Topic: CARS - on September 30, 2003 at 4:31:52 PM CEST
Air Car Caught in Turbulence
Worried about rising gas prices and automobile pollution? Relax. If a European company has its way, cars could soon be running on air. By the end of this year, Moteur Developpment International, a 12-year-old company headquartered in Luxembourg, says it plans to distribute model fleets of so-called "air cars" in Spain and France.
As the name implies, this is no ordinary car. It runs entirely on a stream of air delivered to a two-stroke engine. No gasoline, no pollution and no costly expenditures at the pump.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on September 30, 2003 at 3:16:44 PM CEST
Die Verblödung schreitet voran
Die weitgehend verdrängte Bedrohung der menschlichen Intelligenz durch die Vergiftung der Umwelt
Nein, dies ist kein Artikel über neokonservative US-Think-Tanks oder über den Niveauverfall der elektronischen Medien oder über die neueste Sau, die durchs Dorf der bundesdeutschen "Reform"-Debatte getrieben wird.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 30, 2003 at 3:10:13 PM CEST
Kidnapping im Netz
Wer sich bei der Eingabe von Webadressen vertippt, landet gemeinhin auf einer "Error"-Seite. Die Firma VeriSign hat darin ein Geschäft entdeckt: Sie leitet Irrläufer um zu einer Kommerzseite - und macht damit Millionen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 30, 2003 at 3:00:16 PM CEST
Windows macht Stromkraftwerke anfällig
Seit den großen Stromausfällen in den USA sind kritische Stimmen zu hören, wonach die derzeit kursierenden Windows-Würmer Mitschuld an den Blackouts hätten. Überwachungscomputer setzten zunehmend auf das Microsoft-Betriebssystem und seien daher anfällig.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on September 30, 2003 at 2:57:38 PM CEST
470.000 Euro Parkgebühren
Weil der Schauspieler Richard Harris seinen Rolls Royce 25 Jahre lang in einem New Yorker Parkhaus vergessen hat, bekam seine Witwe eine unglaubliche Rechnung.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2003 at 1:16:43 PM CEST
Google File System paper
First, component failures are the norm rather than the exception. The file system consists of hundreds or even thousands of storage machines built from inexpensive commodity parts and is accessed by a comparable number of client machines. The quantity and quality of the components virtually guarantee that some are not functional at any given time and some will not recover from their current failures.
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Topic: VIDEO - on September 30, 2003 at 1:01:27 PM CEST
Super-Secret Volumetric Video Menagerie.
Donut share.
BACKGROUND: THe basic idea is simple: Video is composed of a large number of individual frames, each with X and Y dimensions. Just stack each frame on top of the next and you've got a Z dimension to place into a volume renderer.
Traditionally used to display things like MRI's and CT scans, we're going to abuse the technology a bit in the name of art :-)
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on September 30, 2003 at 12:46:37 PM CEST
FBI to Reporters: Turn Over Notes, E-Mails, Sources
Citing a provision of the Patriot Act, the FBI is sending letters to journalists telling them to secretly prepare to turn over their notes, e-mails and sources to the bureau. Should we throw out the First Amendment to nail a hacker?
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 30, 2003 at 12:15:02 PM CEST
Measure The Speed of Light With Chocolate and A Microwave
Nothing travels faster than light - it only takes 8 minutes for it to reach the Earth from the nearest star, the Sun, which is 150 million kilometers away. This means that when you see the sun (remember not look directly at the sun), you’re really seeing light that left the sun 8 minutes ago – you’re seeing the sun as it was, and where it was, 8 minutes earlier.
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Topic: SEX - on September 30, 2003 at 11:55:12 AM CEST
OPERATION VIBRATION BRINGS JOY OF SEX TO IRAQI WOMEN
NJ- Deirdre Krasner, owner of Playtime in Edison NJ, wants to help the women of Iraq feel good about themselves. Really good. To accomplish this goal Deirdre Krasner and her staff are taking matters into their own hands by helping the women of Iraq take matters into their own hands. What's Deirdre Krasner 's plan? She's sending vibrators to Iraq.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2003 at 11:50:04 AM CEST
Official site for the new LotR
Return of the King trailer, just released.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on September 30, 2003 at 11:44:10 AM CEST
How do you catch a man that steals a $729,000 Ferrari?
Where do you hide a $729,000 Ferrari?
That's what police in the Philadelphia suburbs want to know, after a con man drove off with a red Ferrari F-50 during a test drive.
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