Topic: NEWS - on June 29, 2007 at 10:37:00 PM CEST
TV newsreader sets fire to Paris Hilton
A US television news presenter refused to lead her bulletin with the latest Paris Hilton story, then screwed up, shredded and attempted to set fire to the script on air.
Mika Brzezinski, co-presenter of MSNBC's Morning Joe programme, refused to read out the story of the celebrity socialite's release from jail ahead of items on Iraq and developments at the White House.
A clip showing the presenter's stand has been viewed more than 250,000 times on YouTube.
In a scene reminiscent of Paddy Chayefsky's classic film Network, it shows Ms Brzezinski repeatedly refusing to read the Hilton script and arguing with her co-presenters about its place as the lead item.
She told viewers: 'I hate it and I don't think it should be our lead.'
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: weiss nicht - on June 29, 2007 at 3:06:00 PM CEST
JOURNEY OF MANKIND - The Peopling of the World
The Bradshaw Foundation, in association with Stephen Oppenheimer, presents a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years. The map will show for the first time the interaction of migration and climate over this period. We are the descendants of a few small groups of tropical Africans who united in the face of adversity, not only to the point of survival but to the development of a sophisticated social interaction and culture expressed through many forms. Based on a synthesis of the mtDNA and Y chromosome evidence with archaeology, climatology and fossil study, Stephen Oppenheimer has tracked the routes and timing of migration, placing it in context with ancient rock art around the world.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on June 29, 2007 at 3:05:00 PM CEST
Incarcerex
Does your politician suffer from Chronic Re-Election Paranoia (CREEP)? Do you think our nation has an Incarcerex dependence? Tell your elected officials to give up the quick fix and create a new bottom line for the war on drugs.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on June 29, 2007 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
How Geography Affects The Price Of Cocaine
The street price of cocaine varies hugely across the world. No surprise that it is cheapest in Colombia, the world's biggest producer of coca: at $2, a gram costs less than a Big Mac. Geography is an obvious price factor. The farther away a country from the main producers in South and Central America, and the more isolated it is, the higher the cost to traffick there. In far-flung New Zealand, a gram costs a wallet-busting $714.30.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on June 29, 2007 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Quiet Spanish city is Europe's coke capital
Miranda de Ebro, a small industrial city in northern Spain, was once known for small blood sausages, a three-day fiesta after Holy Week and its strategic location as highway stopover - on the way to somewhere else.
But now the city has a new distinction: cocaine capital of Europe.
The United Nations World Drug Report this year ranks Miranda de Ebro as the city with the highest incidence of cocaine use in Europe and second in the world after New York, with a rate nearly five times as high as in St Moritz, London, Zurich and Madrid.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: MUSIK - on June 29, 2007 at 2:57:00 PM CEST
Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD
The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from music retailers.
The Mail on Sunday revealed yesterday that the 10-track Planet Earth CD will be available with an "imminent" edition, making it the first place in the world to get the album. Planet Earth will go on sale on July 24.
"It's all about giving music for the masses and he believes in spreading the music he produces to as many people as possible," said Mail on Sunday managing director Stephen Miron. "This is the biggest innovation in newspaper promotions in recent times."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: MUSIK - on June 29, 2007 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
Rolling Stone Writes Obituary For The Recording Industry's Suicide
Yeah, it's not like most of the folks outside of the recording industry didn't recognize this years ago, but Rolling Stone has pretty much summed up the situation in the recording industry by writing what is effectively an obituary for the industry's suicide.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: NEWS - on June 29, 2007 at 2:51:00 PM CEST
It's Up To Users To Solve The IPhone's Shortcomings -- Hackers Start Your Engines
Here at Compiler, we aren’t all that interested in Gadgets (that would be Gadget Lab). Rather, we like software, and what we really like are software hacks.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: MAKE - on June 29, 2007 at 2:50:00 PM CEST
Jake von Slatt's Steampunk Creations
Steampunk DIY hacker Jake von Slatt poses with his Clockwork Steampunk Stratocaster. Note the damaged right pinkie -- the tip was lopped off by a custom engine von Slatt built for one of his very first DIY projects, a backyard hovercraft. Losing a chunk of flesh to your work is what separates the hobbyist from the artist.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: WEB - on June 29, 2007 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Yahoo Slurp Makes a Mess
For months we’ve been carefully watching how the various bots consume Urbanspoon. We enticed them inside with fresh content, well constructed pages, and sitemaps. Despite our efforts, until quite recently Yahoo Slurp didn’t have much of an appetite for Urbanspoon. Instead of digging in and indexing the whole site, Yahoo Slurp preferred to nibble around the edges.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on June 29, 2007 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Intel Core 2 considered evil
Various developers are busy implementing workarounds for serious bugs in Intel's Core 2 cpu.
These processors are buggy as hell, and some of these bugs don't just cause development/debugging problems, but will ASSUREDLY be exploitable from userland code.
As is typical, BIOS vendors will be very late providing workarounds / fixes for these processors' bugs. Some bugs are unfixable and cannot be worked around. Intel only provides detailed fixes to BIOS vendors and large operating system groups. Open Source operating systems are largely left in the cold.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
