Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 4:45:46 PM CET
Technical Difficulties
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 4:37:58 PM CET
This you have to see to believe
The phone rings: tech support: "hello computer tech support " customer: "hello my computer was making a strange hissing noise last night and this morning when I turned it on there was a crackling noise and some smoke then nothing, if I bring it in can you fix it?" Take a look at the pictures.....you won't believe it!!!!
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 2:23:15 PM CET
Um die Ecke leuchten
Eine Revolution wird serienreif: das Kurvenlicht für Autos. Schwenkbare Scheinwerfer sollen in Zukunft für mehr Sicherheit auf Europas Straßen sorgen. Je nach Geschwindigkeit und Neigungsgrad einer Kurve variieren Ausrichtung und Intensität des Lichtkegels. Die "intelligenten" Scheinwerfer sollen sich zudem schon bald den Straßenverhältnissen anpassen und automatisch von "Stadt-" auf "Autobahnlicht" umschalten.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:44:49 PM CET
The Who Guitarist Townshend Is Going Deaf
Rock legend Pete Townshend is almost deaf after nearly 40 years of subjecting his ears to his own crashing guitar riffs with the British band The Who. The Sun newspaper quoted Townshend on Tuesday as saying his hearing has worsened since the band's U.S. tour this year.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:40:41 PM CET
Erstes Dieselflugzeug ist flugreif
Gestern wurde in Wr. Neustadt eine Weltneuheit präsentiert. Das erste dieselbetriebene Flugzeug, die DA42 Twin Star, eroberte den Luftraum im südlichen NÖ. Der Entwickler, Diamond Aircraft, spricht von einer Betriebskostenersparnis von bis zu 500 Prozent.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:38:52 PM CET
Marineland killer whale makes 'bid' for freedom, jumps out of tank
A young killer whale put on quite a show at Marineland when it jumped out of its tank.
The killer whale, four-year-old Hudson, is reportedly doing just fine. "He was playing around over at the edge and he just slipped over," Marineland owner John Holer said Sunday.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:27:47 PM CET
Gambian confuses snow with vandalism
A Gambian man unused to Germany's winter weather woke up to find his car had gone completely white overnight and called police to complain vandals had painted it.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:21:35 PM CET
Pot decriminalization may come in months
Kanada - dann ist es Jederda
The federal government may introduce legislation early in the new year to decriminalize the use of marijuana, says Justice Minister Martin Cauchon. "If we're talking about that question of decriminalizing marijuana, we may move ahead quickly as a government," he said today outside the House of Commons.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:18:15 PM CET
Hacker stole 80,000 credit cards
Israeli police, aided by the FBI, arrested an Israeli suspected of hacking into computers of a U.S.-based electronics company and stealing personal information, including the credit card numbers of some 80,000 customers, according to court document released Sunday.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:16:29 PM CET
FBI's new way
of tracking terrorists.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:09:52 PM CET
Woman falls asleep on 90-minute flight to Newfoundland; ends up in London
Don't fall asleep on flight to St. John's Air Canada staff didn't wake her up, wouldn't turn plane around.
A Newfoundland woman is demanding answers from Air Canada after her 90-minute flight home became a 15-hour odyssey to England and back.
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Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 12:05:46 PM CET
A $199 PC with No Windows, No Intel Inside
By dropping software from Microsoft Corp. and avoiding "Intel inside," retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc is offering a $199 computer it says is a hot seller on its Web site, attracting novices looking for a way onto the Internet as well as high-end users wanting a second box.
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