Slashdot | Tatooine's Double-Sunset a Common Sight
Published Saturday, March 31, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Acura Dealer Refuses To Fix Torn Leather Seats Because Driver Wears "Wrong Kind of Pants" - Consumerist
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Windows Vista Suicide, Courtesy of McAfee - Animated cursors kill Vista - Softpedia
Published Friday, March 30, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Circuit City lays off 33 locally, 3,400 nationwide - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Get 30 More Miles Per Tank: Turn Off Engine If Idling More Than 10 Seconds - Consumerist
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A report posted on the journal Science by the Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute traces the loss of hair color to the gradual dying off of adult stem cells, called melanocytes, that provide a reservoir for the renewal of pigment-manufacturing cells.
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There was a rumor, many moons ago, that Apple might eventually offer credit for individual song purchases when a user buys the entire album later. However, it seems that the rumor has popped up once again, except in "slightly less than rumor" form
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Quicksilver is bar-none the best productivity application on the market today. Whether we're talking Mac, Windows, or Linux, freeware or shareware, this Mac-only, freeware application launcher-and-then-some is the best productivity booster I have on my computer. Today I'm going to introduce you to the basics of Quicksilver
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The 56-foot-long whale had been on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan. Also, more than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its 5-foot penis.
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Everyone is familiar with the stereotype of thick glasses, an intense obsession with star trek, and social skills akin to a sack of potatoes. It's 2007 and things are different: geeks now possess a number of qualities that can make them very attractive.
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Could the secret feature in Mac OS X 10.5 that bumped iLife '07 and iWork '07 from the Macworld keynote be a new 3D user interface?
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Found Footage: Apple TV now booted from external USB HD - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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Exploding Batteries On A Plane: Recent In-Flight Fires Prompt Warnings About Loose Batteries - Consumerist
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Can a cat defeat the security of an iBook? Apparently they can according to this poster to the Apple Discussion Forums.
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Employees at the online movie retailer often leave for three, four, even five weeks at a time and never clock in or out. Vacation limits and face-time requirements, says Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, are "a relic of the industrial age."
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Omaha.com Metro/Region Section - UNL proves safe haven for music pirates
Published Monday, March 26, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Glenn Wolsey was able to get a copy of Twitterriffic 2.0 before everyone else, and from the screenshots he took it's looking sexy.
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Airbus A380: Taking the Largest Passenger Jet for a Test Drive - Popular Mechanics
Published Saturday, March 24, 2007 by Stangrunner.
The iTunes music store charts usually change at least once, if not more, every day. Since Bum Rush the Charts, is Apple hiding something? If every record label knew what # it took to get to #1, would Apple try to block that information?
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At midnight, about 40 PS3 buyers had arrived to collect their consoles, causing distress for the army of camera crews who turned up expecting to capture launch mayhem, while a team from 2Day FM let out bogus cheers to convince their radio listeners that a launch extravaganza was underway.
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Think you know what's in a McDonald's Chicken McNugget? Oh sure, there is a little bit of chicken (though it's mostly corn). But the real shocker is what else is in a McNugget. You'll never guess in a million years ....
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Other shoe drops on Apple TV: hard drive is upgradeable - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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Blue Cross of California Hates Pregnant Women and Sick People - Consumerist
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He’s not even 2 years old yet and he is better at tennis then my mom. It’s pretty amazing that Nintendo has been able to create a game that someone who is not even totally capable of speech yet can pick up and play. The best part is watching him figure out how to skip instant replays. This kid doesn’t have time for that, he’s got diapers to fill
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Get on the Bus: $1 Tickets in the Midwest - Consumerist
Published Wednesday, March 21, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Losing a laptop to a spilt glass of wine can be a very frustrating experience, particularly when said wine is of the cheap Rosé variant, as was the embarrassing case with this writer's late laptop. Well, one group of kindly DIY technology authors have assigned their noggins to the problem, and have created a post with an accompanying video
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The engorged battery photos you see above and in the gallery below were sent to us by a reader named Brian. He claims that he was watching a movie on his 17-inch MacBook Pro (core duo) when it suddenly shut off. This happened twice before, only this time with a notable difference: his battery was fit to burst.
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1010 WINS - On-Air, Online, On Demand - AC Casino Camera Operator Fined in Ogling Case
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eBay scammers target iPhone fans - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Published Tuesday, March 20, 2007 by Stangrunner.
AppleInsider reports that Apple's popular line of iMac personal computers are about to undergo a substantial facelift that will showcase striking new industrial designs that will leave both competitors and onlookers smitten. The redesign, however, will only be applied to the 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs. The 17-inch iMac may go bye-bye...
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An almost sure-fire way to get over a sore throat. Seems to actually work and lots of people have great things to say about it. This site is just one recent example and includes a recipe, but the site it links to has many more positive reviews.
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Why didn't I think of this for my first wife? Yet another reason for a picture section for digg.
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"Only a few vendors are offering oxygen-deprivation systems, but interest in the technology is growing. It involves pumping air that has such a low oxygen content that a fire can't start in the data center."
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waiterrant.net » Blog Archive » 50 Signs You’re Working in a Bad Restaurant
Published Sunday, March 18, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Talk about CRAZY!!!!!
We all know the macbook gets a little warm. A baby squirrel crawls under the warm part of the macbook while someone is using it.
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1. Don
’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.
2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. ...
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’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.
2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. ...
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If, like me, you install every new Apple software update the second it hits their servers, you might want to reconsider. Loyal ready Darcy wrote in to tell me about the nasty, violent crash he dealt with from the update to Mac OS X 10.4.9, which was released yesterday.
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Is Apple covering up a mass problem with the MacBook? First a MacBook exploding, now one customer gets 6 MacBooks in a row with faults and told by Apple just to take the refund, they won't replace them anymore.
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A cool tutorial on how to setup a linux media server on an old computer. Access your files from any computer on the network
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At exactly 5:45:34 on April 18, 2004 a computer taken from the office of the attorney of Melanie McGuire, did a search on the words "How To Commit Murder."
That same day searches on Google and MSN search engines, were conducted on such topics as `instant poisons,` `undetectable poisons,' 'fatal digoxin doses,...
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That same day searches on Google and MSN search engines, were conducted on such topics as `instant poisons,` `undetectable poisons,' 'fatal digoxin doses,...
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Here is the future of the green amusement park: The Skycycle at Washuzan Highland Park in Okayama, a pedal-powered roller coaster. They clearly have some dramatic topography to take advantage of here, and it looks truly frightening. Most North American amusement parks are on pretty flat terrain but they often build artificial mountains...
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How To Destroy Your Enemy: Demand a Video Apology
Published Wednesday, March 14, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Ever wonder why Salma, JLO, Beyonce, and Vida are lusted over by every red blooded man? Well, it is science my friend that makes your pants do the one eye salute. It is in our genetics to crave and chase women that have the infamous hour glass curve. Don't believe me it has been written about through out time.
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The owner of a MacBook tells us of how his girlfriend, at 3am, "..said she heard it hissing like a steam valve, then smoke started pouring out of it and a couple of seconds later, a very large flash fire started. I'm sure you have read about these and seen the dell video. This is what happened to my macbook."
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Tech Pros Are Worry-Warts, Says Study - Technology News by InformationWeek
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Auto shows give carmakers the opportunity to present the public with their finest models, flaunting their sumptuous lines and pretty faces. (Sometimes they also display a few cars, too.)
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Where OS X 'Big Cat' code names REALLY come from - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Published Saturday, March 10, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Crazy Cringely Rumor: Apple to do H.264 Hardware in Every Mac - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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"The 'mini' Mac OS X will be used. In terms of software, our sources indicate that Apple is leaning towards using the same "mini" version of Mac OS X used in the upcoming iPhone. We believe this will be particularly important as it has a much smaller footprint and runs with as little as 4 GB of space."
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The information technology field is highly competitive, and it’s only getting worse. As more fresh-faced college kids flood into the employment pool, getting a good paying job has become an upstream swim. Here is a comprehensive overview on how to make more money in IT and learn valuable skills in the process.
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The best, Apple-endorsed way to move an iTunes library is to use iTunes 7's built-in backup and restore. However, if you're like me and you've got a 60 gigabyte library and you don't have time to stand around burning a dozen DVD's, the method described here lets you copy the files, with playlists and ratings, directly from one computer to another
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Bill O'Reilly's Web Site Taken Down By DoS Attack - Technology News by InformationWeek
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Windows Genuine Advantage : WGA Notifications and download and install telemetry
Published Thursday, March 08, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Excerpt from the website:
" Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday March 08, @06:27PM
from the packed-its-bags-last-night dept.
Space Science
airshowfan writes
"When a geosynchronous satellite is launched into space, no human ever gets to touch it again. This means that, other than for minor software issues, there is no way to fix it if it breaks, so it has to work perfectly, almost autonomously, for 20 years non-stop. There is also no way to refuel it once it's out of thruster fuel, the reason why it can't last more than 20 years even if it gets to that mark working very well, with batteries and solar cells still going, which is often the case. If only there were a robotic spacecraft in geostationary orbit that could change broken satellite components and refuel those older satellites, then satellites would be a lot less risky and would last a lot longer. Does this robotic spacecraft mechanic sound like science fiction? It launches tonight."
"
Slashdot | Orbital Express Launches Tonight
" Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday March 08, @06:27PM
from the packed-its-bags-last-night dept.
Space Science
airshowfan writes
"When a geosynchronous satellite is launched into space, no human ever gets to touch it again. This means that, other than for minor software issues, there is no way to fix it if it breaks, so it has to work perfectly, almost autonomously, for 20 years non-stop. There is also no way to refuel it once it's out of thruster fuel, the reason why it can't last more than 20 years even if it gets to that mark working very well, with batteries and solar cells still going, which is often the case. If only there were a robotic spacecraft in geostationary orbit that could change broken satellite components and refuel those older satellites, then satellites would be a lot less risky and would last a lot longer. Does this robotic spacecraft mechanic sound like science fiction? It launches tonight."
"
Slashdot | Orbital Express Launches Tonight
Apple's Customers Geeks, Microsoft's are Geezers || The Mac Observer
Published Wednesday, March 07, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Bink.nu | 'Embarrassed' Gun Suspect Sues Microsoft After FBI Finds Sex Videos On His PC
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STAR WARS: Kevin Smith Gets Inducted into 501st Legion (exclusive pics+vid)
Published Monday, March 05, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Kevin Smith was inducted into the Star Wars 501st Legion at the NYC Comic Con. "We spent some time with him and really had a blast. He was in awe when he saw us, especially when he saw Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader. I think he had more questions for us than we did for him." Check it out!
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Steve Jobs talking on an iPhone tucked in his front pocket on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Mother and daughter visit Disneyland and dress their breasts up to look like MICKEY MOUSE.
They are shocked this gets them noticed.
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They are shocked this gets them noticed.
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I was just following links from a Slashdot article yesterday about a university that's moving their entire email system to Windows Live, and I saw that someone there thinks that it will run on a Powerbook. (You'll notice that its a PPC Powerbook, not an Intel Macbook Pro)
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Mini-Microsoft: There's Ray! Plus: Plenty of Room For More Brains at Microsoft.
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It's the fastest-growing, coolest Linux distribution out there, and now you can join the excitement with this information-packed guide. Want to edit graphics? Create a spreadsheet? Manage groups? Set up an NFS server? You'll learn it all and more with the expert guidance, tips, and techniques in this first-ever soup-to-nuts book on Ubuntu...
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This is just awesome. Learn how to automate a process that can put your mac to sleep via email.
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Man with Sword breaks into ex-girlfriend's apartment.... Meets his match..
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The intruder, carrying a 3' sword broke into his ex-girlfriend's and her male roommate(a sword collector) crossed swords with the intruder, landed a blow, and then disarmed the intruder.
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A friend of mine was checking out the old ATV trails by his parent's house in Circleville, Utah and noticed this. From the contrail, you can see that it flew right over the town.
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Disneyland intros roving animatronic Muppets; Mickey and friends fear pink
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The happiest place on Earth (Disneyland, not Las Vegas during CES) just got a little happier this week, thanks to a new exhibit called the Muppet Mobile Laboratory that roams the park and delights visitors with inane banter and sprays of water.
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"The federal government is testing so-called backscatter x-ray machines there, which can detect potentially threatening objects under a person's clothes by picking up x-rays scattered by materials. (Traditional x-ray machines pick up signals that pass through or are absorbed.)"
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** Something is definitely wrong in Boston...**
Boston, MA – There were more tense moments today after Boston Police were forced to blow up a suspicious looking man near a lamp post. An alert city worker called in the man after noticing that he had been leaning against the lamp post for more than ten minutes. Police later learned the man, Evan Johnson, was just waiting for his girlfriend.
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Boston, MA – There were more tense moments today after Boston Police were forced to blow up a suspicious looking man near a lamp post. An alert city worker called in the man after noticing that he had been leaning against the lamp post for more than ten minutes. Police later learned the man, Evan Johnson, was just waiting for his girlfriend.
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Apple plays "This Week in Tech" in Ipod Nano Demonstration.
Published Thursday, March 01, 2007 by Stangrunner.
Interesting read:
"So, here's the reason why the release of Windows Vista has, to this point, been little more than the release of an antiseptic, scent-free, shrink-wrapped fart..."
Newsletter Article :: Article Archive :: ExamForce
"So, here's the reason why the release of Windows Vista has, to this point, been little more than the release of an antiseptic, scent-free, shrink-wrapped fart..."
Newsletter Article :: Article Archive :: ExamForce
You can purchase all sorts of things from vending machines these days, from soda and candy to iPods and cell phones. But freshly made pizza? That just doesn't seem to make any sense. How can you make pizza in a vending machine? Has the whole world gone mad?!
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