Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 11:56:02 PM CET
Autobahn zum Südpol
In der Welt des ewigen Eises, der Antarktis, bauen die USA derzeit einen "Highway" der etwas anderen Art: Mit einer Länge von 1.600 Kilometern soll er Küste und Südpol verbinden und dabei ein 4.000 Meter hohes Eisgebirge überwinden.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 8:25:33 PM CET
U.S.: Tape, Photos Show Iraq Defies U.N.
Secretary of State Colin Powell, methodically making his case that Iraq has defied all demands that it disarm, presented tape recordings, satellite photos and informants' statements Wednesday that he said constituted "irrefutable and undeniable" evidence that Saddam Hussein is concealing weapons of mass destruction. "Clearly, Saddam will stop at nothing until something stops him," Powell told a skeptical U.N. Security Council, saying Baghdad's denials represent a "web of lies."
¬> Customwire
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 5:46:31 PM CET
Plug computer into clothing
IT is almost beyond the realms of imagination - a computer powered by being plugged into an item of clothing. Scientists attending a three-day conference at Wollongong University focusing on the latest breakthroughs in intelligent polymers, believe such a development is only a matter of time. "The materials to do this are now available," the university's Professor Gordon Wallace said today. "It is now just a case of merging the materials with the textile engineering, it's totally feasible." Prof Wallace said the US military and navy were particularly interested in "fibre batteries".
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 5:35:52 PM CET
French Marijuana fan faces jail
A key member of a pro-marijuana group which in 1997 mailed hand-rolled joints to French members of parliament now faces jail after finally being netted for selling hemp seeds and pro-cannabis T-shirts.
Stephane Karscher, who runs a shop called "The Bad Seed" in the southern city of Montpellier, a favourite hangout for sun-seeking hippies, was placed under formal investigation this week for encouraging drug use, police sources said on Wednesday.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 3:39:34 PM CET
Happy ending to mysterious sofa collision
The strange case of furniture salesman Arvid Loeite's traffic collision with a disappearing sofa on highway E18 near Grimstad has been solved. The sofa's owner read the story in newspaper Agderposten and has explained what happened. Loeite claimed that his car had been damaged when a sofa blew off a passing truck and smashed into his vehicle, causing major damage. Loeite and his passenger escaped without injury.
Loeite coincidentally met a police patrol after stopping his car and reported the incident.
"I told them that I had been hit with a sofa. Their faces fell and they didn't know what to think. But they came back to the scene of the accident," Loeite said.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 2:43:51 PM CET
Server-Mainboard mit Krypto-Prozessor
Speziell für Webserver und VPN-Gateways ist das neue Pentium-4-Mainboard Abit SI-1Ns gedacht, das einen speziellen Krypto-Prozessor zur Ver- und Entschlüsselung des Netzwerkverkehrs mitbringt.
Dieser Nitrox Lite CN1005 von Cavium Networks hat ein PCI-Interface und soll AES-, 3DES- oder SHA1-verschlüsselte IPsec-Pakete mit einer Geschwindigkeit von bis zu 400 MBit pro Sekunde verarbeiten. Genauso schnell sollen SSL-Verbindungen mit RC4-/MD5-Schlüsseln laufen; außerdem schafft der Nitrox Lite CN1005 angeblich 3500 RSA-Operationen pro Sekunde (1024 Bit Länge).
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 2:39:58 PM CET
New mini-display for the Pocket PC
You can turn your PDA into a virtual reality machine now with this mini-display from Interactive Imaging Systems. The Second Sight M1100 attaches to a pair of glasses, making it seem as though you're looking at a full-sized screen, and connects to a Pocket PC via a Compact Flash or PCMCIA card slot.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 2:37:05 PM CET
Robot for the elderly to become real-life Astro Boy
Developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the one-meter-tall, bubble-headed robot will go on sale at a cost of 1 million yen in April next year. The robot is targeting the families of elderly people and those living alone.
The robot is equipped with functions to help elderly people and those in poor health send an alarm to hospitals, security firms and relatives when an emergency happens.
¬> Mainichi
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 2:13:27 PM CET
Rosenthal remains free as pot case jurors decry their own verdict
In a courtroom crowded with medical marijuana advocates wearing "Free Ed" buttons, a federal judge said Tuesday that convicted marijuana guru Ed Rosenthal is not a flight risk and allowed him to remain free on $200,000 bail pending his June sentencing.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 12:56:52 PM CET
Astounding photo Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated
Top investigators of the Columbia space shuttle disaster are analyzing a startling photograph -- snapped by an amateur astronomer from a San Francisco hillside -- that appears to show a purplish electrical bolt striking the craft as it streaked across the California sky. The photographer requested that his name not be used and said he would not release the image to the public until NASA experts had time to examine it.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 12:00:01 PM CET
100 miles on a segway
as of 1/30/03 i've had the segway ht for 60 days and use it each day to get to / from work and home, but i started to keep careful logs when i got back from a few business trips. i'm currently using a magellan gps for very accurate logs, pictures coming soon.
recently, i hit 100 miles, it took about 14 days of commuting to hit that, i didn't count other trips or previous commute trips so i could keep careful logs.
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Topic: - on February 5, 2003 at 11:54:54 AM CET
The International Banana Club® Museum
is the first and the largest banana museum in the world! It is located in a commercial storefront in Altadena, California. More than 17,000 items are on display, the result of contributions sent by members to earn B.M.'s (Banana Merits).This unique and unusual museum is open by pre-arranged appointment to Banana Club® members and invited guests only.
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