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Do Comets go Poof?
lwbecker2 writes "IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering Magazine has a free story online about scientists try to solve the mystery of where all the missing comets are going. Do they go Poof? Interesting information on the modelling and simulation of the Universe including the use of Mathematica and Beowulf clusters."
DHMO is water. Solid DHMO is ice. Powdered ice is snow. The term "DHMO" is used to show how easy it is to get sheeple to believe that a safe substance is dangerous. That said, here's a translation:
A release of substantial amounts of powdered water crystals (snow) is
being blamed for the deaths of over 20 people in the Washington, D.C. area.
The release closed numerous U.S. Government offices on Saturday (15); Federal
agencies affected by the blizzard were said to include the Pentagon, CIA and
other key national defense installations. While the snowstorm occurred
just two days after Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced an "Orange"
level terrorism alert, officials said no terrorist group has as yet claimed
responsibility for the release; and U.S. spy satellites had detected few signs
of powdered snow at known terrorist training camps. The dry, white powder
observed in the metro DC area has the same appearance and consistency as
anthrax spores previously observed in US mail -- but this weekend's
storm was over five times deadlier, said officials. It has been known for
some time that the Federal Government has had specially equipped weather
monitoring facilities located at airports, military installations and in the
centers of major US cities, but an official noted that these facilities have
traditionally operated with little public fanfare. Officials said that the
threat from the precipitation has now "abated dramatically" and they
now expect that the U.S. threat level will be lowered to "Yellow" later this
week.