The Point Beach nuclear power plant near Milwaukee, Wisconsin was shut down
for several hours after a convenience store clerk misunderstood a comment by a
contractor who was asking for directions.
The contractor, reporting for his first day on the job, and due to his
inexperience had jokingly said to the clerk that he "hoped he wouldn't blow up
the place". The clerk misunderstood and thought he said that he "came to blow up
the place".
The clerk called police to report what she heard. FBI and local police
searched the man's vehicle at the power plant and determined that he wasn't a
threat.
Netflix Thief Caught Red-handed, Shirtless
In New York city Brian Krische and his enterprising roommate had grown tired
of their Netflix DVD's going missing before they ever received them. So what do
they do? They setup a motion-sensing camera and pointed it at their mailbox.
What did they see? One of the "White-trash first floor tenants" who has a
penchant for checking their neighbor's mail while out on their daily shirtless
stroll. They snagged any red envelopes they could find.
When Mr. Krische sent the evidence to Netflix, Netflix called the local
police. The shirtless bandits were awarded a $750.00 fine and a trip to the
First Offender Program.
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Google Defends Data Retention Policy
Internet search giant Google has replied to EU reports on the company's data
retention policy, saying they hold on to user data for 18 months so as to
improve their search services. The EU slammed the policy as unnecessary.
The report comes along with the long-awaited recommendations for European
data protection laws, and how these should be relevant to Internet search
services. The report states that Web users should be fairly warned about their
data being held.
The report, written by the Working Party, said: "It is the opinion of the
Working Party that search engines in their role as collectors of user data have
so far insufficiently explained the nature and purpose of their operations to
the users..."
Internet is Dead. Welcome to 'The Grid'
This summer, on the 'Red Button Day', scientists will turn on the LHC (Large
Hadron Collider), and also open The Grid, which can send data online 10,000
times faster than current standards. Movies can be downloaded in 5 seconds, for
example.
Scientists began developing The Grid several years ago when they realized the
jaw-dropping annual amount of info collected from LHC can't be stored locally. A
small academic network has already been in use by researchers to design drugs to
fight malaria.
The Grid, according to experts, will transmit holographic data, revolutionize
business, and lead to 'Cloud Computing'- where users store all data online. The
LHC is expected to reveal secrets about the Higgs boson particle which gives
matter mass.
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