Topic: PHOTO - on January 14, 2007 at 3:01:00 PM CET
Funny photo-pictures
Some funny pictures about photographers and photography.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 14, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CET
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs
STEVE JOBS, Apple’s showman nonpareil, provided the first public glimpse of the iPhone last week — gorgeous, feature-laden and pricey. While following the master magician’s gestures, it was easy to overlook a most disappointing aspect: like its slimmer iPod siblings, the iPhone’s music-playing function will be limited by factory-installed “crippleware.”
If “crippleware” seems an unduly harsh description, it balances the euphemistic names that the industry uses for copy protection. Apple officially calls its own standard “FairPlay,” but fair it is not.
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Topic: SPORT - on January 14, 2007 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Awesome sunset video of an 81-way world-record skydiving parachute formation!
After almost a week of training a group of dedicated skydivers put together the largest parachute formation ever built. It consists of 81 ... all » skydivers in the formation and several video people flying around. It took place over Lake Wales Florida USA just before sunset and has some incredible shots by some incredible video fliers, and a picture-perfect "starburst" break-away.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 14, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM CET
How to go out of your mind: The LSD Crisis
A look at the dangers and benefits of the hallucinogenic drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). Much of this documentary was filmed at a foundation for psychedelic research in Millbrook, New York, run by psychologist Timothy Leary. Featuring Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Ralph Metzner, and more.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 14, 2007 at 11:32:00 AM CET
Warning issued over cannabis adulterated with glass beads
Drug campaigners have warned that a batch of cannabis adulterated with tiny glass beads which they say could pose a risk to health has flooded the UK market. Anecdotal reports suggest it is being sold in almost every part of the country.
The charity Drugscope is issuing a warning. "We want to make people aware of it from a public health point of view. If you are smoking this stuff and taking it into your lungs it's not good news."
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 14, 2007 at 11:31:00 AM CET
You want a $100 computer? For $300? No sale!
One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organisation with the goal of providing children in developing nations with laptop computers, today announced that "contrary to previously published reports OLPC has no plans to make the XO laptops available for sale to the general public."
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 14, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM CET
Woman dies after water-drinking contest
A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said.
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