Topic: VIDEO - on April 27, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Domino PCs: The Real Thing: 86 PCs in a row!
The best thing to come from the Dot Com crash... Domino PCs! 86 PCs lined up like dominos. Filmed on a saturday afternnon in Belmont, California, by an Irish bloke and a Spanish guy. The final attempt.... Everything goes well but the heavy machines near the end almost put a halt to the whole thing... thankfully there was enough weight behind the toppled machines to slowly topple the heavy ones!
Most of these PCs were then Given to charity or recycled as part of an overall hardware deal.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on April 27, 2007 at 12:47:00 PM CEST
Man robbed bank to buy fake breasts
An Austrian man has been jailed after robbing a bank to pay for a breast operation for his transvestite lover.
Car mechanic Robert Steinwirt, 29, was caught just hours after he handed over the £7,000 he had robbed from the bank in Grinzens, Austria, to a plastic surgeon.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 27, 2007 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
U.S. marijuana grows stronger than before
Analysis of seized samples of marijuana and hashish showed that more of the cannabis on the market is of the strongest grade, the White House and National Institute for Drug Abuse said.
They cited data from the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Potency Project showing the average levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in the products rose from 7 percent in 2003 to 8.5 percent in 2006.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 27, 2007 at 12:40:00 PM CEST
Magnetic Field by Chaoscope
Chaoscope is a 3D strange attractors rendering software. Below is a sample of pictures rendered by the program. You can check the Gallery to see more examples of what Chaoscope can do. It is an ongoing project created and maintained by Nicolas Desprez ; the current version is 0.3.1. It is a freeware running on the Windows™ platform.
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Topic: WEB - on April 27, 2007 at 12:36:00 PM CEST
Top Ten Reasons Why Web 2.0 Sucks
The finger pointing culture of fear will always dominate a culture of openness. Media thrives on taking people down and creating a general fear of the worst possible outcome. Whether it's trying enact anti-MySpace laws or firing everyone who says a dirty word or two, until we hold our noses and fully embrace freedom of expression in this country, we're going to hold back the real potential of the internet as a medium of conversation and open exchange. Everyone will be too scared to publish anything thought provoking for fear of being stoned by glass house dwellers.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 27, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Hackety Hack
Nearly four years ago, I wrote an essay called The Little Coder's Predicament. It's not too unusual. Lots of others like it have been written. The point is: programming just isn't available to people like it was with the Commodore 64. I also outlined my requirements for a new cross-platform programming environment for beginners.
The essay was widely linked on Slashdot, Reddit, Lambda, etc. I got lots of mail from people who both agreed and disagreed. Great. Nice. Good people all of them! And yet, nothing has changed. Not really!
I've been told of the Xbox development kit and possible programming of Wii channels. The Playstation actually had a language. But none if it has met my criteria for a proper coding platform.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 27, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
EU Approves New Stricter Anti-Piracy Directive
The European Parliament voted yes on the new controversial directive Ipred 2 which concludes that all kinds of infringement of the intellectual copyrights will be considered criminal. The directive is actually stricter than that and even criminalizes attempts of infringing on copyrights. In theory this means that basically all video sites, P2P developers and other services used to spread material around the web is criminal. There is an exception though and that is the end-user. If this user downloads pirated material and use this only for his own entertainment, study or research he or she can not be prosecuted through the new directive. Ipred 2 has been harshly criticized from day 1 by people saying it in turn infringes on people freedom of speech and even been considered a lobby directive from the media industry.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 27, 2007 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
PlayStation's creator to retire
The man behind the Sony PlayStation console is to retire, after the electronics giant sharply cut shipment targets for the PlayStation 3 (PS3).
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 27, 2007 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
Happy Mondays man refused US visa
Happy Mondays will perform at Coachella this weekend, but without Bez who was refused a visa to enter the US. The dancer will not be present for the band's first US performance in 15 years, set to take place on Sunday (April 29).
A statement was this morning release saying:
"Due to tightening immigration and working visa legislation, Bez was not, unfortunately, able to secure a visa to perform at Coachella this weekend. Happy Mondays apologies to all their US fans that they will not, on this occasion, be able to enjoy the spectacle of Bez shaking his stuff for them at Coachella."
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 27, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM CEST
Coachella Live Webcasts on ATT Blueroom
Following the live Coachella webcasts, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the artists, and clips from the events and performances will be available to all AT&T blue room visitors. Also, after the festival AT&T will choose additional content from the festival to keep in the blue room archives- so stay tuned!
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