Monday, January 28, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
How Hot Did The Jet Fuel Heat The World Trade Center?
How Hot Did The Jet Fuel Heat The World Trade Center?: "'In the mid-1990s British Steel and the Building Research Establishment performed a series of six experiments at Cardington to investigate the behavior of steel frame buildings. These experiments were conducted in a simulated, eight-story building. Secondary steel beams were not protected. Despite the temperature of the steel beams reaching 800-900� C (1,500-1,700� F) in three of the tests (well above the traditionally assumed critical temperature of 600� C (1,100� F), no collapse was observed in any of the six experiments.'"
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
Gates bids farewell to tech gathering - MarketWatch
Gates bids farewell to tech gathering - MarketWatch: "In particular, he predicted that a key element in the next decade will be 'natural-user interface,' in which consumers interface with their devices in more natural ways. He even mentioned the iPhone - the iconic touch-screen wireless phone introduced last year by longtime Microsoft rival Apple Inc. (AAPL:
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