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[Dec. 9th, 2002|10:31 am] |
- GPS may provide early earthquake warning The network will work by detecting movement between GPS stations on opposite sides of the fault. The stations are capable of relaying their position once a second and can detect the first five centimetres of movement within 10 seconds, says Hudnut. Seismic waves travel at about five kilometres per second, so cities more than 50km from the epicentre could receive a warning before any shaking starts. "At this point, there is no seismic early warning system in the United States," notes Hudnut.
- Smart email addresses could slice spam This is because hidden in the address are encrypted rules determining who is permitted to reply to the address, as well as how many replies can be sent and when.
- Asteroids prompted Martian flash floods - Heart drug could help cocaine addicts - Cable companies despise PVRs :content control and revenue is why - Americans Continue To Embrace Potential Of Digital Music and are willing to pay for it - [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a href"http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/343/metro/gene_pattern_seen_identifying_cancers_prone_to_spreading+.shtml">') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] - <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993157">GPS may provide early earthquake warning</a> The network will work by detecting movement between GPS stations on opposite sides of the fault. The stations are capable of relaying their position once a second and can detect the first five centimetres of movement within 10 seconds, says Hudnut. Seismic waves travel at about five kilometres per second, so cities more than 50km from the epicentre could receive a warning before any shaking starts. "At this point, there is no seismic early warning system in the United States," notes Hudnut.
- <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993152">Smart email addresses could slice spam</a> This is because hidden in the address are encrypted rules determining who is permitted to reply to the address, as well as how many replies can be sent and when.
- <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993154">Asteroids prompted Martian flash floods</a> - <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2549169.stm">Heart drug could help cocaine addicts</a> - <a href="http://www.cableworld.com/archive/cableworld/2002/12/09/cwd02120901.shtml">Cable companies despise PVRs</a> :content control and revenue is why - <a href="http://www.ipsos-reid.com/media/dsp_displaypr_us.cfm?id_to_view=1685">Americans Continue To Embrace Potential Of Digital Music and are willing to pay for it</a> - <a href"http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/343/metro/Gene_pattern_seen_identifying_cancers_prone_to_spreading+.shtml">Gene pattern seen identifying cancers prone to spreading</a> |
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