Topic: logisch - on December 8, 2006 at 2:09:00 PM CET
Map: Shiny, Happy People
University of Leicester psychologist Adrian White pooled data from over 100 studies that looked at self-reported happiness all over the world. The result is a global projection of subjective well-being that ranks 178 countries according to how satisfied their residents are with their lives. White also compared satisfaction scores with GDP, life expectancy, and access to education in each country. Life expectancy was most tightly linked to happiness, suggesting that health may be the biggest factor in contentment. Income showed the next strongest correlation, followed closely by education.
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Topic: Piiiiiissss Ooooofff! - on December 8, 2006 at 1:59:00 PM CET
Malaysian state backs down on 'sexy' outfit ban
Malaysia's Kelantan state has backed down on a threat to fine non-Muslim women for wearing skimpy outfits, but warned it could crack down if they continued to dress "indecently" by Islamic standards.
The fundamentalist Islamic party that governs the state triggered a furore with plans for 500-ringgit (140-dollar) fines for women working in shops and restaurants who wear revealing clothes such as mini-skirts and see-through blouses.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 8, 2006 at 1:51:00 PM CET
EMI Music starts selling DRM-free music
Yahoo Music is selling the latest single from piano-playing songstress Norah Jones, along with a pair of tracks from Christian rockers Reliant K, in the MP3 format. Priced at 99¢ like the rest of the songs available from Yahoo Music (and just about every other US download site north of Wal-Mart), the three songs mark another timid step from the music industry away from DRM-encumbered formats that limit users to either the iPod, PlaysForSure, or Zune music ecosystems.
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Topic: Bastard pop - on December 8, 2006 at 1:47:00 PM CET
Xmas mashups from djBC and friends - Santastic & Santastic II
djBC sez, "A kick-ass group of mixers and mashers from the US, England, France, The Netherlands and Sweden has contributed to the second Santastic collection of 23 bizarre and wicked cool X-mashups and remixes. We've even got 2.5 Chanukah bootlegs this year for the all nice little Jewish kids, plus "liner notes" and sample lists from the producers. If you dig it, we hope folks will make a contribution to help kids in the GIFTS portion of the site. Thanks!"
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 8, 2006 at 1:40:00 PM CET
Metacafe Acquisition: $200 Million is a Steal
YNet news has the exclusive that Tel Aviv-based video sharing site Metacafe may be sold for $200 million. There were a few rumors involving Yahoo, but now YNet says talks with an unnamed company are in the “advanced stages”.
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Topic: FUN - on December 8, 2006 at 1:24:00 PM CET
Santa toilet paper
If you really want to spice your bathroom up with some true christmas flavour, you might be interested in checking out this (utterly unnecessary) christmas themed toilet paper…
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Topic: TV - on December 8, 2006 at 1:08:00 PM CET
Afro Samurai - Anime
Afro Samurai is a Japanese dōjinshi manga series, created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the Nononhow dōjin magazine, which has adapted into an 5-episode anime television series, produced by Japanese animation studio GONZO, and set to air in January 4 2007.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 8, 2006 at 12:59:00 PM CET
Underground market for security exploits is growing
Visit a place the groups.icq.com's hackers lounge and you will find a lot of offers to sell credit cards and other stuffs, some even for 3 dollars. Well could this be true? May be or may not. This could be just kids or wannabe hackers or pranksters or even malicious minds trying to earn some fast bucks by fooling the people flocking places like this or this could be even what you can call a mutual bluffing. But on the other side it is not far from reality that this could be true since the truth is that ICQ is being used for activities like this. It has become a hackers haven.
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Topic: NATURE - on December 8, 2006 at 12:45:00 PM CET
World’s Largest Single Flower
At a first glance the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower looks like an artificial work from a science fiction movie, but it is real living organism. Its flower attains a diameter of nearly a meter and can weigh up to 11 kilograms. It’s rated EN (Endangered) in the conservation status, so don’t pick it up, even if you can carry it!
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Topic: FUN - on December 8, 2006 at 12:40:00 PM CET
Bogus priest held in bathtub scam
A bogus priest and his girlfriend tricked an Austrian pensioner out of $200 after promising him a naked bathtub session with the woman.
"The bogus priest and his girlfriend ran a bath for the pensioner, who undressed and got in straight away," a police spokeswoman in the northern Austrian town of Linz said on Wednesday.
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Topic: VIDEO - on December 8, 2006 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2006
Here we go again... Our top 50 videos of 2005 was a huge success. This year we decided to do things a little bit differently. All the videos are from You Tube and can therefore be watched in the browser.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 8, 2006 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Flatulence leads US jet to divert
An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches.
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