Topic: STRANGE - on March 28, 2007 at 2:49:00 PM CEST
Toilet Snorkel
What exactly is this man doing? Communicating with his neighbors using his new Toilet Phone? Blowing up his Inflatable Toilet? Or is he simple blowing bubbles? Well the correct answer is None of the Above. This guy is using the new breath easy, Toilet Snorkel, formulated to provide a fresh air source during fires in high rise buildings.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 28, 2007 at 2:41:00 PM CEST
' I Took Paris Hilton's Virginity '
Socialite Paris Hilton lost her virginity to TV producer Aaron Spelling's son Randy, according to the former Sunset Beach star himself.
The 26-year-old actor, who co-starred with his former flame in the 2006 straight-to-video movie Pledge This!, claims they had sex together when Hilton was just 15--three years shy of the legal age of consent in California.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 28, 2007 at 2:38:00 PM CEST
Did Cuddly Knut kill a panda?
Berlin Zoo is having to frantically deny reports that Cuddly Knut, its adorable yet controversial polar bear cub, was indirectly responsible for the death of its panda Yan Yan.
The worldwide media attention that Knut got when he made his fluffy debut has drawn huge crowds to the zoo to witness the 3½-month-old cub do its thing – which top-selling newspaper Bild claims caused Yan Yan so much stress that she died.
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Topic: ART - on March 28, 2007 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Cool Wall Paintings - Banksy
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 28, 2007 at 12:43:00 PM CEST
The Gapminder World 2006, beta
Gapminder is a non-profit venture that develops information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. In short, it enables you to make sense of the world by having fun with statistics. Our method is to turn boring data into enjoyable interactive animations using Flash technology. Gapminder is a Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Funding has been mainly by grants from Swedish International Development co-operation Agency, Sida. In collaboration with United Nations Statistic Division we promote free access to searchable public data and our animations of different types of data are freely available.
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Topic: WEB - on March 28, 2007 at 12:42:00 PM CEST
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary
Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 28, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
Scratchophone : “your mixer-case” concept !
Based on the cheapest VCA fader mixer on the market, a pro x fade, a skipless tangential tonearm and a platter mounted on a skateboard bearing, the next Scratchophone prototype will be fully fonctionnal soon :))
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 28, 2007 at 12:22:00 PM CEST
Burma's new capital city unveiled
Burma's military rulers have been showing off their new capital for the first time to the outside world.
The new city, called Naypyidaw, or Abode of Kings, is being built about 460km (300 miles) north of the old capital, Rangoon.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 28, 2007 at 12:18:00 PM CEST
University website peddles Adobe warez
Get it while you can, folks: everything you need to install a pirated version of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on your Windows-based PC.
The package, complete with a serial number, comes - wait for it - courtesy of the home page of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California's Irvine campus.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on March 28, 2007 at 12:14:00 PM CEST
10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers
Although the brain-computer metaphor has served cognitive psychology well, research in cognitive neuroscience has revealed many important differences between brains and computers. Appreciating these differences may be crucial to understanding the mechanisms of neural information processing, and ultimately for the creation of artificial intelligence. Below, I review the most important of these differences (and the consequences to cognitive psychology of failing to recognize them): similar ground is covered in this excellent (though lengthy) lecture.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 28, 2007 at 11:52:00 AM CEST
15 tons of cannabis seized at Algeciras Port & more drug news
It was hidden amongst a lorry-load of vegetables on the ferry from Tangiers
----------Pot tunnel makes road collapse in Leeds
----------Israeli pro-marijuana party: No pot on Passover
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