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The Last GM Big-Block V-8 Rolls Off the Line
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/stcHiewBcSY/The-Last-GM-Big-Block-V-8-Rolls-Off-the-Line
DesScorp writes "It's the end of an era in auto technology, as the very last big block V-8 engine from GM has rolled off the production line. The L18 engine was the last variant of an engine that had been in continuous production for over 50 years. The big blocks powered everything from the classic muscle cars of the 60s and 70s to heavy-duty trucks today. From the Buffalo News: 'When GM said last June the L18 would be eliminated by year's end, the announcement triggered another show of devotion to the product. Some customers ordered two years' worth of L18s, to put on the shelf for future use.' More than 5 million big blocks have been produced over the engine's history. The final big block engine to come off the line in Tonawanda, NY is headed for the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, MI."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/22/0113247/The-Last-GM-Big-Block-V-8-Rolls-Off-the-Line?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/22/0113247"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/22/0113247/The-Last-GM-Big-Block-V-8-Rolls-Off-the-Line?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hm3OKFsC70UEQIkY4I7riSmekcM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hm3OKFsC70UEQIkY4I7riSmekcM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/stcHiewBcSY" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2009-12-22T03:18:00+00:00transportationblow-it-out-gtotechnology5858,57,43,33,9,4,2http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/22/0113247/The-Last-GM-Big-Block-V-8-Rolls-Off-the-Line?from=rssVerizon Removes Search Choices For BlackBerrys
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/qe1ZO6KUScQ/Verizon-Removes-Search-Choices-For-BlackBerrys
shrugger writes "I picked up my BlackBerry this morning to do a search and noticed Bing as my default search engine. I thought this was very strange, since I didn't pick this setting. I went to change it back to Google and, to my chagrin, Bing was my only option! Apparently Verizon has pushed an update that removes all search providers except Bing. Thanks a lot Verizon!" The Reg notes: "The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m."<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/237211/Verizon-Removes-Search-Choices-For-BlackBerrys?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/237211"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/237211/Verizon-Removes-Search-Choices-For-BlackBerrys?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6L1Hp06Nejq1yJAnN4EYES_K-dQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6L1Hp06Nejq1yJAnN4EYES_K-dQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/qe1ZO6KUScQ" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2009-12-22T01:22:00+00:00cellphonesyou've-been-bungmobile237237,235,189,153,51,32,18http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/237211/Verizon-Removes-Search-Choices-For-BlackBerrys?from=rssFord's New Cars To Be Wi-Fi Hotspots
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Ziq1cgGV9FY/Fords-New-Cars-To-Be-Wi-Fi-Hotspots
clang_jangle writes "Autoblog and others are reporting on Ford's planned extension to its in-vehicle SYNC multimedia systems — to enable SYNC-equipped Fords as rolling Wi-Fi hotspots. Customers would use their existing cellular USB modems, so for already equipped road warriers there would be no extra monthly charges. While there are other ways to get your car online (Autonet Mobile review here), the SYNC system does look especially simple and practical. Last year BMW made some noise about FOSS for their cars, but they seem to have since stopped talking about it. Will we see a FOSS option for automotive infotainment systems in the future?" The capabilities of SYNC even without W-Fi look potentially pretty distracting. Unless Wi-Fi is blacked out for the driver, the safety implications of this development are worrisome.<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/225224/Fords-New-Cars-To-Be-Wi-Fi-Hotspots?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/225224"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/225224/Fords-New-Cars-To-Be-Wi-Fi-Hotspots?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/k8WBH0zwM28i1p8BwxCfj6-LKOo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/k8WBH0zwM28i1p8BwxCfj6-LKOo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Ziq1cgGV9FY" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2009-12-22T00:28:00+00:00wirelesshigh-speed-internetmobile110110,109,88,70,13,3,1http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/225224/Fords-New-Cars-To-Be-Wi-Fi-Hotspots?from=rssIntel's New Atom D510 Benchmark Tested
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Lm9t2XvcpGU/Intels-New-Atom-D510-Benchmark-Tested
adeelarshad82 writes "The Atom processor in nettops and netbooks is one of Intel's success stories for 2009. Recently PCMag put the new Intel Atom D510 processor through its paces, to see how it stacks up against previous generation Atom CPUs. Using a whitebox system from Intel, they ran their usual set of benchmark tests on the system. In summary the D510-equipped whitebox finished neck and neck with the dual-core powered Acer R3610-U9012. So while there are differences between the two, if you already have a nettop running the dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor you won't have to upgrade 'just because' there's a new CPU in the wings."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/2035229/Intels-New-Atom-D510-Benchmark-Tested?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/2035229"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/2035229/Intels-New-Atom-D510-Benchmark-Tested?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XmPWLN1a6zQ/New-Antifreeze-Molecule-Isolated-In-Alaskan-Beetle
Arvisp writes with the news of a recently discovered antifreeze molecule in an Alaskan beetle that departs from most commonly identified natural antifreeze. "'The most exciting part of this discovery is that this molecule is a whole new kind of antifreeze that may work in a different location of the cell and in a different way,' said zoophysiologist Brian Barnes, director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology and one of five scientists who participated in the Alaska Upis ceramboides beetle project. Just as ice crystals form over ice cream left too long in a freezer, ice crystals in an insect or other organism can draw so much water out of the organism's cells that those cells die. Antifreeze molecules function to keep small ice crystals small or to prevent ice crystals from forming at all. They may help freeze-tolerant organisms survive by preventing freezing from penetrating into cells, a lethal condition. Other insects use these molecules to resist freezing by supercooling when they lower their body temperature below the freezing point without becoming solid."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/202205/New-Antifreeze-Molecule-Isolated-In-Alaskan-Beetle?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/202205"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/202205/New-Antifreeze-Molecule-Isolated-In-Alaskan-Beetle?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-DkTUsXutX2b3CPNgXBHM3a3j-g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-DkTUsXutX2b3CPNgXBHM3a3j-g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/XmPWLN1a6zQ" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2009-12-21T22:44:00+00:00sciencecold-hard-sciencescience8282,78,56,43,16,9,3http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/202205/New-Antifreeze-Molecule-Isolated-In-Alaskan-Beetle?from=rssMalware and Botnet Operators Going ISP
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/a6WVbqA7kgc/Malware-and-Botnet-Operators-Going-ISP
Trailrunner7 writes to mention that malware and botnet operators appear to be escalating to the next level by setting up their own virtual data centers. This elevates the criminals to the ISP level, making it much harder to stop them. "The criminals will buy servers and place them in a large data center and then submit an application for a large block of IP space. In some cases, the applicants are asked for nothing more than a letter explaining why they need the IP space, security researchers say. No further investigation is done, and once the criminals have the IP space, they've taken a layer of potential problems out of the equation. 'It's gotten completely out of hand. The bad guys are going to some local registries in Europe and getting massive amounts of IP space and then they just go to a hosting provider and set up their own data centers,' said Alex Lanstein, senior security researcher at FireEye, an anti-malware and anti-botnet vendor. 'It takes one more level out of it: You own your own IP space and you're your own ISP at that point.'"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1922215/Malware-and-Botnet-Operators-Going-ISP?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1922215"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1922215/Malware-and-Botnet-Operators-Going-ISP?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LCdwoClqxXs/Best-Open-Source-Business-Tools
An anonymous reader writes "My wife and I started an S Corp in 2009 mainly to provide small scale consulting services for friends with small businesses of their own (we build them websites and do odd technical jobs). Now that the year is closing I'm giving thought to our corporate tax filings which will be due March 15th. I've scoured the web for free/open source legal templates for hiring contractors, issuing W-2s, keeping shareholder minute meetings, etc, but haven't been able to find any decent sources. It seems like this should be a priority of the open source community since reducing the cost of entry into small business could drive open source development. What are the best sources of open source legal templates, tax filing software, corporate compliance templates, etc?" What experiences have others had with open sources businesses and the best way to consolidate the necessary corporate mojo into a workable model?<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1754239/Best-Open-Source-Business-Tools?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1754239"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1754239/Best-Open-Source-Business-Tools?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W0aEEMA4mil57wcq5AjaycPFquc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W0aEEMA4mil57wcq5AjaycPFquc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/LCdwoClqxXs" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2009-12-21T21:01:00+00:00businessgetting-the-details-rightaskslashdot135135,127,94,79,27,16,10http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1754239/Best-Open-Source-Business-Tools?from=rssVirtual Visits To Doctors Spreading
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/y9ASg70BQKw/Virtual-Visits-To-Doctors-Spreading
tresho writes to tell us that virtual doctors visits seem to be on the rise. A new service, most recently deployed in Texas, from "NowClinic" is allowing doctors to make virtual house calls and prescribe anything short of controlled substances. "For $45, anyone in Texas can use NowClinic, whether or not they are insured, by visiting NowClinic.com. Doctors hold 10-minute appointments and can file prescriptions, except for controlled substances. Eventually they will be able to view patients’ medical histories if they are available. The introduction of NowClinic will be the first time that online care has been available nationwide, regardless of insurance coverage."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1748220/Virtual-Visits-To-Doctors-Spreading?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1748220"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1748220/Virtual-Visits-To-Doctors-Spreading?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fArWI-YjUOo/Music-By-Natural-Selection
maccallr writes "The DarwinTunes experiment needs you! Using an evolutionary algorithm and the ears of you the general public, we've been evolving a four bar loop that started out as pretty dismal primordial auditory soup and now after >27k ratings and 200 generations is sounding pretty good. Given that the only ingredients are sine waves, we're impressed. We got some coverage in the New Scientist CultureLab blog but now things have gone quiet and we'd really appreciate some Slashdotter idle time. We recently upped the maximum 'genome size' and we think that the music is already benefiting from the change."<p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1514230/Music-By-Natural-Selection?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1514230"></a></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1514230/Music-By-Natural-Selection?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hjicLn-7FhA/Website-Owners-Manual
Michael J. Ross writes"Experienced Web designers and developers will readily admit that the most challenging aspect of their professions is not the technical work itself, nor learning the tools of the trade, but rather dealing with clients. Within that area, the most frustrating type of work — aside from the ever-joyless chore of collecting on invoices — is getting (non-technical) clients to understand the possibilities and limitations of Web technologies, design decisions, and all the other factors that can make or break a website project, as well as the site itself. Yet this process can be just as unhappy, and far more confusing, to prospective site owners, who typically are quite knowledgeable of their own fields, but have little to no understanding of how best to ensure the success of any website project they sponsor. Aiming to bridge this gap, is the appropriately-titled Website Owner's Manual." Read on for the rest of Michael's review.<p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1447211"></a></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gcWCPKsZw1rlGpGnDzdPTo9Zcb4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gcWCPKsZw1rlGpGnDzdPTo9Zcb4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/hjicLn-7FhA" height="1" width="1"/>samzenpus2009-12-21T19:17:00+00:00booksread-all-about-itbookreview3434,33,26,18,5,3,3http://books.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1447211/Website-Owners-Manual?from=rssThe Definitive Evisceration of <em>The Phantom Menace</em> *NSFW*
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tVLRuqnubqk/The-Definitive-Evisceration-of-emThe-Phantom-Menaceem-NSFW
cowmix writes "When TPM came out ten years ago, its utter crappiness shocked me to the core and wounded a entire generation of geeks. My inner child had been abused and betrayed. I moped around, talking to no one, for almost two weeks. I couldn't bring myself to see #2 or #3, whatever they were called. Now, a decade later, comes Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review, the ultimate, seven-part, seventy minute analysis of this mother of all train wrecks. Not only does it nail how the film blows, but tells us why. Time, apparently, does not heal all wounds." Or, if you prefer all 7 parts embedded in one page, you can check out slashfilm's aggregation.<p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1637235/The-Definitive-Evisceration-of-emThe-Phantom-Menaceem-NSFW?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1637235"></a></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1637235/The-Definitive-Evisceration-of-emThe-Phantom-Menaceem-NSFW?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z12IEup9JtAK2t6HERShmJz8zeg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z12IEup9JtAK2t6HERShmJz8zeg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tVLRuqnubqk" height="1" width="1"/>samzenpus2009-12-21T18:25:00+00:00starwarsmeesa-completely-agreeentertainment512512,506,409,330,98,47,32http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1637235/The-Definitive-Evisceration-of-emThe-Phantom-Menaceem-NSFW?from=rssLegislator Wants Cancer Warnings For Cell Phones
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XFDnB37I6gc/Legislator-Wants-Cancer-Warnings-For-Cell-Phones
Cytalk writes "A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim. The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in some countries, though no US states require them, according to the National Conference of State Legislators. A similar effort is afoot in San Francisco, where Mayor Gavin Newsom wants his city to be the nation’s first to require the warnings."<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1614221/Legislator-Wants-Cancer-Warnings-For-Cell-Phones?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1614221"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1614221/Legislator-Wants-Cancer-Warnings-For-Cell-Phones?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Wrath0fb0b writes "Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis has abruptly canceled an NIH-funded study on an anthrax vaccine in primates. (The primates would have to be euthanized afterward.) There is suspicion that the decision was meant to appease large donor Madeleine Pickens, the wife of noted huntsman T. Boone Pickens, who had previously pressured the school over animal-rights issues. Scientists counter that the study was approved by the NIH peer-review process, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and subject to the Federal Animal Welfare Act (by virtue of using NIH money) and that the decision by the President has short-circuited months of planning and deliberation on the matter. Hargis has denied being influenced by Pickens and cited 'confidential factors' that he couldn't discuss, telling the faculty council that 'to go through every lurid detail is simply not prudent.' A post on Pickens' blog, on the other hand, obliquely takes credit for the 'great decision,' noting a faculty member's hunch that the 'generous benefactor to OSU and her ties to the Humane Society of the United States may have played a role in the termination of the project.' Meanwhile, the NIH expressed displeasure at the decision, stating, 'NIH fully expects institutions to honor these assurances and commitment to complete NIH supported projects as requested, approved and funded.' Some OSU scientists speculated that the fiasco would make it harder for them to receive NIH funding in the future."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1546216/OSU-President-Cans-Anthrax-Vaccine-Research-On-Primates?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1546216"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1546216/OSU-President-Cans-Anthrax-Vaccine-Research-On-Primates?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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thomst writes "A week ago, Rob McKenna, the Attorney General of Washington State, filed suit against DirecTV, alleging 16 counts of unfair, deceptive, and unethical business practices. The charges include failure to disclose important contract information (such as early termination fees, 'service maintenance' fees, and rebate terms), misrepresentation, 'negative option' billing, 'unconscionable enforcement of contract to which there has been no mutual consent,' failure to honor promotional offers, and 'imposing charges when no service has been provided.' The complaint is available online (PDF). MSNBC's Bob Sullivan states that McKenna's office received 375 complaints against DirecTV in the 11.5 months before he filed suit, and 59 additional complaints in the 24 hours immediately after the filing was announced. Sullivan's story also states, 'McKenna said he'd been working with DirecTV for months in an attempt to avoid a court battle, and he was surprised DirecTV refused to change its business practices voluntarily.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1513253/DirecTV-Sued-By-Washington-State?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1513253"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1513253/DirecTV-Sued-By-Washington-State?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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c0mpliant writes "NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have released a simulation of the path of an asteroid, named Apophis, that will come very close to Earth in 2029 — the closest predicted approach since humans have monitored for such heavenly bodies. The asteroid caused a bit of a scare when astronomers first announced that it would enter Earth's neighborhood some time in the future. However, since that announcement in 2004, more recent calculations have put the odds of collision at 1 in 250,000."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1431255/Simulation-of-Close-Asteroid-Fly-By?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/12/21/1431255"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/21/1431255/Simulation-of-Close-Asteroid-Fly-By?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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