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Engineers Unveil Futuristic Unmanned 'Crusher' Vehicle(Pics)

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Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is unveiling a unique ground vehicle that offers new strength, mobility and autonomy features for the Army's effort to keep its troops out of harm's way. It can climb over 4ft. steps on it's own, just one of many things the unmanned vehicle can do.

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NASA's 20-G centrifuge machine

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NASA scientists are using a 20-G centrifuge machine that can simulate up to 20 times the terrestrial gravity to evaluate the effects of hypergravity on humans. The goal of these experiments is to reduce the adverse effects that space travel can have on astronauts' physical heath but also to help the rapidly growing senior population.

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Gas Too Pricey? Make Your Own

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By filling 15 percent of your car's gas tank with ethanol, you can bring down the price-per-gallon from $3 to about $2.40... Of course, if you don't add the ingredient that makes ethanol unfit for human consumption, you would find yourself with something else: 190 proof moonshine.

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Security applications such as namp and ethereal are appearing that run straight from a thumb drive and packet capture, detection and injection tools no longer require the installation of WinPCap or other third-party packet capture drivers.

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The Dilbert Blog: War for Money

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The Dilbert Blog: Why Iraq

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Texas Music - Huddled Masses

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Microsoft Scanning your computer for piracy

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The Washington Post is reporting that a recent update by Microsoft is now scanning people's machines to see if they have valid license, and reporting back to Microsoft, all without user intervention.

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iPod Equalizer Sucks. Fix it.

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Many users have given up on the equalizer presets on the iPod. The "Bass Booster" preset did not have much impact, for example, as on bassy hits in music it simply caused crackling/distortion. After using this guide, my iPod mini sounds much better.

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Project Lightspeed may be slowed down considerably, according to one industry analyst. His reasoning? It's not going to be fast enough. It also means that AT&T fiber customers will have their broadband speeds capped at 6Mbps, as AT&T will be reserving the rest of the 25Mbps node-to-home link for its IPTV programming.

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waiterrant.net » Kobayashi Maru

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Clublife: Moniker

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Linspire goes free, bundles proprietary goodies

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Linspire's new 'free' Linux, Freespire, incorporates propritary programs.

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A interesting read on why Lara Croft's popularity may rely less on her looks and more on how men identify with her.

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Good power saving tips to keep that iPod running as long as you need it to.

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Suggestions that explain this noisy cereal.

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Have a look at these stunning new images, taken with the latest gyro stabalised mount. Shots from the UK, US, Norway, Isreal etc.

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A real "in the trenches" look at what to expect when buying a computer at a brick and mortar retailer. [H] Consumer buys four computers at four national stores and relates their experience, warranties offered, and their suggestions should you be buying a computer yourself, or helping friends or family.

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Apple Computer has begun assembling plans and aligning suppliers for a redesign of its iPod nano digital music player that will go on sale this fall, AppleInsider has learned.

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Panasonic's new ToughBook Letsnote CF-Y5 notebook features a Duo-Core processor and is designed to withstand an impact of up to 220 pounds plus a special waterproof sheet and drainage system.

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According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Police Department detective Robert Lewis said a group of people -- including Manning -- attacked a man in a Denny's restaurant after teasing him for working on a laptop computer.

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Extremely confusing, but cool looking cockpit of the new Airbus aircraft. Notice you can see the location of the aircraft by looking at the GPS on the ECIAS and also a view of the aircraft from the tail camera view

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mimi in NY: A Dream Called Life

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commandN: EPISODE #42 (April 24th, 2006)

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Apple Releases 17" Macbook Pro

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Apple have just released the 17" model of there Macbook Pro

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For the last few years, a coalition of technology companies, academics and computer programmers has been trying to persuade Congress to scale back the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Now Congress is preparing to do precisely the opposite.

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Amazing blacklight tattoos

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Blacklight reactive ink is a great way to have a tattoo that no one can see but under the blacklight or to add a little something special to trip out your friends.

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A Gurerilla marketing campaign by the ad company Saatchi & Saachti for Folders has turned some New York City manholes into STEAMING CUPS OF COFFEE! (with pic goodness)

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The Golf ball was engineered to fly far distances through regular air. The dimples surrounding the Golf ball are the key to distance and accuracy. Golf balls are cheap and can be purchased in bulk from used golf ball dealers. They make the perfect projectile.

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I Invented ... the Apple Logo

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How to keep a bandaid on all day - Japanese Video Via Smart Stuff

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This video will show you how to put on a Band Aid so it stays on all day. So simple, yet effective.

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The Dilbert Blog: Annoying People

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The Dilbert Blog: Psychics and God

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Ever heard a song on TV that you loved but just couldn't figure out the song title or the artist? Well, Apple's two new features "Commercial Success" and "As Heard On" will help you find songs that have been played on various commercials and television shows.

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When an RIAA case against a 14 year old girl was dismissed in court, they tried terrorizing her parents instead with new legal fees. The judge dismissed the RIAA's claims on all counts, calling their actions "inexplicable."

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7.7 Earthquake Hits Russia

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Russian news agencies said in the coastal village Tilichiki structures and buildings, including a school, a hospital and a local airport, had been partially or wholly destroyed, along with municipal electric and heating systems. The agencies said some injuries had been reported.

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"An Iraqi actor who plays a hijacker in a new film about the September 11 attacks on the United States has been denied entry into the country for the movie's premiere, he told a newspaper on Friday."

I guess if you play a terrorist you MUST be a terrorist.

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Motorola has recently received a patent for a completely silent way of alerting users to incoming calls and messages. The patent involves alerting the owner using mild electric shock.

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The largest laptop?

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This thing is mighty big.

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New law requires businesses to secure their WiFi networks

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Calling it the first law of its kind, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said the new law would cut down on identity theft while allowing businesses to avoid the "public relations disasters" that accompany data breeches.

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This is a pretty nifty site for people that have switched from Windows to Mac and are looking for software. It's in beta right now though.

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Dell must really want to move some product. These are as big as their discounts ever get.

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The Dilbert Blog: Edgar Cayce

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The Portable GPS Tracker is pretty small so you could either always carry it on you or use it in 007 spy mode by planting it on a person or vehicle you want to monitor. You may be wondering how you retrieve the stored info and secret routes, well that�s where it gets really cool.

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Man requires 6500 calories a day to sustain weight

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If only we were all like this: Due to a stomach condition, a 22-year old man from Idaho needs to eat over 6500 calories to keep his weight barely over 100 pounds.

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Men hallucinate after eating fish

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Two men have suffered terrifying visual and auditory hallucinations after eating poisonous fish in Mediterranean restaurants. One of the men tripped for three days.

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A woman is in stable condition with bubonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Los Angeles County since 1984, health officials said Tuesday.Bubonic plague is believed to have been the "Black Death" that killed 25 million people in Europe between 1346 and 1351.

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The only thing other than X-Play that was still worth watching on G4, Icons, is about to be broken. I wonder how long it will be before we get profiles on Pamela Anderson or Jessica Simpson.

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Lowers Temp. by 30° Fahrenheit in just three minutes.

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The Self-Assembling Chair

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Conceived by Max Dean and built by Raffaello D'Andrea, the creators of "The Table: Childhood," another robotic art installation, the robot chair can fall apart spontaneously, and then drag itself across the floor and reassemble. Check out the videos!

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The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss Steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs

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Apple to cut iPod prices!!

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Apple expects the average selling price of its iPod digital music players to decline in the current quarter from the prior period, the company's CFO said on Wednesday.

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Use Thunderbird like a pro

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Discusses features, useful extensions, and collaboration abilities of Mozilla's Thunderbird mail client. A good read if you already use Thunderbird or want to switch.

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THERE is a lucrative new sport in the Wiltshire village of Luckington: fishing stranded motorists out of a ford at £25 a time.

Since a road closure, dozens of drivers have blithely followed directions from their satellite navigation systems, not realising that the recommended route goes through the ford. Pict included.

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The Dilbert Blog

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mimi in NY: Full Stop

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Wonder why AT&& and other telcos are winning the net neutrality debate, and just about every other issue that comes before government? It's simple: Money talk. Telcos spent a whopping $60 million in lobbying money just at the federal level, second only to the health care industry, Business Week reports.

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Jet Blue- Family Guy- Easter Egg

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Select a destination then hold down shift and type pbj

Instantly a scene from the Family Guy will appear on Jet Blues website.

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How To: Build a Tornado Machine

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Extremely detailed instructions for building your very own tornado machine. "The tornado machine is a vertical cylindrical box of about one meter high (3 to 4 ft) with a front opening. Air is rotating and rising in the machine, and with the means of a fine water mist a tornado vortex will form."

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mimi in NY: Off the Boat

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Top 5 Things You Should Never Buy

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This is a nice roundup of the most-common things to avoid buying next time you walk into a Best Buy. Some of it may be obvious, but most of us have bought into at least one of these (c'mon, admit it).

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Texas Music - Tuesday Night

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Mariposa resident Dave Givens makes a 186-mile drive -- each way -- five days a week to his job in San Jose. The electrical engineer has been doing that commute since 1989, spending seven hours every day getting to and from work at Cisco Systems Inc

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Apple's iPod has become so popular that counterfeiters are making their own versions and passing them off as authentic. At first glance, the fake iPods appear very real.

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It seems that good looking women can ruin our concentration making us loose track of what we were doing. We always suspected but now it's science!

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A programmer at Microsoft tells us what it's like working for the software giant. An interesting read.

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The Dilbert Blog: Non Prophet Organization

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Clublife: Stones

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mimi in NY: Walk of Shame

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Salon.com Technology | The corporate toll on the Internet

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Clublife: On being tough

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iTunes is a great music player, but it sucks as a podcast aggregator. The most important feature it doesn't have is bittorrent support. I hope that they will add this feature in the near future, but for now iTorrent can help us. iTorrent is a bunch of python scripts, allowing iTunes to download bittorrent podcasts.

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A good summary with a description and links of some of the top tools in the Hacking/Security arena. For old hands it will be a familiar list but most people will find a thing or two they didn't know about.

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CNN.com - Mountain lion attacks 7-year-old hiker - Apr 16, 2006

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McDonald's hamburger recipes

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Here we see that President Bush's iPod contains songs by the Beatles; since no Beatles songs have been licensed for the iTunes Music Store yet, these must have come from ripped CDs. Remember last February, when the RIAA told a federal agency that ripping CDs is illegal? I wonder if they'll bring charges.

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500 lb Potato Battery

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I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. I installed the battery and sound system in the back of a U-Haul truck and drove it around town inviting people to enter the truck and take a listen.

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Ever notice that when you see a laptop on TV or in a movie that it is an Apple. From the Washington Post.

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CNN.com - Free at last, Molly can mouse again - Apr 15, 2006

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RAW DEAL! Worst computer deal in the history of scams. They are selling a $300 desktop computer for $2200. They are scamming the public by making it look like an easy payment plan. If the overall price wasn't bad enough, they don't even take on any risk, as they won't ship the computer until you've spent more than $600! Help expose this scam!

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Pamela Rogers, the hot 28-year-old teacher that had sex with a 13-year-old student multiple times, might be going back to jail for sending him not-so-secret MySpace messages. Check out the right side of the article for the actual screenshots.

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Very Interesting read coming from an experienced software developer.

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Will you marry me?

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Thats what I found while browsing my neighborhood on google maps. Hope she said yes.

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Help To Fight The RIAA

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Don't get me wrong, I'am not advocating piracy here, I just want people to know that the RIAA is acting totally out of line here. Come on, how low can they get? Most victims have absolutely NO clue, hardly know how a computer works, have NO money to fight back, and have NO life left.

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A scientific study indicates that half of all women make their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting a man about whether he is potential boyfriend material.

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Dartmouth College engineering professor Victor Petrenko, not to be confused with one of the Champions on Ice, has devised a way to use a burst of electricity to remove ice caked on walls or windows. For surfaces coated with a special film, the jolt gets rid of ice in less than a second, far less time than it takes to hack at it with an ice scraper.

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If you want to get Windows Vista when it comes out, you probably should be thinking about new hardware, according to the research firm. It estimates that about half of corporate PCs aren't powerful enough to run the forthcoming operating system.

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Rumors at Apple's Genius Bar

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Apple is famous for managing to keep the vast majority of their announcements completely secret. How many people are in the loop during the development process? A lengthy article at Mac Geekery discusses Apple secrecy from the perspective of an Apple Store employee. A very interesting read.

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Firefox 1.5.0.2 released

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Firefox 1.5.0.2 provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors, and stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

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iTunes music to be taxed!

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Internet shoppers accustomed to tax-free purchases from Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store may be in for a surprise. State legislatures and tax officials,finding new ways to boost government spending and curb budget shortfalls, are eyeing the market for digital downloads as a potentially lucrative source of revenue.

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Dell Corp. Gateway, take note: I don't want to talk to India, and it's not saving you that much money, so quit it already!

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Earthlink's CEO says the free services will be much more limited, since he thinks it will be hard to generate the $7 per month per user needed to break even.

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The Dilbert Blog: Uh-Oh

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waiterrant.net » The Waiter Rule

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Laser used to melt fat through skin

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Scientists at Mass. General Hospital have discovered certain wavelengths of lasers which can heat up fat beneath the skin, causing to be harmlessly excreted by the body. All of this is done without any damage to the skin. It can also be used to combat acne, cellulite, and arterial plaque.

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Zoologists have found a remarkable fish that can wriggle from Africa's tropical swamps to snaffle a snack on land. Ahhh, evolution; isn't it remarkable?

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The campaign is meant to educate Senators on the importance of balancing copyright and the public interest. The iPods were pre-loaded with public domain and Creative Commons-licensed content, including a video presentation from Stanford Prof. Lawrence Lessig.

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Indians in this remote mountain village in southern Colombia are marketing a particularly refreshing soft drink that harks back to Coca-Cola's original formula, when "coca" was in the name for a reason.

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mimi in NY: Worship

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waiterrant.net » Bell Bottomed Karma

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mimi in NY: London Calling

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Clublife: Duke Lacrosse

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Large Chunk of Ice Smashes into Oakland

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A chunk of ice dropped out of the sky and left a huge hole in the ground this weekend at Oakland's Bushrod Park in California, and not even astronomy experts know where it came from.

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Pharyngula: Sex in the MRI

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Companies that make in-flight entertainment systems for airliners are trying to get Apple to let them host iTunes on aircraft.
They want passengers to burn their frequent flier miles on downloads. Thales and Panasonic are definitely interested.

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Clublife: Junk

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mimi in NY: Non-Existent

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Recently, a news story on Digg made it to the front page stating that once you install and/or use Apple's Boot Camp, it voids your machine's warranty. Well I've contacted Apple and can tell you this is not the case.

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The $45,000 Tree House

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Starting at $45,000, this tree house make has plans to include a separate bathroom sphere, and he's adding plumbing, electricity and other amenities.

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As California recalls the catastrophic earthquake that struck San Francisco 100 years ago, seismologists warn that the golden state's love of cars could turn into a fatal attraction in the quake-prone state

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The Shower Cloud

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You attach it to the water supply and it turns the liquid into a fog that floats like a cloud above your head then rains over you.

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The Dilbert Blog: Free Will

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waiterrant.net » Closing

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Texas Music - Futility

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mimi in NY: Puja

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Clublife: From the plane...

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Paul Thurrott's Boot Camp Review

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Winsupersite.com author Paul Thurrott gives an in-depth run down of Apple's new Boot Camp and gives it a fair review.

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Passengers on long-haul flights are being urged to wear sunglasses in a bid to reduce the effects of jet lag. Scientists in Edinburgh have found that people can adjust their body clocks when travelling to different time zones by altering their light patterns.

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Video from 5th gear of the futuristic high-tech Honda Civic hatchback that the U.S.A can't buy.

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The official Google AdSense blog interviews an optimizer who dramatically increased the daily ad revenue of a site by playing around with ad colors/ positioning...

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Researchers at the University of California Davis have identified
features in images returned by the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover that appear to indicate the current presence of liquid water on the Martian surface.

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How to bleed an astronaut safely

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Taking blood from arteries can be crucial in diagnosing problems in health emergencies but doing so in the microgravity of space is tricky and potentially dangerous. But researchers have now come up with a potential solution...

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Check out this story about RFID tags which are being brought into retail stores.

Imagine if everything you bought/discarded could be traced back to you!

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Mirrors to Reflect Light into a Town Without Sun

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Rattenberg, Austria, famous for its glassblowing, gets no sun at all for several months in the winter because of the high latitudes and surrounding mountains. They will soon install 15 mirrors about a quarter of a mile away to reflect sunlight into the town during the dark months. (Article from Scientific American)

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The Dilbert Blog: Dancing

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"Vonage ran a test. It seems the ISP was blocking the cable modem when the Vonage adapter went into use. I ran a test of my own. I ran pingplotter for 10 minutes: no blockage, then I picked up my Vonage phone and placed a call: immediately there was a 100% blockage on the cable modem. This was a continuous loss as long as the phone was used."

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"More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now," said Bankston.

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The Dilbert Blog: Smoking in Cars

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Cancer Vaccine Discovered

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This vaccine has been found to prevent the onset of cervical cancer, the cancer responsible for roughly 85% of total annual cancer cases worldwide. The vaccine is claimed to be "100% effective" in prevention.

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Clublife: On the road III

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HBO sent my ISP, Charter Communications, a letter stating that they believe I've been downloading "copyrighted television programs through a 'peer-to-peer' service, including such titles as The Sopranos." Scanned copy of the two-page letter included.

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Despite the success of the download model, the RIAA has continued to complain about decreasing CD sales and shrinking profits. At the same time, digital sales have soared. Digital media now accounts for nearly 9 percent of recording industry revenues and a startling 42.6 percent of total unit shipments.

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Clublife: On the road II

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mimi in NY: Repeat

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Researchers created a prototype pair of glasses that use liquid crystals to change focus in a fraction of a second -- from distance vision to reading glasses and back again.

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Clublife: On the road

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waiterrant.net » Sexism

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The Dilbert Blog: Success Formula

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The Dilbert Blog: Space Heaters

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Video On How To Hack A PC

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This video walks you through the steps you need to take to hack a PC on a wireless network. Not only is it demonstrated in video, it is fully narrated.

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Researchers have discovered something odd about fine-powdered moondust--it's magnetic. This raises the possibility that magnets could be used for dust abatement when astronauts return to the moon.

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Archaelogists find a large pyamid (comparable to Pyramid of the Moon) buried under poor Mexico City neighborhood.

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High Definition TV with Frickin' Lasers

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Mitsubishi is scheduled to announce an HDTV that uses colored lasers instead of lamps. This is supposed to make the sets thinner and cooler. And, instead of having to replace an expensive lamp, the solid-state lasers are supposed to last the lifetime of the set.

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Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software for running multiple operating systems on one machine.

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An Australian research team has solved one of biology's most fundamental questions why males produce sperm and females produce eggs. The finding is a breakthrough that could lead to improved infertility treatment, cancer therapy and pest management.

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That Strange Falling Sensation

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Do you ever wake up suddenly to a falling sensation and a strong muscle twitch just after you have fallen asleep? This strange falling sensation and muscle twitch is known as a hypnagogic jerk or Hypnic jerk. If this has happened to you on more than once occasion, don't worry, you are not be alone.

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Robertson is blind, but this device allows her to see, not with her eyes but with her brain! Fifteen years ago, she lost both of her eyes in a car accident. Some call her the bionic woman. Others call her a medical miracle. Cheri Robertson has given herself another title:"The robo-chick." (Picture and Video)

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An interesting article on the speed at which passwords can by cracked. Comparing types of passwords.

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The battery-powered suit detects muscle movements through the natural electrical currents that pass over the surface of the skin and anticipates the next move. In this way, it aids movement and enhances the strength of the wearer. The disabled Japanese men will be sitting on the shoulders of climbers wearing the suit.

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What about Bose? Part 1

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Interesting article about Bose home theater speakers and why they might not be the holy grail of audio, as many would believe.

The article continues into 2 parts, goes into quite a bit of detail about why people have come to associate Bose with quality and then goes onto explain some of the problems associated with the speakers.

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How to pour Ketchup (Catsup). Full technical explanation.

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CNN.com - 'They're saying it was a terrorist attack' - Mar 31, 2006

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waiterrant.net » Lunching Ladies

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mimi in NY: Getting Out

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