Topic: POLITIK - on May 3, 2004 at 8:03:00 AM CEST
Germany to fine apprentice-less brothels
Brothels failing to employ a certain number of apprentices will not be exempt from the financial penalties that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government wants to introduce on all companies later this year, the magazine said.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on May 3, 2004 at 7:58:00 AM CEST
Grow-your-own to replace false teeth
The British institution of dentures sitting in a glass of water beside the bed could be rendered obsolete by scientists who are confident that people will soon be able to replace lost teeth by growing new ones.
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Topic: CSS - on May 3, 2004 at 7:43:00 AM CEST
Another crack at user-friendly feeds
Mark Pilgrim wrote: View my Atom feed in a real browser, where by “real”, I mean “Mozilla-based”. (That’s not fair; it works almost perfectly in Opera too.) You should get a page that looks very much like the rest of my site, with a friendly little blurb at the top explaining a little about syndication and what this “feed” thing is that you just clicked on.
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 3, 2004 at 7:39:00 AM CEST
NoWords sat. photos
NoWords sat. photos - Beautiful art from satellite photos
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Topic: SEX - on May 3, 2004 at 2:04:00 AM CEST
Woman Gets Off Thanks to Oral Sex Defense
As mentioned on Shortnews, Heather Specyalski, 33, planned to beat manslaughter charges by saying she was performing oral sex when her boyfriend's Mercedes-Benz convertible crashed, killing him. Convinced, the jury only took 50 minutes to acquit. The evidence that helped her case was testimony from paramedics that the boyfriend's pants were down when they arrived on the scene of the accident. The defense was rarely brought up during the course of the trial until closing arguments.
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 3, 2004 at 1:56:00 AM CEST
Company Says it Can Make Sounds that Will Play With Your Mind
The tech company NeuroPop claims that it can use neurosensory algorithms in music compositions so it can provoke specific responses from people. Neuropop is looking for video game companies and movie companies to market this technology to.
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