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Cool Neutron Stars?

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-science dept.

Defector!!! writes "Seems that there are neutron stars that are much cooler than previously thought. CNN has the story here http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/09/10/cool.star /index.html Ahh, now if we could only get one of those jumbo heat sinks, maybe we could overclock a star....."

8 comments

  1. I always thought Neutron stars were cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Now I find out they are even cooler. Neat-Oh.

    1. Re:I always thought Neutron stars were cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x * g o a t s e x *
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      * \ \-~ ~-\ | *
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      * | \ \) `---- --' | *
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  2. Rock on, Slashdot! by flewp · · Score: 0, Troll

    2001-09-11 08:57:01 Neutron Stars Cooler Than Expected (articles,space) (rejected)

    Not that I care that much, but why post a story later when it's not so much "news" anymore?
    Seriously, I know they have their reasons, but it just doesn't make sense.

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    WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
    1. Re:Rock on, Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hmm, maybe something more important was happening on September 11?

  3. neutron by zardor · · Score: 2, Funny

    A neutron walks into a bar and orders a martini. When the bartender hands him the drink, the neutron asks, "How much do I owe you?"
    The bartender replies, "For you ... no charge."

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    -- We don't understand software, and sometimes we don't understand hardware, but we can *see* the blinking lights
  4. heat sinks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    amd and intel keep making cpu's that run hotter and hotter.

    you'll need a neutronium heat sink before december 2002.

    too bad it'll weigh more than every computer ever made.