alcohol to make military ammunition. The victims and their survivors blamed the distillery for faulty construction and unsafe operation. More than a hundred separate lawsuits dragged on until 1925, when the U.S. Industrial Alcohol Co., the distillery's owner, finally settled the claims for nearly $1 million (about $12 million in today's money). One of the strangest industrial accidents ever lingered on, and not just in a few safety improvements. On warm days for decades after, the neighborhood smelled of molasses. And if you listen to old-timers, even today, hot weather brings a vague, sickly sweet smell to the streets of the North End. Source: Various http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/New_Xbox_Experience_Causing_HDMI_Sound_Loss_Issues.html http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Qantas_jet_probe_focuses_on_exploding_oxygen_cylinders_%0A____%28AFP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080727/ts_afp/philippinesaustraliaairqantasincident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080727/capt.cps.ncm49.270708121535.photo00.photo.default-512x483.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=BRGIxWFoIegWyTzDRvljlg--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="The scheduled route of a Qantas flight from London to Melbourne, forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in its fuselage.(AFP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Air safety investigators said Sunday that an exploding oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for tearing a huge hole in an Australian Qantas jumbo jet in mid-air, nearly causing a disaster.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_train_disaster_%26%2339%3Bcaused_by_human_error%26%2339%3B_%0A____%28AFP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080428/ts_afp/chinarailaccidenterror"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080428/capt.cps.nah70.280408105340.photo00.photo.default-388x512.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=JDUdKGltMuRM6i7VOv7exw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Map locating the city of Zibo in eastern China where 66 people were killed and 250 injured when two passenger trains collided after one of them derailed.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A train collision in east China that killed at least 66 people early Monday was caused by human error, state media reported citing preliminary investigations.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Experiment_Shows_Traffic_%27Shock_Waves%27_Cause_Jams.html Galactic_grub writes "Japanese researchers recently performed the first experimental demonstration of a phenomenon that causes a busy freeway to inexplicably grind to a halt. A team from Nagoya University in Japan had volunteers drive cars around a small circular track and monitored the way 'shockwaves' — caused when one driver brakes — are sent back to other cars, caused jams to occur. Drivers were asked to travel at 30 kmph but small fluctuations soon appeared, eventually causing several vehicles to stop completely. Understanding the phenomenon could help devise ways to avoid the problem. As one researcher comments: 'If they had set up an experiment with robots driving in a perfect circle, flow breakdown would not have occurred.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Katrina%2C_Rita_Caused_Forestry_Disaster.html New satellite imaging has revealed that hurricanes Katrina and Rita produced the largest single forestry disaster on record in the nation -- an essentially unreported ecological catastrophe that killed or severely damaged about 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Staged_Hack_Causes_Generator_to_Self-Destruct.html An anonymous reader writes "It has been revealed that in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security exercise codenamed 'Aurora' conducted in March of this year, researchers were able to cause a power generator to self-destruct remotely via a hack which changed the operating cycle of the generator. 'Government sources said changes are being made to both computer software and physical hardware to protect power generating equipment. And the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it is conducting inspections to ensure all nuclear plants have made the fix. Industry experts also said the experiment shows large electric systems are vulnerable in ways not previously demonstrated.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Your_microwave_hates_the_Wii.html One NeoGAF poster set out to warn everyone of the evils that a microwave can cause a Wii owner. Long story short, he came to find out that when his microwave was in use, it was causing latency issues with his Wiimote. Keep in mind that the distance between his Wiimote and the microwave was about 10 feet. If you’ve been having intermittent issues with your Wiimote, this could very well be the reason! That is, if you are eating and playing the Wii at the same time.And by the way…don’t go experiment with an NES cartridge and a microwave like the picture above!LinkSource: http://gonintendo.com/?p=24447 RawmeatCowboy http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Fireworks%3A_Japan%27s_Weather_Experiment__to_Shame_the_Moon.html In its never-ending quest to out-Sci-Fi the world, Japan is treating its citizens to what they're calling a "space fireworks show" - resulting from an experiment to study the atmosphere. On Sunday night at 7:26 PM (in Japan) an S-520 rocket will be launched into the sky and release lithium vapor into the ionosphere, creating three huge red balls of light - both as big and bright as the moon -- to be seen in the sky for one and a half minutes. The purpose of the experiment -- as the above picture so clearly explains -- is to study the atmospheric flow of the ionosphere at an altitude between 100 to 300 km - a veritable atmospheric "blind spot" for both satellites and weather balloons. The balls of light are caused when sunlight strikes the lithium vapor clouds as they disperse and will give the people of Japan a quick glimpse into the beauty that is Armageddon. [PinkTentacle via Asahi] http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Big_Red_Button_Disasters%3F.html FredDC asks: "The Daily WTF has a story about a Big Red Button disaster. What Big Red Button disasters have you experienced? Which ones have you caused? Are there any that you've heard about, or do you know of any that can happen any day now?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Kansas_disaster_renews_National_Guard_debate_%0A____%28Reuters%29.html Reuters - Critics of the Iraq war said on Tuesday the Bush administration's failure to replenish vital National Guard equipment sent to Iraq caused Kansas to fall short in responding to last week's tornado disaster, and other states were equally vulnerable. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Microsoft_Redefines_%22Vista_Capable%22_as_Minimum_Experience.html Two weeks ago, Dianne Kelley started a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft alleging the software company is engaging in deceptive practices by branding new computers with a Windows Vista Capable logo even if they could only run Vista Home Basic. Although Microsoft strongly refutes Kelley's claims, the threat of a lawsuit may have caused the software giant to change its description of the Windows Vista Capable program from:"Through the Windows Vista Capable program, Windows XP-based PCs that are powerful enough to run Windows Vista are now available from leading PC manufacturers worldwide, including Acer Inc., Dell Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Gateway Inc., HP, Lenovo, NEC Corp., Sony Corp., Toshiba and more. The Windows Vista Capable logo is designed to assure customers that the PCs they buy today will be ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista and can run the core experiences of Windows Vista." to"A new PC running Windows XP that carries the Windows Vista Capable PC logo can run Windows Vista. All editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run these core experiences at a minimum. Some features available in the premium editions of Windows Vista - like the new Windows Aero user experience - may require advanced or additional hardware." News source: DailyTech Read full story... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/coComment_causing_problems_in_loading_pages.html It seems that coComment has real problems. You may experience long loading time here. Sorry for that. Especially on the sidebar. This is because the widget of coComment is the last thingy which is loading in a seperate page and so the whole posting cannot be loaded, thus creating the sidebar not to load.The website cannot be reached and there is no communication of coComment at all if they have problems and what the timeframe of implementing the solution will be.So I Google on problem cocomment and saw the posting on steves2cents. Apparently he reached their blog....I do not know what their blog is so I cannot read it. But as I understand it right, coComment has severe DNS problems and must switch over to another hoster.Steve even removed coComment. I think I will do that to today, because the problem causes bad performance on indiviual postings.I hope they read this and can tell us what the problem is and when it will be solved. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Microwave_Experiments_Cause_Sponge_Disasters.html gollum123 writes "Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test the idea this week — with sometimes disastrous results. A team at the University of Florida found that two minutes in the microwave at full power could kill a range of bacteria, viruses and parasites on kitchen sponges. They described how they soaked the sponges in wastewater and then zapped them. But several experimenters evidently left out the crucial step of wetting the sponge. "Just wanted you to know that your article on microwaving sponges and scrubbers aroused my interest. However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters." http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/EDS_Brings_Experience_To_The_Table_For_Remote_Infrastructure_Management.html As one of the most experienced players in the infrastructure management market, EDS unsurprisingly appears as a leading vendor for the remote infrastructure management segment. While EDS has a very strong current offering, it is less convincing in its willingness to develop this business and sustain significant growth. Clients can benefit from EDS's technical experience in aspects like hardware consolidation and disaster recovery management, acquired from its own data center management. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Scientists_Make_Item_Invisible_to_Microwaves.html Vicissidude writes "A team of American and British researchers has made a cloak of invisibility. In their experiment the scientists used microwaves to try and detect a copper cylinder. Like light and radar waves, microwaves bounce off objects making them visible and creating a shadow, though it has to be detected with instruments. If you can hide something from microwaves, you can hide it from radar and visible light. In effect the device, made of metamaterials — engineered mixtures of metal and circuit board materials, which could include ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite materials — channels the microwaves around the object being hidden. When water flows around a rock, co-author David R. Smith explained, the water recombines after it passes the rock and people looking at the water downstream would never know it had passed a rock. The first working cloak was in only two dimensions and did cast a small shadow, Smith acknowledged. The next step is to go for three dimensions and to eliminate any shadow." http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Helios_crash_caused_by_human_error.html A series of human errors caused Cyprus's worst airline disaster in which 121 died, the inquiry report concludes. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Just_Cause_Video_Review.html If you can get past the serious suspension of disbelief in Just Cause, you'll find it to be a very visceral experience, get all the details in this video review. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:42 +0100