Topic: War and Peace - on November 14, 2009 at 12:48:00 PM CET
War and Peace
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Topic: EU - on November 14, 2009 at 12:42:00 PM CET
"Breathtakingly Stupid" EU Cookie Law Passes
"A couple of weeks ago we discussed the EU cookie proposal, which has now been passed into law. While the original story broke on the Out-law blog from a law perspective ('so breathtakingly stupid that the normally law-abiding business may be tempted to bend the rules to breaking point'), there has now been followup from a couple of industry insiders. Aurelie Pols of the Web Analytics Association has blogged on how this will affect websites that want to monitor what people are looking at on their sites, while eConsultancy has blogged on how this will impact the affiliate industry. In all of this the general public is being ignored — the people who, if the law is actually implemented, will have to proceed through ridiculous screens of text every time they access a website. I know most of you guys hate cookies in general, but they are vital for websites to know how people are accessing the sites so they can work out how to improve the experience for the user."
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on November 14, 2009 at 12:40:00 PM CET
EFF launches international copyright news site
Danny from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Copyright lobbyists often indulge in what's called "policy laundering" -- if you can't get an amendment to copyright in one country, just shop it around until you find somewhere that will take it.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 14, 2009 at 12:38:00 PM CET
Ermittler-Software entschlüpft - Microsofts Schnüffel-Stick für jedermann
Ein USB-Stick, der blitzschnell und automatisch Daten von einem Rechner abzieht: Für so manchen Computer-Besitzer ist das ein Alptraum. Microsoft verschenkt an Polizisten in aller Welt eine Software, die genau das tut - nun hat jemand das Programm übers Netz in Umlauf gebracht.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 14, 2009 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Briton 'tried to smuggle 1,000 live spiders out of Brazil on aeroplane'
Brazilian police have arrested a English man who checked in for an international flight with 1000 live spiders in his luggage at Rio?s Tom Jobim International Airport in Brazil.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 14, 2009 at 12:29:00 PM CET
Word ‘meep’ banned from US school
'Meep' has always been a four-letter word - but now it's taboo in one American school, after a high school principal banned students from saying it in the classroom.
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Topic: health - on November 14, 2009 at 12:27:00 PM CET
Staring At Breasts Is Good For Your Health, Prolongs A Man's Life
According to German research published in New England Journal of Medicine, men staring at women's breasts in fact prolong their lives with years.
"Just 10 minutes of looking at the charms of a well-endowed females is equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out," said author Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist.
The team led by Weatherby was made up of researchers at three hospitals in Frankfurt, Germany, and found this results after monitoring for 5 years the health of 200 male subjects, half of whom were asked to look at busty females daily, while the other half had to abstain from doing so.
For five years, the breasts oglers presented a lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates and decreased risk of coronary artery disease.
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Topic: born rich - on November 14, 2009 at 12:15:00 PM CET
eBay For Millionaires
Got $2 million in assets? Then you can join BillionaireXchange; just the place to find a 2006 Bugatti Veyron with a Start Bid of $1,050,000.00. Or perhaps you are looking for a boat like the Disco Volante (from James Bond), for example the 2000 Azimut Motor Yacht, a lovely 85-footer with a Start Bid of $2,700,000.00. On the other end of the deal, did your hedge fund leave you in the lurch? This is the place to sell those extravagant toys you thought you could afford.
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Topic: FUN - on November 14, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Puppy doing a salto
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