ISPs fight against encrypted BitTorrent downloads
Published Thursday, August 31, 2006 by Stangrunner.
BitTorrent clients such as Azureus added a feature that encrypted torrent traffic to try and get around ISP roadblocks. Now, a company called Allot Communications is claiming that their new hardware product, the NetEnforcer, is the first device that will seek out and throttle encrypted BitTorrent traffic.
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"The Mental Health Foundation says scientific studies have clearly linked attention deficit disorder, depression, Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia to junk food and the absence of essential fats, vitamins and minerals in industrialised diets." Could this be a link to all those fast-food restuarant massacres? Hmm...
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A funny 2 minutes and 50 seconds Google Video showing what happens when Burger King outsources their drive through orderings.
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"here's a roundup of some gear that'll turn your hotspot into a data blast zone"
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Scientists have found evidence that the Earth might have flipped over in the past, completely shifting the orientation of its poles. The theory has been around for years; that a large mountain range or supervolcano might unbalance the spinning Earth. Over the course of millions of years, the Earth would change the orientation of its axis.
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Proof that there are some really stupid people in this world.....
A military shell given to a group of children by a neighbor exploded while they played with it, killing two children and injuring five others, police and witnesses said. Police were investigating the cause of Tuesday's explosion, which damaged homes and forced neighbors to wrap bloodied and dazed children in blankets.
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A military shell given to a group of children by a neighbor exploded while they played with it, killing two children and injuring five others, police and witnesses said. Police were investigating the cause of Tuesday's explosion, which damaged homes and forced neighbors to wrap bloodied and dazed children in blankets.
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Two weeks ago, one of Cindy Kienow's regular customers left her a $100 tip on a tab that wasn't even half that. This week, he added a couple of zeros. Kienow, a bartender at Applebee's, got a $10,000 tip from the man, for a $26 meal on Sunday.
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Consumer Reports builds 5,500 viruses, pisses off security experts worldwide
Published Wednesday, August 30, 2006 by Stangrunner.
More than 100 security experts from companies like Microsoft and HP as well as anti-virus vendors F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro signed their names to a declaration denouncing Consumer Reports' methods, stating that it is "not necessary and ... not useful to write computer viruses to learn how to protect against them.
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I'm glad to see women supporting Star Wars geekiness, but their armor is impractical for battle.
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This newly unveiled electric Mini has an output 640 horsepower and top speed of 150 mph. The car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 horsepower electric motors on each wheel. It can out accelerate a Porsche 911 Carrera.
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A little while ago I put together a little application on our phone system so that when a telemarketer calls in, I can transfer them to this extension and annoy the hell out of them.
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Researchers drew this conclusion after studying more than 600 bones from modern-day monkeys. They had collected the bones from beneath the nests of African crowned eagles in the Ivory Coast's Tai rainforest. A full-grown African crowned eagle is roughly the size of an American bald eagle, which typically weighs about 10 to 12 pounds.
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Imagine a world where Musicians keep the copyright to their music and make $5 or $6 per album sold instead the current $1 or $2. This is a model being proposed by Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group.
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As a fashion photographer and a diggnation fan, I thought that I could share with all listeners photos of some of the beautiful models I shoot, wearing the diggnation shirt. I started this project inspired on episode 57 of diggnation. I'll be posting twice a month I hope, so subscribe to the rss if you like it.
Enjoy!
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STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County - Census report: More are struggling to get by
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Two charts, based on census data released today, that track the number of people living in poverty and the number of people without health insurance during each year of the Bush presidency.
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Bush Seeks Retroactive Laws To Protect Himself From War Crimes Prosecution
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Bush and his Attorney General agree that under existing laws and treaties Bush is a war criminal together with many members of his government. To make his war crimes legal after the fact, Bush has instructed the Justice (sic) Department to draft changes to the War Crimes Act and to US treaty obligations under the Geneva Conventions.
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CNN's audio guy left Kyra Phillips' mic on while she went to the bathroom during President Bush's speech on Hurrican Katrina's anniversary today. Whoops.
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Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS 10.4.8 to developers. The build weighs in at 305 MB for intel and 147 MB for PPC. If left as-is, the updates would be some of the largest in history, but many of Apple's early builds are significantly larger than when they are released to the public. Details about the build in the story.
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Without retrofitting, gas pumps do not account for the expansion of hot fuel as they measure by the gallon, but most drivers don't realize they're not getting their money's worth.
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In the next 12 months, starting with a major push this month, Wal-Mart wants to sell every one of its regular customers--100 million in all--one compact fluorescent bulb. In the process, it may change energy consumption in the United States.
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Apple has long been notoriously secretive. Particularly when compared to open source projects or even Microsoft. Here's an interesting look at how and why Apple keeps its future plans under wrap, how it works for the company in the media, and how it can work against them. Daniel Eran, RoughlyDrafted.
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The Examining Room of Dr. Charles: "Is Your Doc Ready for Avian Flu?"
While reading The Aug 28th 2006 InformationWeek Magazine, while reading an article about Google, on page 37 I discovered a Diggnation Tshirt.
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12 interesting facts about Nokia you may not know...
Published Monday, August 28, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Trawling around, looking for something else entirely, I stumbled across this bunch of trivia facts about the largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world - Nokia. For example, did you know the "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS"?
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An EXTREMELY rare Video of the Great Thomas Edison - and as you can see ..
He had quite a playful side to him :-)
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He had quite a playful side to him :-)
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Podcasting News: Apple vs War on Terror #2: Mac Laptops May be Banned from Use Planes
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Podcasting News: Apple vs War on Terror #1: Flushed iPod Triggers Terror Worries
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"By releasing operating system upgrades at a more frequently and stable pace, Apple Computer is able to gain more profitability per user from its OS software than Microsoft, an analyst's study has found."
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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death - - science news articles online technology magazine articles 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death
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In this tutorial two Bind DNS servers will be installed, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons Bind9 will be chrooted in its own jail. Using two servers for a domain is a commonly used setup and in order to host your own domain you are required to have at least two domain servers.
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Amber Mac: To all the G4TechTV fans: Thanks for two great years! My goodbye video
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NSA Wiretapping Whistleblowers Found Dead in Italy and Greece!
Published Sunday, August 27, 2006 by Stangrunner.
"Two whistleblowers, one in Italy, one in Greece, uncovered a secret bugging system installed in cell phones around the world. Both met with untimely ends. The resultant scandals have received little press in the United States, despite the profound implications for American critics of the Bush administration."
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After years of sanctioning hastily made matches, the Las Vegas marriage bureau plans to close its all-night counter. County officials approved a new 8 a.m. to midnight schedule that will take effect next Wednesday, eliminating 24-hour marriage license service on Fridays, Saturday and holidays.
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On the heels of the Dell and now Apple battery recall, the NYT has an article with tips on how to improve battery longevity and revive dead ones for a variety of devices.
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I live in Fallbrook, CA which is a conservative rural town in San Diego county. What I didn't know was that Ned Flanders lived in our town. Some guy wrote a letter to the editor in the local paper about his fear for his 6 year old daughter's future because some teenagers put a reference to Barney's penis on a sign outside the local store.
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Whether you're using a desktop or laptop computer, there's a good chance that if you stop what you're doing and listen carefully, you'll hear the whirring of a small fan. If your computer has a high-end video card and lots of processing power and generates too much heat, liquid cooling could be a better solution.
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Skeletons found at an unearthed site in Mexico show Aztecs captured, ritually sacrificed and partially ate several hundred people traveling with invading Spanish forces in 1520.
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Frustrated with trying to get simple stuff done? This guide has everything you need. Things like mapping the windows key to something useful, where to get codecs, getting XGL to workCovers Dapper Drake as well as earlier versions.
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Cool video of a man in a wheel chair pulling of tricks on everything in a skate park.
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Mobile phones will never need recharging, cars will never have to be refuelled. This hard-to-believe vision of a free, energy source was announced in an advert in the Economist and first reported by the British press in last week's Observer.
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If you drink three or more cups of tea a day you might be doing your health more good than drinking plain water, say researchers from King's College, London, UK.. This new study found, among other things, that the urban myth that tea dehydrates could not be further from the truth - tea hydrates as well as water does, say the researchers.
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A tree that can reach 90 feet in six years and be grown as a row crop on fallow farmland could represent a major replacement for fossil fuels. Purdue University researchers are using genetic tools in an effort to design trees that readily and inexpensively can yield the substances needed to produce alternative transportation fuel.
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A bolt of lightning hit a launch pad near space shuttle Atlantis Friday, prompting officials to stop preparations for Sunday's scheduled flight and clear an area. (with pic)
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Podcasting News: 2006 Podcasting & Portable Media Expo to be Bigger Than Last Year
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Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus - A technology blog - With iPod, Apple Pulls a Microsoft
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Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus - A technology blog - Can the Mac Counter Windows Vista?
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An 89-year-old man has been left both heartbroken and betrayed after his North York bungalow was stolen from him in the rising wave of title fraud. Paul Reviczky, who fled Hungary in 1957 is one of the latest homeowners to discover that Ontario law favors banks, mortgage companies and purchasers over victims of fraud.
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Ryan Warne says he suffers so badly from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) that he has to view a computer through binoculars. He cannot use a mobile phone and, when he goes outside, he wears a special "hairnet" to protect himself from phone mast electromagnetism. A new study is examining the effects of electromagnetic fields on 264 people.
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When space shuttle Atlantis next rockets into space, it will take along three kinds of microbes so scientists can study how their genetic responses and their ability to cause disease change.
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If you don't believe in sea monsters from the deep blue, consider yourself warned. Exhibit A lies in a freezer at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, soon to go on display as it appeared before being pulled from the ocean: a serpent-like denizen, 15 feet long and sinuous, with a hatchet-shaped head and a silver body adorned by a crimson mane.
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It says it was banned but I pretty vividly remember this being no TV... I also remember thinking the pentium 2 was pretty kickass and was hoping I would get one and have 32 MB of RAM because it was "more than I would ever need"
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It's time to call it a night. You don't want to go home alone, but your options aren't looking good... You could get hammered to close the deal, but this one's looking pretty rough... Introducing: Beer Goggles!
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CNN will mark the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by replaying on the Internet the cable network's coverage of that day's events.
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Boing Boing: Report: "My 6-year-old was traumatized by Barney's penis"
Published Friday, August 25, 2006 by Stangrunner.
"Here are some drawings I did to better understand the structure of the headers for IP, TCP, UDP and ICMP. Please feel free to used them for personal uses. If you would like to include them in a publication, please contact me at the address in the drawings. I created the drawings in OmniGraffle on a Mac."
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Neowin.net - Unlock Work Internet or Risk Losing Staff: Microsoft
Published Wednesday, August 23, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Hacking Into Almost Any Windows XP Machine, With Just A Few Tricks.
Published Tuesday, August 22, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Ever wanted to gain Administrator access, on a XP machine with ease. This guide will show you how to do it. Assuming you have the brains to use either the Command Prompt, or the registry.
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Dale Klyn raises beef cows in Corydon, Iowa. For the past six years, he has been flying an American flag on his property. But since May 21, that flag has been upside down. He gives two reasons. He faces death threats from a forum on a Marine vets website, www.leatherneck.com, which calls itself the Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans.
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Ubinas is an active volcano in Peru. This image from the ISS captures an ash cloud 1 hour & 45 minutes after it was first observed on satellite imagery August 14, 2006. This photo looks like it could be from another planet. Be sure to check out the full image (link is below photo).
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Republican Sen. John McCain, a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach." Bush's rush to war, and misrepresentation of the situation on the ground has led to thousands of unnecessary US casualties.
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This is a nice little flash movie about what the new KDE start menu will look like. It looks like this will be in openSUSE 10.2
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It took "Star Wars" creator George Lucas six feature films to tell the big-screen story of Darth Vader and his kin. But since the franchise began in 1977, Lucas has never told moviegoers what happened in the period between the films' trilogies. Fans will get answers next year when Lucasfilm releases a videogame based on that unexploited time.
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Ever wanted to access some service like e-mail or instant messaging from your computer only to find out that it is not available within your restricted network? Not anymore. The article presents the most popular scenarios of using SSH tunneling to bypass numerous firewall rules like port blocking, proxies and more.
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The corporate guillotine has been wheeled out to deal with the apocalyptic fallout from AOL's infamous decision to release "anonymous" search data on hundreds of thousands of users for research purposes.
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The broadcast of Swedish TV Channel SVT broadcasting porn isn't on youtube.com yet, but there is footage of this newscaster letting one rip.
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Gmail has a built-in player for MP3 attachments. If you receive emails that include MP3 files (maybe a podcast or a public domain recording), you can listen them directly from Gmail.
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What do you do once you've mastered the Rubik's cube? Tie one hand behind your back and do it again--very impressive.
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Mini-Microsoft: Looking Forward - Reviews, The Company Meeting, and Then Some...
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Ultra-Mini Phillips Screw-Head Hidden Surveillance Camera
Published Monday, August 21, 2006 by Stangrunner.
It's wireless and here are the specs: Resolution: 330 Lines Resolution - Lens: 3.6/2.9mm Pinhole - Pixels: 270,000.
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Why waste money on shiny packaging and a fancy store when you can find it online and 'pre-owned' for a fraction of the cost? Here are your best buys.
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Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride says the record industry's litigation against users of P2P services are hurting musicians and the overall music business. McBride urged his cohorts at the major music companies to cease their litigation-driven anti-piracy efforts and embrace the new music-consumption habits of digital music fans.
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a Dell store is taken by surprise by a guy spruiking their laptops as 'dangerously defective digital devices', and telling passers-by theyre having an 'explosive firesale' and that its a 'burning battery bonanza!'
Taken from 'The Chasers War On Everything', the ones who did the stocking over the head sketch seen here a coupla weeks ago
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Taken from 'The Chasers War On Everything', the ones who did the stocking over the head sketch seen here a coupla weeks ago
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You were right all along, pushing the crosswalk button doesn't do diddly squat, at least not in New York City. More than 2,500 of the 3,250 walk buttons that still exist in New York function only as mechanical placebos. Any benefit from them is ONLY IMAGINED. This should make you wonder - do the buttons really work in your city?
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CNN.com - Navy ship arrives with 7 tons of cocaine - Aug 20, 2006
Published Sunday, August 20, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Another home entertainment technology death duel is under way as 2 different TV technologies, LCD and plasma, vie for dominance of the big-screen, flat-panel television market. LCD technology is evolving as increasingly larger flat-panel units appear. LCD is now in plasma country, and this means war - a war some say plasma can't hope to win.
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Why doesn't America believe in evolution? - being-human - 20 August 2006 - New Scientist
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"Apple Computer showed off its new Xserve server, a model that uses two dual-core Xeon processors and that's due to ship in October, at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco on Aug. 16"
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Go to www.yahoo.com (oooh & ahhh over the new design if you haven't seen it), mouse over the "!" on the logo and click. Hours of fun. Really.
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An article that explains simply why Linux users don't regularly defrag their filesystems
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Dell and Sony knew about and discussed manufacturing problems with Sony-made Lithium-Ion batteries as long as ten months ago, but held off on issuing a recall until those flaws were clearly linked to catastrophic failures causing those batteries to catch fire.
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Mozilla just released a behind the scenes video of how the firefox crop circle was put together. It's worth checking out if you are interested in the project or just want to know how crop circles are made!
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Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move.
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Mutiny as passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed | the Daily Mail
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7,500 Miles On $5 In Gas, Veggie Oil, High Schooler Does It In Pickup Running Mainly On Cooking Oil - CBS News
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Machine found on ocean floor, dating back to 80BC has been declared the world's oldest computer, used to map the motions of the sun, moon and planets.
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The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.
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Neowin.net - Apple patches MacBook 'fan behaviour'
Published Saturday, August 19, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Paul Thurrott's Internet Nexus - Mac Pro vs. Dell Precision: A price comparison (Updated)
Published Friday, August 18, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Textbook prices are soaring into the hundreds of dollars, but in some courses this fall, students won't pay a dime. The catch: Their textbooks will have ads for companies including FedEx Kinko's and Pura Vida coffee. A small Minnesota start up is trying to shake up the status quo college textbook industry. This is sure to cause controversy.
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60 days ago Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz issued a daring invitation to developers: write a public review of "the world's most power efficient server" and keep the server. Be careful what you wish for.
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Tattoo artist Richie, who lives and works in Colorado, has been offering UV blacklight reactive ink to his clients for most of his 4-year career.
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Albert Einstein is perhaps the most famous scientist of this century. One of his most well-known accomplishments is the formula E=mc2. Despite its familiarity, many people don't really understand what it means.
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"My guess is that Google, young and immensely profitable, simply has more money than sense. Whatever the motivation, Google has pledged it would install the network -- at a cost of at least several million dollars -- and operate it for five years."
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A new batch of technology in the second generation of the Segway, which was unveiled Monday, allows users to steer the device simply by leaning in the direction they want to go, rather than using a handlebar, said Segway Chief Technology Officer Doug Field.
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Google's Blogger.com, one of the trailblazers of the whole medium, is about to undergo a substantial upgrade that will improve its usability and help it catch up to the state of the art.
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AOL has now been publicly called out for spamming on Digg. It was discussed in a Digg topic yesterday. Despite Calacanis' efforts, the anti-AOL commenter still got +28 diggs. Let's force this to the main page so Digg can take action. They do the exact thing on Digg that gets people banned from Netscape. (Contains list of 25+ spam accounts).
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macosxhints.com - Seucrity considerations prior to hardware service
Published Saturday, August 12, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Mac OS X Leopard is already looking like a huge step forward from Tiger, and with many top secret features yet to come, how's Leopard going to change the way you work?
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These guys filmed in such a way so that the people appear to be moving normally when actually it is being played in reverse. They seemlingly create structures of rocks without even touching them! Must see!
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A few guys, in all there brilliance decide to "hack into" the drive thru speaker at a Taco Bell, so they can talk to the customers. Very funny.
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"I decided to relocate my graphic LCD to another person's desk but still
have control over it. To do this, I figured I could simply use the
ACODE-300 wireless bluetooth modules."
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have control over it. To do this, I figured I could simply use the
ACODE-300 wireless bluetooth modules."
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Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, US officials declared that the attacks had been motivated by the terrorists hatred for America's "freedom and values." The sad thing is that today, there are still Americans who fall for it.
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Here are links to 23 free, full episodes of the great show Penn and Teller: This is one of the best shows on television. Penn and Teller debunk all the lies that people try to feed you everyday.
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For a chance to go to college, Ron Steen is offering up 2% of every dollar he will make for the rest of his working life for a starting bid of $100,000.
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- It looks like a large Styrofoam takeout container. The 14-pound box would fit into a backpack were it not for the two antennas, set well apart. It can withstand subfreezing temperatures and 165-mph winds; it's even lightningproof. With the lid bolted down tightly, the box offers no clue as to what's inside.
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An excellent source for free backgrounds, sorted by user rating. The images are available in all common resolutions, from 2560x1600 down to 1024x768, and are very diversely themed.
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The winners of the Apple Design Award for "Best Student Mac OS X Project" took their award to a CT scanner to see how it works. The award lights up whenever you touch it.
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Looks like this guy was playing a little too much Grand Theft Auto. Some classic reactions from the people in the station. Some don't even notice.
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Hey kids! "You can command the latest M-1 tank, feel the rush of a paratrooper freefall, fly a Cobra Gunship or defend your B-17 as a waist gunner." Maybe, they'll even pipe in that smell of napalm in the morning.. smells like ... victory.
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Scientists have discovered two commonly found genes that significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.
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A photographer, who had worked for an alternative New York picture agency, had been carrying three cameras with him, when he left his home in Manhattan that sparkling Tuesday morning, and started walking south towards the plumes of smoke. He took some pretty amazing (and disturbing) pictures.
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The software called "Unstructured Data Module" applies analytics and algorithms to scan for hidden relationships in streams of digital data. Beyond information found in traditional databases and spreadsheets, the software digs into e-mails, file directory listings, search results for peer-to-peer (P2P) sites, and lists of top downloaded songs.
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This tutorial is meant for Linux newbies who want to try and build a Ubuntu server box as a webserver and torrent client. It is a step by step instruction on how to do this in VMware on Windows XP to get the feel of it.
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In 2003/2004, Jeff Schroeder served in Iraq, flying a tiny remote control spy plane and servicing Unix/Linux systems on the battlefield. Schroeder learned a lot of technology in the desert, and now he's busy working as a Web administrator for Comair Airlines, writing utility scripts for Ubuntu. He says Linux is going to "take over the world."
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Explains the art of pulling Gs and why nascar drivers and over-weight short pilots don't black out. When was the last time you faced 7 Gs?
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Rita was meticulous in keeping a kosher house and enjoyed making the special Jewish dishes, including gefilte fish. But she had not been feeling well for months: abdominal symptoms of cramps, distention and occasional diarrhea, associated with increasing weakness, shortness of breath, lethargy and fatigue. Her doctors were stumped.
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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS, the first maintenance release of "Dapper Drake". Over 300 post-release updates have been pre-applied, so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation, and a number of bugs in the installation system have been corrected.
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The giant earthquake that set off a devastating tsunami across the Indian Ocean in December 2004 disrupted the earth enough to change gravity and to deflect satellites passing hundreds of miles above.
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"The Arizona Cardinals' new stadium is a rarity in the world of the National Football League: a work of serious architecture packed with the energy of a coiled snake. Unfortunately, this snake lacks fangs." Still that movable field so they can maintain the grass is pretty cool.
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Ten years ago, if you were a Windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. An abundance of new Windows software was arriving on store shelves, while the selection available to Mac users seemed to be falling behind, often relegated to a back corner of the same store.
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Paul Thurott explains why he feels Apple has been grabbing a few of Windows features, and he also touches on a few other subjects, such as all the Windows bashing that Apple has been doing.
"I'm not dim: Microsoft does copy Apple on a fairly regular basis. But seriously, Steve. Apple's just as bad."
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"I'm not dim: Microsoft does copy Apple on a fairly regular basis. But seriously, Steve. Apple's just as bad."
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"Boot sector corrupt. Config.sys missing. Disk cannot be read." In other words, "You're screwed." Or are you? Just because your computer can't boot up Windows from your hard drive doesn't mean you can't boot it up with another operating system on another disk just long enough to rescue your important files.
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Observe the 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT, the car that, until now, was only available as the Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H, the black and gold pony exclusively rented out at your local Hertz Rent-a-Car.
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"Come this fall Microsoft is planning to turn up the Genuine Advantage heat in two ways: by baking more Genuine Advantage checks directly into Windows Vista, and by taking aim at PC makers, system builders, Internet cafes and other sources of potentially pirated software."
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So the rumors were true! As reported earlier this week by us, P2P based VPN provider, Hamachi has been snapped up by LogMeIn, a Woburn, Mass.-based remote connectivity company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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The group returned six 40-gallon trash bags filled with approximately, 25,000 sauce packets to the restaurant.
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The owners of an E85 gas station wanted to cut the price to $2, but said they had to artificially hike prices after some competitors complained Badger wasn't meeting the state's minimum markup laws.
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In episode Kevin and Alex were glad to introduce a new section to revision3. This including a list of One-Year free magazine subscriptions
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Bink.nu | Microsoft Employees drink "LEMON LIME WINDOWS VISTA"
Published Sunday, August 06, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Techcrunch » Blog Archive » AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data
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Could this be the future of agricultural farm implementations? I'm not sure, but I know this is one of the coolest machines I've ever seen.
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Just when we think these explosive batteries can't get any worse, then you see a PowerBook that looks like it was hit with a high powered explosive charge -- which, in a manner of speaking, it was. This unit was apparently a year old and wasn't even powered at the time. (pics included)
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"This German creation claims a fuel economy of 157 mpg with no fancy hybrid drive train, fuel cells, or plug in paraphernalia. Weighing less than a thousand pounds, the sporty rear-wheel drive 4-seater is designed to be maximally aerodynamic." The Loremo AG can handle 0-60 in less than 10 seconds, but with a top speed of 100 MPH.
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A Flickr user posts a picture of a banner that he was able to snap from the outside the Moscone centre, simple stating, "Introducing Vista 2.0"
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check the link. Here are some more photos of what you can see today from outside of the moscone center.
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In the last few days a collection of opinion articles have circulated on the 'Net, their message summed up as follows: an IP address isn't enough "evidence" to sue someone for downloading copyrighted material," for example. This over-emphasizes recent happenings in court and also gives a false impression of what's really going on.
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On July 31st, GameSpot added new screens for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, Microsoft's latest in the 25 year series. Although the game was designed for DirectX 10, it will run on version 9 with slightly less detail. My money's on v10 for these amazing screens!
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David Letterman actually performs the Diet Coke+Mentos trick on TV!! He gets some pretty good explosions!
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Wife gets pregnant. I take photos every other day. You watch the gestation.
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I took a picture of my wife every other day and then animated them into a movie. You can watch the gestation happen in 20 seconds. Enjoy!
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BusinessWeek DIGGS Cover Boy Kevin Rose - Millionaire! Valley Boy!
Published Thursday, August 03, 2006 by Stangrunner.
August 14 BusinessWeek. The cover blurb reads: How This Kid Made $60 Million In 18 Months. Digg.com's KEVIN ROSE leads a new brat pack of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs. -- The writers grant Kevin rock star status. Oh, yes, they talk about other young web luminaries as well.
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U.S. researchers say more than a quarter of the world's population is infected with a feline parasite related to malaria and which causes personality changes. "In populations where this parasite is very common, mass personality modification could result in cultural change," Dr. Lafferty wrote.
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How the hell did they get this on an airplane?
Photos: Drive-by hacks from a suitcase | CNET News.com
Photos: Drive-by hacks from a suitcase | CNET News.com
Excerpt:
Researchers who discovered an exploit in the Wi-Fi devices drivers of both the Apple MacBook and in various Windows XP Wi-Fi adapters this week provided a demonstration of how a malicious user can take over a laptop.
Demonstrating the Wi-Fi Drive-By
Researchers who discovered an exploit in the Wi-Fi devices drivers of both the Apple MacBook and in various Windows XP Wi-Fi adapters this week provided a demonstration of how a malicious user can take over a laptop.
Demonstrating the Wi-Fi Drive-By
Chinese county massacres 50,000 dogs - Yahoo! News
Published Wednesday, August 02, 2006 by Stangrunner.
This battle between heaven and Earth was captured dramatically over a rock formation at Capitol Reef National Park Utah, USA. Dark dust, millions of stars, and bright glowing red gas highlight the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, which lies on average thousands of light years behind Earth's mountains.
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What's not to love? You lose one disk, throw in another and your data rocks on! This is the RAID 5 dream.
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Given that the next version of Windows is more than two years late, you'd expect that people would be calling for Microsoft to get its act together and release it soon as possible. Not so.
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Slashdot | Children Arrested, DNA Tested for Playing in a Tree?
Published Tuesday, August 01, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Hackers have found to exploit a hole in the open-source Firefox browser that enables them to monitor people's activity on the Internet.
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This is a KNOB to control the volume of your stereo, nothing more. However, to "audiophiles" it is a $485 "performance upgrade." From the product listing: "The sound becomes much more open and free flowing with a nice improvement in resolution. Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved." From a freaking KNOB!!!!???
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Since ants live in close quarters, they've evolved a defense mechanism that prevents disease. They have antibiotics that flow over their bodies constantly and somehow the aborigines knew this. When they're in outback and they get cut and have an injury or wound, they'll dig up ants and rub ants into the wound...
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Despite the success in the Kazzaa case earlier this week for the RIAA it seems they have actually suffered a massive set back in their quest to stifle the internet's illegal download community.
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Think of Subversion as a wiki-like repository for your files. when you make a change to a file that you're happy with, you can commit those changes to your Subversion repository. If you don't like where the changes got you, Subversion can compare your current version with any previously-commited version and pick out the best one.
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According to an article to appear in Tuesday's New York Times, a new Senate report on high-level tax schemes will reveal that "so many super-rich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct. The report estimates that tax cheating now costs the government up to 7 cents per dollar.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WITH BUSH IN CONTROL......
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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WITH BUSH IN CONTROL......
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JupiterResearch Finds That the Majority of Home Wi-Fi Users Are Securing Their Networks: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
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This is a documented genetic disorder, in which the affected person has clawed appendages instead of hands. Very creepy.
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From Boing Boing: "Unfortunately, this is not a joke...and this is not an old video. Appalachian State University put out this video last year and it instantly became a viral hit amongst the educational community. It's probably THE worst educational recruitment video ever and possibly one of the worst songs ever recorded."
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"The declines at GM, Ford and Chrysler marked the fourth- straight monthly drop for the U.S.-based automakers. Asian automakers, led by Toyota and Honda, gained U.S. market share for a 12th consecutive month."
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"AT&T chief Ed Whitacre says net neutrality is an issue that can be worked out commercially."
The giants are flailing and they're going to take everyone else down with them. At least Alaska Sen. Ted "The Internet is Not a Dump Truck" Stevens will be happy....
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The giants are flailing and they're going to take everyone else down with them. At least Alaska Sen. Ted "The Internet is Not a Dump Truck" Stevens will be happy....
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