Topic: NEWS english - on September 5, 2004 at 10:58:00 PM CEST
Election Tie? Get Out Pingpong Balls
If Hong Kong political candidates finish in a dead heat, the election will be decided by the luck of the draw — from a bag of numbered pingpong balls.
It may sound more like bingo than politics, but under Hong Kong electoral rules, the tied candidates must each pick a ball at random. Whoever pulls out the highest number takes office.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 5, 2004 at 10:56:00 PM CEST
Swede Puzzled by British Parking Ticket
A Swedish mechanic said Sunday he won't pay a parking ticket that claims his snowmobile was illegally parked in Britain this summer.
Krister Nylander said he received a ticket Thursday from a British company ordering him to pay a 1,211 kronor (US$160,euro133) fine for an alleged parking violation in Warwick in central England.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 5, 2004 at 10:55:00 PM CEST
'Intoxicated' Thailand losing billions to lottery
Thailand's state-run lottery has "intoxicated" the public and caused billions of dollars in lost productivity by people hoping to strike it rich, according to a study. Academics at a Bangkok seminar released results of a study showing that the kingdom loses about 184 billion baht (4.4 billion dollars) annually due to reduced work performance on days of lottery draws on the first and 16th of each month, the Nation newspaper reported.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 5, 2004 at 6:15:00 PM CEST
Erste Hotelpläne für das Weltall
Wenn, wie vorhergesagt, in naher Zukunft die ersten Touristen in den Weltall fliegen, sollen auch die ersten Hotels nicht lange auf sich warten lassen.
Der US-Hotelier Robert Bigelow entwickelt auf Basis von Plänen der US-Weltraumbehörde NASA mit der Nautilus Space Station eine aufblasbare Weltraumstation, die bis zu sechs Personen Platz bietet.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 5, 2004 at 6:14:00 PM CEST
Rätselhaftes Signal verwirrt Astronomen
Außerirdische Botschaft oder Artefakt - diese Frage beschäftigt derzeit die Astronomen, die am SETI@home-Projekt beteiligt sind, bei dem Daten des weltgrößten Radioteleskops in Arecibo nach Botschaften von außerirdischen intelligenten Lebewesen durchsucht werden. Dreimal stießen sie nun schon auf ein bestimmtes Signal, für das es bislang keine Erklärung gibt. Noch glauben die Forscher allerdings nicht an einen "Kontakt".
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 5, 2004 at 2:47:00 PM CEST
A $6 G-string under Miss Universe's $15,000 dress
Australian Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins might have worn an expensive designer $15,000 tailor-made gown at her infamous "wardrobe malfunction" event, but what lay beneath was an every-girl Bonds hipster G-string worth $6.
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Topic: e-bay - on September 5, 2004 at 2:25:00 PM CEST
eBay domain hijacker arrested
Police in Germany have arrested a 19 year-old from Helmstedt for hijacking the site of eBay Germany about a week ago. Visitors to eBay Germany were redirected to a site hosted by internet provider Intergenia AG. Initially, phishers were suspected of the domain hijack.
The boy admitted he requested a DNS (domain name server) transfer for several high-profile sites, including Google.com, Web.de, Amazon.com and eBay Germany. While most of these transfers were denied, somehow eBay slipped through. It remains unclear how the domain could have been transferred without the consent of the existing holder.
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Topic: TV - on September 5, 2004 at 2:24:00 PM CEST
Birt says Grade was PM's 'worst choice' for BBC job
The Prime Minister has been warned by his adviser John Birt that the choice of Michael Grade as chairman of the BBC is 'the worst public appointment' he has made.
The bitter verdict was offered in a letter to Number 10 by Birt shortly after Grade's appointment, according to new allegations made by Greg Dyke, Birt's successor as director-general. The claim, made in Dyke's new book, is likely to spark fresh anger about the influence exerted by Birt. As a Downing Street advisor, he will be party to the debate over the BBC's charter renewal and the future of the licence fee.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 5, 2004 at 2:22:00 PM CEST
James's latest mistake causes England to let another lead slip
Just as David James thought he was watching a goalkeeper even more calamitous than his old blunder-riddled persona, an dreadful attack of the butterfingers cost England two points in Vienna. In the opposite goal, Alex Manninger, the ex-Arsenal goalkeeper who was known for a neurotic intensity which made Woody Allen look calm, had contrived to help England into a lead which was doubled by Steven Gerrard's wonderful strike.
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 5, 2004 at 2:17:00 PM CEST
Arnold The Commercial Years: The Governator as Huxter
A few strange clips edited together promoting "The Sixth Day" and Nippon TV (immediate left) and, at the far left, a spot for the now defunct in Japan "Direct TV."
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Topic: MUSIK - on September 5, 2004 at 2:13:00 PM CEST
First US Love Parade in San Francisco
Can You Love a Love Parade?
Berlin's legendary -- but embattled -- Love Parade makes a San Francisco debut. But will thousands dance to its beat?
I went to Berlin and hopped a float at the Love Parade to celebrate life. Half an hour later, I was pretty sure I was about to watch someone careen to his death.
That year, there were more than a million people in attendance at the annual, daylong, techno- and trance-fueled music parade, which honors peace and diversity and offers a goodly dose of sex and skin. For the moment, though, it was all about this one kid in his early 20s.
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Topic: BLOG - on September 5, 2004 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Sushi Moblog
Home-made sushi, good sushi, bad sushi, ugly sushi... let's see it all.
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