NASA to Test Space-Time Fabric. A satellite designed to test predictions Einstein made about time and space in 1916 is ready to fly. The experiment utilizes four pingpong-sized balls of quartz -- the most perfect spheres ever made -- chilled to absolute zero. [
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IBM's Mainframe Dinosaur Turns 40 [Slashdot]
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Blackout Report Says Industry Failed to Follow Own Rules. The blackout in August might not have happened if the power industry had followed their own rules, an official inquiry concluded. By Maria Newman. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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