Topic: Phone - on December 29, 2008 at 1:23:36 PM CET
Experten rechnen mit 300 Millionen Neujahrs-SMS
Gutes Geschäft für die Mobilfunkanbieter: Zum Jahreswechsel rechnet der Branchenverband Bitkom mit 300 Millionen Handy-Kurznachrichten. Vieltipper verschicken in der Nacht zum 1. Januar demnach etwa fünf SMS.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 29, 2008 at 1:15:31 PM CET
In Sinaloa, the drug trade has infiltrated 'every corner of life'
Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico -- Yudit del Rincon, a 44-year-old lawmaker, went before the state legislature this year with a proposition: Let's require lawmakers to take drug tests to prove they are clean.
Her colleagues greeted the idea with applause. Then she sprang a surprise on them: Two lab technicians waited in the audience to administer drug tests to every state lawmaker. We should set the example, she said.
They nearly trampled one another in the stampede to the door, Del Rincon recalled.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 29, 2008 at 1:12:37 PM CET
CelebStoner's Top 10 Stories of 2008
1. Barack Obama elected President Without a doubt the biggest story of the year, Obama tantalized stoners with his quips ("I inhaled frequently") and statements ("we need to rethink and decriminalize the marijuana laws"). The question remains if and how he will address the nation’s misguided Prohibition of marijuana and other illegal drugs.
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Cheech & Chong reunite
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Massachusetts decriminalizes marijuana
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Topic: WEB - on December 29, 2008 at 1:09:30 PM CET
The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time
From the moment people started using passwords, it didn’t take long to realize how many people picked the very same passwords over and over. Even the way people misspell words is consistent. In fact, people are so predictable that most hackers make use of lists of common passwords just like these. To give you some insight into how predictable humans are, the following is a list of the 500 most common passwords. If you see your password on this list, please change it immediately. Keep in mind that every password listed here has been used by at least hundreds if not thousands of other people.
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