Entries from December 2006

A man with five lives

December 4th, 2006 · Comments Off

According to the BBC, A contact of Alexander Litvinenko who tested positive for the same substance found in the Russian’s body has shown no evidence of “radiation toxicity”. Mario Scaramella is doing well and showing no signs of illness due to polonium-210. That said, it was reported at lunchtime that he’d received “five times the [...]

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Chilling memory cards as they heat up

December 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off

I’m totally confused by the specification for a mini format “SD” card I purchased to augment my Pure Evoke 3 digital radio… According the tech sheet: “Operating Temperature: 0 to 65C, Non-Operating Temperature: -20C to 75C” So, it will work from 0 to quite hot but not if it’s between -20 to 75C. But, isn’t [...]

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