Spotted at a gas station in Switzerland: two of those ultra-pricey, ultra-futuristic motorbikes which impressed the pants off us several years ago. Guess someone felt the $US82,350 two-seaters were a steal.
The scientists at CERN momentarily forgot how to speak like, well, scientists, and got a little carried away on Twitter after they successfully saw particle collisions for the first time. [CERN]
Two French tourists were rescued today in the Swiss mountains after getting lost on a ski trip. They managed to contact authorities, but their phone died shortly thereafter. Thank God somebody brought an iPod.
As part of an effort to thwart future ISP infractions, a la Comcast, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released Switzerland, an open source software tool for “testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.” If you’ve been following Comcast for any amount of time over the past year or so, you know exactly what that means.
There’s clearly something going on with the Swiss and hot water: first “extreme jacuzzi-ing” on top of Mont Blanc, and now they’re going to use waste energy kicked out by servers to warm a swimming pool. It’s a simple concept: take the heat from the server room air-conditioners at a new data centre, and direct it through heat exchangers to the water in the town pool. The town, Uitikon, will get a hot pool and all they had to pay for was some of the connecting gear since the heat would otherwise have been vented. Cool! … or rather, hot! Darn eco-friendly too. [Sydney Morning Herald]
