Topic: GFX - on May 1, 2004 at 8:39:00 PM CEST
Optical Illusions
in each of the images below you should see at least TWO things at once. The moral of the story? - don't be too quick to trust your brain!
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 1, 2004 at 7:56:00 PM CEST
Album gets ringtone only release
A band from Germany has adopted a novel approach to getting their music heard by millions.
Super Smart have turned their backs on vinyl and CDs and instead have decided to just release their album as ringtones.
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 1, 2004 at 7:51:00 PM CEST
Heavy metal umlaut
A heavy metal umlaut is an umlaut (not to be confused with a diaeresis, the name given to the same symbol when used on the second of two vowels to show that both are pronounced) over some of the letters in the names of a heavy metal band. The names of bands such as Motörhead, Mötley Crüe and the Blue Öyster Cult led to journalist and author Steve Almond coining the term "spandex and umlaut circuit" in 2002 to describe the heavy metal touring scene. Needless to say, this makes the names sound very silly to people who know how to pronounce these letters, like Scandinavians and German speakers. The use of umlauts is often in concert with using Blackletter types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter) in band logos, to give it a more Gothic feel.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 1, 2004 at 7:46:00 PM CEST
Anime girl case mod
I asked Miss Kanna for desiging ERN005-PC (KANA). The name "KANA" was given by generous Miss Kanna.
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Topic: Terror - on May 1, 2004 at 7:43:00 PM CEST
Bremer faulted Bush before terror attacks
L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said in a speech six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was "paying no attention" to terrorism. "What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this,'" Bremer said at a McCormick Tribune Foundation conference on terrorism on Feb. 26, 2001.
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Topic: W A R - on May 1, 2004 at 7:42:00 PM CEST
SHAME OF ABUSE BY BRIT TROOPS
A HOODED Iraqi captive is beaten by British soldiers before being thrown from a moving truck and left to die.
The prisoner, aged 18-20, begged for mercy as he was battered with rifle butts and batons in the head and groin, was kicked, stamped and urinated on, and had a gun barrel forced into his mouth.
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Topic: Terror - on May 1, 2004 at 7:41:00 PM CEST
Patterns of Global Terrorism
The Year in Review
There were 190 acts of international terrorism in 2003, a slight decrease from the 198 attacks that occurred in 2002, and a drop of 45 percent from the level in 2001 of 346 attacks. The figure in 2003 represents the lowest annual total of international terrorist attacks since 1969.
A total of 307 persons were killed in the attacks of 2003, far fewer than the 725 killed during 2002. A total of 1,593 persons were wounded in the attacks that occurred in 2003, down from 2,013 persons wounded the year before.
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Topic: Terror - on May 1, 2004 at 7:38:00 PM CEST
More Agents Track Castro Than Bin Laden
The Treasury Department agency entrusted with blocking the financial resources of terrorists told Congress that at the end of last year it had just four full-time employees dedicated to investigating Osama bin Laden's and Saddam Hussein's wealth while nearly two dozen were working on Cuban embargo violations.
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Topic: ART - on May 1, 2004 at 6:33:00 PM CEST
The Festival with the "World Bodypainting Award"
20th - 25th july 2004 / Seeboden, Austria
On this page you will find everything about the world bodypainting festival at lake millstättersee in austria. Each year in midsummer, in the middle of breathtaking scenery, Europe's most colourful Event takes place.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on May 1, 2004 at 6:31:00 PM CEST
The Degree Confluence Project
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 1, 2004 at 2:19:00 PM CEST
Linux for Windows Without Rebooting
What if you want to run GNU/Linux atop a Windows platform or try Linux without installing it on a partition itself, thereby preserving — and not even rebooting — your Windows system? Don't worry; VMware and Virtual PC are not your only choices. A new FREE software project called coLinux, or Cooperative Linux, lets you do nearly everything User-mode Linux does on Windows 2000 or XP.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 1, 2004 at 2:14:00 PM CEST
USB Devil Duckie Drive
He may be a representative of the darker side, but it's hard to resist those devilish good looks. At 4 1/2 inches long, the stylish and strange Devil Duckie Drive is a high-speed USB 2.0 (1.1 compatible) personal data storage device for people who are going places.
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