Topic: COMPUTER - on February 14, 2007 at 11:33:00 AM CET
The Twenty Minute Guide to PC Security: 20 Tips to Secure your Box
We've all seen the geek squad commercials on TV where some woman calls BestBuy, and within 5 minutes this friendly 18 year-old kid pulls up in a VW bug and works "miracles" by cleaning and securing her virus infested computer all within about 10 minutes.
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Topic: Terror - on February 14, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM CET
Very, very important Homeland Security safety warnings
The US government has a new website, www.ready.gov. It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII.
The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything! Here are a few interpretations.
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Topic: TV - on February 14, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM CET
US military tells Jack Bauer: Cut out the torture scenes ... or else!
In the hugely popular television series 24, federal agent Jack Bauer always gets his man, even if he has to play a little rough. Suffocating, electrocuting or drugging a suspect are all in a day's work. As Bauer - played by the Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland - tells one baddie: " You are going to tell me what I want to know - it's just a matter of how much you want it to hurt."
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Topic: health - on February 14, 2007 at 11:12:00 AM CET
8 Diseases That Give You Superhuman Powers
Brain Diseases I Wish I Had
Photographic memory Tertiary Neurosyphilis Synesthesia Savantism without major autistic impairments. Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIPA) Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS) Hypergraphia
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 11:11:00 AM CET
Britain’s children are unhappiest in the Western world
Britain’s children are the unhappiest in the West, according to a Unicef study of 21 industrialised countries.
Not only do they drink the most, smoke more and have more sex than their peers, they rate their health as the poorest, dislike school more and are among the least satisfied with life. Their relative poverty, the lack of time spent eating meals with their parents and mistrust of classmates mean that Britain languishes at the bottom of the wellbeing league table. As a result, says Jonathan Bradshaw, one of the authors of Report Card 7: an Overview of Child Wellbeing in Rich Countries, Britain is a “picture of neglect”.
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Topic: History - on February 14, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CET
Coin shows Cleopatra's ugly truth
A study of a 2,000-year-old silver coin found the Egyptian queen, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, had a pointed chin, thin lips and sharp nose.
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Topic: LONGEST - on February 14, 2007 at 10:35:00 AM CET
The man who fell 12,000 ft ... and survived
It's the most gut-wrenching, mesmerising and shocking clip of video footage imaginable.
Shot from the tiny camera in the helmet of champion skydiver Michael Holmes, it records with chilling clarity what happened when he plummeted 12,000ft to earth.
mailonsunday.co.uk World exclusive skydiver video... watch the incredible footage here!Skydiving miracle: Man falls two milesAlive after two mile fallSkydiver survives two-mile fall video
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 14, 2007 at 10:32:00 AM CET
Mexican drug gangs slug it out on YouTube
Warning: graphic content A bloody war between rival Mexican drug gangs has spilled onto YouTube where two competing cartels "taunt each other with blood-soaked slideshows and films of their murder victims", Reuters reports.
The war between north eastern Mexico's "Gulf Cartel" - with its private army "Los Zetas", led by Osiel Cardenas, and "traffickers based in the western state of Sinaloa" headed by Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman - last year claimed more than 2,000 victims.
theregister.co.uk bbc.co.uk Mexican drug cartels taunt each other with YouTube videos - UPDATED
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 14, 2007 at 10:29:00 AM CET
The SpaceShip Man.
Building an UFO with his own two hands. Alfie Carrington is a construction worker in Michigan and he’s building a flying saucer. He’s actually spent the past 30 years and a lot of money building it.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on February 14, 2007 at 10:28:00 AM CET
Ufo and Alien Disclosure 2006
Never before has there been such a disclosure of the web of lies and disinformation that the Governments of the world do not want you to know! Hear contactee's, experiencer's and abductee's share their amazing testimonies! Discover the truth about extraterrestrial contact.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 14, 2007 at 10:26:00 AM CET
Russian fishermen catch squeaking alien and eat it
Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The shark-looking creature was producing strange squeaky sounds. The fishermen originally believed that they had caught an alien and decided to film the monster with the help of a cell phone camera. The footage clearly shows the creatures’ head, body and long tail. The bizarre catch was weighing almost 100 kilograms, the Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 14, 2007 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Giant squid lights up for attack
Enormous deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows.
Taningia danae's spectacular light show was revealed in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific.
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